Laurence Kitzan retires from the department on July 1. He joined the Department in 1962, and over the years taught everything from Canadian history to European surveys. Generations of undergrads will remember him best for his classes on British and Imperial history. He supervised many graduate students and ran our grad program for many years. He published Victorian Writers and the Image of Empire: The Rose-Colored Vision in 2001, and is now working on missionaries and governors in India in the 1920s and on 18th & 19th century travellers. Laurence's kettle may have steamed the place up, but the man himself has always been a model of good grace and easy humour. We wish him well, and now that he is Emeritus we hope that he will be a regular visitor to the 6th and 7th floors.