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"The executive summary was a real hit. Thank you."
John Campbell, Ph.D.
President's office
The National Academies of Sciences
InterAcademy Council

"It is elegant!"
Nancy Huddleston
Senior Communications Officer
Division on Earth and Life Studies
The National Academies of Sciences

"Virtually everyone who has seen the article has commented on what a nice job you did in capturing the real me. My daughter, when she read it, commented, I never knew you wanted to be a farmer! And so it seems I have shared things with you that I have not even shared with my children. Your name should have been identified as writing this piece. A number of people have asked me who wrote it."
Paul Sammelwitz, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Animal Science
University of Delaware College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

"Your writing is excellent. I wish I could write this well. What else can we do together?"
Pamela Green, Ph.D.
Crawford Greenewalt Chair of Plant Molecular Biology
Delaware Biotechnology Institute
University of Delaware

"I like this very much. You are a lovely writer."
Ginger Pinholster
Director, Office of Public Programs
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Editor, News Notes -- Science

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George Frantz, Ph.D.
Dean of Academic Affairs
Penn State Delaware County Campus
President, Chadds Ford Historical Society

"I really like what you have done. You distilled essential meaning out of a great diversity of academic literature."
Joshua Duke, Ph.D.
Department of Food and Resource Economics
University of Delaware College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

"An article appeared in the Washington Post on Saturday. I have never gotten a Washington Post story in my life, so I am absolutely thrilled."
Evan Walsh
Director, Public Relations
The Franklin Institute and Science Museum

"I wanted to pass on to you that Evonne and Chris Elfring [the Director of the Polar Research Board] were very pleased with your draft and told me it required very little editing. Thanks for your great work."
Nancy Huddleston
Senior Communications Officer
Division on Earth and Life Studies
The National Academies of Sciences

"It is beautifully written. You make me sound intelligent."
Rev. Laura Lee Wilson, Executive Director and Campus Pastor for Wesley Foundation Campus Ministry at the University of Delaware.

"I should let you write my homilies."
Rev. Michael Szupper, Roman Catholic Priest, Chaplan of St. Thomas More Oratory, The Catholic Center at the University of Delaware

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Ed Okonowicz; Editor, UpDate
University of Delaware
Office of Public Relations

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Carolyn Browning
Cooperative Extension Master Gardener and Coordinator
Junior Gardener Program
University of Delaware College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

"The Horizon editor won second place from the Delaware Press Association. Congratulations to Ag Communications for their work on this project."
Dr. John C. Nye, Dean
University of Delaware
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

"The writing is exactly what we wanted."
Evan Welsh
Director, Public Relations
The Franklin Institute and Science Museum

"In my opinion, the article accomplishes what we set out to do: educate our readers that we are confused about what to tell them. You did an excellent job of synthesizing everyone's comments and writing a nice article. Thanks for all the work."
Mark VanGessel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Plant and Soil Sciences
University of Delaware
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

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Ed Okonowicz; Editor, UpDate
University of Delaware
Office of Public Relations

"Mr. Stroud said that this is the best article ever written about the Stroud Center!"
Dave Rebuck, Ph.D.
The Stroud Water Research Center
The Academy of Natural Sciences

"I think you did a great job with this article."
Greg Binford, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
Extension specialist for nutrient management
University of Delaware
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

"I liked the article. It has been fun working with you. I hope we can do this again in the future."
Dr. Dave Hansen
Assistant Professor, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
Extension specialist for nutrient management
University of Delaware
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

"You write very well and got everything right."
Charles Goldman, Ph.D.
Biologist
University of California, Davis

"Your writing is great!"
Jennifer Hathaway
Director of Public Relations and Communications
Franklin Institute and Science Museum

"I like your style. A very nice summary of some complicated stuff. Thanks."
Sharon Keeler, Ph.D.
Plant molecular biologist
DuPont

"It is terrific! Thanks again."
Jeffry Jacobs, Ph.D.
Program Officer, Water Science and Technology Board
National Research Council
National Academy of Sciences

"Your writing is the best that comes out of this university.  I just wanted to say thank you."
John MacKenzie, Ph.D.
Department of Food and Resource Economics
University of Delaware
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources