Amen, Martin ________________________________________ From: Mark Twain Forum [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of westbook [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2017 2:43 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Henry Sweets, our celebrity! Well said and so true! Tim Champlin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Zehr" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2017 2:08 PM Subject: Henry Sweets, our celebrity! > Twainians: Henry Sweets, Executive Director of the Mark Twain Boyhood > Home > and Museum Foundation in Hannibal, has just been named as "One of the > Fifty > Missourians You Should Know" in the latest issue of Ingram's Magazine. > For > us, however, the cognoscenti of the Twainian universe, this amounts to > belaboring the obvious. > > Seriously, however, the mention is a well-deserved tribute to the single > most-important individual making possible the survival and growth of one > of > the key anchors of Twain lore and studies. For more than three decades > Henry has navigated the Foundation through snags, shoals and rough waters > that might have sunk another enterprise and, believe me, with all the > constituencies Henry has to deal with on a regular basis while keeping the > properties maintained and the expense accounts under control, his is no > easy task. Anyone who knows Henry knows that he goes about his duties with > a grace and equanimity some of us can only admire from a distance, and I > can say that from years of first-hand experience. > > Kudos for a well-deserved recognition. > I believe I speak for all of us. > > Martin Zehr > Kansas City, Missouri (#53, after Hal Bush and Tom Quirk)