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My memorial talk in celebration of my mother’s life is going to be a very personal one. While she is well known to many of you for her accomplishments, my relationship with her was a mother to son relationship. And she influenced me deeply. I now realize that I learned quite a few lessons from my mother. Lesson 1: Great parents support their kids, have high expectations for them, but have enough faith in them to allow them to find their own way. I knew that my parents had high expectations for me. It was simply expected that you would do well in school and continue to do important things in your work life. It never occurred to me that I would not perform well and achieve great things. Those were the unspoken expectations. It was never communicated through pressure though. They created a supportive environment for me that allowed me to take my time finding my way in this life. And quite frankly, it took me a long time to find my way onto a path that felt right and has become very fulfilling. They had to have faith that my wanderings would end up in a good place. They had to have patience when I seemed lost – or when i was “floundering” as my grandfather once memorably labeled it. I realized they were hoping I would find my way and it gives me a great sense of satisfaction – especially since the route was circuitous, to be where I am now where I can feel a sense of accomplishment that comes not just from the accomplishments themselves, but that comes just as much from seeing the pride in a parent’s eyes. They cared, they had faith in me, they expected a lot from me, and I know I wouldn’t have kept pushing myself and getting to where I wanted to be without their expectations and their support. So in the most fundamental way, they did an amazing job of raising me. Lesson 2: A great marriage can be a big help in leading a happy life and in accomplishing great things. Now, it’s very hard for me to talk about my mother and my father separately. For one thing, they had a model marriage lasting more than 7 decades – they were probably closer than any two people I have ever known. You could see how much they loved each other and how much they saw their lives as something that they shared together. They’ve been a great role model for me in showing me what a loving relationship can be like. They have the best marriage I’ve ever witnessed. Lesson 3: Feminism is a natural state. What do I mean by that? It means that I’m a feminist because I was raised that way and it seems completely natural to me. That’s because of the role model I had in a mother who was a rock star and a father who celebrated every one of her accomplishments. It was always a forgone conclusion that they were equal in every respect. It was good to grow up seeing that – for it be so natural for me to be a feminist. When you are brought up that way, you can’t imagine the world any other way. It was never an abstract principle, it was who we were. That’s a powerful gift to have been given by them. It helped me be a better father, a better manager, and a better person. It didn’t just affect me, it affected my children – directly. Imagine you are two young kids sitting on the grounds at Harvard yard seeing your grandmother getting her honorary doctorate – on the same stage with Madeline Albright, Quincy Jones, and Arthur Miller. Imagine how that frees you to pursue lofty goals in your own life. We were lucky to have that experience – to have that role model. Lesson 4: Work can be very fulfilling, especially if your work is about more than just you. I remember how they would come home from work and after dinner, they would be sitting in the living

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