RE: [Harp-L] Nobel Prize winner on Harp-L!

["Peter S..." <p.stris@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm sure the "other" lives of most on this list are quite interesting.  My
assumption is that "most" are not full-time professional musicians or music
equipment techs.  

What would be fun is guessing the other occupations of folks we know here
:-)  But that would stray too far from harp content, I'm sure.

.....Pete in Alaska (No, I do not know Sarah Palin)


> 
> Winslow Yerxa advises:
> > Roger -
> >
> > The obstruction - the narrowing of the air passage - is what sets up
> the
> > resonant chamber. It's what I call the activator...<clippage>
> 
> Today, Harp-L and our own Winslow Yerxa have reached new apogees.
> 
> I was intrigued with Roger's e-mail signature:
> 
> -- Roger B. Myerson, Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor
> Department of Economics, University of Chicago
> 1126 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
> Phone: 773-834-9071, Fax: 773-702-8490
> http://home.uchicago.edu/~rmyerson/
> 
> I thought, "Gee, University of Chicago!," and followed Professor
> Myerson's link.
> 
> What a surprise I got when, upon a little further digging, I discovered
> that Professor Myerson is a Nobel Prize winner! Yes, the unassuming
> "Roger" asking questions about bending while tongue blocking is the
> 2007 Nobel Laureate in Economics:
> 
> http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2007/myerson.htm
> l#
> 
> It is the dawning of a new age on Harp-L!
> 
> Congratulations once again, Winslow. You are the only person I know who
> has advised a Nobel Laureate about /anything/.
> 
> Finally, Dr. Myerson, I hope you don't mind me "outing" you on the
> list.
> :-)
> 
> Michelle