John is a terrific person, an asset to this field and a true gentleman.

Thank you for all your contributions and sage advice over the years, it is heartily appreciated. You are a true credit to Canada and British Columbia.

I might trade seeing a sasquatch for this guy’s career.

That is “might.”

It won’t be the first time a non-scientist has eked out a place in the Science Hall of Fame. But it’ll be a special one, and it’ll happen. That’s what the evidence says.