Students and faculty often remark that Ezra is blessed with considerable talent. What many of them overlook is how hard Ezra works to cultivate his talent, whether it be the development of his heautiihl voice f.r an operatic performance or of his writing skills as he works through an essay.

In over twenty-five years of teaching, I have known other students with talent equivalent to Ezra’s. Many of them lacked his good nature and humility, and few demonstrated the genuine intellectual curiosity that Ezra has exhibited over and over.

When I decided to set up a debate on Henry David Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience,” it was Ezra who was most helpful in creating a resolution that would lead to that appreciation. Ezra, to no one’s surprise, then agreed to argue on any side of the debate.

Ezra is a motivated young man of numerous talents and considerable self-discipline.

He is fun-loving, likable, enthusiastic, trusting and trustworthy.