Remarks for Dr. Dick Volz Festschrift
Yu Zhang and Dianxiang Xu
(Read by Philip Coleman, former undergraduate researcher of Yu Zhang and 
current Texas A&M graduate student.)

Due to a previous commitment we regret that we can not join you to honor 
Dr. Dick Volz for this joyous occasion. Dr. Volz is the former PhD advisor 
for Yu Zhang and colleague of Dianxiang Xu. He is one of our favorite 
people and the finest professor of our generation. For years, his advice 
and direction has helped us establish ourselves in our profession in 
academia and we in turn are passing this on to our students, the next 
generation.

Congratulations Dr. Volz and thank you for all that you have given to 
countless students.

We'd like to close with a Chinese proverb:
   "The peach and the plum do not speak, yet a path is worn beneath them
     for their attractive flowers."
It means that a man of sincerity gains admiration and respect!

Best wishes,

Yu Zhang, a former PhD student and now an assistant professor in Trinity 
University

and

Dianxiang Xu, a former research associate and now an associate professor 
in the Dakota State University