Russ Luigs, Bandera, TX

Dear Pat,
Perhaps I should have shared these thoughts with your assembled family and friends, but I had reservations about talking too much about business on such an occassion.
As you may have heard from Carter, Jim Tanner gradually came to the opinion that Global had developed into an "industrial Camelot". That is, an environment in which all our people were valued by how well they played their position, rather than by rank. As nobody needs to tell you, that was entirely according to the way that Carter believed things should be. We eventually built a team which was second to none, a team on which each member believed that if you were good enough to play on the team, you were among the world's best at what you did, and performed accordingly.
What you would never have heard from Carter is that he was the rock, the cornerstone of the whole edifice. You heard Marion Wooley say that the best career decision he ever made "was to go to work with Carter", he did not say, "go to work with Global". Carter's solid, honest, 'no politics' ability to get results was a magnet for people like Marion.  They were the high quality building blocks who came to be fitted around the cornerstone. 
Eventually, that made it possible to attract people like Bill Thomas in the top financial job and Jack Ryan in the top legal job and Kyna as the receptionist and good, strong, honest people like them in every position on the team. Carter was our Roger Staubach, the brilliant spark plug who made the team believe in themselves, particularly when the going got tough.
As we both know, Carter's own personal strengths were legendary. However, it was your love and support and encouragement which enabled him to to be all that he was capable of being. Because all of us wanted to perform to Carter's standards, you enabled the whole team to be better than we otherwise would have been.
For that, I wish to extend to you my deepest gratitude.  Thank you for sharing his precious time, attention and devotion, of which there can never be enough to go around, with all of us who were priveleged to work alongside him.
Sincerely,
Russ Luigs