title: With personal and professional gratitude: an editor's thank you to J. Willis Hurst.
abstract: This editorial is about a friend who I met years ago when I had to debate him at an American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting, and we have known and respected each other ever since. As always, he was a gentleman in that debate, and he has remained so for as long as I have known him. Education of his colleagues, teaching of medical students, residents, and fellows-in-training has been J. Willis Hurst's lifelong passion, and he will continue to do that until January 1st, 2009, when he retires from Emory University.
authors.forename: C Richard
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Conti
mesh_terms: D002309:Cardiology / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000266:history