Testimonials#

This page collects assessments of LLoL’s work by others. As of now, there is one: a candid evaluation by a close mentor that remains strikingly accurate years later.

Millard Susman (2017)#

In March 2017, Professor Millard Susman wrote a two-page assessment of Laurence Loewe addressed to Professor John Doebley. The letter is reproduced in the Ketubah document (pp. 358–359) (Fig. K17).

Key observations:

“My overall impression of Laurence is that he is totally immersed in his research work, extremely hard-working, exceptionally well-read, and admirably original and creative.”

“Laurence has problems with focus. He seems to be unable to write a short story; everything turns into a novel — or perhaps a trilogy.”

“On the whole, Laurence seems to me a remarkably gifted person who has much to contribute… He does, however, have to find an effective way to deliver his contribution.”

This assessment, written before the five-year research marathon that produced Balospe.com, is still quite accurate (see length of this site). The ResearchCity vision and the call for buy-in are LLoL’s reply to Susman’s challenge to “find an effective way to deliver his contribution” and to “make progress on grant funding.”