I am extremely honored to hold

The William D. Hamilton Collegiate Professorship

at the University of Michigan.

I had the privilege of working with Bill during his tenure in Ann Arbor. We were both members of the “BACH seminar”, which in Bill’s period included Arthur Burks, Robert Axelrod, myself ( C), John Holland, Rick Riolo and Carl Simon. As many have testified, working with Bill was the kind of experience you dream of when becoming a scientist…

I have preserved some of the commentary that appeared on the Web after Bill’s death. As long as the original continues to exist, it may be found at http://www.unifr.ch/biol/ecology/hamilton/hamilton.html . I have also taken the precaution of making a local copy .