This has been a year of remarkable anniversaries. It is the International Year of Astronomy remembering Galileo’s first use of the telescope. This year calls to mind the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his Origin of Species. This year celebrates the 40th anniversary of the first lunar landing and the 25th anniversary of the first American woman to walk in space. It is the year in which world scholars celebrate prestigious academic leadership in the United Kingdom --- 800 years at the University of Cambridge and 100 years at the University of Bristol. To those of a growing vintage on this side of the Atlantic, we look back 40 years and recall the cultural ferment and social protest of the 60’s captured in names such as Woodstock, Berkeley, and Stonewall.