Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | books | about  Memorable Mentors (08 Apr 2005) It was Merton who first pointed me to the work of novelist and short story writer Doris Lessing, Merton who showed me that just because an institution like MIT had a policy in place did not mean that it worked well, Merton who came to rescue me from my nearly empty dorm one intersession as I unhappily tried to finish several overdue term papers. Today, I am fascinated that someone so erudite was able to take 20-year-olds so seriously. Merton was the ultimate teacher, one who cared about his students and made time for them. He provided the personal guidance as well as the intellectual. Article URL: http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/05/issue/news_feature_mentors.asp Read 224 more articles from Technology Review Magazine sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: Minimizing the annoyance of the mobile phone     This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy