It is easy to remember the bombastic, the loud, the swaggering blowhards who desire their every act of small-minded mediocrity to be acknowledged. And then there are people whose main facet is kindness and stubbornness to do the right thing and to respond to a high sense of duty increasingly rare among those occupying high offices and designations. Helen was the latter. She was not just effective and efficient. She was reliable and solid and unwavering. She was a beautiful human whose silent ways and persistent effort to keep her profile low endeared her to friends and colleagues. Without Helen, [...]