Barbara, is herself a noted scholar sft kennedy era and clan. Shes also the director of president ial studies here at the Miller Center. She is a very seasoned export, oral historian as well as written historian. And for many years she helped lead the Oral History Program here at the Miller Center which was one of the signature undertakings that we do in interviewing the leading members of president ial administrations from the ford years on up until the present. Or at least i should say the recent past. We have completed oral histories under her leadership and Russell Riley of every administration through the george w. Bush administration and we are planning to lay seeing to the Obama Administration and well find out what the Trump Administration what their attitude is towards being interviewed for oral history when we get to that. In any case, barbara is going to take us forward and ill turn things over to her. Thanks so much, will. And of course to mel and stephanie for conceptualiz