George H.W. Bush: “in Pasadena, California June 14, 1991 Thank you, Pete, for that very generous introduction. I'm delighted to see Gayle…”

“in Pasadena, California June 14, 1991 Thank you, Pete, for that very generous introduction. I'm delighted to see Gayle with you over here. Congressman Moorhead--and to the business at hand--your chairman of the board, Dr. Mettler, who I've known for years and admired and respected. Dr. Everhart, the president; Dr. Jennings; Dr. DuBridge; Dr. Beckman; Dr. Brown; Mr. Avery; Dr. Shuster--hello. I'd also like to acknowledge this distinguished board of trustees that I had the honor to meet with just a while ago. And it's a pleasure to be here at CalTech, my first visit. I'm told it's the first visit of a seated President since Teddy Roosevelt. However, my trip back to Washington, I understand, will be delayed. Some of CalTech's finest reassembled Air Force One in the lobby of my hotel. [Laughter] Ditch day, perhaps. You look restless out there--let me tell you about a Yale graduation. I will confess to having gone to Yale. A minister gave the graduation speech. ``Y,'' of course, was for youth; that took 40 minutes. ``A,'' altruism--brushed that one off in 20 minutes. ``L'' was for loyalty--45 minutes. ``E'' for enterprise--30 minutes. The speech ended and most of the kids had left. There was one guy praying. The minister went over and said, ``Oh, son, I'm glad to see a man of faith here. What were you praying for?'' He said, ``I was giving thanks that I didn't go to the California Institute of Technology.'' [Laughter] So, I'll try to be respectful in that regard.…”