Abstract :
AL RUBENSTEIN has achieved something that very few people do. He has become a legend in his own time … legend as an educator, legend as a researcher, and legend as the editor of this TRANSACTIONS for quarter of a century. This is the last issue under his editorship but his impact on the emerging engineering management discipline has been so great that he will always remain as one of the leaders in the field, and will always be a part of this TRANSACTIONS. I am pleased, in fact, that he has agreed to stay on the Editorial Board as Editor Emeritus.