Congratulations Dr Barry Wills for your “Distinguished Service Award” presented by the IMPC council at the Gala Dinner in Santiago,only the third ever presented. Sorry not to have been there to celebrate it with you and Barbara. I have known Barry since he was my lecturer at CSM in the late ’70’s so I know how much he deserves this and how much it will mean to him. Barry has been a true envoy for Mineral Processing and a great enthusiast and inspiration for those around him. Not only a well respected professional but also a good friend to many. I think that Confucius must have been thinking of Barry when he said — “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”