Thomas Bender ’66 is retiring this year after 42 years on the faculty of New York University, where he was University Professor of the Humanities and Professor of History. He was honored by the Organization of American Historians at its annual meeting this past spring with the Roy Rosenzweig Distinguished Service Award for “an individual whose contributions have significantly enriched our understanding and appreciation of American History.” At NYU this fall, his former doctoral students organized a two-day conference that addressed different aspects of his teaching and research under the title: “New York Intellectual, Global Historian.” His publications ranged widely–academic books, trade books, journal articles, and newspaper and magazine articles. No more teaching, but he will continue writing. His work in progress is An American History: Freedom and Unfreedom in the Making of the United States to be published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. He intends to remain in New York, but he recently moved from Manhattan to Brooklyn.