One of my favorite Jule Moravec stories comes from the period during which we were graduate students at the University of Maryland. During that time we frequently played cards at the Moravec house on Friday evenings, occasionally in candlelight because the power company had just turned off the electricity (times were lean, particularly for grad students with families). I recall Jule telling me at the end of Spring semester that he had been fortunate in landing a well-paying job driving a cement-mixing truck. I told him how impressed I was that he knew how to drive such a complex piece of equipment, with 16 gears, tons of wet cement, and who knows what else. Jule reacted to my comment with an enormous grin and joyous laughter, exclaiming, "Whoever said that I know how to drive a cement truck!?" Dumbstruck, I mumbled something like, "You don't know how to drive a cement truck?", to which he replied, between more joyous laughter, "No, but I guess that I'll learn how!" I've told this story many times over 40 years, using it as an example of the virtues of courage and focused intention, so typical of Jule, and so fundamental to a full and productive life.
Jule, we miss your material presence ... nevertheless, the remarkable example and role model you provided continues to live on. Take care my friend ... I intend to catch up with you when my own lights go out!