b'he opens the door and starts at the eleventh step, we sometimes have no idea what the first step even was! Over time, they grew accustomed to his style and would simply ask if they needed clarification. My father found this amusing and would laugh along with them.On his way home, because our whole family had a sweet tooth, he often stopped at small shops selling snacks to buy chocolates for the children or snowflake cakes, his and my grandmothers Favorite. These simple moments of pleasure, woven into his daily routine, offered a refreshing contrast to his professional life and revealed the lighter side of his charactera side that endeared him to everyone who knew him. Although there were many famous restaurants near the school, Father seldom dined out.He was a person who didnt pay much attention to food. My mother often joked that there was little difference between gourmet meals and fast food for him. In my memories, Father never expressed a pref-erence for any particular restaurant except for one: a small shop that had made its start by selling cooking oil. In the early 70s, their products became less competitive with the mass-produced and nicely packaged cooking oils sold in supermarkets, so they began to sell noodles, steamed buns, and oth-er traditional dishes to make ends meet. Father liked their Yuan Cup Chicken Noodle Soup and would visit them every once in a while for lunch. He also liked to invite friends and family members to taste their well-received xiao long bao. Who would have thought that Din Tai Fung () would one day become a multinational enterprise with more than 170 branches around the world? Perhaps my father had good taste after all.Influencing Generations of Leaders and ThinkersOn the wall of the School of Management Science office, there were two beautiful frames mounted, containing characters in seal script. One of them read Think Tank , the name Father bestowed upon the School of Management Science building. The other frame encases a poem he penned, articulating his hopes for the School of Management Science and his person-57'