Dr. Victor Worsfold listens to the little voice inside him, telling him enough is enough. After 26 years at UTD, Worsfold is retiring. ÒIÕm conscious that it is time to leave the stage. Whoever the inner voice is, it has told me enough is enough. It is very good to listen to the voice. IÕm feeling grand and looking forward to the future,Ó Worsfold said. This past summer, Worsfold spent his time cleaning out his office and traveling. For most professors, such an act could be heartbreaking, but Worsfold described it as Òjoyful.Ó From the doorway, several books lean precariously toward the edge of bookshelves. Several of the shelves are bare. Pictures of Scotland line the walls, as well as an antique end table with two carved wooden horses on top of it. On the nearby desk a computer hums patiently, next to a mug that says, ÒTeachers are Special.Ó WorsfoldÕs office window reveals a view of the temporary classrooms behind the Multipurpose Building. The view stretches outward toward the horizon away from UTD. WorsfoldÕs office reveals a sense of his own history at UTD, down to the little wooden horses on his end table. Even though he is leaving, much of him will remain. For many students, the Scottish professor of Ethics and Philosophy was a permanent fixture in the Arts and Humanities Department. Occasionally, he would show off his delightful humor and Scottish heritage by wearing a kilt. ÒMy strongest memory of Dr. Worsfold is seeing him in his kilt at the reception for him this past spring,Ó Cynthia Haynes, director of the Rhetoric Department, said. ÒI had heard about the fact that he wore it occasionally, but I had never seen him dressed in it. He looked smashing.Ó Many of the teaching assistants (TA) here at UTD had their first meetings with Worsfold at TA Orientation. For five years, Worsfold was in charge of the Teaching Enhancement Program, that supervises and handles situations dealing with teaching assistants. ÒHe was my advisor for a year when I first got to UTD and he was always congenial and charming. He was also genuinely concerned with my progress and helping me actively plan my curriculum,Ó Chad Hansen, Ph.D student in Arts and Humanities, said. ÒHis jovial tone helped me to understand what my purpose was as a TA.Ó WorsfoldÕs mark on UTD extends far back into UTDÕs history. In 1975, Worsfold graduated from Harvard University with his Ph.D and immediately came to UTD to join a budding new series of schools, about to make their way on the UTD campus. Since 1969, UTD had been chartered as an upper-division school with graduate programs in Natural Science and Business, as well as Ph.D programs and masterÕs programs in Business Management, but in 1978, it was preparing to open its doors to a new type of student Ñ undergraduates. Worsfold described the process as growing down first in order to grow outward. WorsfoldÕs arrival was right on time with the arrival of the first junior and senior undergraduates to UTD. ÒIt was an amazing time, and though the programs were in development for years, it was quite an adventure to come here and create an instant university,Ó said Worsfold. WorsfoldÕs first classes were taught in the library, which was still being finished. ÒThere was a family of skunks that took up residence in the rafters and believe me, they left their calling card.Ó Since WorsfoldÕs time at UTD, heÕs been on the stage for several big events. The many books and objects in his office all are characteristic of events that Worsfold saw. The small carved horses are signs of changing times and events that happened on the UTD campus, including the first production of ÒEquus,Ó a controversial play that Worsfold supervised when it was first performed on campus. In later years ÒEquusÓ would become a topic of controversy on campus, but Worsfold was proud to mention that the first production was never controversial. ÒItÕs amazing the number of events I have worked and taught through here at UTD including the first freshman and sophomore classes to come to UTD,Ó said Worsfold. In 1990, the university brought in undergraduates. During that time, professor Dennis Kratz, the current Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities, offered to teach a course entitled ÒThe Concept of Culture.Ó According to Worsfold, early on the university advertised that the classes would be taught and the enrollment would remain fairly small. More than 67 students had enrolled. Due to the large influx of freshmen, Worsfold was asked to take half the students. Worsfold laughed, telling the story of how he had a weekend to prepare to teach the course. The one constant in WorsfoldÕs career at UTD has been teaching and working with students. Through the years, he has worked with hundreds of graduates and undergraduates and his time here has been one he refers to as Òjoyful.Ó ÒI could not have chosen a better career at UTD. It enabled me to give back to the university and students many of the things I learned over the 20 odd years since I started,Ó said Worsfold. ÒI will miss him terribly,Ó Haynes said. ÒWe have grown closer in the past several years by virtue of serving on several graduate student committees together. His love of teaching surpasses any teacher I have known. It is an inspiration to me. Such utter commitment to education, and more importantly, to students themselves is so rare even among teachers. I respect and revere him.Ó Though Worsfold is retiring, he has donated many of his books to the McDermott Library so that other students can benefit from the knowledge he received from them. The Outstanding Faculty and Teaching Awards have been named after him. From now on they will be referred to as the Victor L. Worsfold Teaching Award. This yearÕs recipients were doctoral student Gregory Stewart and Adrienne McLean, assistant professor of Arts and Humanities. ÒMy time at UTD has been generous,Ó Worsfold said. ÒI want to thank so many professors and TAs, and of course Dean Cunningham, who has been a most wonderful mentor in the course of my efforts Ñ no Dean Cunningham...no TA Program.Ó When asked what he will miss most Worsfold said, ÒNot working with the teaching assistants or the graduate dean and the worthwhile projects that arise from that. Humanities has given me a lot of rewards. I love the subject and being able to share oneÕs love of philosophy has been one of my great joys. Every time I go around the corner and bump into an old student who is on the faculty, it tickles me pink..Ó When asked what plans he had for the future, Worsfold replied he has many projects and things to do, including writing a series or articles, as well as traveling to visit his homeland Scotland and returning to his hobby of amateur gardening. Worsfold said he looked forward to Òtending my own garden, in the words of the master philosopher Voltaire, but even as I leave a little bit of myself at UTD a little bit of UTD joins me in retirement as well. I have been given some beautiful mandivillas for my garden by UTD. I call them my UTD mandivillas.Ó As fall approaches some of the faces seem a little sad, as Worsfold leaves the stage. He takes with him more than just his kilt and congeniality. The garden heÕs tended at UTD has grown strong through the years.