A. Allan Schmid Exit Lecture

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Just a quick posting pointing to A. Allan Schmid's exit lecture in 2006

https://mediaspace.msu.edu/media/Allan+Schmid+lecture+mp4+48khz/1_74la8bt3/11980551




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