Diane Mayer taught as an Instructor in the department from 1983 until 2011,听when she retired as a听Senior听Instructor Emerita. She did her BA in Religion and Biblical Studies at Smith College (1968), and her PhD here at CU-Boulder in听the听1970s, writing a dissertation on Kant, directed by Berel Lang. She put herself through grad school as a dispatcher for the CU police department, calmly handling emergency calls from all over campus,听while reading Jane Austen, setting the pattern for her future career in the philosophy department. After she earned her PhD, she became a philosophy instructor,听Associate Director of the Center for Values and Social Policy,听the department administrative assistant, advisor to the undergraduate students,听and Assistant Chair for Undergraduate Studies. She ran the department with tireless energy and with a singleminded focus on the common good; she was loved and feared by everyone, in equal measure.听During her tenure the undergraduate major population grew from about 60 to over 300 students.听Her teaching was guided by the view that philosophy should help educate future citizens. Hence, one听course she felt it important听to teach was PHIL 3190 鈥榃ar and Morality鈥�. It was the only philosophy course with a 鈥榣ab鈥� component,听which consisted of a film听designed to give meaning to abstract concepts in听just war听theory.听听PHIL 1200 鈥楶hilosophy and Society鈥�, which was a tough-minded course focusing on concepts of justice relevant both to the US and the international order, also filled the goal of educating for citizenship.听So did her courses in Ethical Theory, Environmental Ethics, Feminism, and Non-violence.听 (She delivered a paper on the latter topic at the University of Havana.) Upon retiring, she took up writing letters to the editor and returned to the game of competitive bridge, and currently holds the title of life master.听听