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In his retirement Marty hopes others will understand that he cannot . . .
• do research for others, make bibliographical suggestions, or propose names of speakers for programs or authors for articles or books• evaluate manuscripts or serve in any way as commentator on or liaison with publishers or agents
• help students with term papers, however much he has enjoyed doing this
• critique and advise dissertations at University of Chicago or elsewhere
• be of aid in “opening doors” to foundations or in any other way help isolate potential donors or raise funds except for the University of Chicago and St. Olaf College
• serve on any boards, including advisory boards
• speak to individual congregations (unless he has personal ties to the congregation) or to most kinds of retreats or professional workshops
• participate in tenure reviews or other academic evaluations
• write recommendations for anyone unless he has worked very closely with that individual through the years and is familiar with that person’s recent work
• write dust jacket endorsements for books (alas! for even the best of books by the best of friends); this is a decades-old policy born of Marty’s past role as book review editor at magazines, and he has retained it as a policy for complex but good reasons