I was at the center of all of these developments, and many doors were opened for me". She took an integral part in the growth of the center, including serving as co-director from 1987 to 1994 and director from 1995 to 2002.
"I always wanted to be a bridge between kids like me and the possibilities that can propel them to greatness". In a 2012 magazine interview, she spoke of mentorship as a way "to open a secret door for others that hadn't been opened for me". The brash billionaire with plans to colonize Mars never had a mentor himself -- at least, not one he's publicly acknowledged.
A whole new world opened for me". "This is really a sad day… because he had such a profound influence on so many of us," Gardner's friend Douglas Hofstadter, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid" who succeeded Gardner at Scientific American, wrote on the magazine's website.
"It's amazing what he opened for me," Mr. Chaya said.
Childhood opened for me on my last tour.
But soon, a new door opened for me.
Not all of them opened for me, though, and I am not sure why.
Doors to strange and wondrous places opened for me that night.
And because of my lineage, every door was opened for me.
What do I have to do to have that door opened for me?
