As Ron Simpson mentions in his discussion of the scholarship of outreach and engagement, the late Ernest Lynton was a pioneer in the effort to elevate the work of public service and outreach faculty to the status of legitimate academic contributions. Formerly the senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Massachusetts, he ended his career as a Senior Associate of the New England Resource Center for Higher Education at the University of Massachusetts in Boston. The current director of the Center, Deborah Hirsch, provides a fitting introduction to this ongoing feature of the Journal.