Thanks to you, I’m now in a top-ten graduate school

Dr. Cates,

This is Gerald Dyson, son of Lillian and Stuart Dyson. I’ve been meaning to write for a while now and I just wanted to let you know that I am now, thanks to you, in graduate school working on an MA in Medieval History at the University of York (in the UK), currently ranked in the top 100 in the world.  Additionally, their Medieval History program is one of the top ten in the world.

I will finish my master’s thesis and the program in September and from there I will be heading home for a while and then starting my doctorate, hopefully at Notre Dame or the University of Oxford.

I just wanted to write and let you know that if it hadn’t been for you and your program, I sincerely doubt that I would be in my current position. I hope you are well and you have my gratitude.

Best regards,

Gerald Dyson