John Dove Isaacs III 19130328..19800606
Professor Isaacs had this quote on a blackboard in his office:
It is amazing what one can accomplish if one does not care who gets the credit.
A building is named to honor him at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography http://www.sio.ucsd.edu/scripps_news/pressreleases/isaacs.html
(Quote attributed to Harry Truman at http://www.bestsites.com/quotes/quot01.htm)
See also DoNotWorryAboutTheCredit