Gotta love the way you speak about your professor, many students dont realice how important their mentors where for them even when they become old age, a good professor can put you in the right track of life and make you hit opportunitys than otherwise would have been imposible.
So i love the fact you honor him with your words. So you were always a man of community, even from school to modern life, is great to know it and to see you dint change some parts of your self at all, that good form of inocent kindness since childhood and your closeness for your classmates :)