Zot zot zot! I started at UCI just after Cicerone left to head the NAS, but heard from everyone who knew him how wonderful he was. I did, though, have the pleasure of sitting in Sherry Rowland's[1] Chem H2B class for a week, before they demoted me back to the regular track for my B- in H2A. :-)

[1]: for those who don't know, Rowland won the Nobel Prize in 1995 with Mario Molina and Paul Crutzen for their work on the destruction of the ozone layer via CFCs. I believe that Cicerone received some recognition for his contributions to their work.