In this video, Tim Liggett, Tom Liggett’s son, is shown delivering the speech he gave in March 2019 at UCLA’s Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM). The occasion was the dinner celebrating “Interacting Particle Systems, Statistical Mechanics and Related Topics: A Conference Honoring the Contributions of Thomas M. Liggett”. Tom had intended to be present at IPAM throughout the conference. He was sidelined by a case of pneumonia, however, and was obliged to hold court with his many friends at the Santa Monica Hospital instead. Tom’s entire family, including his wife Chris, his grown children, Tim and Amy, and their families, all attended the dinner in his absence. Tim’s humorous account of growing up in the Liggett household was one of the main speeches given in Tom’s honor that evening. (Video courtesy of Darren Jones; edited by Tim Liggett.)
