Mike was a noted leader in the profession of vocational
evaluation and implemented his beliefs about training, education and certification.
He willingly organized general sessions, break-out sessions, and participated
in VEWAA's Issues Forums -- as far back as the Second Forum in Dallas,
Texas. In addition to making countless state, local and national
presentations, he served as an adjunct Assistant Professor at the university
level for a number of years.
Mike was a true master of his profession. He demonstrated an unswerving devotion to and investment in the welfare
of his family, friends, his many clients, and his professional colleagues. He had a profound effect on everyone fortunate enough to know and work with him. His reputation for maintaining the highest of standards in his practice caused many graduate students, some as far away as the East Coast, to want to work with and learn from him.
Mike Rubin epitomized mastery of his chosen profession. He was a premier vocational evaluator, the best of our profession, one
who demanded excellence from himself, his clients, and others--even the community at large. While we have many in our profession with solid reputations, his sterling work is one we can and should use as a standard. He was a hero in a profession that sometimes wants for such role models. His compassion and caring sometimes obvious, sometimes not, but his clients
and friends always felt it and their lives were changed as a result. One by one, he helped hundreds of people get jobs, access training and education, and change their life courses by arming them with knowledge of their abilities, skills and special talents; he encouraged them to pursue their dreams--and he charged many windmills to make sure bureaucracies did not bar them from their pursuits.
Most importantly, Mike believed in people. One can be motivated and encouraged knowing someone like Mike Rubin believed
in him or her. This belief and his gifts to each of us are part of his legacy and his legacy lives in the hearts of each of us in our professions. If we can emulate what he did for us, we can make the world and some of its citizens better for knowing and working with us.
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