Now, near his second anniversary he says, “I love what I am doing. One of the attractions about coming back is that I was going to be surrounded by oceanographers and staff here at GSO. I think the staff at an oceanographic institution is critical and special– I have seen that at three different institutions now. I felt the community spirit that was here years ago was an attraction. Anther thing that attracted me was that we are in a transition here, as well as oceanography in general, and so it’s an opportunity for everyone here to make a difference and to be a part of that exciting thing.” It also didn’t hurt that Corliss still had links to New England. He had long maintained a house on Cape Cod and a cabin on an island on Lake Champlain. “Even though I came out of Vermont, I always felt I was a Swamp Yankee, being at Woods Hole and on the Cape.” He maintains the Swamp Yankee identification by living in Charlestown, 10 minutes from the ocean, a town where he finds the open spaces ideal for a daily passion—running.