Photograph of John Curtis Perry, at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, in Medford, Massachusetts, on December 8, 2014, during his lecture of the Maritime History and Globalization course. In the picture, Perry is imparting his last lecture before his retirement from teaching. Referencing William Smith Clark, in his farewell to his students in Japan in 1877, John Perry concluded his lecture by proclaiming "I say to you, women and men of Fletcher, be ambitious!"