Hon. Gregory F. Kishel retired after thirty-two years as a bankruptcy judge for the US District Court of the District of Minnesota, having served as chief judge for twelve of those years, in two separate terms. Among the numerous cases during his term were those involving large labor issues for an airline, a company with mass tort liability for asbestos exposure, two companies in the iron mining industry, and the entities through which the third-largest Ponzi scheme in American history was carried out.