> Dear Vanagon Gang,
> I'd just like to announce that due to the fact that my wife just successfully
> defended her thesis, we are now the Dr. and Drs. Hutton, physicists
> unemployed!
> That's a paradox, I think.
> Stuart Hutton

Must be dissertation!!!   
Well, Dr. Hutton(s). I bet both of you could now design a better VW engine!