Marquis Who’s Who Really Wants Me
Late last month, I was informed by Marquis Who's Who that my biography will be included in the 2007 edition of Who's Who in America and Who's Who in Science and Engineering. Prior to these inclusions, I was also selected for the 2006 edition of Who's Who in America, but the Science and Engineering inclusion is new. It all started in 2004 when I was contacted by Marquis and asked to submit my biography for consideration. At that time, I was teaching in a university.
I have known Marquis Who's Who for some time. Back to those years when I was a student, I used the books in the school library for some research and my advisors (I had two) had all appeared in various Marquis' publications. I didn't know how they were selected, but it must be an honor. So when I first learned that I will join many famous names in Who's Who, I felt overwhelmed. Frankly, even as of today, I am not very clear why my biographical information is considered as valuable and useful. I am just an ordinary person with an ordinary life. But I take the honor.
However, things kind of went beyond my expection when I received two letters from Marquis yesterday: I will be included in the coming Who's Who in the World and a new publication called Who's Who in Emerging Leaders. Sure they are all good news, but me? In the World? And Emerging Leaders? I don't know and don't understand.
I was very happy when I was first selected, but now my feeling is just like a Chinese idiom: Things will go to the opposite when they are extreme. This's just too much.
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Who’s Who contacts a large number of people… the idea is they’ll tell you you’ll be listed, then get you to buy their books.
Exactly. I bought the book for more than $300 in 2005 when I first appeared in Who’s Who in America. I thought since I was in it, I could keep a copy as souvenir. However, since then they kept email and asking me to buy all the books that I was listed. It seems that they are not different from any other businesses. It’s a business after all.