Yesterday, I thought helplessness was here to stay.
There was nothing I could do or say,
From snakes and bugs I ran away.

Then you see, I took a course in guided mastery.
It beat all my years of therapy.
I finally learned self-efficacy.

Finally, now rejection means nothing to me.
Now, I choose and try persistently.
I really do believe in me.

Modeling, your example was so grand to see.
We learned so much from you vicariously.
We set our goals proximally.

Why we had to go we don't know, we tried to stay.
But Al said, "Generalize,"
And he sent us all away.

Here today, we've come many, many miles to say,
Thank you, and congrats, hip, hip, hooray.
You made so great, our Stanford stay.

This ditty was sung to Prof. Bandura by his Stanford students at a gathering in the Napa Valley celebrating his 65th birthday ("They lured me there with a cover story," writes the Professor, "although it did not require much luring. The mere mention of Napa Valley and I was halfway across the Golden Gate Bridge." Lyrics by Ann O'Leary, Elizabeth Ozer, Louise Parker, and Sue Wiedenfeld (listed alphabetically; the lyricists take equal credit and equal blame).

Prof. Richard Suinn, a close friend of the Professor's, recalls the event this way:

     We had all been told to hide ourselves during the day so that Al wouldn't see any of us and ask why we were at the hotel and spoil the surprise. At the special moment, we all hid in a foyer on the other side of doors through which Al and Ginny would enter. Of course, on cue we would respond with "Surprise!" Gerry Davison had a camcorder to archive this historical event.
     In all the even was great fun. Terry Wilson was placed in charge of the gifts and he very creatively announced a date of a major publication/event in Bandura's life, then brought out a gift of a gold medal-winning wine from that year. There were several such "Bandura Events," hence several bottles of wine.
     Bandura is a wine afficionado.