I officially don't feel special any more. Back around 2003, tried to find a copy of Gravel's thesis and it turns out he didn't even have it any more. There was one copy on perpetual loan to a prof at Tech and we had to get another faculty member to pry it out of his hands. Made copies, including one for Ryan, and have watched this thing grow ever since.
Now, any schmuck in the world can read it thanks to WSB:
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/24355792/detail.html
Click on the thesis link for the whole thing in a PDF
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