2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/64963This paper is based on a talk given by the author in October, 1997 at a conference at Columbia University in celebration of Hyman Bass's 65th birthday. The paper details some of the history of Gorenstein rings and their uses.Commutative AlgebraAlgebraic Geometry13CDH; 14Btext