The collection of 21 papers in divided into five main areas: an iterative method for linear systems, least squares solution, matrix factorizations and applications, orthogonal polynomials and quadrature, and eigenvalue problems commentary for each region is given by the experts: Anne Greenbaum, Bjorkc Ake , Higham Nicholas, Walter Gautschi, and GW (Pete) Stewart. Comments on paper each also provided by the original author, provide the reader with historical information about how the paper came to be written and under what circumstances co-operation was performed.