The state motto of Indiana is “Crossroads of America.” Like the state in which she spent more than a quarter of a century as a professor, the work of Eleanor Kinney—a brilliant, prescient scholar, generous teacher, and founder and long-time leader of the William S. and Christine S. Hall Center for Law and Health—came to be known for its intersections of law, medicine, health policy, public health, and human rights. My appreciation of Eleanor began as something tribal: like Eleanor, I, too, had a background in law and public health, and I was a graduate of Indiana University. Over more than two decades, while I was faculty at Southern Illinois University and then following my move to Indianapolis, Eleanor became a colleague, mentor, and regular source of inspiration. She left a tremendous impression on me; I can safely say, were it not for Eleanor’s influence on the field of health law, on my alma mater, and on me personally, I would not figuratively and literally, be where I am today. Two areas of Eleanor’s influence I feel most suited to highlighting in this special edition are her early leadership in Empirical Health Law and in discussing her professional contributions after retiring from Indiana University, especially her year as a visiting scholar at Southern Illinois University.