This is such a cool idea; teamwork to grant him title.
Gary is not only an icon of D&D to me, but he was also a great source of language and ancient history. He was more inspiring than any teacher I had in school. I learned organically rather than by lists and repetition.
From just the DMG I was introduced to all manner of new fascinating concepts; various forms of government, noble titles like Pfalzgraf, and a host of obscure words like dweamor, ennui, vorpal, and slattern.
Gary's not only a hero, he's kind of a guru as well.