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Personal
Milestones
Attended J. J. Finley and Gainesville
High School.
Eagle Scout - age 14
Built a 32 deuce flathead roadster.
Barely managed to stay alive. Fast driving and reckless motorcycling
through college too. No accidents.
High school track - low 50's in the
440. 9th fastest in the state - 100 yd dash. There are 9 lanes and I
was last. (State meet)
Weight lifting. Military press -
160.
Body weight - 145.
Went to Johns
Hopkins University as an undergraduate.
Worked at the Johns after graduation. (Hopkins that
is.) Loved speaking Fortran.
Committed to racial/woman's/youth
movements.
Had serious skiing
accident. Busted knee. Expired briefly during recovery. Blind for a day.
("No telling how sharp you could have been." quoth Jerry.) 1970
Big milestone - good news - skiing
accident - met Linda.
Spellbound by Watergate. Confirmed the
notion that there is justice in this somewhat capricious world.
Linda and I marry. Groundhog's Day,
1974.
Masters in Bio-Statistics, 1976. Johns
Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health.
Instructor of medicine 1977.
Linda and I renovate two houses - make
$.
Clay born. 1978
Annelle born. 1982
Mom dies, and we move to Gainesville,
Fl. taking over Florida Book Store. 1984. My JHU colleagues somewhat surprised,
slightly envious, but quite understanding about my "defection."
"Nobody ever did that before." says Lou.
Lindsay born - a most welcome addition. 1986
I look around one day and realize I
love business. If only I'd known.
Pop dies - no longer the most
unforgettable character everyone ever met. 1989
Clay leaves for Amherst College. We miss
him.
Bookstore grows, expands, and we sell
in 1998. What to do now?
I spend quality time mentoring Annelle and
Lindsay.
Clay graduates cum laude.
Clay and I do UsedBookBroker.com which
we close after a year. Life
is good. Thank you Linda.
Annelle leaves for Davidson College. We miss
her too.
Lindsay is at Eastside. Thank goodness
she is still here.
What next? I have
freedom, but I miss the satisfaction of growing a business.
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