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Thursday, June 20, 2013

L is for Lloyd...

Author/Teacher Lloyd Kropp [1], as it turns out, was a hinge factor in my life. As a published writer of science fiction, “One Thousand Times to China” and other acclaimed novels, he was hired by SIUE as a writer in residence in 1975. He didn’t have to take on remedial grammar classes or “intro to”... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Brief update from yesterday:

10: 00 a.m. Dentist. Placed new crown. At suppertime decided it was too uncomfortable, will need adjustment. This may complicate the molds he took for the partials. 12:30 p.m. A-fib. Long episode, started intense, pressure at throat. Lay down, pressure began to ease, pace slowed. Sat at 'puter or in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

K is for Klaus

Klaus H. taught English and creative writing at Seattle Central Community College, one of a dozen new instructors on the department’s part-time faculty list that year. For Fall of ’99 he was assigned three classes: one 098 Remedial, a 101 English Composition, and a 200-level American Literature. In... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 17, 2013

J is for Joe

It was '73, I'd worked for the Housing Office at the campus for a few months, when the weekly meeting turned to a proposed construction project. Marguerritte, the site director, wanted to convert one apartment in each building for handicapped use. There had been pressure from a group of students led... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 16, 2013

I is for Ishmael

I met Ishmael Ahmad at the first meeting with the Resident Managers after I went to work at the campus housing office. The apartment complex, designed to house 400, was located about a mile from the central core at Tower Lake. There was one RM for each building of twenty-four apartments. Margaret,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 15, 2013

This and the previous are the second "H" in the alphabet memoir

H is for Henry In 1943, ship's Gunner Henry (Lagroix) served on the SS Lyon, a transport vessel. According to Wikipedia and other online files, the Lyon transported troops to ports in Algieria, including Oran, from the debark port of New York, USA. These soldiers were destined to join the Allied... Sign in to see full entry.

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Selection from table to organize giant file of military records

DATE FROM TO SUBJECT COMMENTS/NOTES/MISC 08-28-1943 Order Memorandum - Officers Transportation Com 12 to Boston, Mass Navy Yard, Boston Name: XXX Henry L. 293998 Rank: Gun (T) USN twelfth Third Naval District – temp duty Order No. 41561 – Hereby detached proceed to Boston, Mass and report to the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 14, 2013

H is for Harry

Let me just say up front, Harry wasn't my favorite boss ever. In fact, he's #2 on the all-time worst list. He was #2 when I met him. And in later years, when I applied for a different job and gave him as a reference, he gave me a bad review. Because of his put-down, the other guy hired me; he didn't... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 13, 2013

G is for Gene

Gene E. - architectural engineer, wanna-be ladies’ man, clothes-horse. I met him in the early 1960s when I worked in the university’s Physical Plant Office. We were in one of those converted farmhouses on the fringe of what would soon be the Edwardsville campus of Southern Illinois University. The... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

F is for Frank

Frank R. was the foreman of the Alton print shop where I worked in ’59 and ’60. Tall, lean and fifty-something, he had a grin that reached his eyes. He had a habit of running one hand through his mop of dark, unruly hair whenever he was studying on some problem. He drank a little. Irish coffee at... Sign in to see full entry.

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