Timeline
2323 Spring Blvd, Eugene OR
Patty and I moved to Eugene for a summer with my Santa Barbara roommate Russ and Cindy.
Mexico 1971
Before we were married Patty and I took a trip down the west coast of Mexico by train and bus. We visited Mazatlán, Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta, Tepic and San Blas.
Chris Shigizawa
Chris and me at Christmas 1970 in Lodi, on our way to Lassen Volcanic National Park on my BMW R27 motorcycle.
UC Santa Barbara
I attended UC Santa Barbara for my junior and senior years of college. At first I roomed with Lyndon Bittle and Gary Bombach. Senior year roomed with Russ Teale, Wes and David Sveck. I met Chris at an “Urban Plunge” weekend in my junior year. Met Patty when hitchhiking with Chris to Occidental College in … Read more
Summer Job as Therapist-Father
During the summer of 1970 I worked in Santa Monica as the “new father” to a young man with schizophrenia.
Won National Championship in Extemporaneous Speech
DSR-TKA National Championship, Washington, D.C. I spoke on the second question in the final round. Picture from Speaker and Gavel, May 1968, showing all the finalists.
Long Beach State Dorm
My first year of college I lived in the dorm with Byron Brooks as my roommate.
Long Beach State College
I attended Long Beach State for my freshman and sophomore years of college. I was not happy there; my scheme of having two years at an easy beach college before transferring to UC was a mistake. LBSC was an impersonal, mediocre, commuter college. The beach was far away, I had no car to get there, … Read more
Road Trip with Lyndon Bittle to New York and the Montreal World’s Fair
Lyndon and I drove across the country in his red Volkswagen Beetle. We stopped in West Texas to visit his family and in Dayton, Ohio, to visit my aunt and uncle, then continued to the Montreal World’s Fair (Expo 67) and New York City.
Won Debate Championship
Lyndon Bittle and I went undefeated through the 1967 debate season in the Yosemite Forensic League.
Jackson Hole Road Trip 1965
I drove from Lodi to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, with Greg Kennedy and a friend of his from Jackson Hole.
