I just had to share this email from Dr. Gilbert I received today since several DDD's are mentioned. Just goes to show that the profs did really know we were there! BTW- Dr. G is living in Nova Scotia.
Hello Leslie, 8 June 09 Monday
My wife & I regret we are unable to attend the President’s Picnic on 26 June.
Thanks for the invitation, though, which is much appreciated. The brochure
describing the Alumni Weekend later this month is an excellent & colorful
enticement for the many & various activities, which have been well summarized
by the registration form! Perhaps I can attend a future Simpson event as part
of our travels from Nova Scotia when visiting our kids & grandkids.
I hope you are enjoying your post as Director of Alumni Relations. I do
recall you as one of the few freshman in my lab course on “Environmental
Quality & Man” that fall semester of ’82, along with Melinda McGee &
Shelly Swanson. Brian Comer, Tim Gedler, & Lynn Sanson were also
Frosh in that class…over a quarter of a century ago! It was supposed to
be a primarily freshman course (Bio 103), but many jr’s & sr’s who had put
off taking their science course were given 1st priority during registration.
Tim Gedler majored In environmental science & has been a park ranger
with the IA DNR for many years.. and may still be in charge of Walnut Woods
State Park. He married Kathryn Sommerfeld whose Mother (I think?), Anita, was
the Alumni Records Clerk, with an encyclopedic knowledge of graduates, when
Kay Lebeda was Alumni Director.
Best wishes, Bill Gilbert, Prof. Emeritus
Dept. of Biology & Environ. Science
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Wow - he DOES have a memory! I took that class, with a bunch of Pi Phis. I remember the trip to the Sewage Treatment Plant and how grossed out they all got. LOL! I also remember Dr. Gilbert playing Pete Seager songs in class!
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