by | Jul 10, 2008 | Stories
Well today is my birthday (July 9). About 38 years ago I hit the jackpot with No. 1 in the lottery. It forever shaped my future. You could not get a decent job because the first thing they would ask you was "What’s your number". Answer would be...
by | Jul 9, 2008 | Stories
I was a student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. 1969 was the first year of the draft. I sat in the packed Rathskellar (Student Union) the night of the first draft and watched as they pulled dates out of the lottery bin. It was a tough,...
by | Jul 9, 2008 | Stories
I was scheduled to graduate from the University of Wisconsin in June of 1969 but needed an extra semester to finish. I was classifed 1-A beginning when my student deferment ended in June, and I received a middle level draft number. I started my career...
by | Jul 8, 2008 | Stories
I joined ROTC as an undergraduate when LBJ announced that there would be no further deferments for graduate students. Planning law school, I took advantage of the law school deferment for Air Force officers. By the time the lottery came along, I had...
by | Jul 7, 2008 | Stories
The night of the lottery, my fiance and I were in my student office at McArdle laboratories on the Wisconsin campus. When I realized that I had a draft number of 8, we burst into tears and sobbed.My first reaction was that I needed to do something other than be in the...
by | Jul 7, 2008 | Stories
On the day of the first lottery drawing, December 1, 1969, I was taking tests and interviewing for a place in the Rabbinical School of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City. At the conclusion of a full day of testing and questioning, I...
