by | Feb 26, 2012 | Stories
I was enrolled in ROTC at Kentucky, getting ready to sign up for the advanced program with a 6 year active duty commitment. I sure could use the $50 a month it would pay me during my junior and senior years! I figured I was going into the military as...
by | Feb 25, 2012 | Stories
I remember very clearly the night of the first lottery. I was out drinking beer with a few friends and when I arrived back to my apartment my mother called and told me that my number was 362. She was very excited that I would not have to go to the...
by | Feb 22, 2012 | Stories
I truly enjoyed my experience in graduate school at UK. Great teachers, wonderful basketball games, and lots of research papers for this English major. Working part-time at Kennedy’s bookstore was a plus, financially and socially. It was about the only social...
by | Feb 19, 2012 | Stories
I entered UK in Civil Engineering in September, 1965, and also enrolled in Air Force ROTC. My plans were to become a pilot in the Air Force, then begin a business career. However after two years in the College of Engineering, I decided to change majors and enter the...
by | Feb 19, 2012 | Stories
I was attending the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy in 1970. My lottery draft number was 125; my draft board was in Lexington. It was my last year of college, as I was about to finish a 5-year professional program, and my wife was...
by | Feb 15, 2012 | Stories
In 1961 I was in high school at St. Joe Prep, Bardstown, Ky. Our team was playing football against Old Kentucky Home. I was covering a punt and another player rolled on my right arm, breaking my arm and dislocating my elbow. I rehabbed it but did not regain full range...
