I just returned from a celebration of the 100 year anniversary of my fraternity, Delta Upsilon on the University of Washington campus (1910 to 2010).  Our national fraternity was founded in 1834 at Williams College in Massachusetts.   It is North America's oldest and largest non-secret Greek letter society. The fraternity motto is: Justice, Our Foundation.  … [Read more...] about One Hundred (100) Years of Brotherhood

I sent the following letter to the editors of our local papers including the Sacramento Bee. The terrible stories circulating about President Obama made me think of the story of Chicken Little, a story we all learned in elementary school. Chicken Little was in the woods and an acorn fell on her head. She was so scared that her trembling caused her feathers to fall out. She … [Read more...] about Chicken Little and President Obama

Meeting Coretta Scott King I was working with one of my high risk students in 1988 when I suddenly felt nausea and pain in my chest.  I mentioned it to the student and stopped to take a few deep breaths.  The pain went away within a few minutes, the day ended, I went home and took a nap, walked to the racket club, played racquetball and walked back home.  Just … [Read more...] about Writing My Life #6

Just a note before I tell the story of the two wolves.  I mentioned yesterday that I was among the first 500 VISTA Volunteers in 1965 and now there have been over 170,000. I found this story online so can’t take credit for it. Two Wolves An elderly Cherokee Native American was teaching his grandchildren about life… He said to them, “A fight is going on inside me, it is … [Read more...] about Two Wolves

I received a postcard in the mail today from Americorp asking that VISTA Alumni reply by going online and registering.  VISTA was established in 1965 and is short for Volunteers in Service to America.  I talked a little about it earlier.  What caught my eye was the statement that it didn’t matter whether you served in 1965 or presently, they wanted us to … [Read more...] about Writing My Life #5