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The Summer of 1971

(The Weekend Financial Times Saturday had a nice feature featuring stories from contributors about a summer that changed them. Reading, I was prompted to write my own recollection.) The Summer That Changed Me It was the summer of 1971. I was teaching at Western Michigan University and it had been a tumultuous year. Needing to decompress and ponder my future, together with my girlfriend I … Continue reading The Summer of 1971

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Getting a Superb Education in Kalamazoo

 When I arrived at Kalamazoo in 1964 I had no idea just how much seven years in that comfortable Midwestern city would shape my life. An indifferent high school student, upon completing community college in Grand Rapids I went west and worked as a deck hand on a Swedish freighter bound for Australia. After five months of week after week, $100 per month physical toil, … Continue reading Getting a Superb Education in Kalamazoo

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