Tony

Tony and I spent lots of time together after Patti went to college and while his Dad was doing lots of traveling for Rockwell. We had the house to ourselves often.

We ate out and went to some movies. It was during this time when I bought a ten-speed bike. Tony rode it home for me because I had never ridden a bike that had more than one speed! Then Tony taught me how to ride the bike. I really enjoyed that bike. I had a route I rode on a regular basis.

It was time for Tony to apply to colleges. A recruiter from Rose Hulman Institute of Technology visited Marion High. Several of the young men in high school were invited to a dinner with the recruiter and several Rockwell engineers who had graduated from Rose Hulman were there. Tony called the recruiter "Snow Doc."

Tony was sold on Rose Hulman and he applied there. It was where he really wanted to go to school. He also applied to Iowa State in Ames. He was thrilled when he got his letter of acceptance. He received several scholarships, including one from the local Masonic chapter.

When September rolled around, we loaded Tony and his stuff and set out for Terre Haute, Indiana, where Rose Human was located. It was a men's college at that point in time.

He was pretty homesick so we visited several different weekends during the year. I also attended one of the musicals in which Tony had a part. That was fun.

His major was electrical engineering. His first roommate partied quite a lot - Tony cleaned up after him several times. Before too much time passed, Tony changed roommates.

He was active in the Rose Hulman Glee Club; they toured one year giving concerts at Marion Methodist, the Kansas City Christian Church where his uncle and aunt, Bob and Inez Smith attended. They made several other stops on that tour.

Tony said he was told the sophomore year was the hardest. He said he found each of the last three years was the hardest!