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The man himself (Bruce). |
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| 1) The important people in my life (spouses, partners, children) are... | |||
Partner (and spouse according to the State of Pennsylvania): Karen Kids: Mathew James (1991); Ian Hill (1993), Olivia Nicole (1998). |
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| 2) I went to Westtown because… | |||
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I had moved to Indiana just before my Freshman year at a large public high school and had fallen into a crowd of future sex, drug, and rock & roll addicts. As the most innocent kid imaginable, I think my parents were justifiably afraid I would be eaten alive. That summer, I spent some time in New Hampshire with a collection of Alumni from the Caughey and Beer clans (and possibly an Evans too but I don't remember). I had always dearly loved my cousin Claire (who lived in Colorado) and going to school with her sounded like too much fun to pass up. (To set the record straight, I don't mean that in a "marry-your cousin-and-live-in-trailer-at-Possum-Hollow" kind of way either - Jeez…). |
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| 3) My occupation is a Pointy-Haired Manager and Westtown prepared me for it by … | |||
???. |
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| 4) My life’s greatest moments and challenges (to date) would be … | |||
Sorry. I have not saved any lives or created anything substantial. I am blessed by the extraordinary people around me and have had the opportunity to visit some beautiful places. I have had Chi on the Great Wall; beer in Munich; Martini's in Manhattan; Ramen on the Olympic Peninsula; Ouzo in Turkey; Champagne in Paris; Tequila in Mexico; Rum in the Caribbean; hot-chocolate in the pines of New England; Mint Juleps at the Derby; café-au-lait in Vienna; single-malt Scotch in Edinburgh; wine in the Napa Valley, and (occasionally) XO on the back porch. I never realized how much I drink…. |
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| 5) Westtown’s most inspirational faculty, classmate, friend (multiple choices accepted) would have to be … | |||
Clarence, Denis, Elsie, Tim, Tim, Tim, Scott, Jenny, Betsy. |
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| 6) The most memorable time I broke the rules would be when I … | |||
...didn't. I was sooo innocent. My Senior year at Stone House was my best chance to break a rule but the faculty there didn't enforce too many rules, so I'm stumped. I remember setting my alarm for 2:00 AM to go to some off-campus parties with the class of '77, but could never pull myself out of bed. I realized I was a dork when, between classes in the middle of the day, Scott rode off-campus on his hidden motorcycle to get some items only found in the "adult" section of the drug store. I did once leave a film canister, matches, and other paraphernalia out on the dresser, which a faculty member saw but decided not to notice. That week, I realized that the gap between the grown-up "authorities" and us was not nearly as large as I had always imagined. I remember it 25 years later, so I suppose it counts. |
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| 7) Was there a point in your life when you recognized any benefit from your time at Westtown? | |||
I have struggled with this answer for some time. Before Westtown, I had never sung in public, never auditioned for a play, never played soccer, never cried over a girl, never made maple syrup, never turned a potting wheel, never turned a load of laundry Pink… On the other hand I wonder what other experiences I might have had at a public school that I would, today, recognize as important. The best answer I can think of is that I have benefited a thousand times in a slightly broader understanding of people. Living, at a young age, with people from different economic backgrounds, different skin tones, different sexes, different cultures taught me a lot - what makes people the same and what makes them approach things from (sometimes irreconcilably) different directions. |
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| 8) Do you plan to attend the 25th year reunion in May? | |||
Yes and hopefully my wife will come with me. |
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