In the January issue of the Gizmogram , Knox asked alumni to share their college love stories. We heard from alumni whose love blossomed in a dorm stairwell, during Flunk Day, and in the Gizmo. And yes, we even heard from a Knox alumnus who will be marrying his high school sweetheart -- a Monmouth grad horror of horrors! From Bill Shaffer ' In four years, I was desperately in love with every coed I saw. It was the '50s.
It was Galesburg. It was grand. I would sit in the Gizmo nursing a cup of coffee and offering my Beta pin to anything walking by. No takers. One sorority pledge once accepted my pin for a few months as a community service project. I had a charge account at Fred Schubach's and wore all the latest Ivy League stuff. The polo shirt with the alligator on it.
The skin-tight chino slacks with a belt in the back. The James Dean fire-engine red McGregor windbreaker. It didn't matter. She said she had seen me at various times on campus and had wanted to meet me. We hit it off and began to date and, to make a long story short, we were engaged before the end of the semester. The marriage has resulted in three children Thomas A. After receiving my Ph. I still wonder how different not better! My wife left Knox after her freshman year but subsequently completed her education by earning an associates degree at Erie Community College Amherst, New York and B.
Umbeck told us that there was a high likelihood that we would meet our life partner from someone located in the room that day. Everyone laughed, including us. While it is possible that we saw each other that day and e ven more likely that we shook hands at Pumphandle, our romance really began on Flunk Day , when we spent the entire day together.
Following the Flunk Day date, we to attended the Sorority Spring Formal and then dated exclusively throughout the rest of our time at Knox. We graduated on June 3, and were married a week later on June 10, Stan maintains that having these study dates are the main reasons why he received the award for having the greatest grade point improvement between freshman and senior year.
