Harry and Liz
The Letter and a Greek Tragedy
Our Story
One night in early November, 1965, I decided to join my Clark Hall roommates in the student activities area of Eastway. There they were talking to three girls, one of whom impressed me. Fortune had it that a couple of days later one of my roommates and I encountered her and another girl outside Olson Hall. I casually mentioned that I never received any mail. Within a day or two, I received a letter from her in my mailbox. I thought that she was either nuts or wanted to be friends. So I went down to Allen Hall and asked her out and she accepted. Our first date? A production of "Oedipus Rex" at Music and Speech! What a way to start a lifetime of joy!
The Proposal and Marriage
The proposal: I was on my knees at a bench (long since removed for more parking spaces) by the Music and Speech parking lot. The marriage: we eloped to Las Vegas in Dec. 68 when she came out to Phoenix, where I was in the Air Force, to interview for teaching jobs. The "official" wedding came on June 14, 1969 in Cincinnati.
Staying Connected to Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Today
We are lifetime members who receive alumni e-mails and publications. We missed out on the goDaddy.com Bowl, but plan to venture down to Mobile in October when the Flashes visit South Alabama.
