Cover and Foreword |
The Early Years |
| 1920 -- 1932. My pre-teen years as the oldest of three sons in a lower socio-economic family. Some vignettes of what life was like in the 1920s. |
The Teen Years |
| 1932 -- Fall, 1941. We moved from a lower socio-economic class family to one even lower. Vignettes of what life was like in the Great Depression. How we dealt with annual flooding. I remember a few friends. I get my first job. |
Twenty One Plus |
| Fall, 1941 -- June, 1944. I meet Louella Myers Peterson. The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. Lou and I marry. Our State-side Army experiences. |
Action in Northern Europe |
| June, 1944 -- October,1945. The title pretty much tells it all. Our oldest son, Dick, is born and is 16 months old before I see him. |
Getting on with Life |
| October, 1945 -- August, 1949. I enter Butler University and go back to work for the Indianapolis News. I finish the B.S. in 2 years and 8 months. I teach for a year at Butler. Ted is born and we move to West Lafayette and Purdue University. |
MS to Ph.D. via NOPI |
| September, 1949 -- August, 1957. I finish the M.S. degree and take a job at the U.S. Naval Ordnance Plant, Indianapolis. The Korean War ends and I return to Purdue for my Ph.D. |
Professional Life Starts |
| September, 1949 -- August, 1957. Declining offers from other universities, I accept a job as Assistant Professor and Assistant to the Head of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Purdue. I'm named Head of the Department, but resign as part of a ``Revolution." New Leadership comes, but I'm asked to remain in the administrative structure. |
From Here To . . . |
| August, 1964 -- June 30, 1991. My first and only Sabbatical Leave, I return as Associate Dean of Science, but also spend years as coordinator of the Mathematics Departments's Calculus Committee. I introduce Computer Oreiented Calculus and write a small book on FORTRAN for such courses. I serve three terms of the University Senate, during one of which I chair the revision of the University Calendar. Other professional and community activities. |
Life with Lou, Dick, Ted and Jim |
| August, 1957 -- ??. Family adventures and travels. Jim is born in 1961. I have four hip replacemenst, a bypass and a new aortic valve. |
Our Foreign Travels |
| 1983 -- 2005 This Chapter separates our trips abroad from our home life. |
My Life in the Air |
| November, 1966 -- June, 1984. I realize my lifelong interest in flying. Earn both a pilot's license and an Instrument Rating. Many adventures in the air. |
My Life on the Road |
| September, 1978 -- July, 1982. My revolutionary activities in the 60's get me the job of investigating similar at Purdue's campus near Michigan City, Indiana. Turns out to be an interesting and challenging period. |
Other Adventures |
| January, 1971 -- ??. The Lafayette Symphony Orchestra, the Lafayette Rotary Club and the Partners of the Americas give me contacts with the Community and the Hemisphere. |
Action in Northern Europe - 60 Years Later |
| October 1-15, 2005. With my oldest son, Dick, I revisited a number WWII sites. |
Holy's Teen Years recollections |
| The middle of we three boys decribes his life from about 1936 through about 1946. |
End Papers. |
| Documents from my military service, years at purdue and various diplomas and awards. |