Harriet Hartshore and I married after college in 1964 and we have a daughter who finished her Master's Degree at the University of Oregon. Harriet and I divorced after 14 years and I remarried Linda Zimmermann, a School Psychologist in Missoula.Linda and I live in a cedar log home on Grant Creek just 15 minutes from campus, 7 miles from Snow Bowl Ski Area, and our own wilderness area behind us. I enjoy all Montana seasons for recreating including skiing, backpacking, kayaking, mountain biking, and golf. For several years Linda and I raised bloodhounds for show, and currently are the Montana representative for the Northwest Bloodhound Breed Rescue.
I worked up through the ranks to become a full professor in Psychology, served 8 years as Chair of the Psychology Department, 8 years as Associate Dean of the Graduate School, and in 1998 I became Dean of the Graduate School at The University of Montana. I'm sure retirement is right around the corner, but I very much enjoy the stimulation of the job I'm in.
I have many wonderful memories of WHS. I can't believe how lucky we were to have been given such a wonderful educational foundation from the excellent faculty we had. It is too bad the school closed after we left, but I guess we broke the mold.
A couple of memories stand out. I broke my leg skiing when I was a junior. I remember going to the junior prom and dancing on one foot until my date got dizzy.I asked a friend if he wouldn't mind giving my date at least one good dance. I sat down and talked to his date, who turned out to be Harriet Hartshorne, my future wife and mother of our child.
I remember driving my dad's car, a red and white pontiac convertable, and getting lost cutting through a golf course with about 12 girls hanging from all sides of the car. A cop stopped us and I realized I was wearing my swimming trunks and didn't have an ID. The cop told me to get out of the car and I said "I don't have any pants on." That started all the females laughing and screaming and I thought I was going to be hauled to jail. The cop took pity and let us off with a lecture.
I was good friends with Barry Olsen and Stewart Quisling. I remember as a kid going over to Stuart's house to shoot his BB gun at targets in his basement. Like my own BB gun, I could spend hours shooting, until I found out that Stuart would get one BB from his parents for every hour he practiced his piano. I felt so guilty shooting his gun hundreds of times, but it sure made Stuart an excellent pianist. I miss Barry and would like to hear how he is doing.
Activiities - skiing, backpacking, kayaking, mountain biking, and golf. Raised bloodhounds for show. Currently, David and Linda are the Montana representatives for the Northwest Bloodhound Breed Rescue.