Dr. Kelly was a provost when I was student body president and he was a very gentle, kind man,
and I'd shared that he was McArthur's science advisor.
He helped set up the National Science Foundation in Japan.
He would of course go into board meetings and other things
and then I was in science ed but my background was in physics,
and he was a physicist, so we would sometimes go to his office, have a Coke and sit down and talk physics.
Other times we'd go in his office and sit down and talk politics.
I had the fortune of going to his home and meeting his wife, who was so very pleasant and kind.
But he will be one that I will never forget.
He was just a very kind, gentle, but a very brilliant man
and he was just kind of one of those special people that you feel very fortunate to ever meet in your lifetime.
Then there were two professors that I have to share with you. One was my advisor, Norm Anderson,
and Norm and I still keep in contact, so that's a very special relationship.
He helped me in some situations after I got out in terms of giving me some good fatherly advice
and he was always very welcoming.
We would go to various events and of course being my advisor after I got out we were in a lot of the same professional meetings
so it was always good to keep in touch over the years.
The other one that I got to see again a few years back that was very nice
was H. A. Petrea. He was a math teacher.
I had him three times and I remember being scared to death of him the first time.
He was one of these that kind of put the fear of God in you, which in those days was acceptable.
You couldn't hide in his class and he knew everybody's name.
You have a hundred and fifty students, see him in the grocery store and he could call you by name, so you couldn't hide.
One of the things--and I know this is not necessarily politically correct--one of the things that he did,
he was in World War II so he had a special place for veterans,
which the second and third time I had him was after I got out of service.
I think the second time I had him I was repeating the course I failed the first time.
Nevertheless, not only was an excellent teacher, and he was an excellent teacher
and an excellent human being, and he didn't take any bull.
I mean he was just really straight up.
But he could joke and go along with anybody if you weren't scared to death of him.
One of the things that was very good is that he took special interest in veterans,
so that was just a very special thing that he did
because he was one and he knew what everybody was going through.
So those are the three that you know, really come to mind,
and there were some other great, great people
that I came through with and there were a lot of just really great other students that were there. So anyway, I'll stop with that.