Post 5-Chicago   Our 6 years in Chicago was a very mixed bag. For Eric it was a dark period and almost swamped him. He arrived with a BA from Columbia and an MA from Harvard but all his Ivy… Read morePersonal History-5th post: Chicago

We arrived in Syracuse in September 1947 and were sent to a big old 3-story Victorian close to campus which had about 9 rooms, a communal bathroom on the 2nd floor and a largish kitchen. It had been a dorm… Read morePersonal History-4th post: Syracuse

3rd post. First years of marriage With the war over, Eric started immediately to think of the future. He knew he wanted to go to graduate school, and either in English, which was his major in college, or Philosophy, which… Read morePersonal History-3rd post: marriage

Return to college helped, as sophomore year was packed with as many courses as were allowed and there was time for little else. And I had some good experiences academically and even a few random flirtations as the months ticked… Read morePersonal History-2nd post: the war years

This section is primarily for family, as you are the most interested in the personal lives of your parents/grandparents/great grandparents, – hence the password. If I am to recount events and feelings candidly I want to do so in the… Read morePersonal History-1st post: Summer of ’42