Only child, curious about the world
Son of diligent sweating laborers working as farmers, maids, railroad men, loom operators
Mostly successful refugees of potato famines
Mostly survivors of religious social inequities.

UPWARD BOUND!

First Holy Communion
Trains
Best buddies in "the Bummy"
Social awareness in the Roaring '20s
Living the nightmare of the depression
Watching frustrate uncles
the value of a job
Religious discrimination in the '30s
Horatio Alger and the Hardy Boys
Outdoors and sports
Hockey, baseball, ice skating, tobogganing
Hopping hedges and tennis nets
A football injury
Took Uncle Luke's name
Diploma at 16

UPWARD BOUND!

Garnet and gray blood brightened to maroon and white
The need for an education
Sacrifice to succeed
"Burning the midnight oil"
The iron steps and tar walk
The roar of the Bunsen, the smell of the titrates
Big band dances
Girls
The girl
"Going to Casey's"
Jimmy's hotdogs and Karmelcorn
The World's Fair
Teaching at the Alma Matter
Idealism and pragmatism
First college grad in his tree

UPWARD BOUND!

Undefeated, untied, uninvited
The heat of the blast furnace
Lone Star success
"Riegel never laid off anyone"
'41 started 43 years
Life with the uncles
World War! Again!!
Manhattan recruiting offices
Humerus plate
A son, the one and only
Notre Dame - Army 0-0
Dad's Jersey Central pipes are retired
Chief Chemist
Director of Quality Control

UPWARD BOUND!

The new Studebaker
Riegel Ridge days
Ten inch T.V.
Friday night peanut butter sandwiches
Minneapolis and Pocatello
Expense account
Customer complaints
"His own sales engineer"
Bridge
Niagara Falls and Wildwood
Coffeetown "Retirement Home"
Pool table
Flooded Studebaker went for $10 in '55
"Of thee I Sing"
360 Madison Avenue
Lehigh Valley to the tubes

UPWARD BOUND!

Hoosier Hysteria
Golf
An Elk for 39 years
Convention speeches
Florida and Cuba
"Rhapsody in Blue"
The band of the Fighting Irish
A tobacco belt volunteer
Mom's gone
A farmer's daughter
The Korean "Peace"
Irish Masters in tree

UPWARD BOUND!

Boardwalk biking
Jamaican tragedy
Expert witness
Strike
20 Million in sales
Stock options declined on 65th birthday
Pelican neighbors
Consultant
Triple bypass...plus...plus...plus...
"Stars and Stripes Forever"
Eastburg Magna
A Jesuit therapist

UPWARD BOUND!

Memory lapses
Points of light
Undying love
Woolworth's cloths