Franklin & Marshall College

Ernest Hemingway was once challenged to write a story in only six words. His response? “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” Some say he called it his best work. Others dismiss the anecdote as a literary folktale. Either way, the six-word memoir was born – see what Reunion 2011 alumni came up with to capture their F&M experience.

1946

dentistry navy family church good life

1956

Snavely, Suydam create another chemist. Me.

Didn't need a quadruple bypass then!

Still taking nourishment by mouth!

1961

Friendships
Professor Lane
Sports for all

Prepared me to meet the real world.

Ruminating for six words, no results.

Bausher, basketball, baseball, beer, bridge, birding.

Great opportunity, Great education, Great fun.

Hartman Hall, studying, fraternity, fond memories.

A great education and better fraternity experience.

Naive kid starts on the road to figuring out what the world is like. I'm still hiking.

Married at F&M Old Main Chapel

Lifetime Friendships - Great Education - No Women!

“Will Rogers” never met Mike Lewis

Classes, band, fraternity; study, grind, grind.

Dean Winter was my hero.

Chi Phi, ROTC & Book Store

Existentially connecting creation, family, and vocation.

Discovery, friendships, tertiary alcohols, hard work.

College Life: Fond Memories, Everlasting Friendships

Firm footing for a forty-year career."

People-watcher – glass always half-full

Glick, Bedient, Enck, Phillips, Cross, Gault

72! It's all downhill from here!

Football, Basketball, Track, Phi Sig, Wilson, Beaver.

Wise guys, Sid Wise, Sad Goodbyes.

Good friends, very very hard work

From English major to Psychology maven

Nothing tried, nothing gained

Fun; Formidable; Career determining stepping stone!

Great Education
Life Preparation
Memorable Times

Overcome the odds with hard work.

1966

Teaching children, raising children, what joy!

Chi Phi, Golden Years, Education, Enlightenment

In Spanish Lab when JFK died.

I discovered a world in me.

Time to grow, time to party!

Family (succinct 6 letters)

Black Hall, College Scholars, mathematics, basketball.

A great education in spite of myself!

Late blooming geologist cultivated by GEO-Dept.

Challenging, stretching, growing preparation for life.

1971

Confusion, Pain, Spain, Friends, Work, Hope

Transformative events – politically/personally/culturally awakened.

Best education for life and career.

So little time, so much knowledge.

Education, preparation ... Roadmap to a passion.

Vietnam, Kent State, Beatles, Annex, Blues

In six words? Once was enough.

A great time in my life.

Lancaster UK to Lancaster PA BA

Explore eat drive, smile laugh give.

Up late. Kent State. No date.

All-nighters: drawing nudes & seduced by syllables.

Growth, lasting friendships, learned, loved, survived...

Mind expanding in many ways

Educate, Communicate, Relate,
Integrate, Commiserate, Celebrate.

I still have a jukebox...

Well-armed for twists of uncertain future.

Draft beer. The draft. Draft resume.

A lovely time in my life.

Squash, sing, dance, golf, party, study

I came/left a Country Boy.

lux et lex: discover and learn

Period of opportunity, challenges, and navigation.

Great memories. Good times. F&M forever!

Hartman Oval Egg: A New Beginning.

Preppies in; hippies out; times a’changing.

JEM record career started in dorms

F&M worked for me.

Growing up, expanding horizons, pleasant memories.

1976

Springtime: "Layla" blasting from dorm windows.

Wish I was me now, then

On the radio or at band

Received solid foundation; great lifelong friends.

Enjoyed developing friends, skills and knowledge.

One page in my life's story

Dubbsheim: Where everybody knows your name.

GREAT EDUCATION, GREAT FRIENDS, GREAT TIMES  

Truly enjoyed my time at F&M.

Fackenthal Library, squash practice, Dietz Hall

Life at F&M is short; enjoy it.

studied, great times, want a redo!

Culture change and new friends.

Getting married in Buchanan Park garden. Hoagy man in front of Hartman.

Ideas shared in late night discussions

Chemistry, Hillel, friendships, and more Chemistry.

Cannot wait to do it again.

I stayed sane by playing football!

Wife, education, job, teammates, life-long friends

Hard work, play; foundation for success

1981

Fleeting laborious academics formed everlasting friends.

Memories that last forever, thanks Wex

Drinking beer worked better than books.

Rugby, Russian, Squash, Turkey Hill, Wex

hockey, togas, harried-- bio librarian married.

Celebrating NY's Eve With F&M Friends

Bachelor ARTS Accounting, not B S

Friends, Knowledge, Experiences Lasting a Lifetime

Learned a lot and had fun.

1986

Field hockey; premed; library; quarters; Mary St.

Intense, awareness, questioning, life-long friends.

Rays of ravishing light and glory.

Learning, community involvement, social action, Hillel.

Friday nights at Isaac's with Tracy.

F reedom
U nbelievable
M onumental
M agical
E xhilarating
R emarkable

Many great memories, some of classes

Indelibly etched: Growth, Discovery and Knowledge

Great friends, outstanding Dempsey's strawberry pie

Forever friends via persiflage and camaraderie

Helps build strong bodies 12 ways

I can only think of five.

Friends for life, met my wife.

I am Hating it - No More

Crazy times; made life-long friends.

1991

Amish Farms, Fantastic Friends, Studying Hard

Met future husband; we're still married.

1996

Better living in the Arts House.

Great friends complemented deeply enriching experiences.

Friendships that last for a lifetime.

Not a minute wasted or regretted.

2001

Football, Friends, Fraternity, Not Enough Studying!

Writing lots then, writing lots now.

Whitely: friends, research, monkeys. Sadly gone.

Found Self.
Found Love.
New Beginning.

Love, Ideas - pillars of my life

Friends, lectures, recital pieces: duly noted.

2006

I never really liked word counts

Study, play, engage: A life, prepared.

I miss lunches at common ground.

Great Friends, Great Family, Life's Essentials

Discovered: Coffee, tuberculosis, community, spaghetti-pizza, & self!

Proud graduate of Franklin & Marshall College

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