Category: OU

LemonLemon

In 1975, I interviewed for my first real job as Site Coordinator with the Ohio Valley Medical Microwave System, a...

Boy ToyBoy Toy

Mary Katherine Laurick—“Kay” to her friends and lovers—was intelligent, attractive, confident, and engaging.  It was the summer of 1975.  I...

On strikeOn strike

I started working for the Ohio University Food Service Department was I was on 13 years old. It was back...

Dean of Central Ohio SportscastersDean of Central Ohio Sportscasters

My grandmother, my dad’s mother, lived in tiny house perched on the side of the hill on Union Street. I...

Change of directionChange of direction

After graduating from OU in 1975 with my bachelor’s in communication, I didn’t really have a job lined up. I...

Learning disciplineLearning discipline

Harry Houska had been a champion wrestler and was now the coach of the OU wrestling team. Like most college...