[BC] Jean Shepherd

[Dale H. Cook]

At 11:40 PM 6/17/2006, Gary Peterson wrote:

>About 20 years ago, a friend talked, at length, with Jean Shepherd, K2ORS,
>on ten meter SSB.

I had the great pleasure of spending a few hours in Shepherd's 
presence. About 1971, while I was a student at the University of 
Massachusetts at Amherst, Shepherd lectured at the Campus Center 
auditorium. "Lectured" is really a misnomer - he told stories.

After the "lecture" a meet-and-greet was held in one of the 
conference rooms. By midnight the crowd had dwindled to just one 
other student and myself. Shepherd noticed that the staff seemed 
eager to close up and go home, and he asked if there was any place 
nearby where we could get a cup of coffee and a bite to eat at that 
hour. Fortunately the Campus Center coffee shop was open 24/7, so the 
three of us adjourned there, and the other student and I got to 
listen to Shepherd for another couple of hours.

Of my meetings with famous people, that is one of the two most 
memorable. The other is the day that I spent a few hours with Edward 
Rowe Snow, another great raconteur.

Dale H. Cook, Chief Engineer, Centennial Broadcasting, 
Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA - WZZI / WZZU / WLNI / WLEQ
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