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24 AN T I OC H CO L L E G E C L A S S O F 19 6 5 5 0 t h A N N I V E R S A R Y B O O K A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z C A R L O N E he treated me, I came away with a sense of self-respect and value, that I was OK. Antioch cared about me, and so a life-long bond was formed. How else to explain our response to a call to arms to save Antioch? During the recent struggle to wres- tle Antioch free from its captivity by the university, and to restore its inde- pendence, I was awed and inspired by, and felt deeply connected to, the many Antiochians I met who came out to help, people I did not know from the many years before my class, and from the years after it. And the passion, the caring, they brought to the struggle was something special, like a certain kinship; I don’t know how else to explain it. So, you see, when all is said and done, it simply comes down to my being grateful for having gone to Antioch. As for victories for humanity, I recall two caravans I joined to bring food and support to the strik- ing farm workers in Delano, Calif., in the late 1960s. In both trips we slept on some gymnasium floor. On the first trip, I recall going to a lo- cal bar where farm workers liked to gather. I remember Cesar Chavez walking in, and I remember play- ing pool with him. I recall him be- ing a pretty good pool player. On the second trip, I happened to be there the weekend Bobby Kennedy came through, campaigning for the presidential nomination. Being con- cerned about getting as many pho- tos as possible from my roll of film, I very carefully loaded it with the minimum amount of lead to catch the sprocket, or so I thought. I took some incredible pictures that after- noon, farm workers, Cesar, Bobby real up close, but of course none of them ever happened; as I turned the knob photo after photo, the film never moved from inside its canister. Oh, well, so much for Photography 101 Loading The Camera. My wife, Lois, is a psychother- apist in Marin County. My son, Teo, has a brush and debris clearing and tree service in Berkeley. My daugh- ter, Kelly, designs the boys’ clothes for Gymboree in San Francisco.And my daughter, Nikki, is a matchmaker in Los Angeles. My five grandchil- dren range in age from five to 25 years. It’s enough to make me feel like a patriarch.