University of Cincinnati Magazine April 2012 : Page 3that it was a great time to experience our freedom of speech and how the people of this great nation can make a difference when so many others disliked what they were doing. I am 60 years old now and glad I did not miss that time in history. Good and bad — hippies, music, Woodstock, Vietnam War, protests and the college experience — will forever be in my mind. God bless the U.S.A. Frank Baldwin, Phar ’77 Cincinnati As assistant to the dean in what was then DAA, I was responsible for the gen-eral security and physical upkeep of the studio/classroom building. During the period of unrest on campus, a student rally was organized for Burnet Woods on the north side of DAA. Naturally, I was extremely concerned that the “mob” would be taking the shortest route to the site by going through our building. I remember standing on the “bridge” with a number of DAA students watch-ing the mass of bodies coming toward us. Then several architecture students said, “No one is going to destroy the model projects we’ve been working on all year.” They then formed an arm-linked chain blocking all entrances to the building. That successfully ended any threat to their senior projects — and our building. Bill Savely, Bus ’57, M (Ed) ’72 Delaware, Ohio Looking at the 1970 videos of UC brought back some very deep memories. I was graduating from UC Law in 1970 and had enlisted in the Air Force, but I was asked by the USAF to take a discharge before beginning my service because I was advised that I had participated in the peaceful protest of the war to downtown Cincinnati. Apparently there was surveillance. I never associated my opposition to the Vietnam War with anything approaching an act of defiance. Those were very sad and difficult times. When I look back, I think of how naively self-assured I felt and of my own anger that was directed toward the politics of the day. As I have lived over time, I have spent some time in trying to understand those years of my life, and I look back with some sadness and some pride, but not with anger. I attended my 30th law school reunion in 2000 and found that I was able to have some closure because I had been unable to say goodbye to the other students and faculty in 1970. Dan Gendel, JD ’70 Belmar, N.J. Visit www.magazine.uc.edu/extra to watch a documentary and read dozens more memories of UC’s closing in 1970. More aerospace alumni UC I enjoyed the October magazine featur-ing NASA and activities of UC alumni at the Johnson Space Center. Living in the area, we all know NASA employees, and it’s nice to know UC graduates are among them helping to develop cutting-edge technology and its application in the most difficult of environments. One of those UC grads is my son Continued on page 39 Publication List |
