Robert Marcus:  

Hi. Allderdice & Roosevelt alum, When I was playing a wonderful arrangement of the hymn "God of our Fathers" with the Concord Band, I couldn't help singing the words to Alma Mater ..to the amusement of my trumpet section cohort. still blowing my own horn("A" Orchestra. All-City, and baritone with the SigmaDeltaEpsilon "ballad- dears"---that's right, punning, yet, is my FORTE!) I also play with the Lexington Bicentennial Band(Google lexbicband, you can hear us) where, on Tuesdays during July and August, my wife, Susan, can be found at the center of her picnic spread among our quasi-grandchildren(two of whom are shown in thephoto , nieces and nephews listening to Sousa (her favorite) transcriptions of classical music, showtunes, etc. Since Allderdice, I got my BA in Sociology from Brandeis, and married wife #1. I studied at the New School for Social Research while working for John Lindsay in Urban Renewal 'til I got drafted in'66. Spent most of my Army time at Ft.Devens, MA doing social work with returning NAM vets (and some time interviewing folks claimimg emotional reasons for not being drafted...some with legitimate bases). Returned to Brandeis, the Florence Heller School for Advanced Studies in Social Welfare where I became an MSW and ABD (left to continue my work in deinstitutionalization at the Walter E. Fernald School for the Mentally Retarded...real pioneering in l969-70. Divorce ;and wife #2 . Move to Philadelphia and several different jobs in gov't, private sector including a successful grant application and visit to the White House and Rosalynn Carter. Jalma and I did a trial run at parenting with a deaf Dalmation whom we successfully taught sign language and sufficient behaviorial skills that we moved on to a son, Aaron, who is now 30, a Hampshire College grad and a JD from UMinn.LawSchool. He clerked 3rd Circuit US Court of Appeals with now Supreme Ct Justice Alito, and is now publicly defending offenders in Philadelphia and environs. (He's handsome, fit,but..his step-mom wants grandchildren.) Update 6/2010 Aaron's with lovely Bennington Writers School MFA/UPenn alum. . .no plans yet for marriage, let alone children, but they're a great couple! biked Phila/SanFrancisco summer 2011! Aaron's step-mom: she's a trip! A UChicago grad, labor-journalist/photographer/writer of contemporary Jewish feminist midrash--of which Elie Wiesel is a personal fan and critique ! When she found out I played trumpet. she got the latest copy of the Boston Globe Calender, found opportunities for ensembles, and said: "If yo...Expand for more