Reynold (Jim) Conger:  

Like many boys born in 1943, I was named after my father lest he not return from the war. My middle name was different, so as a child, I was known as Jim. I suspect that those boys not named after their father were often named after a general. Many of those generals had the first name James so I found myself only one James in classrooms with several boys of the same name. Thus when I entered high school, I registered as Reynold. The sports reporter for the CARDINAL STAR apparently could not spell Reynold so my name appeared in the school paper as Reggie. Most of my high school classmates know me as Reggie. Then when I entered college, my great aunt introduced me to a fraternity president. During rush he grabbed my name tag and changed the name to Jim. I now go by the name Reynold, but quite frankly am never sure what name people know me by. I was the first jock in my family. I went out for freshman football, but was so small I got pushed into cross country the next year. My main sport was swimming. I also gave track a try, but I am a distance runner so I never could do well on the short races (Yes, to me a mile is short.) My performance was not fantastic, but I did earn letters in cross country and swimming. I learned a lot of self discipline fro...Expand for more