Stephen and Virginia Wolfe:  

I was unsure how to approach a conversation on the last five decades, given that my experiences have been intimately intertwined with another former student, Ginny Libring. I settled on an approach that assumes most from the class of 1967 look back with a sense of wonder, melancholy, and perhaps a touch of bewilderment at the paths each has taken, but would write as if about one while actually talking about two. Fifty-five years ago, I left West Covina, save for short visits to see family, never to look back. If I had an inkling of how fair life would treat us, I suspect I would have had less trepidation beginning my first day in my University of Arizona football dorm room. I married Ginny (Libring) at age 19;..........we eloped. It is not an overstatement, with the benefit of perspective and maturity, to state having Ginny in my life was the fortune of my life, as most of the success and joy we shared has been due to her. We have one daughter and two grandchildren. All three are large reservoirs of happiness, filling our lives nearly every day. We intersect in various and beautiful ways, which has allowed us to be more than parents/grandparents, often viewed as best friends – to whom they still listen.. In 1969 we were on the Newlywed Game - yep, the one with Bob Eubanks. We won. Ginny came across so well on camera (go figure) that she was asked to be on another show called the 'Game Game.' She won again! We took our winnings to Arizona where we began married life. Our early adult years were formative and consequential, I suspect the same is true with most reading this. Over the next five-plus decades, I worked three professions, and Ginny a host of jobs as we moved often (25 address changes), leaving her to find purpose at each stop, which she did with an impressive ease that taught me much. Thankfully, Ginny was always up for adventure with a "we can do that" attitude. I was blessed with the ability to play sports - injuries withstanding. Competitive athletics has been a big part of our lives, serving us well with travel, compensation, and personal recognition. After football, racquetball became an obsession, often competing at high levels. The most distinguishing was the late 1970s Olympic Trials, winning Gold and Bronze medals, also comp...Expand for more