Victor Murray:  

Classmates.com has suggested sharing some personal factoids. I see they are referring to the Q&A section, where there are multiple choicea offered. I was amused by the use of the word "factoids". The American Heritage Dictionary defines a factoid as: "A piece of unverified or inaccurate information that is presented in the press as factual, often as part of a publicity effort, and that is then accepted as true because of frequent repetition". That seems to give me a tremendous leeway in describing my personal history, but in this space I would rather just stick to plain facts, unrepeated, as uninteresting as they may be. In fact, I'd prefer to sum it all up in a few words, and spare the details. I am now 77 years old, and in retrospect, my life has been relatively happy and fortunate. I was born in Los Angeles, grew up in Pasadena, where I still live. It is a wonderful city, and I have compared it with many other places I've visited. The Great Depression and WW II were familiar to me w...Expand for more