Richard Holdredge:  

Sailing is listed because it's close to flying, which is what I've been a student of lately... After New Trier I went to the University of Wisconsin at Madison and studied Radio, TV, and Film. Bob (Robert F.) Cardwell came a year later and with Sandy (Elliot) Youngberg, NT Class of '62 we continued our folk singing together for a while. Inevitably we drifted apart and Bob and I both followed the Rock 'n Roll path, me with a fraternity band and Bob with another in town. My band did Beatles, Stones, and Kinks, and some of our own. Even joined the Musician's Union. During summer after my freshman year a had a great job as a trainee at Foote, Cone, & Belding Advertising, and cultivated an interest in producing TV commercials. After UW I went to Grad School at the University of Southern California in Cinema, seeing myself as the next great creative commercial director. George Lucas was a judge for my first student film there. After hitting the streets looking for any kind of part-time work with an ad agency I stumbled upon a part-time job doing films and video at the USC School of Medicine. This direction was more satisfying for me than advertising. My camerawork got the attention of two physicians on the faculty who were teaching psychosocial aspects of disease and disabilty for the then "new" Curriculum. Dr. Lorin Stephens and Dr. Barbara Korsch became great mentors for me and we collaborated on many interesting ...Expand for more