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A00345 - The Eternal Essence of Quincy Jones

  In the Spring of 1963, I had some of my happiest times as a youth.  My Dad was stationed on the remote air force outpost of Glasgow Air Force Base in Glasgow, Montana.  The previous Fall of 1962 had led to some tense times on the base associated with being on a Strategic Air Command Air Force Base with a large number of B-52 bombers during the Cuban Missile Crisis.  I was in the fourth grade then and the entire school (the North Star Elementary School) took seriously the Duck and Cover drills that we practiced in preparation for a potential nuclear strike against us.  (Do not laugh, back then I had no idea that such drills would not have saved us from a nuclear strike.  Such knowledge would not come until a decade later.)   But after the Crisis had passed, the Winter came, and I experienced, for the first time, six-foot snow drifts and temperatures at 38 below zero.  How refreshing! By the time Spring finally came, we were all looking forward to being able to come out of the house an
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A00344 - Hollis F. Price: Uncommon Man, Educator, Leader

  I received an email from Tony Jackson (originally Amherst College Class of 1976) about a book written by a friend of his (George F. Bagby) concerning Hollis Freeman Price (Amherst College Class of 1927).  Below is the link to the book  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34355606-hollis-f-price   and the print out of it appears further below. Tony also provided a link to a journal article concerning the father of Hollis Freeman Price, a certain William Gibbons Price, who left an remarkable legacy of his own. https://www.jstor.org/page-scan-delivery/get-page-scan/4249816/0 Thank you, Tony. for shedding additional light on these individuals.  You have done us all a great service, my friend. Peace,  Everett "Skip" Jenkins Class of 1975 Fairfield, California November 2, 2024
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A00343 - Bridging the Divide: A More Complete History for Charles Thompson and Wilbert Lew

  Today, I received my copy of the Fall 2024   Amherst  magazine. I was particularly interested in the article entitled "Bridging the Divide" which provides some of the background information for Charles Thompson and Wilbert Lew.  Bridging the Divide | News | Amherst College   Both Charles Thompson and Wilbert Lew are on my Memorial List.  Charles Thompson is one of the nine Civil War Soldiers that we recall during the Memorial Service.  As for Wilbert Lew, I prefer calling him "The Horse Whisperer".  Below is the information I have compiled for my "Amherst College Biographies" blog.  Hopefully, this information will provide a more complete history for Charles Thompson and Wilbert Lew. Peace,  Everett "Skip" Jenkins Class of 1975 Fairfield, California October 30, 2024 88888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888 The Civil War Soldiers 88888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888
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A00342 - Carl Curtis Beckwith (Amherst College Class of 1931), Dunbar High School Graduate

  The next name that is now on my list is the name of Carl Curtis Beckwith, Amherst College Class of 1931.  This is a new name.  His name has not appeared on my Memorial List before nor was his name mentioned in Harold Wade's   Black Men of Amherst.  These omissions are probably due to the fact that Carl Curtis Beckwith did not graduate from Amherst College.  Instead, he ultimately graduated from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania in 1933 and, probably, due to the Depression and the War did not become a doctor until 1944 when he graduated from the Howard University Medical School.   For an unknown length of time, he worked in Automobile Sales before becoming a doctor working for the Chrysler Corporation and later as a self employed doctor.  We know about Carl Curtis Beckwith because his name is listed as being one of the Dunbar High School graduates who attended Amherst but did not graduate in the article entitled Remembering Dunbar which can be found at the following link mpub.118
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A00341 - Special Thank Yous for the Correspondence Concerning Clarence Chambers (Amherst College Class of 1930)

  I want to thank Cuthbert Simpkins (Class of 1967), Junius Williams (Class of 1965) and Andy Balder (Class of 1975) for their enthusiastic correspondence concerning Clarence Chambers (Class of 1930).  Your thoughts were much appreciated.   However, a special thank you go out to Fred Gregory (Class of 1962) who noted that the Douglass High School in Baltimore during the 1920s was almost as illustrious as Dunbar High School in Washington, D. C.  Please look at Frederick Douglass High School (Baltimore, Maryland) - Wikipedia and note that one of the graduates of Douglass High School was Thurgood Marshall.  Marshall graduated in 1925 the year before Chambers graduated.  However, Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Chambers were only two of the notable alumni of the school.  Imagine the full range of intellectual possibilities at such a school at such a time. Just imagine.   Sadly, as Dr. Gregory notes, Douglass, like Dunbar, has suffered a serious decline since those glory years.  Finally, one
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Alphabetical and Numerical Listings (1-350)

  8888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888 Alphabetical Index 2022 9/11 Remembrance Day  A00067 A Day at the Beach with God  A00229 A Day with Bernadette, A Few Moments with Moses the Ethiopian A00063 A Day with Bernadette ... and the Lady  A00144 A Full Card Table of Black Economists  A00163 A Happy Fourth of July Dancing Under the Stars  A00167 A Meditation on John Coltrane  A00197 A Most Memorable Date  A00276 A Most Profound Thich Nhat Hanh Memorial  A00113 A Musical Meditation on Rumi A00180 A Poker Game in Heaven  A00155 A Return to Allensworth: From a Field of Weeds to a Field of Dreams  A00149 A Return to Disneyland, A Return to Tomorrowland  A00218 A Return to Montserrat and a "Miraculous" Introduction to the Black Madonna  A00145 A Side Trip to Dublin and an Exploration of Black Irish Roots  A00146 A Study on Night Owls  A00306 A Surprising Connection to Our American Soul  A00148 A Tale of Two Black Economists  A00161 A Tale
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