Mark Vittert s Reflections: Lessons from Dorothy M Johnson - St Louis Business Journal bizjournals.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bizjournals.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
I remember when I first met Eddie Novak.
It was the first day of high school. We were in homeroom. He was sitting right behind me. He was a talker. A whisperer. He had the volume figured out just right. I could hear him clearly, but the teacher, Miss Helen Madigan, could not. Good thing, too. His comments were directed at her. He mocked her instructions. I laughed. She noticed. She was a remarkable person who knew how to hold a grudge. She didnât like me for four long years.
I met Don Darby at the induction center in Chicago. I was preparing to go into the Army. There were hundreds of us, and we must have been a motley-looking crew as we milled around in our underwear awaiting our physical exams. A man called out 12 names. âGo to the front of the line,â he said. For reasons still unclear to me, the 12 of us had been drafted into the Marine Corps. Darby was one of the 12.