We grew in our own ways at SLU. Bill ended up winning "CAMPUS KING" in the Fall of 1964. Bill a likeable guy who went on to earn a Law Degree from Michigan! Over the years we have kept in touch in different ways. Bill invited me to his wedding while I was serving in Vietnam. "Sorry." In divorce, Bill was my confidante.
An exiting memory came in November of 1962 at Thanksgiving. We drove to Indianapolis to Washington Boulevard where I met his parents and enjoyed my first martini! Ugh. Then Bill, who had worked at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway the previous summer.. arranged for us to visit the Brickyard. His former boss sanctioned us to each drive a lap around the famous rack track!..at 70MPH.
Decades later, in 1986, I returned to Indy, visited the Museum of Speed and relished in my memories.. pretending I was a race car driver. LOL.The motivation to this all was the inspiration received from one Frank Cooke in 1962 who admitted he "once drove at Indy in a Race!" WOW.
So today, with Qualifying Trials , I reminisce to warm memories of Bill who now resides in Vancouver, Washington State. Time to "connect" once again with Billy!
The Mentor - Frank Cooke
Once Fat Bob
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| Atty. William Niblack Gross IV |
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| Bill looking at the Windsor Lock Tobacco Sheds |
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