Word: greg
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Greg Jameson '37 was third in the breast stroke at the Intercollegiates his senior year. As a junior, he had been just an average free styler...
...Medal." A moment later the photographers crowded into the office and posed the Widerberg family around the President. In the midst of the picture-taking Ike suddenly slipped his shell-rimmed glasses over the nose of Gregory Widerberg, 6. Greg blinked in surprise. After the pictures, the President went behind his great desk and beckoned to the kids in his best grandfatherly manner. "Come on around here," he said, rummaging through the desk drawers, "and we'll see if I haven't got something for you." As the children gathered around him, Ike fished out two quarters...
Then Ike found a small penknife. He glanced at the older Widerbergs, got an approving nod, and gave it to Will. For Dawn the President inscribed a photograph. A small gold-cornered notebook made a fine souvenir for Greg, and, as an added prize, the President found a silver dollar for Lynda. "Oh, Momniie," she said, "I got a medal." As the Widerbergs were ushered out, Lynda held up the silver dollar, exclaimed to reporters, "Ain't I lucky...
...Quiet Life. Gene and his wife, a tiny, dark-haired, brown-eyed girl, opened a little restaurant in Glendale, Calif., prospered moderately, and settled down to savor the quiet life and raise a family. They had two children, Greg, now 3, Robin, now 6. "Townsend," said his pastor, "was one of those sturdy, quietly happy men whom children instinctively love. When he came into the church with them on Sunday morning, it always made me feel good-any pastor with one family like that in his congregation has every reason to be happy...
...champion and 1952 Sullivan Award winner, added the national A.A.U. three-mile title to his trophies. Running against Germany's Herbert Schade, close-up finisher behind Czech Emil Zatopek in the Olympic 5,000-meter run, Ashenfelter won by 95 yds. in 13:47.5, just 1.8 seconds behind Greg Rice's 1942 record. Other A.A.U. champions: Mal Whitfield at 600 yds. in 1:10.4; Fred Dwyer at one mile, 4:12.4; Olympic Champion Harrison ("Bones") Dillard, his seventh straight 60-yd. hurdles title...