What I Pass On

I finally got through the latest installment of Alumni Doing Better than You, also known as my undergraduate school's alumni magazine.

I noted that two professors I really liked taking a class from had passed away.  One was an art history professor who was a great abstract painter as well.  The other was a computer science professor who was proud of his long time association with Texas A&M University.

I used him extensively when I taught job seekers how people can check backgrounds informally.   One of the characters in my bag of tricks was Super Aggie - this professor's love for A&M amped up big time.  I had this person driving a car that was color to sample Texas A&M Maroon (there is such a color) with white pinstripes.  The plate number was, "GIG EM."  Did I mention that on casual Fridays, this person wore a T Shirt that said, "Keep College Station Normal?"

That said, I used this character with access to the Alumni Directory to look up to see if someone actually did graduate from A&M.  The reason why the person checked the directory was becase Super Aggie did not run into the person searched for at the friendly, neighborhood Aggie Muster.

And that is probably just one of many ways that professor's legacy lives on.