Joe was a good friend of mine in high school. Even though he was not in any of my classes and had not gone to Lincoln School, we hit it off. He was bright, interested in a wide variety of issues, and could disagree without being disagreeable.
After college, Joe worked on the rewrite of the Encyclopedia Britannica, managed a bookstore and then worked in the library at the Moody Bible Institute.
I last saw Joe about ten years ago while visiting Chicago. He looked well - although he had major medical problems. We reminisced about many things and he had me sign his yearbook again. We did keep in touch by mail after that for many years. He is missed.
Joe and I were close friends in our High School years and through college when we both wound up at the University of Pittsburgh. He moved to Chicago to work for the Encyclopedia Brittanica, but we stayed in touch for many years through the mail and with occasional visits.
Joe was a bright and articulate person with wide-ranging interests, and we had many dynamic conversations ( and sometimes arguments ). I felt that I benefitted from his incisive perspective on many topics. In recent years our contacts had become few and far between, but I will always remember Joe as one of the bright spots of my Mt Lebo years.
Phil Gottschall
Joe was a good friend of mine in high school. Even though he was not in any of my classes and had not gone to Lincoln School, we hit it off. He was bright, interested in a wide variety of issues, and could disagree without being disagreeable.
After college, Joe worked on the rewrite of the Encyclopedia Britannica, managed a bookstore and then worked in the library at the Moody Bible Institute.
I last saw Joe about ten years ago while visiting Chicago. He looked well - although he had major medical problems. We reminisced about many things and he had me sign his yearbook again. We did keep in touch by mail after that for many years. He is missed.
Thomas A. Beardshall
Joe and I were close friends in our High School years and through college when we both wound up at the University of Pittsburgh. He moved to Chicago to work for the Encyclopedia Brittanica, but we stayed in touch for many years through the mail and with occasional visits.
Joe was a bright and articulate person with wide-ranging interests, and we had many dynamic conversations ( and sometimes arguments ). I felt that I benefitted from his incisive perspective on many topics. In recent years our contacts had become few and far between, but I will always remember Joe as one of the bright spots of my Mt Lebo years.