John Keller

I retired in 2012 after 33 years teaching and doing research as a chemistry professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. I remain active doing research in computational chemistry. After attending graduate school at the Univ of Wisconsin-Madison, we came up here in 1979. Sue and I are active in skiing, running, cycling, and mountain climbing which we started doing back in Madison with our friends in the UW Hoofer Mountaineering Club.

When I was a freshman football player, I tried to tackle Mark Freishlag. After he ran over me, my helmet was so bent it took two coaches to get it off my head. I joined the wrestling team the next year. Coach Peter Rao was one of my favorite teachers at Lew-Port.

I remember Tim Touhy taking over at the last minute for Craig Hosmer in the senior play (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes). The play was delayed due to the assassination of John Kennedy, but Craig could not perform on the rain date because he had to visit a college. Tim adlibed many lines, but it sounded great and the play was a resounding success.