John Glenn

Sad to lose this American hero, though he had a long and so accomplished life.  Personal memories:  Attending the New Jersey Democratic State Convention in Atlantic City in September 1983, meeting and straw-polling for Candidate John Glenn for the 1984 nomination.  One of the highlights of my life. 

And of course, since everything is all about me, I left NJ and had to fly directly to Houston, where my mother was undergoing emergency heart surgery.  When I returned to NJ, appreciation for family meant so much I was ready to expand ours.  Nine months later I was waddling door to door campaigning for Gary Hart, about to deliver the biggest baby that was ever born.....