Daniel honored by Penn State

Penn State University held its annual recognition of alumni celebrating their 25th and 50th anniversaries of receiving their doctoral degrees. Daniel received a 50th Anniversary certificate recognizing his Ph.D. in Fuel Science from the Class of 1958.

Adventures in skiing

Dan reports: Andy and I went skiing on a group trip arranged by his Boy Scout troop. All four of us went on the same trip last year (it's open to families) on a day with temperatures that started in the single digits and only got into the teens, but we had a good time, all bundled up in layers. By the end of that trip Andy and Christine were doing fine on the Intermediate slopes.

This time it was just Andy and I. After a few runs down the easy slopes we tried the Intermediate course, and Andy did fine but my legs were wearing out, so he did several more runs on his own or with friends from the troop. At one point just after he and a couple of friends headed down a slope, a snow squall blew in and there were blizzard/whiteout conditions for about 10 minutes. That was a bit scary - but he came through safe and sound. After that most of the crowd left, but the sun came back out, and with a fresh layer of powder left by the squall, he and I had the best skiing of the day (sticking to the easy slopes for my sake).

It took a couple of days for my legs to stop aching, but it was a great time.