Andrew Mark Steele's Page

Andy! How the heck are you!? Boy, we spent a lot of time together in those years before you went off to Stuyvesant, playing chess and sock basketball. I remember those times fondly.

I was interested to see you got your BA in English. I always envied you your math skills and don't remember talking books with you much. Don't remember running into you in my English courses at UB either, which is a little surprising because I took a minor in it. Wasn't at all surprised to see you got your MD from Downstate, however, or that you've done so well in your career.

I don't think I ever saw Marty Starkman at UB either. He was heading towards med school too. I'm thinking there might have been one or two others on that track that I somehow never seemed to run into at UB either. Do you recall who else was there? I ran into Rona Herskowitz at UB once, but I might have been married by then (my wife and I were hitched after my junior year), and I looked like a counterculture dropout anyway. She looked great. She pretended not to recognize me and hurried on. I didn't blame her.

Any idea what happened to Marty? It was Marty who got me to apply to UB instead of the Navy. I'd about given up on college after studiously avoiding high school (all I remember from those years is sports and sci fi and my parents yelling), but Marty got me an app to UB and sat there while I filled it out. Probably the best turn anyone ever did me.

Sounds like you're not in a position to have much fun with your responsibilities, but do you still play any chess or b-ball? I hung out with a guy from the Chess Club at UB and got to where I could give him a good game (as opposed to actually beating him). But I've only played occasionally since I got married. I still play basketball, though, three times a week, religiously.

I'd love to hear from you when you get a chance...
Rick