March 20, 2018, Vol. 24, No. 14

More on Gary Shannette

Gary Shannette
1984 Summer Youth Program, Gary Shannette.

Dennis,
Gary was from Royal Oak, MI which is apparently where his calculus class took place. He was a Delta Sigma Phi member and an excellent student. Saw him a couple of times during the 80′s and only recall his return to academics as his true ambition. One thing he enjoyed about teaching at Tech was the seasons and access to the facilities he had for sports. He was an avid athlete and in great shape; running, swimming, cross country skiing, sailing, tennis and golf. At our 25th class reunion (1984) played 18 holes at the Portage Golf Course with Gary, Greg Stanuzek, and Bill Robertson, all 1959 grads. He was as excited about the 84 Tigers as all of us. I believe it was later that summer that he had the accident with his sail boat on the Portage. Ron Donoghue, Metallurgical Engineer, “59″ p.s. hello to Don Fitzpatrick, New York’s favorite son in the Copper Country during the late 1950′s