He was friends with Walt and said Walt once dove out of a window at original Senior Bar to avoid getting caught there.

At our sports dinner, Walt had to shake hands with Mr. Jiggs, a cigar-smoking chimp. Ever the good sport, Walt played along. I still do not know his true feelings about sharing the limelight with a monkey.

about 10, I wrote him a fan letter. About two weeks later, he wrote me back. Receipt of his thoughtful note was a wonderful thrill.

Walt drove about four hours each way to present me with a car leasing proposal for my company. I was pretty confident that I would agree to the terms but they were not even in the ballpark of competitive offers and had to turn him down. He handled that rejection very professionally.