Here’s to all of you on our Golden Anniversary – but it’s really just been 8 or 9 years, right? – from Southern California. I’ve been here for decades now, have tried to leave several times, but it never works out. This reunion was a “maybe,” but it’s a long bike ride. Carry on without me!

Quick answers: Wife and kids? No, but I never thought there would be. Tried to marry twice – both women backed out. Active in management and entrepreneurship, in many fields: health, e-commerce, energy, IT, finance and more. I never want to “retire.” I’m into sailing, music (opera to Jimmy Buffett), wine and craft beer (Great Lakes Brewing – mmmmm!), and running 5K’s and 10K’s. And baseball, mostly the Angels. You can find me at linkedin.com/in/williamfmcneely, Cruising Catalina Island (book) on Amazon, mcneelyfor success.com, various dating sites (ahem!) – the list goes on.

I think the best of you all (Terry McCrystal and I are cousins-in-law), and miss those who only join us “upon another shore and in a greater light.” If Ohio is a “flyover state” for me, it is great to know that there is a place on Lake Erie’s shore where the saints still go marching in!