The Life and Times of Donald P. Golden, Jr.
A Life in Eras
Chapter 8

Working Life

Career stories.

1970
By about October I left Eloy's band.
During my business trip I went to the conference during the
Meanwhile my friend Nelson had married for the third or four
1969
Sadly she died.
2017
So in about 2017 Britany gave the Yamaha back to me and I be
My second year at Rice was a step up into more engineering c
This was the computer for the undergraduates to use as we l
The cards were prepared on and IBM 029 Card punch console
In the fall semester I dated Brenda Tix, now Brenda Hayes).
They drove away in the Ford and disposed of it (I never aske
2017
See how nicely I kept my room!
There was a single parent family next door
1967
This is Steve in the Branard house.
Me in this period.
1966
On a Thursday in October, 1966 Tim Lucas called me for a fav
I took her to a bowling alley off S Main because I knew I co
Nonetheless, Kathy and I had a great time
1967
One really unfortunate event occurred that summer of 1967
Spring Break in ’67 saw the Clayton part of the Lucas family
The photo on the previous page is her returning to her Dorn
Anyhow, on these weekend sojourns we would spend Saturday to
I made two rather large mistakes during my time at Rice
1967
n the middle of the spring semester 1967 Tim located a Jagua
The rest of the drive was mostly uneventful
Betty put me into Karen’s room and Karen moved across the ha
My junior year at Rice ('66-'67) was probably my worst year
The thermo class still sticks with me today
I worked with James Thelin who turned out to be our next doo
1967
Mid summer in 1967 I made a second trip to St Louis
I will never lose the image of Kathy running out of the fron
One thing we did on that trip was take a ride on the Admiral
Are you seeing a pattern develop?
Are you seeing a pattern develop?
1967
My senior year at Rice starting in September 1967 aligned wi
We were married in the Rice Chapel on campus by the universi
2021
Dan Crane, Tim's roommate, used my Maniya Sekor 500 DTL sing
1967
Our first apartment was 1219 Bartlett off Montrose.
We had two nicknames for this cul-de-sac
1968
I use Crest toothpaste
1964
The Rice Board of Trustees recognized that Rice could not co