Mark and Nancy Tramontin

Mark Tramontin: Tommy Theodose was the coach, and he was also my gym teacher.  And, actually, there were some African American kids in my gym kids.  Theodose, you just -- you knew he didn’t have an ounce of prejudice in him.  He was a remarkable man.  I mean it’s too bad that the rest of the faculty couldn’t have led by his example because I do remember thinking you always felt safe in that class.  And I was lousy in gym, so that was not one of my favorite things in the world, but it was a time where there was all interaction between every kind of kid you would think of -- even kids that were lousy at gym.  He just had a great touch in encouraging everyone, and, obviously, he was a fantastic coach.