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Joseph Franklin "Joe" Griggs - Class Of 1956 VIEW PROFILE

Joseph Franklin Joe Griggs

Aug 24, 1938 - May 19, 1988


 



 
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12/01/11 10:51 PM #1    

Roger Lamb (1957)

I got to know Joe after high school graduation when he and I were at Pomona College.  I enjoyed his rather different company.  Joe shopped around for things that were good for him. 

For example, he was into motorcycles (especially Triumphs) - and I had a memorable (!) ride on the back of one of his bikes up towards Mt. Baldy.  In a similar vein, I recall he had a 'chopped' hotrod which was difficult for a novice like me to drive capably.  A light touch to the accelerator would slam you into the back of your seat. 

But on another front altogether, he introduced me, and would listen intently, to Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring. 

He was a complex character, a bit moody I thought, but giving. 

I'm sorry I lost contact with him.


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