General
Slesnick
Donald D. II
12/12/95
Coral Gables, FL
11/7/43
male
caucasian
61-65
65 BA
no
Hometown
Miami, FL
100,000 to 50,000 at that time (61)
urban
You and Your Family
life insurance exec.
homemaker
yes
public
Miami Senior High
Near Downtown Miami
yes
yes
U. of Alabama, Auburn Univ, Washington and Lee, Columbia Univ., Oxford Univ (Rhode Scholar)
yes
University of Florida -- College of Law
no
Great Uncle -- Eugene Calloway, Jr. -- U.Va. Med. School – 43. Great 6 Grand Uncle Mr. Thomas Jefferson.
no
yes
Miss Jeannett Frances Black (St Louis, MO.). 1968 -- University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida (we met when she was on a blind date with my roommate)
Academics
Wanted to study "foreign affairs" (international relations)
Applied to the two best colleges on East Coast in area of interest (UVA and Georgetown) after visitations chose UVA due to "All-American" college atmosphere and small town environment
Foreign Affairs
Chief interest was in international political science
several house at least four days a week
not much until exam week
--
Prof Ramazani -- as advisor to several Presidents on Middle Eastern affairs.
1. Dean B.F.D. Runk -- took my car away for a semester. 2. Ray Bice -- my first academic advisor. 3. Edgar Shannon -- the President. 4. Vladimir Reisky de Dubric -- a displaced Czech nobleman, teaching at UVA in foreign affairs.
1. I graduated 2. "Foreign Affairs" had outstanding faculty -- top notch program.
Residential Life
43 West Lawn
I felt that being a Lawn resident would be the prefect conclusion to my stay at UVA -- a way to commune with the past and immerse myself in the University's history.
I applied and was accepted.
1. The vista at night (the lit colonnades and Rotunda). 2. The fireplace in winter. 3. The tourists! 4. The Chowder and Marching Society. 5. all-night song fests on Rotunda stairs. 6. the women! [wishful dreaming].
The placement of the showers in winter (bathrobe and flip-flops in snow!)
fraternity house or local restaurants (particularly those located on "The Corner")
yes
1957 Volkswagen ("Bug")
yes
yes
[do not relate to question]
The Lawn (especially the Rotunda) and the fraternity house (pi kappa phi), Jefferson Hall (West Range)
The Colonnade Club (of which I am a non-resident member) and, of course, the Lawn.
Non-Academic Time
Road trips to Hollins, Radford, Sweetbriar, Randolph-Macon, Mary Washington, etc. Polo matches / football / Skyline Drive / trips to fraternity brothers houses in various parts of Virginia.
Dr. Edgar Shannon (President) -- had been the roommate of my cousin, Bill Slesnick, at Oxford as Rhode Scholars
Very important. Pi Kappa Phi – President. Jefferson Society. Interfraternity Council. Canterbury Club (Episcopal). Virginia Debaters -- vice President. Lawn Chowder and Marching Society. Jefferson Sabies. Skull and Keys. Alpha Phi Omega. John Randolph Society. Army ROTC -- Outstanding First Year Cadet
yes
(Religious: St. Paul's Episcopal Church)
yes
(Religious: St. Paul's Episcopal Church) Touch football, softball, basketball -- intramural
Life, love (s) and the pursuit of happiness.
do not remember
The assassination of President Kennedy]
The biggest political protest was the "Thanksgiving Riot" of 1961 to protest the cancellation of the Thanksgiving vacation.
Charlottesville
Mostly, The Corner -- Downtown was a mess.
yes
1. Dated young ladies. 2. relatives of fraternity brothers. 3. local golfers. 4. street persons who would purchase liquor at ABC store for a small charge. 5. members of church congregation
Most Vivid Memory
Life on the Lawn
(Maybe some dates with my "pis - mate", which we won't discuss here.)