Alex Royzen ’08 Kendall Guimond Royzen ’08 My wife and I met at Ripon our freshman year as our best friends at the time started dating and we were forced to hang out. What started as a mutual dislike blossomed into love by second semester of our sophomore year. We traveled Europe together on our study-abroad programs and practically lived together in the dorms from then on. We have been together ever since and were married July 28, 2012.
Frank Anders ’69
Alex Royzen ’08
Evanston, Ill.
“Bobbi” Suess Anders 69 My wife, Barbara “Bobbi” Suess ’69 and I met as freshmen in the spring of 1966 at the Kiwanis water tower park during a beer and softball party. We graduated in 1969 and were married Nov. 6, 1971 (photo above), upon my return from Vietnam. We are both now retired (recent photo below). Frank Anders ’69
Danbury, Conn.
I did indeed meet my spouse at Ripon, about four weeks before graduation. Two fraternity brothers (Esa Kirikki ’91 and Bill Reap ’91) and I were behind on our senior seminars and short of funds, so we stayed on campus for spring break in 1991. Thursday of that week, Bill’s older sister, Ellen, came up to visit him from Chicago where she was working. Though I had known Bill and been his brother at Merriman House since freshman year, I had never really met his sister. Within a week, I was borrowing Scott Boback’s (also ’91) Chevy (consiberably older than ’91) to drive down to Chicago on weekends to see her, and we were engaged by the end of that summer. We’re married for almost 21 years now. Just goes to show, it’s never too late in your Ripon College career to finish your senior seminar, or meet the love of your life! Charlie Merwin ’91
Morristown, N.J. Carol Diedrich Cooley ’58 subsidized the 50 cents required to go to a beer party our senior year. She lived next door in Harwood but was always going with someone else. Turned out to be a pretty good investment for her. Tom Cooley ’58
Decatur, Ill. Susan Robinson Hermes ’68 and I met Feb. 7, 1965, at The Spot. Our first “official” date was on Feb. 14, 1965, at the Theta Chi Valentine’s Day Dance. We still celebrate both dates, although Feb. 7 seems more important. June 27, 2013, was our 43rd wedding anniversary, but we celebrated our 48th anniversary together in February. Thank you, Ripon. John Hermes ’68
Nichols Hills, Okla.
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