Celebrating 59 years in education

Tuesday, May 12 was the date of the final exam for the Foundations of Chemistry class Daddy taught at MACC.  Several of us decided it was important to celebrate Daddy's 3rd retirement with a small, surprise reception in honor of his 59 year career in education.  Dear Artie allowed us to take over the commons area of MACC and set up a little table with cake (sugar free for Daddy!) to celebrate a man who is so dear to all of us.

Daddy knew that he was to take a photo with 3 generations of lovely women that he had taught... the granddaughter taking her final that very morning.  However, he was completely unaware that others were there or that anything else was planned.  

We invited him to walk down the hall with us and I had to laugh when I turned around, thinking he was right behind me, only to see he had stopped along the way to chat.  :D  We all waited as he turned to walk up the long hall, peering around the corner at the very end as he began to catch on that something was up.  When he saw the whole crowd of people, he was speechless.  He truly was surprised and happy to see everyone there.  A beautiful moment.  

Here are a few photos from this special morning.  

This was the photo he was expecting to take -
with Judy, Debbie, and Abby.  :)

chatting as we are waiting for him to come to the commons area

he sees us all!  :)

Artie presenting him with a plaque for
excellence in teaching.

Rojina, Alicia, Carla

Julie, Carlos, Maria

Virginia and Heinz

Sherry, Daddy, Pete

Matthew, Anna, Julie

Jonathan, Jackson, Brianna 

Jason, Judy, Artie

Jason interviewing Daddy for the newspaper.

Virginia, Heinz, Daddy, Julie

group photo with Laura in it

group photo with Jason in it

Daddy, Anna, and Matthew

Glen, Daddy, and Elaine 

Carlos, Daddy, Maria

Sherry and Marvin 

Lance, Daddy, and Abby (Lance and Abby got engaged this semester
while in Daddy's Chemistry class.)  :D

Denise and Daddy
(Denise, a student last semester, is heading to Truman this fall!)

Rojina, Julie, Mama, Daddy, Marvin, Jonathan, Brianna, Jackson, Joey

Rojina, Julie, Mama, Daddy, Laura, Marvin, Brianna, Jackson, Jonathan 

Jackson and Joey

You can see an entire album of photos from the reception by clicking this link.

And here is a link to an article in the newspaper.   http://www.kirksvilledailyexpress.com/article/20150513/NEWS/150519543/2025/NEWS

And here is a photo of Daddy with that final Chemistry class.