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Karl William "Bill" Melchers Class of 1966 |
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From: Donald Tate Subject: Karl William Melchers Date: Tuesday, November 6, 2007, 12:55 PM Class of 1966. Bill died of cancer according to information I received sometime around 1999-2000 in Bangkok. Somewhere I have some photos of him taken around 70-71 when we both happened to be in Bangkok briefly on overlapping trips. If I can find them I'll send one.
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I attended Patana School with Bill in the early 60s. He was a little older
than me, but we were friends. For some reason the strongest memory I have
of him is walking on the beach in Pattaya (a very different almost
secluded place in those days) while he told me the entire story of
Orwell's 1984, which he had just enthusiastically read. We also shared the
hobby of playing with toy soldiers. I think his father was with USIA; my
father was training English teachers on a USAID contract.
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