Autobiography

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BOB SLOAN, April 1996 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ROBERT EVAN SLOAN INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................1 ...SINCE I LEARNED TO READ .................................................................1 CHILDHOOD .........................................................................................................1 COLLEGE ............................................................................................................... 6 DEATHS OF PARENTS ...................................................................................... 11 SHOOTING ...........................................................................................................12 NATIONAL GUARD CAREER ..........................................................................17 SALLY ANN CRIPPA SLOAN, Always Exciting, Never Boring.....................21 THE SUMMER OF 1953...................................................................................... 23 KIDS ....................................................................................................................... 25 GENEALOGY....................................................................................................... 27 ANKLE AND CONSEQUENCES, OTHER HEALTH PROBLEMS.......... 29 CULTURAL INTERESTS ................................................................................... 30 HONORS AND AWARDS.................................................................................. 32 PETS....................................................................................................................... 32 SPECIES NAMED FOR ME............................................................................... 34 MINNESOTA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY ........................................................ 34 DEMOCRATIC FARMER LABOR PARTY ..................................................... 35 AAUP...................................................................................................................... 35 HOBBIES, CRAFTS, SKILLS, AND THINGS .......................................37 1 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BOB SLOAN, April 1996 TRAINS, AND OTHER MODELS.................................................................... 37 NARROW GAUGE CONVENTIONS .............................................................. 39 CARS....................................................................................................................... 39 CAMERAS ............................................................................................................. 42 HOUSE…