>I can’t resit the impulse to share a few photos of my Dad in hats over the years. Today is his 73rd birthday!

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Dad in 1935.

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Dad with buddies in the Chemistry Club, circa 1952. He’s the one with a beret, and yes, it’s a real beret, from France even!

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Dad on vacation outside of Ouray Colorado, playing Flamenco guitar. (2003)