Photos:

• Monster Medley: ( Bob Moosekian-breast, Mike Reissing-back, Jeff Longstreth-fly, Ben Donaldson-free) c.1962
• North West Aquatic Club's Senior Men's Team (Front row: Jeff Longstreth, Gary Karasick, Ken Karasick, Ron Alsobrook; Back row: Mike Reissing, Earl Showerman, Ron Pohlonski, Jerry Miller) c.1962
• University of Michigan Team 1961-1962: (First Row: Ron Jaco, Warren Uhler, Jim Kerr, Pete Cox, Bill Darnton, Dick Nelson, Dennis Floden, John DuMont, Fred Wolf, Mike Reissing. Second Row: Tom Dudley, Bob Schaefer, Frank Berry, Jeff Moore, Jon Baker, Enn Mannard, Geza Bodalay. Back Row: Coach Gus Stager, Diving Coach Dick Kimball, Paul Attar, Roy Burry, Carlos Canepa, Jeff Longstreth, Manager Earl Ryan) c.1962
• Mike Reissing c.1962

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My Life After Patton:

U of Mich BBA & MBA, All American 200-yd backstroke 1962 (8th in NCAA 2:03.0, Uof M school record at that time), swam at U of M with Longstreth and Burry, S.A.E. fraternity with Longstreth, U.S. Coast Guard, worked in the market research industry in New Orleans, Wilmington, Toledo, NYC (68-79), Winston-Salem (79-97). I'm retired now, my wife passed away in 1991. My son Micah is an auto mechanic in N.C. and daughter, Sage, is married and has two kids. She has a horse farm in Louisiana (check it out: http://www.eastercreek.com) My kids are true blessings. I live a fairly reclusive life here in south Florida. I am guardian for my mom and her sister, both in rest homes. I swim 200 yds/day (slowly), have several tatoos, am tan, quite fat (buoyant), still funny, bright, self-effacing, short-haired, friendly, cheerful, thrifty, kind, brave, clean and reverent. Amen. (5/99)

• The trip to Yale for the natl. AAUs in Alsobrook's car with Mel Hackel, Sully, and Norvell.
• Summers at Brennan.
• Staying weekends at the Moosekian's house to avoid long bus rides to/from Redford.
• That bar down the street that had the great hamburgers.
• Swimming "at home" in the high school city championships.
• Raiding Shapiro's parents' liquor cabinet on some weekends before 'performing' for Alsobrook and Hauck in swim clinics in front of parents and kids.
• Infancy of age-group water polo at Kronk, Miller, and other parks and rec pools around the city.
• Sully and his raw hot dogs.
• And, of course, the tough workouts--eased by viewing the style of bathing suits that the gals wore back then!

I can only say that the Patton influence was profound ... and positive. Who knows where the "road not taken" leads?-Mike Reissing '56-'62