Marshall Dermer

Minnesota, Wisconsin

sofware developer, research assistant, short-oder cook at Walgreens, soda jerk at Lune "EL" Drugs then in Rogers Park, 1355 W Lunt Avenue

retired

University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee, Dept. of Psychology

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1971

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Jeremy Arthur Dermer, 2017
Esther Beverly Dermer, 2019

I am a guest at this site. I had attended the Robert Emmet School through 3rd grade, 1954. Then my mother, a single parent, and I moved to East Rogers Park so my mother could be close to her siblings. It was my father's relatives who had lived in Austin and he had died in 1949. So the move was understandable but my mother had not prepared me for moving. So, I lost most of my childhood friends and have always wondered what had happened to them. So, I registered here although I graduated from Sullivan High School in Rogers Park in 1964.

I have always loved trains. As an adult I had built, with help from our son, a model railroad in the colors of the C&NW. That railroad's tracks, of course, cut across Austin running east/west.

One of my fondest memories, is waving to a locomotive engineer and his waving back. This had happened to me while walking on the side walk just south of the C&NW viaduct at Central and Lake.

For most of my life, silly me had thought this was a rare event, but on Facebook I learned that the C&NW crews regularly waved to folks down below. So nice of them to spread the joy! :-)

Other Geek

Robert Emmet, Chicago, Illinois

I was raised by a single parent and because she had to earn a living, I was a latchkey child. Consequently, my teachers were significant models for me.

I recall having a Mrs. Hedermann for kindergarten (and a student teacher named "Lucky"), a Mrs. Keating (for music), and a Mrs. Bitterman for homeroom. I assume that my teachers were born in the United States, the children of Irish (Keating, Driscoll), German (Hedermann, Bitterman), and Italian (?) families.

I have fond memories of watching ice skating (I could not afford skates), school carnivals, and lagging pennies or rubber heels in the school yard.

Eventually, as I have noted, we moved to Rogers Park where I attended the Eugene Field School.

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UI-CUD, Navy Pier, Spring 1964; UI-Chicago 64-67; U of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 67-73

Professional Degree beyond Bachelor's PhD in psychology

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Basically I have been a student all my life. I taught and conducted research for 41 years at the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. I am most proud of my analysis of romantic love. You can find that paper and others at my professional website: https://sites.uwm.edu/dermer/ .

These days I grow orchids, play the ukulele, exercise daily (though my body is falling apart), and enjoy my wife and our growing family. I have also be struggling writing an essay about the benefits of assuming people do not have free will.

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