PREXY AND HIS SON throw food to hundreds of hungry gold
fish in the pond in front of the President's home.
WALKER
iy models. B'
FLYING IS
ing a Cessr
EXECUTIVE ENGINEER'S favorite hobby. Prexy is shown here enter
with his cute 16-year-old daughter, Gail. He often takes his children up
HUBBY give approval to one of Bryan's
works in the library of the Walkers' campus
R COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Horseback riding, tennis,
flying, golf—all in a day's
relaxation for Prexy—Dr.
Eric A. Walker.
Prexy believes in keeping
himself physically fit and Sat
urday he proved it to a Col
legian photographer and the.
Our assignment called for
spending a day with Proxy at
"play."
The only trouble was we
were st ill sleeping when
Prexy began his relaxation—
riding quarter-horses through
the University farms at B in
the morning. We thought we
might be intruding to phone
him' at 9 and therefore waited
till 9:30, so as not to wake him.
But when we called we found
him long gone from the Presi
dential mansion.
He was back at 10:30 and
immediately set upon working
on his huge stamp collection
which he started in 1930. He
collects mostly American
stamps—first day covers, plate
blocks and sheets of unused
commemorative issues. "I don't
get too much time to keep up
with all the issues, but once
in a while things begin to pile
PRESIDENTIAL FORM on the tennis cow t is caught by Collegian's camera as Prexy returns a
serve from Ridge Riley, executive secretary of the Alumni Association
Prexyr
At Play
Story by
BILL JAE FE
Mot as b y
WAYNE SCHLEGEL
up and then I get to work sort
ing, filing and enter ng them
into the looFeleaf books,"
After a short lunch, Prexv
tried his hand at the electric
organ, another one of his many
diversified hobbies. Then it
was time to watch the baseball
game on TV and help his 12-
year-old son Biyan build a
model tank.
We joined Prexy at 3 p.m.
and found him relaxing in his
spacious yard. He quickly
showed us through his well
kept and very "home-like"
house, Then it was out to the
small fish pond where Bryan
and he feed the goldfish and
played with the family Siamese
cat "Minnie." Bryan, a third
base Little Leaguer, told us of
his favorite pastime—making
and then burning plastic mod
els on the front lawn to great
dislike of his father. "One day
the campus cops will catch
him," Prexy quipped.
A second floor den is the
setting for much of Prexy's
"home work" and countless
shingles and citations hang
from the wall, but most no
ticeable are two rifles and a
cavalry sword. After viewing
the stamp collection, we ven
tured downstairs to meet Jo,
Prexy's wife, who was occu
pied baking a pie for the fam
ily dinner.
"Well, I guess it's time to
meet Dean Perez," Prexy said
PREXY RELAXES after a long day of horseback riding, tennis,
flying and golf. He leaves with his family for their summer home
IA Kitty Hawk, N.C., Saturday.
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as he ran up the stairs to oress
for his tennis match with
Perez. Ridge Riley and McKay
Donkin on the University
courts near the skating rink.
Within seconds after atneing.
Prexy was on the court and
warming up fot the ensuing
match Perez was late in ai
ming so Prexy took on Don
kin in a singles match to get
warmed-up.
"Call me at 6." Prexy shout
ed from the courts in reference
to a flying engagement we had
arranged with him. He received
his pilot's license July 17 and
was taking Dean Perez for a
ride. The winds were turbulent
so it wasn't good weather to
take a beginner up in th e
Cessna 15D but Prexy brought
along his daughter Gail, a cute
16-year-old State College High
School senior, for a ride. "I
get sick, but I like flying,"
Gail said.
After a half hour flight
around the countryside and
over the campus, Prexy landed
and returned home. He wasn't
finished yet as his wife and
lie decided to play a few holes
of golf.
All this after a strenuous
week in the office which in
cluded a Board of Trustees'
meeting, a trip to Newport and
numerous office appointments.
This Sounds like work to me,
but not for the University's
49-year-old president
IRIlr
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