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Alumni Spotlight
Dr. Robert Ford Greene '54
Major: Elementary Education and Physical Education
What you are doing now: Promoting my book: $20,000 in Tennis Lessons: Your Personal Coach
Favorite class(es) at Brockport: Any athletic arenas - the football field, basketball court or tennis court!
Favorite professor at Brockport: Coaches Cliff Wilson, E. Curtis Gaylord, Eric Steel and Bob Boozer
Most famous person I have met: I had private audiences with the Pope while playing in the Italian Open Tennis Championship in Rome!
Favorite movie: The Sound of Music
Favorite vacation spot: The French Riviera, Aix-en-Provence, Monte Carlo and Cannes
Family (spouse, children): My wife Joan is beautiful physically and mentally. She is a classical pianist trained at the Juilliard School of Music and her fellow student was Van Cliburn.
What you want to be doing in 20 years: Be alive and coherent! Maybe productive too!
Message to the students of today: Choose a life’s work that you love, regardless of its pay or social status, and become a master in that field. Hopefully at Brockport you’ll learn the necessity of regular exercise and proper nutrition on a lifetime basis.
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