Richard Mervine

Richard Mervine


Andy Lewis, Rich Mervine, and I became friends at Coleytown El and remained friends until their respective deaths—in Andy’s case just a couple of nights before he was going to join a small group for a 50th-anniversary mini-reunion tour of Coleytown El. We were like three peas in a pod (or, perhaps more accurately, three nerds in a pod). We were each admittedly quirky. And, it was at one of our Staples reunions, that Andy commented that one of the things he loved most about our class was that he felt there were not traditional cliques. He believed there was a real crossover between people with different talents and skill sets. And I think Andy was absolutely right about that, as exemplified by the diverse friendships we had/have.

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