Iowa State University
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Celebrating 150 Years of Excellence in Agriculture at Iowa State

Alumni Memories

John L. Franklin

Animal Science, B.S., 1962

One of the most vivid memories of my ISU days was at a freshman orientation meeting. The speaker said, "Look to your left, now look to your right, one of the three of you will be gone by winter quarter." That was my first wakeup call … . It was big to a kid who turned 18 the week before and came from a high school class of 16.