Here are three Pacers issued during the first week of March 60, 55, and 50 years ago
Earl Asbury ’64, my friend of sixty years, has passed away January 11th due to complications of Covid-19. Earl was a good friend, and an avid hot rodder and fisherman. After graduation he joined the San Diego Police Department and later went on to manage a local Chevrolet Dealership for over 30 years. He is survived by his daughter Danielle and girlfriend Bessie Cassion. I will miss him dearly -- Barry Penn ‘64
Michael McDonald ’66 died on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2021, after suffering a massive heart attack at his home in Indio, CA. He was the epitome of health, a 70 year old man able to hike the Sierras, who kept a karate dojo in his home. He was Jack McDonald growing up in San Diego and while at Crawford. Taking Michael as his first name in adulthood, he studied at San Diego College and was a devotee of Dr. Anderson in the Philosophy Department. During that time he formed a relationship with my sister Lori “Anne” Selten ’67. Michael and Anne moved to Hawaii where they married on the beach in Kauai. Michael attained his Doctorate from the University of Hawaii in Religion. Anne and Michael moved to Pioneertown, California to be close to our father, who lived in the Palm Springs area. Michael and Anne worked in real estate and both wrote on the subject of I Ching. They were both passionate about spirituality and I Ching in particular. Anne eventually completed her book “The Nature-Based I Ching / A Modern Woman’s Book of Changes”, which Michael edited and published after she died. Michael had since completed his own book “I Ching Self-Change” He had a dry, delightful sense of humor and wrote a few things for Hollywood and for personal expression, that I found very funny. My aunt and daughter say that Michael is now with my sister and that’s all they ever wanted. I’m good with that. He was in my life for more than fifty years. For those of us that remain, he is missed -- Eric Selten ’64
