The person I interviewed is Dan Rach, he is one of my colleagues. He was born on November 19, 1942. Dan is the second born in his family out of five children. Unfortunately three of his siblings died shortly after birth. His older brother is six years older than him and his sister is six years younger than him. Dan grew up in a typical Irish Catholic family in a typical Irish neighborhood on the south side of Chicago. His father was a businessman and his mother was a stay-at-home mom. At the age of forty-two Dan's father died leaving his mother, at the age of thirty-six, to raise the children and provide support for him. His mother immediately had to start taking courses so she could continue selling insurance. At the time, men, women and children had different roles growing up. Fathers were the workers and mothers stayed at home to take care of the children while they went to school. Dan's family unfortunately changed after his father's death. At the time he was eight years old and his mother never remarried. She never really had a male figure other than her older brother and her uncles. Dan's Uncle Frank showed him how to fix things, while his Uncle Ed replaced father and son activities while he was growing up. Overall his mother was his number one hero. She took care of her family even though she was a widowed mother with three children. Dan's mom took on several jobs to care for the family. As older adults age, friendships begin to decline due to death or commuting to see each other. Since Dan attended an all-boys school, it was easy to form friendships with the kids. With the girls, however, it was difficult because they could only attend dances at the nearby girls' school. His high school still does... mid-paper... one makes a decision that you have to make sure you think about. Even throughout your life you should save! The only advice I would give to college students would be when making a decision, write down the pros and cons of the topic and evaluate the facts. When the topic of wisdom came up, Dan believes he has no sense of wisdom. Use common sense when making decisions. He tries not to make decisions by letting emotions enter into his decision making. The three most significant things to Dan would be his wife and children, his brother and sisters, and his faith in God in his spiritual life. The last question Dan and I discussed was how you want to be remembered. His response was: I want to be remembered as a good, honest and loyal man. In your life no one can take away your integrity except yourself. His legacy would be his family and their loyalty to each other.