On his 80th birthday, Whitworth Professor Emeritus of Biology Howard Stien resolved to mark each day with a brief entry in his journal about a noteworthy event that had occurred on that day in any given year of his life. The idea developed into Stien's latest book, Reflections on Life in the Exit Lane.
"The book is a collection of short, daily musings about significant days, present and past, among a 29,200 accumulation of days in eighty years of orbiting the sun," Stien says. "It begins last century at the twilight of the horse and buggy days and spans eight decades of life with four generations - at home, at war, on the farm, in church, at university, mastering retirement, and the delightful six-decade journey with Pat, my wife."
Stien began teaching at Whitworth in 1965 as chair of the biology department. After retiring in 1993, he served as a sabbatical replacement at Whitworth in 1996-97. Pat Stien is a Whitworth professor emeritus of theatre.
Reflections on Life in the Exit Lane can be purchased at the Whitworth Bookstore (509.777.3277 or www. whitworth.edu/bookstore), or by contacting the author at 509.466.5449, or stienway@comcast.net, or www.hmstien.com.
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