Augie Sweethearts: Nancy Miller and Joseph Crowther, Class of 1964

Submitted by Nancy Miller of Orland Park, Ill.

Thank you, Rockety-I! That yearbook office in the old Student Union was where we spent two years becoming best friends forever. Nancy Jean became New-Joke; Joe made a floor path with foot outlines labeled "Good Intentions." Joe went on to U of I to get his engineering degree, and we wrote letters for two years, never seeing each other.

We started dating after graduation, and we'll soon celebrate our 52nd anniversary, so BFF has prevailed. Nancy had the privilege of wearing the Augustana silver crown at our wedding in 1966. We had never kissed under the Bell Tower, so we made up for that deficiency at the original tower in Uppsala during the 2008 alumni Swedish tour. The best thing that ever happened to each of us was meeting the other, and it happened at Augustana College!