While I was working at Blue Cross someone found out I had been on the cover of Life Magazine when I was six years old.  They asked me if the company could put my photo on the monthly Blue Cross letter.  I, of course, said Yes!  

They set up a contest to see if anyone could recognize me almost 40 years later as I was 43 at the time.   As you can see in the Employee News letter they had my photo from the 1946 Life Magazine and the eternal question, Who is this?

Everyone kept guessing and one day suddenly, a woman came flying over to the 18th floor where I worked as a business analyst.

She grabbed me and said she couldn't believe it was me!  I asked if I knew her and everyone wondered what was up.

She said she was in second grade in of all place - 1946 - Hawaii!  She said they had a big discussion about me living on a farm in the states and what the school was like.  She then said something that was very funny! 

She said she and her classmates looked at the photos and for some reason since they were in black and white, the states didn't have green grass or trees, just dark colors.

Later her parents brought her to the states and she said she was so surprised, there actually were greens and other colors. 

Everyone in the business unit had a good laugh about that and of course, she won the prize for knowing the boy on the cover of Life Magazine. 

Talk about a small world, even in 1946. 

Another interesting story in the life of Chuck!