Christopher King Madison

Chris and I were English majors at Northwestern and graduated the same year. He was a great guy--funny, down-to-earth, and really insightful. We shared a lot of good times together, lampooning the ridiculousness of the English Department and of our entire culture. He was really competitive, too, which was kind of cool--once we played tennis at his family's home in upstate New York, and he was furious that I beat him! He will be greatly missed by many.

I graduated with Chris from Chaminade High School in Mineola NY in 1969. He was admired by all his classmates for his intellect and his contribution to the Class of 1969 history. He was already a writer and helped to create our yearbooks for each of the years we attended. My life followed a similar course after graduating - not in our careers or our geography but in our last years creating a new circle of friends and taking the steps to finally celebrate who we are. Chris will last in our...