Elmer STROBL

In a recent essay on role models, I wrote this about Tony: In my last year of high school I did, however, discover a role model, though I probably didn´t think of him as such back then. His name was Elmer (Tony) Strobl, and he was the co-owner of Deno´s Pharmacy in Cincinnati, where I worked part-time for five years. He was a pharmacist, a bachelor, and he had served four years in the Navy during WWII and fought in the battle of Midway. But he didn´t talk much about those years. Instead,...

I worked for Tony when a college student at Xavier in the late 1950s. He was a great influence, encouraging my love of philosophy and literature, both of which we often discussed.