James Mashburn

Jim was a dear friend and special guy to us, and to many people whose lives he touched. We met on the football field, first as opponents when Sequoia (his team) played Paly (mine) at Stanford Stadium in the late fifties. Then we met as teammates at Menlo College in 1959, and again as plebes at the Naval Academy in 1961. Who would have known? He was always positive, enthusiastic and kind, and his outdoor voice carried great joy. When we remet in the 1990s, our bodies had changed, but never his...