Leon Frank Garner

Dear Rose and family,
In 1989 I wrote worldwide from the UK to optometry depts and hospitals to see who could offer me a few days or weeks in their dept. whilst I was on my world travels. It was a white lie - I hadn't even booked my tickets at that stage!
Leon was the only one to respond positively, and it lead to coming over for a whole academic year. So my trip was modelled on coming to Ak Uni.
We missed each other as I landed in Ak, as he thought I looked too young to be the...