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Darwin Ross
The Celebration Of Life for Ted Wilson will occur May 17, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. at at the University of Utah's Rice-Eccles Stadium Tower. I hope that you plan to attend. I will be there, as Mr. Wilson was one of my favorite Skyline teachers. He was a great one, as anyone who had his Economics class will tell you. He was so thorough that much of the information he provided was college-level; in fact, I passed a California Subject Exam Test (CSET) in Economics , allowing me to teach the subject to California students, based ENTIRELY on what I learned in Mr. Wilson's class; furthermore, most of what I taught to my own students came from what I learned from him - all without having taken Economics in college. We came out of his class knowing both micro- and macro-economics, and in a way that even many prominent Utah businessmen don't yet understand (they tend to want the government to make its macro-economic policies imitate their home and business micro-economics). We also were taught to be "green" long before it was a thing.
I missed out on much of his mayorship, having moved to California in 1981. Still, I know that he was appreciated by Salt Lake residents of both political parties- something not unusual in that era ("I vote the man, not the party"), but something that still speaks to his judgment, organizational ability, and interpersonal skills.
Mr. Wison was one of the teachers I hoped to see at the upcoming "super reunion" brunch. Unfortunately, his passing serves to remind us, that few of the teachers we knew and loved in the late '60s and early '70s remain, and that we ought to have had brought them to all of our Class of 1970 reunions long before now. Russ Brown did bring Mme. Morck to one of our picnics, which was very special. As a result, I have stayed somewhat in touch with her and, so, have vistied her at her home. These people were an important part of our lives and I encourage us all to reach out to them and not just during the upcoming "super reunion."
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