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Bona Fide Badger in British Columbia

Four Badger alums spent a week skiing in Revelstoke, BC, this past February. Tom Retson ’78 is seen sporting a real badger pelt, much more realistic than the paper Bucky Badger many alums take on their vacations. Tom is with Tom Uehling ’77, Jim Pettegrew ’77, and Howard Bornstein ’78. The badger cover was especially useful as temperatures rarely got above zero degrees Fahrenheit during the week.

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