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Remembering Roy Andrews
The following reminiscence was written for Special Collections by a man who knew Roy Andrews well as a family friend.
Left: Roy Andrews' mother on the porch of their Eugene home. PH003_N1038.
Right: Martha Foster Dodds (mother of Billy) at about age 14, by Roy Andrews. PH003_N0567.
My first recollection of Roy Andrews was from my mother, whose picture is included in Mr. Andrews' collection. As family stories would tell, Roy would ride my mother-on the handle bars of his bicycle-around early day Eugene. My grandfather, O.M. Foster, and his family were great friends of Roy and his lovely mother in the early days (around 1910.) Roy was a frequent guest at our home at #28 West 12th Street.
In 1926 my mother married Floyd Warren Dodds, a pre-med student at the University of Oregon. As I was the only child of this union, Roy would take me on camping trips and on one occasion we climbed the Middle Sister together.
As a family we enjoyed many an evening of classical music at Roy's house where he lived with his mother. She was a sweet and dear person with a love and acceptance of everyone she met.
Roy took a special interest in me as I was interested in chemistry, even allowing me to "sit in" and monitor his chemistry classes on campus. As my father became a dentist, I was "to be" a doctor or dentist, but alas I became a railroad engineer instead!
Roy was a friend to many and influenced many lives and certainly my own. I miss him. I'm sure he made a great contribution to the University of Oregon.
W.S. "Billy" Dodds
April 27, 2005
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Top: One of the UO chemistry classes. Andrews was an instructor and the lab manager, as well as photographer. PH003_N1166.
Bottom: Another Andrews mountaineering trip with unidentified boys. PH003_N1308.
Last Modified: 08/08/2006