It was Monday, December 8, 1980, a rather balmy day in Baltimore with temps that climbed into the 70’s. I was a junior at what was then Loyola College and we were in the throes of final exams. The next day would determine the fate of my final grade in Marketing Management.
I sat at the kitchen table, engaged in a mental game of chess. “What would Dr. Susan Thomas test us with in just 12 hours?”, I pondered. I pored through notes. Reviewed highlighted lessons from the previous three months and shaped my thoughts in anticipation of the all-important closing essay.