Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Rock (it’s a hard name) Levasseur and I were three-year roommates at Maine Maritime Academy in the 60’s. We kind of became like brothers, but different. We had our disagreements over the years but more importantly we had similar interests and mostly got along very well - how else could you stand one another in a confined space (2 to a small room with bunk beds) over 3 years? Two of Rock’s irritants that come to mind: his learning to play the banjo and his talking French in his sleep! We double dated at our junior year’s formal Ring Dance. His date (Paulette) lasted a life time, mine, not so much. We were both on the college’s cross county team, he as a winning runner and me as team manager. We had similar career paths, starting out in the maritime industry sailing as engineers on the high seas, going on to electric utilities ashore, building and repairing houses and becoming home inspectors in “retirement”. See you on the other side, Rocky – please have the steam up and the turbine ready to roll. Bill Flanders
