I had the pleasure of meeting Boomer as a toddler in Vet Village married student housing on the USL campus. It’s where I lived my first 4 years of life. My brother, a couple of our little buddies, and I would walk up the steps and knock on the door to go play with him. He didn’t have kids at the time. He always had root beer candy for us and would let us bang on his piano. One of the few neighbors I remember from back then other than the Neustrom’s and the Gosnell’s because they had kids our age and were long time friends of my parents.