Matt Circa 1972

My friend and classmate Kim Koratsky was a budding photographer after graduating high school. Now he’s an attorney in Memphis, Tennessee: Kim Koratsky

I asked and Kim took this photo of me. I was a rebel and had not had a senior photo taken for the yearbook. =)

I scanned this in and worked at doing some restoration.

Yes, I had very long hair – it was a tie with another classmate for which of us had the longest hair at graduation. Yes I had a beard even back then, although the mustache was supremely light. We couldn’t have beards at school so I had the worlds longest sideburns, ha! After graduation, I threw away the razor and with a couple of exceptions, have not shaved it all off since. No I wasn’t married. It was a ring that I had made at the art department by a friend at college.

Love that polka-dotted tie.