Thanks for fleshing out Mr. Stracke. He sounds like a powerful guy who used that power in very good ways. One of the absolute high points of my life was being interviewed by Studs Terkel. Naturally I wanted to ask HIM a million questions rather than waste time answering them. He had two hearing aids which he constantly fiddled around with, and after the show was over he took me to a great little Italian restaurant for mussels! For the next 3 hours he patiently (and enthusiastically) told me story after story. I'll take that memory to the grave.
Rick