Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Happy Retirement Ted!

Sunday Jen had a surprise retirement party for Ted, my Step-father. (I hate to use the word "step" because I think it sounds negative) Ted is retiring from being a professor for 35 years. Ted has taught at Utah State for the past 25 years and 10 years at about 4 other universities. If you have gone to Utah State chances are you have taken a class from Professor Alsop.
Ted is the best example of a hard worker I know. He has received the "Professor of the Year" award many years. He is up at the crack of dawn and always ready and eager to get to work. He is so dedicated to school that he never missed ONE day of school from kindergarten through 12th grade. (Can you believe that?)
Ted such a great guy. We can't imagine how it would be without him in our lives. We are "lucky," as Ted would say. Ted is the most generous man alive. He would give you anything he had, whether it be the clothes he is wearing, his bed, his car or his wallet. He has has offered me all of these.
We are happy that Ted finally gets to retire. We know he is looking forward to some early morning tee times.

What will he do with all his free time?

The retirement cake, obviously the person writing on the cake didn't go to college.

Congratulations Ted! We love you

4 comments:

Cheryl said...

I know Sky hopes to be joining him for some of these tee times!!! Looks like the party was a definite success I we sure wish we could have been there. He may be retiring but he will always be PROFESSOR ALSOP to so many and the teacher with the corny jokes..man I just loved his class :)

Carrie said...

ahhh, retirement, thats gotta feel good! way to go Ted

Heidi said...

LOL - nice grammatical error on the cake - you should send it in to cakewrecks.com!!

Camille Schmidt said...

Ted seems like an awesome guy! I'm glad you guys have him. Looks like a fun party.