I went to high school with Elliott — four years in the same honors classes. While other students took business courses, we had Latin and Greek. He was one of the few black kids in the school, but he stood out. I remember swapping “your mama” jokes with him (he killed me) and him absolutely ruling at PE. As a fat nerd with glasses I couldn’t do one pull-up, but Elliott did 19. He was always impeccably dressed. I walked a mile to school while Elliott’s parents dropped him off in a Cadillac. I remember him delivering MLK’s "I Have a Dream” speech to the class as practice for some debate club thing. I knew he excelled at Princeton while I struggled at NCE and Rutgers Newark. I had long hair, smoked dope, and rode a Harley, trying to be a hippie while Elliott’s sister starred in “Hair.” No surprise that he went into law. I ended up in a job where I sat in a chair looked out the window all day (airline pilot). I was looking for something else on Google when I came across his obit, and even though 58 years have passed since we talked, I’m sorry he's gone.
I went to high school with Elliott — four years in the same honors classes. While other students took business courses, we had Latin and Greek. He was one of the few black kids in the school, but he stood out. I remember swapping “your mama” jokes with him (he killed me) and him absolutely ruling at PE. As a fat nerd with glasses I couldn’t do one pull-up, but Elliott did 19. He was always impeccably dressed. I walked a mile to school while Elliott’s parents dropped him off in a Cadillac. I remember him delivering MLK’s "I Have a Dream” speech to the class as practice for some debate club thing. I knew he excelled at Princeton while I struggled at NCE and Rutgers Newark. I had long hair, smoked dope, and rode a Harley, trying to be a hippie while Elliott’s sister starred in “Hair.” No surprise that he went into law. I ended up in a job where I sat in a chair looked out the window all day (airline pilot). I was looking for something else on Google when I came across his obit, and even though 58 years have passed since we talked, I’m sorry he's gone.