Still enjoying Dairy Bar Ice Cream
What a real treat to find Jonathan's Supreme in the ice cream section of my supermarket! When I was on campus in the '50s, Dairy Bar ice cream was a must. [Summer 2003 issue]

In the ensuing years, my husband, Walter Kaercher '52 (BUS), and I always told visitors to the campus to be sure to make a special trip to the Dairy Bar. Now, we can all find UConn's wonderful ice cream in our own backyards.

Another special note is that Cameron Faustman, a former student of mine at Lyman Hall in Wallingford, Conn., is chair of the department of animal sciences at UConn. Cameron was instrumental in bringing (as our local newspaper phrased it) "Storrs to Stores." Way to go, Cam!

Phyllis (Mancini) Kaercher
'56 (CLAS)
North Haven, Conn.

Japanese Americans
That was a delightful picture of - and fine article about - George Fukui in your Summer 2003 edition. George visits friends in Ithaca when he comes East, however I got to know him because his brother, Hank, was a soldier in my K Company, 442nd RCT, the most decorated U.S. Army unit. The soldiers were all fine men. I was one of their officers.

Bob Foote '43 (CANR)
Ithaca, N.Y.

Many UConn alumni who received the Summer 2003 UConn Traditions kindly contacted me through letters, e-mails and telephone calls to express their pleasure about the article on the Japanese American students who matriculated at the University of Connecticut during World War II from the internment camps. I also heard from people who saw the article in Japan and were appreciative of learning for the first time about the experiences of Japanese American students in the U.S. during that time.

My greatest surprise, however, was hearing from two former business colleagues, one who emigrated from Czechoslovakia and a second-generation American of German heritage, who also experienced discrimination during World War II.

George M. Fukui
'45 (CLAS), '48 M.S.
Irving, Texas