Sunday, August 01, 1999
The Paul Flory file
• Born: May 31, 1922, Stanfordville, N.Y.
• Family: Married Carolyn Nelson (March 1, 1952); children are Bruce Flory, 42; Ann Flory, 44; Susan Dean 45; four grandchildren.
• Growing up: Father was Protestant minister, died in 1965; mother died of pneumonia in 1930; four sisters and one brother (all deceased); raised in Dayton, moved after sophomore year of high school to Higginsport, Ohio, area.
• Education: Higginsport High School; Ohio University (one year); Yale University (three years), graduated 1945
• Naval career: 1945-46, navigator on Landing Ship Tanks in Pacific Ocean, near Phillipines, Guam, Okinawa
• Boyhood hero: Brother Bruce (for whom his son is named), who died of heart attack while playing tennis in 1980. “He was 4 years older and everything he did seemed to be magic.”
• Great influence: Yale University. “By far. The caliber of students, the interest of the professors ...”
• Most impressive person he's met: Dr. Harold Hillenbrand, former executive director of American Dental Association. “Incredible, unbelievable intellect.”
• Reading now: Wait Till Next Year, Doris Kearns Goodwin
• Favorite movie: Driving Miss Daisy
• Last movie: You've Got Mail
• Favorite TV show: C-SPAN, any Ken Burns' documentary
• Favorite singer: Cecilia Bartoli, Italian opera
• Favorite song: Navy Hymn
• Car radio tuned to: WGUC-FM (90.9), WLW-AM (700)
• Favorite restaurant: Maisonette
• Sports fan: Attends Bengals, Reds, UC and Xavier basketball games
Sports Stories
Offer to Smith: Money for wins
Birth of a child, rebirth of a man
Jones gains slight edge
Five questions with Ki-Jana Carter
BENGALS NOTEBOOK
Reds get Guzman to bolster pitching
Deal shows Reds serious about winning
Saturday's trades at a glance
Mets bolster bullpen in trade flurry
GIANTS 11, REDS 1
Box,runs
Patient Young still wants to be a Red
REDS NOTEBOOK
Astros 8, Padres 5
Umps get a warning
