{"id":3382,"date":"2021-01-14T17:17:01","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T17:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/fyi\/?p=3382"},"modified":"2023-03-28T10:58:25","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T14:58:25","slug":"reunited-after-nearly-30-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/fyi\/2021\/01\/14\/reunited-after-nearly-30-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Reunited After Nearly 30 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Last semester, Wabash\u2019s Advancement Office received an unexpected letter from a woman in Hamilton, Montana. It was addressed to \u201cwhomever can help\u201d and contained photos of a 1970 class ring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have a class ring from your College, \u2018Class of 70,\u2019\u201d the note from Delores Meuchel stated. \u201cThe initials G.A.J. are engraved on the inside \u2026  I would like to return it to the owner.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aaron Selby \u201906, director of annual giving and advancement services, got to work and began tracking down the ring\u2019s owner. He examined the attached photos and noticed Delta Tau Delta\u2019s letters featured. From there, Selby used the Wabash Alumni Directory to look up members of the Class of 1970 who had those initials and were brothers of the fraternity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It took 28 years, but Greg Jackson ’70 was reunited with his Wabash class ring.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis search quickly identified one person and I reached out to Gregory A. Jackson of Helena, Montana, to see if this was his ring,\u201d Selby recalled. \u201cAfter talking with Greg by phone, he informed me that he believed this was his class ring and was amazed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jackson\u2019s ring had been missing for 28 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnytime I would open a box or go through things again, I would look to see if I might somehow find it, but it never surfaced,\u201d Jackson said of the ring, which went missing after a separation and move. \u201cIt has a special meaning to me and I was heartbroken when it disappeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOver the years I always held out the hope that maybe it would show up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it\u2019s a good thing Jackson never lost that hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selby put Jackson in contact with Meuchel, who lived about 150 miles away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meuchel told Jackson that she had purchased a \u201cbox of junk\u201d from a garage sale in Elliston, Montana, about 20 miles from Helena. The box was full of aluminum cans, pull tabs and a ring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe was mildly intrigued and put it in a jewelry box where it sat for a couple of years,\u201d Jackson said. \u201cShe was going through the jewelry box fairly recently and thought maybe she could see who the ring belonged to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ring was eventually mailed and returned back to Jackson around Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s crazy to think that my ring made a journey around the state of Montana and back to me after all this time,\u201d the Wabash alumnus said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jackson, who works as an attorney, said he\u2019s thankful for Meuchel taking the time to track him down and for the College officials who helped facilitate the reunion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGraduating from Wabash is a big deal,\u201d Jackson said. \u201cTo have that piece of my life back is just absolutely phenomenal. I can\u2019t express enough appreciation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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