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Stephan ("Steve" or "Paly") Paliwoda posted a condolence
Friday, November 4, 2016
I was/am one of Dave Fox's Alpha Tau Omega fraternity brothers at the University of California at Berkeley. I was also one of Dave's fellow "laundronauts" during our vaunted laundronauting feat. Both Dave and I survived exactly 2,000 revolutions in laundry dryers in a laundromat located on Hearst Avenue, just west of Euclid Avenue, on the north side of the Berkeley campus during February 1963. There were actually three of us who made the laundronauting attempt, but the third guy (it was either Nick Knueppel or Willie Thurlow -- I'd have to check my records to be sure which) made the mistake of eating lunch before we made our afternoon attempt at laundronauting, and he got an upset stomach somewhere around the 1,200th revolution, and had to terminate his participation. Dave and I then went on to break the the then-World-Record of 1,151 revolutions, which had been achieve the previous week by another Cal-Berkeley student. Our dryers were adjacent to each other, and so we could talk to each other while we were going around in the dryers. We finally decided among ourselves that we'd both stop at exactly 2,000 revolutions, so that we would be co-holders of the so-called World Record for Laundronauting. I believe Dave spent a total of 56 minutes and 20 seconds in his dryer, while I, being slightly heavier than Dave, spent a total of 56 minutes and 40 seconds in my dryer.
Years later, (1973-74) when I was working in the high-rise Union Bank Building in downtown Los Angeles, I found that Dave was working in the same building. Every Friday, I went down to the bank office on the first floor of the building to cash my paycheck, and not infrequently, Dave would be there for the same purpose, and would have a friend in tow, and he would walk up to me, and simply say, "Steve, how many revolutions?", and I would casually respond, "2,000", whereupon, Dave's pal, with a look of shock on his face, would slowly pull out his wallet and hand over the Dave whatever amount they had wagered that Dave was telling the truth to his friend about the incredible-sounding laundronaut adventure.
Dave was a fun-loving, decent, smart, likable, sincere guy. He was one of my favorite ATO brothers. He never cast aspersions on anyone, and always treated others with decency and respect. There's no question that, very fortunately for me, some of his character rubbed off on me. Whenever I think of my experiences at Cal, and of the literally hundreds of fine fellow students whom I got to know during the almost seven years that I spent there as an undergraduate (long story), Dave is always among the20 or 30 people whose memory first comes to mind. He was my good friend, and I'll always remember him.
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Mandana Winfrey posted a condolence
Saturday, October 8, 2016
Wishing you peace to bring comfort, courage to face the days ahead and loving memories to forever hold in your hearts.
Love and blessings,
Mandana and Steve Winfrey
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Kevin Davis posted a condolence
Thursday, October 6, 2016
Our entire family is saddened and deeply touched by the sudden loss of such a significant and uniquely genuine American as David Fox. We have come to know David only in the last five years or so from the relationship of our daughter Kacie and his son Doug and we are grateful for the special opportunity to get to know David and share many important family events, holidays and memories with him over the past few years. David was his own man, a one of a kind personality, wit, and thoughtfully caring individual who made others proud to know him. We are grateful for the times we shared and will forever be thankful for the opportunity to know him. We will always respect and honor his memory and share his legacy with our grand daughter who will be forever be touched by the love he expressed for her. With love and prayers for David always.
Kevin and Cindy Davis and family
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