"Mr. Turtle - The Founder" by Don (Ace) Henderson, 1st Turtle President
The Turtles was his idea based on an offshoot of an organization his brother belonged to in college. Larry
Crone "The Orangeville Flash", "Crane", graduated from Carthage College in 1956 and went on to Rutgers
University for his Doctorate in Plants Pathology which he received in Jan 1962. He worked at Lipton Tea
Company in the research department at Hoboken, NJ for a short time and then started teaching at UW
Whitewater in the fall of 1962. He spent the first three summers working for the Natural History
Dept/Museum in Madison.
In 1967 Larry married his wife Susan who had a two year old son, Dan, from a previous marriage and Larry
and Susan had two sons who are currently studying law-- John in Colorado and Andrew at Hamline
University in St. Paul MN. Dan died in an avalanche accident at a ski resort in New Zealand in 1991. They
are grandparents, two sons from John and one from Andrew. Larry joined the Masons and is active in the
Shrine Band in Madison and also is involved in a band called the "Retro Swing Band." After a trip to
Branson and buying a time share Larry and Sue are ready to do some traveling in the near future.
He hasn't had any contact with Turtles recently but is looking forward to the 55th Turtle Reunion at
Homecoming this fall. (BE THERE!!!) Larry has good memories at Carthage College about Dr. Kibbe
(Biology) and a great one about Dr. Brick (Band). After graduating he was walking with him and he asked
Larry what he was going to do and put his arm around his shoulder and counseled him --teachers who
care.
As we talked about our favorite Turtle memories, we had the same ones: The two southern Illinois (Anna)
trips and the banquets we had (yes, there were restaurants in the Carthage IL area). Larry takes pride in
knowing a great bunch of guys and is proud to be a Turtle.
As we signed off we invoked our old saying --- "A good time was had by all. Oh boy!!
Larry Crone 225 Woodland Drive Whitewater WI 53190 Home (262) 473-4366 cronel@idcnet.com
LARRY CRONE