“Stuart listens, and I jabber.”
“Jan cooks. I do the dishes.”
“I write the list,” Jan said.
“I follow the list,” Stuart responded, not missing a beat.
Like peanut butter and jelly or bagels and lox, Janice Deutsch Strasfeld ’74, MEd ’75 and Stuart Strasfeld ’74 complete each other.
The two, now married 48 years, met the beginning of their freshman year at Miami in the fall of 1970, when boots were vinyl, skirts were short, and pants were eye-poppingly plaid —men’s as well as women’s.
Jan and Stuart reigned together as Homecoming king and queen in 1973. They are returning this fall, 50 years later, to serve as grand marshals of Miami’s 2023 Homecoming Weekend festivities Oct. 20-21.
Freshman connection
From Youngstown, Jan moved into South Quad’s fancy new Emerson Hall in 1970. She came to campus a week early to rush, pledging Alpha Chi Omega. A New Yorker, Stuart settled into Dennison on East Quad. He came to campus a week early to take the ACT.