Ironically, Wells had expelled John from Exeter, but when the Holdens started CRMS, John so respected Wells that he hired him as a faculty member in 1959, at the age of 75. Wells Kerr, born in 1895, was just shy of 80 when he invited my mother and me into his apartment for our interview. Our crew climbed into the back of the green truck and headed up to Pizzatti Peak, which was the CRMS ski area, just this side of Spring Gulch. Hopefully, we all have people in our lives like Wells Kerr: people who offer a warm, quiet humanity for us to follow. Yet the power of decency is being piqued by their thuggish behavior and will rise … Shakespeare and Wells Kerr told me so.

Source: Daily Sun April 01, 2026 21:12 UTC