Dave Sterenberg
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Dave Sterenberg was from Mount Morris and served as a counselor-in-training in 1974 and on the aquatics
staff in 1975 and 1976. He was also the chapter chief of the Sinnissippi Chapter of the Order of the Arrow
which helped with the renovation of the Atkinson Building in 1976. In the summer of 1977 Dave was on his way to Mexico or South America to be an exchange student. He never made it. En route to his destination, Dave was tragically found floating in the shallow end of a public pool where he was staying in Florida. There was no lifeguard on duty. This was ironic because Dave was a lifeguard and a very strong swimmer. He used to amaze the camp staff by swimming the length of the pool and back underwater without coming up for breath. It is speculated that he was doing one of these swims in a too crowded, poorly supervised pool, and that something happened while he was underwater but no one noticed anything right away. At Camp Lowden, the showerhouse was dedicated to him. There is a plaque in the main lodge which reads, In memory of David Allen Sterenberg, Camp Lowden Aquatics Staff. Let man blaze the path of leadership and light it brightly so that a boy might also become a man. |