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Remembering Robbie

An Appreciation on Memorial Day

Robert Reich
May 25, 2026
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Robbie Peacock in 1964

Friends,

Robbie was the kindest person I ever knew.

I met him in our dormitory the day we entered college in 1964. He saw me struggling to carry my big luggage crates up the two flights of stairs to my dorm room and, without saying a word, grabbed one and hauled it to the second floor.

“Thank you!” I stammered when we reached the land…

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