The roommate was killed in an accident by a drunk driver. Jim knew the families. Both names were put on the bench. We had a cigar fest on the bench for all of Farrand. The whole of the Farrand courtyard filled with smoke.
People still talk about it.
People need rituals. The bench did get trashed a lot, until we told people about it, and now people take care of it. This experience certainly has affected me. Don Warrick noted that spirituality has become a hot topic in business literature. It's hard to get a handle on it.