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Dr. Michael Fay F
or several decades, Dr Michael Fay was a respected dentist in the Wilmington area, but prior to starting his career, he was a standout football player at Archmere Academy and the University of Delaware. Recently, Greenville & Hockessin Life met with the Hockessin resident to talk about his life in dentistry, his love of family and a former teammate and classmate who went on to become the 46th President of the United States. Photo by Richard L. Gaw
Hockessin resident Dr. Michael Fay
Greenville & Hockessin Life: You were raised during the 1950s in the Wilmington area, decades before the city began to experience exceptional growth in its economy, before the construction of I-95 and before the real expansion of its suburbs. Give the readers of Greenville & Hockessin Life a glimpse into what life was like when you were growing up. Michael Fay: Life was a lot simpler then, and I am so glad I was a teenager when I was. It was just a different world. After I was born, my parents lived near St. Agnes Church north of downtown, and then they moved to Deerhurst and we lived there until 1947. From then until 1953, we lived in Newport, and at the time, my siblings and friends and I thought nothing of hopping aboard a bus and going to
downtown Wilmington to a Saturday matinee. I’m not sure that children today have that freedom and sense of safety that we once enjoyed. On the other hand, I think the country has evolved in many ways since then and become a fairer place to live for everyone. You enrolled at Archmere Academy in Claymont in 1957 and you were a halfback on its football there for four years. Were those teams competitive? In 1957, our freshman team was 2-2-1. In 1958, we were 2-5, and I have to blame our record on the poor coaching that we received. The next year, my junior year, we were 1-6 and I again blame that on the coaching. Continued on Page 20
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