Gregory Cassel(1950-2008)

Cassel was born December 31, 1950, in Lubbock, Texas, the son of a decorated World War II bomber pilot who raised Arabian horses. He played football for Monterey High School in Lubbock, then spent two years majoring in business at Texas Tech before he enrolled in the Ted Liss Studio for the Performing Arts in Chicago, where he met Barbara, his future wife. Cassel was proud that his oldest son, Jack, is a pitcher for the Houston Astros. He was thrilled that Matt is the starting quarterback of the Patriots. And he was heartened that his youngest son, Justin, was an All-Star pitcher last season in the Double A Southern League for the Chicago White Sox. He also expressed pride in his daughter, Amanda, a senior at Long Beach State University.