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I have read many glowing stories about orthopedic surgeon Dan Ivankovich, but Barbara Mahany’s piece “Bigger Than Life” [winter 2011] is by far the best written and brings back the Danny I knew when he was a student at Glenbrook South High School in Glenview, Ill.He was one of my kids’ friends, and I saw him almost every day of his senior year. He was cocky, undaunted about going to the blues clubs in Chicago alone at age 17 when I expressed some anxiety about his safety. He said his size and a bit of extra protection he carried was all he needed. As Mahany wrote, his plans were set in stone. He was most excited about the possibility of playing basketball in the Olympics.
After he injured his knee in the accident, he came to our house many afternoons, settled himself in a recliner with his leg stretched straight out (I had to be careful in walking around it not to bump into it). The cockiness had disappeared. He talked about feeling guilty about Northwestern’s basketball scholarship since he couldn’t play anymore. He talked about somehow combining medical and music studies. He continued with his life and became an extraordinary and selfless human being.
I’m glad I knew him as a kid with big plans.
I’m still “Mrs. C” to him. Dan used to come out with many hilarious statements. One I remember the best was uttered when he came over and saw the fence my husband was constructing around our side yard. He said, “Mr. C, I see you’re building a fence to keep your women corralled.” That was 17-year-old Danny!
Margie Cuthbertson
Lake Barrington, Ill.
