Get It Done: Pettis’ Rose Float Dream

Thousands of student volunteers have shown their pride over seven decades by creating an annual Cal Poly Universities Rose Parade float. But only Bob Pettis can say he rode atop one for five hours overnight in freezing temperatures while clinging to the leg of an 18-foot stork. Pettis (’63, agronomy) still laughs about that experience, one … Continue reading Get It Done: Pettis’ Rose Float Dream