I wrote an email to Graham Spanier yesterday thanking him for all he does, wishing him good health and happiness going forward, and telling him I thought he did great in his interview with John Ziegler. I got his email address from Chuck Weinstock, Graham's high school friend who is also a friend and former colleague of mine.
He replied almost immediately thanking me for the support and appreciative of the encouragement. Graham is a class act. He said it would be fine for me to share his reply on social media. Here is my email and Graham’s gracious reply.
Nov 6 2021 2:35 pm
From: steve masters
To: graham spanier
Subject: Thank you for all that you do
Dear Dr. Spanier,
Chuck Weinstock, a friend and a colleague at the Software Engineering Institute, shared your email address with me. I am a Penn Stater at heart. I received a B.S. in Mathematics from PSU in 1978 and I come from a Penn State family. My father was a Professor at Penn State Harrisburg and my mother, sister and brother were all Penn State graduates. I am writing to you to thank you for all that you do and to wish you good health and happiness going forward.
I listened to your interview with John Ziegler and thought you did a great job and came across as honest to the core with unimpeachable integrity. I liked the way you were very precise in your language when you provided your thoughts and opinions. I am very impressed with the way you have reacted with dignity to the justice system failing you and unjustly convicting you and then incarcerating you for crimes that are clearly bogus.
I have followed the case very closely, reading any relevant information that came to my attention and listening to as many relevant interviews and podcasts as possible. There is no doubt in my mind that you, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz and Jerry Sandusky were all railroaded when in fact you are all 100% innocent. I have made public comments to the Penn State Board of Trustees on four separate occasions and am a frequent commenter on the subject on Twitter, the Penn Staters for Responsible Stewardship Facebook page and Blue and White Illustrated (BWI) (a Penn State football message board) with the username francofan.
My number one priority right now is to do everything in my power to help Jerry find justice. I have visited him many times in jail and I hope and pray that he can find some measure of justice in his lifetime. He has held up remarkably well both physically and mentally given his ordeal. Please let me know if there is anything I could possibly do to support your or Jerry’s well-being.
Very truly yours,
Steve Masters
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Nov 6 2021 2:35 pm
From: graham spanier
to: steve masters
Thank you so much for your wonderful email, Steve. I have read some of your postings and was aware of statements you made to the board of trustees over the years, and I have been so appreciative. I am pleased to have this opportunity via this email to thank you for your support and for all of your efforts. I am grateful to you and so many others for the encouragement I have received and for the time you have devoted to the pursuit of justice in this matter. I know that the others you mention are similarly grateful. A lot of us have suffered through this ordeal together, and that includes so many alumni like you.
Thanks again,
Graham
He replied almost immediately thanking me for the support and appreciative of the encouragement. Graham is a class act. He said it would be fine for me to share his reply on social media. Here is my email and Graham’s gracious reply.
Nov 6 2021 2:35 pm
From: steve masters
To: graham spanier
Subject: Thank you for all that you do
Dear Dr. Spanier,
Chuck Weinstock, a friend and a colleague at the Software Engineering Institute, shared your email address with me. I am a Penn Stater at heart. I received a B.S. in Mathematics from PSU in 1978 and I come from a Penn State family. My father was a Professor at Penn State Harrisburg and my mother, sister and brother were all Penn State graduates. I am writing to you to thank you for all that you do and to wish you good health and happiness going forward.
I listened to your interview with John Ziegler and thought you did a great job and came across as honest to the core with unimpeachable integrity. I liked the way you were very precise in your language when you provided your thoughts and opinions. I am very impressed with the way you have reacted with dignity to the justice system failing you and unjustly convicting you and then incarcerating you for crimes that are clearly bogus.
I have followed the case very closely, reading any relevant information that came to my attention and listening to as many relevant interviews and podcasts as possible. There is no doubt in my mind that you, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz and Jerry Sandusky were all railroaded when in fact you are all 100% innocent. I have made public comments to the Penn State Board of Trustees on four separate occasions and am a frequent commenter on the subject on Twitter, the Penn Staters for Responsible Stewardship Facebook page and Blue and White Illustrated (BWI) (a Penn State football message board) with the username francofan.
My number one priority right now is to do everything in my power to help Jerry find justice. I have visited him many times in jail and I hope and pray that he can find some measure of justice in his lifetime. He has held up remarkably well both physically and mentally given his ordeal. Please let me know if there is anything I could possibly do to support your or Jerry’s well-being.
Very truly yours,
Steve Masters
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Nov 6 2021 2:35 pm
From: graham spanier
to: steve masters
Thank you so much for your wonderful email, Steve. I have read some of your postings and was aware of statements you made to the board of trustees over the years, and I have been so appreciative. I am pleased to have this opportunity via this email to thank you for your support and for all of your efforts. I am grateful to you and so many others for the encouragement I have received and for the time you have devoted to the pursuit of justice in this matter. I know that the others you mention are similarly grateful. A lot of us have suffered through this ordeal together, and that includes so many alumni like you.
Thanks again,
Graham
