![]() ![]() When the Alumni Association got in contact with Meyer to alert him to the good news, he couldn’t believe it. The news station turned to social media to connect the Brass Rat with its owner, reaching out to the MIT Alumni Association through its Facebook page. Shoultz tried to find Meyer herself but later contacted the local TV station, WSFA, for help. When she picked up what turned out to be a Brass Rat, she noticed Meyer’s name inscribed on the inside. Shoultz, a woman living in Auburn, Alabama - the same town where Meyer first lost his ring - spotted something shiny on the ground of a local park. But 50 years after Meyer’s ring went missing, that all changed. With his Brass Rat still missing years and then decades later, Meyer says he gave up hope of ever seeing it again. I knew I had it and then it was gone,” he says. “I pretty much assumed it was lost at that time. After looking around the yard and in the water bucket, Meyer gave up the search. I was washing a car on the front lawn and when I was all done, I noticed my ring was gone,” he recalls. “I know exactly where I was - I was visiting a friend in Auburn, Alabama, in 1966. Stephen Meyer ’64 lost his Brass Rat in 1966. ![]()
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