Couple marks 75 years of marriage after college meeting

A couple who met while attending Northwestern University will celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary next month. The pair recalled their first encounter during an interview with the Daily Mail on Monday. The woman was reading from a play in class when the man noticed her from across the room.

He later approached her after class and asked her out for coffee. She responded that he was too short. She later said the comment was not intended as an insult and that she viewed herself as too tall for him.

Relationship details The couple married on June 30, 1951.

They have appeared as spouses in multiple television projects over the decades. They described an arrangement in which each occasionally pursued other relationships. The woman later decided she could no longer continue with that arrangement. The pair also discussed the death of their first child, who lived for one day after birth.

They later adopted two sons. "I wouldn’t be with anyone else in my life than this woman sitting next to me," the man said during the interview.