In the fall of 1969 twenty-year-old Craig McCaw went back to Stanford—reluctantly. He had wanted to quit school and help his mother handle his father's estate. Perhaps Elroy's old chess partner felt he sensed the order underlying his father's maze of dealings, but Marion insisted that he finish school first. After Elroy's death, Marion McCaw spent the next seven years trying to sort through her husband's tangle of oral promises, contracts, scheduled payments and collections, and a grab bag of investments. Many of the lawsuits filed against the estate were bogus. Some of Elroy's partners had cheated him and were now trying to take advantage of Marion.
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