A recently released book, The Maestro, written by Bob Woodward about the current Federal Reserve chair, Alan Greenspan, included an early photo of Greenspan wearing an Adlai Stevenson Shoe. It was entitled "Another egghead with a hole in his shoe." It brought back many memories of our classmate and friend. It also coincides with a 100-year celebration of Adlai's life that was held at Princeton during 2000. The university has a large collection of Adlai Stevenson's papers and letters from his political career as a governor of Illinois and as a presidential candidate, who unfortunately ran against Dwight Eisenhower, a highly-regarded national figure, and a strong economy.
Your scribe attended several of the seminars and saw the main exhibition at Firestone and the Seely Mudd Library. There were excellent presentations by Adlai Jr. (a former senator from Illinois), Eugene McCarthy, Arthur Schlesinger, and several of Adlai's former political associates. They gave an excellent presentation describing his intelligence, wit, and modesty, and bad luck when the Kennedy family took charge of the Democratic Party in 1960. I would refer you to a wonderful speech that Adlai made in 1954 at the senior class banquet. Copies are available either at Princeton or from my copy machine.
Sue Ward, widow of Doug, who roomed with Adlai at Princeton, sent me another photo that I'm trying to present to the library for their collection. Adlai was a wonderful man, and he compares very favorably to our past and present Democratic leadership. His grace and dignity in the face of two crushing defeats is an example for all of us to remember.
Steve McCrea '81 k'24
2314 Desoto Dr.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301
954-463-0310; globalcooling@hotmail.com
Lewis C. Kleinhans 3rd '53 k'25
1755 York Ave., Apt. 5D
New York, NY 10128
212-876-9123; Ilha@msn.com
I have talked before of the 25-30 undergraduates who receive financial support each year from '25's generosity. I have also talked of how some can't seem to find the time to say "thank you" (even though they are specifically requested to do so by the university).
I have not talked, however, about the many nice letters of thanks that are received. Accordingly, you will find below one (which I am keeping anonymous) that is representative of all. Judge for yourselves how '25's generosity has/is effecting the lives of these Tiger cubs.
"I would like, with humble gratitude, to express my sincere appreciation for the gift that the Class of '25 has given me. When I look back, back-stepping along the fateful path that has led me to Princeton, I recall the assistance that my family, friends, and teachers gave me and the generous contributions that dedicated benefactors, such as the Class of '25, presented me. Without receiving these gifts, I could not realize the seemingly impossible dream I had set so many years ago.
"Once Princeton accepted me into its family, actually deciding to come here was a difficult decision for me to make because of the incredible financial burden that it would put on both my family and me. However, because of the aid that the Class of '25 Memorial Scholarship has provided, I chose, without regret, to pursue the Princeton experience and am now receiving an amazing education in a place full of incredible people, opportunities, and beauty.
"I have been given so much in my life, and it is very important to me to make every gift, every scholarship, every piece of advice, and every answered question serve a significant role in the strengthening of my character and confidence. In a way, this scholarship has become a bridge that connects two ends of my path together, and receiving it will allow me to reach a higher ground than I ever thought possible. With my utmost appreciation, thank you for your generosity."
A. Gilmore Flues
3519 Chevy Chase Lake Dr.
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
301-654-5388
Alan Mayers '54 k'27
1718 Wilmart St.
Rockville, MD 20852
301-881-1291
One of our distinguished classmates has retired from his latest career at age 94. Ernest J. "Browny" Brown was in the private practice of law from 1931-40, when he was lured by an institution on the Charles River, where he taught for 20 years. At age 64, with "no feeling of being done," he began still another career in the tax division of the Department of Justice, where one of his Harvard students, Janet Reno, eventually became his boss. In our 60th Year Record Book, he is quoted as having said this work "seems more interesting and stimulating than anything I could think of doing if I retired." What next, Browny?
At the other end of the age spectrum is another of the current recipients of a scholarship honoring our classmates, in this case the A. Smith Bowman Memorial Scholarship. Sucharit S. Joshi '01 from Hampton, Va., is a pre-med chemistry major. His service orientation is evident in his extracurricular activities - director of the Riverside Elementary Project, Student Volunteers Council, student health advisor, and president of the Hindu Students Council.
Felicity Mead w'28
1024 A Heritage Village
Southbury, CT 06488
203-264-3296
Si Lopez
6909 Ninth St. South, #434
St. Petersburg, FL 33705
727-864-7434
BOB GARLAND writes that he has had to give up yacht racing because nearly all his competition and all his shipmates have died. He still reads and drives without glasses and now amuses himself by trying to beat the stock market. Bob has been a top-notch sailor ever since graduation. He has won several championships in a 21-foot boat and a 31-foot boat. He has been very successful also in ocean racing. He was watch captain in a 56-foot schooner in the King's Cup to Spain and in a race to England, where they finished second.
In 1938 he was watch captain on the cutter Blitzen in the Bermuda race where they won their class. Because of his racing ability, he was made an honorary member of the SCYC, where he did much of his racing.
Bob asks how many classmates we have left. That is a difficult question to answer for the simple reason that several classmates are listed as NGA, which means that we have not heard from them for years and we have no good address to contact them. I think we can say there are at least 32 members and probably a few more. We regret having to announce that word was received of HENRY DE GIVE's death on Jan. 12, 2001.
The class has a memorial in this issue.
Sylvia Bennet writes, "I am just back from a month of traveling, which began with a visit to Fred Smith in San Francisco. He is busy as ever, giving to most of the quiet and important organizations there. The president of the Ploughshares Fund wrote him, "We couldn't do what we do without you, Fred!" His newest venture is restoration of the West Point Club house in Mount Tamalpious, which he and Marian hiked so often.
"That good deeds do live on is proven by Matt Taylor's legacy, which his daughter, Ritchey Calhoun, told me about. The Taylor Foundation, begun by Matt's father, supports many valuable people-oriented organizations.
"My trip included two weeks in Costa Rica, a stunningly beautiful politically stable democracy, working hard to join the "first world - with 95% literacy - etc."
Your scribe has received two letters from undergraduates who are recipients of scholarships funded by classmates.
Tyler Burt '03 writes, "I do not know whom to thank personally, but the support I have received from the Richard Early Reeves Jr. Scholarship is greatly appreciated. Without these funds I would be unable to attend this university, or, at least, I would be quite burdened with debt. I am a sophomore at the university this year. I live in Witherspoon Hall, which is part of Rockefeller College. I intend to concentrate on political science in my junior year."
Amelia Perea '04 writes, "Thank you so much for your generous scholarship that was part of my financial package. The Class of '30 Memorial Scholarship means a great deal to me. I am from NYC and attended the Bronx School of Science. Both my parents are teachers. Presently I am taking classes in economics, Italian, German, and math. I hope to become fluent in three other languages besides English and pursue a career in international business. Your scholarship has helped me to come closer to reaching my goals."
The class has a memorial in this issue.
Dave Kreitler
2102 Beech, 3300 Darby Rd.
Haverford, PA 19041
610-649-3770
Alumni Day 2001 was attended by 1,500 alumni and friends. Carolyn English (Woody's widow), her granddaughter, Abigail English, and your secretary along with Rolly Mindlin (a friend from the Quadrangle Life Care Community) were at a table along with members of the Class of '39. Carolyn English, as the representative of '31 at the Service of Remembrance in the chapel, carried a rose up the chapel aisle to form a wreath honoring the Princetonians, including 17 from '31, who died during the last year. Abilgail English, (the daughter of Woody's son, Barton English '72) is following the English family tradition of being enthusiastically involved in worthwhile activities. Nicholas English '34, Woody's brother, joined us for a few minutes, as did Judy McCartin, an honorary member of '31. Abigail English is in the Princeton Volunteer Council, and as such she spends Friday afternoons in Trenton as a big sister to a nine-year-old girl. Hopefully '31 will see more of Abigail at future class activities.
Your secretary had a chance to meet Linda Mahler, who is taking Judy McCartin's job of working with the older classes on AG matters. Interestingly enough, the winner of the prestigious Pyne Prize was, in addition to being an outstanding student, much involved in the Theater Intime and the same Volunteers Council as Abigail English. Many times we have had Pyne Prize winners who were scholar athletes. This year's winner of the Pyne Prize was an artist scholar. One wonders how the prize winners ever found time to participate in so many extracurricular activities.
Jack Kellogg
3 Birchwood Ct.
Princeton, NJ 08540-5041
609-919-0760
Babs and your scribe took a week's vacation with friends in mid-February to Boca Grande, Fla., and brought good weather with us. We had hoped to see Charlotte and Frank Schroeder at the Gasparilla Inn, but unfortunately they were due at the end of the month and we missed them.
I received a letter from John Harman in January which I quote herewith. "Your letter was timely! I inherited the name of Swede in freshman year when I was blonde on the top and now I am barely blonde on the sides. As a freshman I lived on Dickinson St. in a freshman boarding house. We had a great group, worked hard, and enjoyed life. All are gone now except Frank Schroeder and myself, and I have many wonderful memories of those times. No one calls me Swede out here, so I think it is time to make the change - thanks for the suggestion! Best regards and good health."
F. Tremaine Billings
3906 Woodlawn Dr.
Nashville, TN 37205
615-269-0451
A few days ago I had a very pleasant conversation with George Constable. He and Betty are leading a happy, productive (in the true sense of the word) life. They have seven children, 19 grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren. They are fully satisfied with all of them. George is collecting his religious writings for distribution among his children. While watching the Raven-Giant Super Bowl game, he picked up a large log for the fire and promptly went into heart failure. After a brief stay in the hospital, he is back in good shape but needs to regain his strength. George sees Fife Symington off and on and tells me he is active and vigorous.
When I called Chick Doak, I caught him cooking supper. Priscilla seems to have the upper hand. His most recent writing has been a service for the Unitarian Church to which he belongs. They haven't used it, which mildly miffs him. He says Bob Keidel may use some of it for the summer letter. Bob wants some of your literary productions.
Janet and Hank Beerits are quietly and happily retired in a little town, Alna, in Maine. It is quite a contrast from the vigorous, hectic life he led practicing law and involved in civic activities in Philadelphia. He retired in 1972.
Nancy Carter Leeson has told me that Babs Arnold died recently. She and Bart gave the class some good parties at our mini reunions.
A great strong class.
Ralph K. Ritchie
40 Meadow Lakes 03
Hightstown, NJ 08520
609-426-6039
Malcolm Johnson says the class luncheon in NYC in February was "low in quantity but very high in quality and real warm friendship and spirit. Present were Gordy Brown, Hazel and V.P. Bill Eisenhart, Janet and Mal Johnson, Margery and John Oakes, Bill Robbins, Rosemary and Bill Weaver, and Pres. Art Wood. MacDougall, who won the long-distance prize (from Florida), gave an interesting account of class affairs, "past, present, and future."
Spike Andrews, from Saluda, N.C.: "Still walk two miles a day and play golf twice a week."
Tita Bell, Lex's widow, missed the NYC luncheon as she was en route to the Galapagos Islands with daughter Chartis and her husband.
Joe Burchenal, from Noroton, Conn.: "Fairly eventful year. To Cuzco and Macchu Picchu in Peru in January-February; quadruple bypass in March; in the mountains of Keene Valley, N.Y., all summer; and to Vienna, Prague, Dresden, and Berlin in the fall."
Carol Litchfield, the widow of Bob "R. C." Brooks, who died in 1971, visited daughter Leslie for a month over Christmas in Lyman, S.C. Leslie and her husband, Bob Scott, operate a horse-farm business with 15 horses and ponies in residence and keep busy with a pony club, a summer camp, and junior hunt, and their newest project, horse care and riding for a children's home.
Jim Lynch, from Franciscan Oaks, his retirement community in Denville, N.J.: "Have graduated from a walker to a cane and am feeling better."
Sally and Jack Palmer (class president 1984-89) now live at Heritage Village in Southbury, Conn. Ted Merwin is also there.
Sophia and Morrie Thompson have 67 resident activities to choose from at Greenspring Village retirement community in Springfield, Va. They engage in just five: play reading, book club, computer club, health club, and tai chi. "Never a dull moment."
The class has a memorial in this issue.
Joseph C. Hazen Jr.
309 Essex Meadows
Essex, CT 06426
860-767-1333
ROUTE 66. When '35 folded its tent after last year's 65th reunion, it graduated into Princeton's Old Guard, a euphemism for a bunch of old grads in the Classes of '35-'22. So this year's 66th reunion will be part of the Old Guard reunion and will be markedly different from '35's reunions in the past. The details will be spelled out in a reunion invitation, which will be mailed soon to all classmates and widows by Princeton's graduate council. A limited number of rooms in the Forbes dormitory (nee Princeton Inn) will be available beginning on Fri., June 1, but they must be reserved in advance. Meals will also be available at Forbes, but it is suggested that those in town on Friday may wish to meet at 5:00 p.m. at Forbes to arrange a group dinner party elsewhere.
The Old Guard program for Sat., June 2, begins at 11:00 a.m. with a reception and luncheon in Chancellor Green (the old library) hosted by the university. Pres. Shapiro will speak, and the Nassoons will sing. After lunch the Old Guard will assemble in front of Nassau Hall near the FitzRandolph Gateway for the start of the P-rade. Free golf carts with chauffeurs will be available for those who want to ride. And, of course, those big, distinctive banners, carried this year by stalwart undergraduates, will unmistakably mark '35's place in the procession.
Questions about '35's 66th reunion should be directed to V.P. Charlie Edmonston, who will be pinch-hitting for '35's president and perennial party planner, Eldon Earle, who for several months has been suffering from a serious throat malady. Charlie and his wife, Elmina, are visiting their children in Arizona, pending completion of their apartment in a new retirement community in Ridgefield, Conn. They expect to move into their new digs on Apr. 19, at which time their phone number will be 203-438-8478. Meanwhile reunion questions that can't wait will be fielded by Dottie Ferrara, manager of alumni systems for the graduate council (609-258-5451).
James Q. Bensen
24 Aylesbury Cir., Windermere
Madison, CT 06443
203-245-8976
Pres. Bob Gibby has been sending us complete information about our approaching 65th reunion, May 31-June 3. This promises to be one of our most interesting and intimate occasions. It will be our "Last Big One."
Everything has been arranged to make us all comfortable and exposed to a fine program. Those planning to attend who have yet to return their registration forms are urged to let me know their intentions by writing or, better, calling Treas. Fritz Hummel, MD, 41 Easton Dr., Whiting, NJ 08759, 732-350-8360.
Henry McNulty and Bettina, longtime residents of London, wrote us of a gala occasion for Henry, born in China on Nov. 12, 1913, the son of missionary Henry Augustine McNulty 1895. Last November our Henry was honored at a birthday luncheon at a marvelous Chinese restaurant located close to his home. Attending were his three children and their families, plus in-laws, three grandchildren, and friends. There were 85 years separating Henry and his first granddaughter, Trilby!
Ever alert former class agent Ed Spencer noticed in the PAW class notes of '54, in the issue of Feb. 21, a photo of several Princetonians, including Harry C. Crawford Jr. and some of his offspring: sons Harry C. III '62 and Fred O. '64 and grandson David '04. This photo was taken at the 118-year-old Iron City Fishing Club on Georgian Bay in Ontario, Canada, where our Harry and Carter have spent many enjoyable summers.
We sadly report the deaths of Howard S. Holmes on Jan. 3, 2001, and H. Vinton Coes on Jan. 28, 2001.
The class has a memorial in this issue.
Standish F. Medina
217 Broadway, Ste. 612
New York, NY 10007
212-267-4531
Hibbs Buckman has no grandchildren but does have a stenth (?) in his heart, opening up a valve. Blaine Gordon has a liver disease of unknown origin, requiring hospital treatments every week. He says, no, he doesn't drink! His family consists of a wife, Bunny, a son who will be 54 next August and has a son, 23, and a 46-year-old daughter with a 25-year-old son living in Birmingham, a suburb of Detroit. The son lives in a suburb of Cleveland and all got together for Blaine's birthday and Thanksgiving. Blaine laments the death of his roommate, Joe Harris.
Frank Taplin represented us at the memorial services in February. Bruce Pyle has been living quietly and is able to celebrate the breaking up of a drought in Dallas during 1999 and most of 2000. He gives thanks for reasonably good health, a fine family of children and grandchildren, and a 61st wedding anniversary last November with Lucy.
FAMILY NEWS. Twenty-two of Hank Saalfield's family live in the Boston area, so most of them came to visit last February.
ENCOURAGING NEWS. Lew Marks reports that he is still recovering from a small stroke but can drive the car, dress himself, and take weekly therapy.
The Princeton Alumni Assn., (PO Box 291, Princeton, NJ 08542-0291, 609-258-1900) is offering a special program, including Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment and Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. Each household that enrolls ($95) will receive a course packet, seven lectures on audiotape, a copy of Anna Karenina and access to an e-mail discussion group.
Jerry Beaty
P.O. Box 1308
Bridgehampton, NY 11932
631-537-1770; fax 631-537-5712
A MEDLEY OF EXTEMPORANEA (PART II): JOHN PARKE, a retired clergyman for 18 years, is now a voluntary pastoral assistant at St. David's Church in Agawam, Mass., and "conducts occasional missions of Christian healing." He has four children and eight grandchildren.
A letter from Bill Stanton, JACK STANTON's son, says that though his mother has also recently died, he will continue paying our class dues and would like to hear from any of you who knew his father. He and his wife are both Princeton graduates ('85 and '86) and live near Princeton.
MAIT BISHOP's daughter, Marguerite, has asked that the class be advised of her mother's death. She adds that she "will always have a warm spot in my heart for Princeton and the class," but will only contribute to her own colleges in the future.
GENE KINDER writes, "We have moved from Florida to 173 Alps Rd. in Branford, near Yale, where my daughter is a surgeon at the medical school. Her daughter is on the boys' hockey team at Hotchkiss!"
From JAKE CLASSEN: "I'm still able to work as a surgical consultant in Federal SSA in Baltimore MD Disability Program, which was founded by ART HESS."
JERRY BEATY's daughter, Kim, is completing her portrait of Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, commissioned by Columbia U. law school, and says she can now accept other commissions from interested persons, "whether Democrats, Republicans, or Nader supporters."
JOHN STODDARD reports that he and his wife, Jean, recently moved from Madison, Conn., to their new address: 317 Main St. West, Apt. 100 B, in Chester Village, Conn. He adds: "The 'assisted living' ads finally got us; but it's a great place in a very pretty small town on the Connecticut River."
Richard R. Uhl
12 Charlotte Ct.
Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510
914-923-9032
The best old class of all continues to take pride in honors bestowed on our classmates who at this point in their lives are being thanked for years of devoted service to causes they have espoused. GEORGE CHAPMAN, now senior advisor to the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation of Cleveland, has served the foundation for 37 years, first as chair of the advisory/distribution committee, followed by 21 years as president of the board of trustees. To honor George's devotion to improving public education in Ohio, the foundation created the George B. Chapman Jr. Teacher Award for Excellence in Mathematics Education. The award will be presented to two Ohio teachers each year. In our photo the foundation president is showing George the plaque that will bear the names of teachers selected each year to receive the award.
Ruth and BILL BERLINGER are moving to Waverly Heights, one mile from where they have lived for 31 years. They will be joining other '39ers there: Polly BODINE, Debby REDPATH, Peg and JIM VANDERMADE, and JIM WILKES. And ED HOBLER is on the squash road again - February national hard ball, Middletown, Conn., and Mar. 13 Seattle national soft ball, the one he won last March.
With sorrow we report the deaths of JOHN BELL, BURNIE CALKINS, BILL D'ARCY, and LOUIS PETITO.
Carl Jacobs
73 Base Hill Rd.
Keene, NH 03431
603-352-9372; cjacobs@monad.net
You will recognize HARRIS SMITH and his wife, Betts. They are being honored as YMCA couple of the year by the Hunterdon County YMCA. They were presented with the Lend-a-hand-to-Youth award for community involvement, leadership through volunteer, business, and professional activities. In addition to these activities, Harris continues to manage his sheep farm in Tewksbury Township, N.J.
RUSSELL TRAIN is back in the news. He received the Heinz Award, given in recognition of people who enhance the lives of others. The award, bestowed annually by the Heinz Family Foundation since 1993, honors the memory of Sen. John Heinz, who was killed in a plane crash in 1991. Six people received awards. Russ Train is cited as "an environmental advocate from Washington, DC, who was chair of the Council on Environmental Quality during the Nixon administration and was president and chair of the World Wildlife Fund."
From my Andover Alumni Bulletin I learned of two of our classmates' musically talented grandchildren. "BUD" ROBIE's grandson, Teddy Robie, after a grueling series of auditions and interviews was accepted at Juilliard from a field of 25 competing pianists. He will be studying under renowned Professor Lowenthal. "ARCHIE" ANDREWS' grandson, Will Andrews, has won a scholarship to Berklee College of Music in Boston. He is a skilled percussionist. His four-man string group called the Unscented produced a CD that won them the honor of a command performance at the White House for Hillary Clinton's 30th Wellesley reunion.
Damon Carter
Box 184, Old Pumpkin Hill Rd.
Warner, NH 03278
603-456-3639
Phil and Phaedra Moore have moved, as he says, "To a cool new house after 20 years in the old one. Same town (Ponte Vedra) but three miles south. House name is River Bank (Rats! Same house in Wind in the Willows) because we are on a small stream next to the golf course. Bob Fiddler lives nearby." Liz Fortune, Pete's widow, writes, "Son Peter lives in Boston, does Federal Reserve work for the city, and is busy with two large boats he has in Florida and Gloucester. His daughter, Cay, lives in Seattle, has a place in Hawaii and a house in Sun Valley. Whew! I go back and forth to my fifth-generation ranch in Texas and home in Indianapolis." Priscilla Rogers sent in a class dues check "in memory of Bob Steinhoff." Lida Lenney was celebrating the first birthday of her fourth grandchild and was sorry to miss the Toronto mini. Joan Matthews has talked to Lala Eisenhart recently and visited Edith Hunter last July. She was heading for Victoria, BC, for Thanksgiving with a grandson. Her son, Willy, had another successful show in NYC, but her brother-in-law, Dick Matthews '46, died in October. Tex Farrington located Cathy Finkenstadt, Fred's widow, in Bermuda and sent her our War Book. She writes, "I've been totally out of it and out of touch for a long while but am thrilled to have it. Many, many thanks for tracking me down." Pat Howell says, "After finishing our latest book, Napa Valley, Joan and I went on a 30-day cruise. We traveled 3,968 miles visiting 13 cities and 10 countries in Europe. The book is now out, has received good reviews, and is selling briskly. It tells the secrets of this remarkable community from vintners to field bands, bankers, and politicians."
Jack Laflin
10 Vardon Rd.
West Hartford, CT 06117
860-523-8929
As secretary I was recently sent a remarkable book written by longtime Princeton baseball coach Eddie Donovan with his wife, Betty. It's called My 55 Years at Princeton University. Not only is the text humorous and poignant, but it also has a 1943 connection. On page 109, along with pictures of Butch Van Breda Kolff '45, Bill Sword '46, and Ed Farley '40, is a pic of that Ol' first-baseman supreme, MURPH MC CARTHY. Also a modest quote, as follows: "Too bad, Eddie. You just missed having me on your team by one year. If you had come here in 1942, you could have had me to play for you, and all your troubles would have been over!" If you're interested, cost of the book is $23, including shipping and handling; Eddie Donovan can be reached at 12 Rollingmead in Princeton.
The Class of '43 (as arranged by DAVE PEASLEE) and the molecular biology department, will present a science course for nonscientists May 29-31, just before Reunions in the Lewis Thomas Hall. Prof. Shirley Tilghman will lead the precept on the human genome; see the ad in the Mar. 21 PAW for details.
From BOB FELDMEIER: "After watching the Olympic wrestler we sponsor win the Nationals at Las Vegas last year, my wife and I went to Seattle and had lunch with GENE TAYLOR. His record for Princeton wrestling is one of the best. He's in good shape, now retired from the reinsurance business. He explained what reinsurance is. My wife understood."
HOLT APGAR reports the sale of a vacation home in North Carolina and a subsequent move back to New Jersey.
Ted Meth
48 Parkside Dr.
Princeton, NJ 08540
609-252-2725; tedmeth@alumni.princeton.edu
Seventy-three years ago HERB HOBLER and Randy and JIM DRORBAUGH attended kindergarten in Bronxville, N.Y. Here's a photo of them taken after the Harvard-game dinner last fall.
You should look into the Alumni Assn.'s distance learning program: This year it's on "Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and the Russian Novel." I've listened to the taped introductory lecture and can recommend it highly. If interested call Kathy Doyle '93 at 609-258-3573.
Many classmates "divide" their time: TOM and Margaret SOWDEN between Maine and South Carolina (though they got snow in S.C. last November), and BURT and Carolyn FORD between Princeton and Amelia Island, Fla. Others take up exotic activities, for example, raising llamas, as in the case of TERRY PRICE in Marion, Tex., or climbing up Shinto temple staircases in Honshu, the latest by JOHN LORD, who found himself thriving on a rice-and-fish diet.
Others diligently soldier on in their lifetime professions: BRUCE MCCARTY in architecture (a new convention center for Knoxville) and DOUG DONALD in gold/silver/platinum and palladium.
Many continue to enjoy class friendships: ART VAN HORNE lunching with SAM SEEMAN; BILL RUSHER lunching with PAUL TEMPLE; and BILL LAKELAND attending an alumni event at Berkeley law school with JOE FOX and BOTTS ALEXANDER. Incidentally, Bill and Mary Jo celebrated their 55th with a week in Paris and Brussels. And JIM THURSTON and I have a running philosophical/theological correspondence going.
Some classmates are really organized: JOHN DENISON is in a group which meets monthly in the Sarasota area that includes FERD BARUCH, BOB VAN WAGONER, JACK VAN NESS, BOB CARTOTTO, JIM CRAWFORD, CHUCK HAZELWOOD, and CHARLES TERHUNE.
The class has a memorial in this issue.
John Kauffmann
124 Main St.
Yarmouth, ME 04096-6712
207-846-9130
A '45 contingent 15-strong gathered at Princeton's Alumni Day convocation Feb. 24. STU CAROTHERS represented the class at the memorial service as we said a final farewell to the 15 classmates who have died since Alumni Day 2000.
Attending either the luncheon in Jadwin Gym or the class's cocktail party and dinner at the Nassau Club were Nancy and BARNEY BARNHART, CHICK BOLLING, Pat and BILL BORDEN, Dodie and Stu, Catherine and DON DURGIN, Mary and TOM HARTMANN, Pam and DICK HULL, Manny and SHEP KIMBERLY, Mary and BOB MILLS, JIM MILLS, Fay and HUGH O'NEILL, Patsy and KARL RUGART, Mary-Peale and BOB SCHOFIELD, Betsy and J. B. SMITH (who ably arranged the dinner), and Mary and WAT STEWART. Five relatives further enhanced the gathering. The Smiths brought daughter Lane, son Derek, and his wife, Kathleen. The Rugarts brought daughter Cynthia, and a nephew of Bill Borden completed the party.
At the bannered Jadwin luncheon, it was said that the "cardboard chicken" was better than usual and that the student honorees were awesome in their accomplishments. One graduate school prizewinner reportedly speaks nine languages, including Old Norse. One wonders with what old Norsemen she may have occasion to chat.
In other alumni news, our honorary classmate JOE TAYLOR, dean of the faculty, will accompany Pres. Shapiro as guest of the Princeton Club of Washington, DC, on Mar. 16 or 17. Call Wat Stewart if you would like to attend.
Bob Willis
24 Evergreen Circle
Princeton, NJ 08540
rswillis@alumni.princeton.edu
Pres. AL LUKENS graciously introduced Dr. JIM HESTER at our class dinner Feb. 23. Jim recounted highlights of his fascinating career, beginning with upbringing in Guam, Princeton in wartime, Marines service in Japan, three years at Oxford (as a Rhodes Scholar), a second Marines stint at Quantico, three years at Long Island U., Brooklyn as provost, then as dean at NYU's grad school of arts and science, followed by presidency of NYU 1962-75. Jim spent five years as the first rector of United Nations U. in Tokyo. In 1980 he became president of the New York Botanical Garden. Since 1989 Jim heads the Guggenheim foundation in NYC and at home in Princeton paints portraits. Enjoying his talk were mesdames Lukens and Hester, the HICKSes, the FISHERs, the NEILLs, the MORGANs, the WILLISes, METCALF, ROSENBORG, SPAGNOLI, and BETTY BROWN.
At Alumni Day lunch Feb. 24, it was nice to see EVAN KANE and Anne, GERRY PHILLIPS and Maria, and their daughter, Elizabeth '95. Paul Spagnoli and Al Lukens did the honors at the impressive chapel memorial service when 20 classmates were remembered.
Congratulations to DIXIE WALKER and Marjorie, who celebrated their 50th anniversary over three days in early February at Catawba Island Club on Lake Erie. Family came from NYC, Boston, Chappaqua, New Jersey, and Boulder, Colo., to fete them.
RALPH DEL DEO was seen on national TV Feb. 18 at the 125th American Kennel Club dog show in Madison Square Garden ably judging some 28 sporting hounds, all of whom responded delightedly to his masterful commands.
The class has a memorial in this issue.
Asa Bushnell
Box 7034
Tucson, AZ 85725
520-741-4715; TigerAce@aol.com
TIGER PARK WALK: The Class of '47 is well represented on "Spirit of Princeton" recognition bricks in Palmer Square, including two deceased classmates: TOM BROPHY (freshman photo), our corresponding secretary in V-12 days, who was lost at sea after the sinking of the cruiser Indianapolis in July 1945, and Germantown Academy teacher PETE BIGGS, who molded young minds for 37 years. Prolific campus architect BOB VENTURI and global travelin' man DIT WENZ boast bricks to call their own, while MOOSE JOLINE is happy to share with "five generations of Joline alumni," and JACK MADDEN, BOB WOHLFORTH, MARK HODAPP, and ACE BUSHNELL, "The K-LUB" since Nassau St. Elementary School, are glad to be together forever.
DATES TO REMEMBER: It's not too late to phone coordinator HUYLER HELD (212-879-6259) and advise him that you plan to enjoy our annual class cocktail party at 6:00 p.m. Thurs., Apr. 19, in NYC's Knickerbocker Club. And our 54th reunion honcho, BRUCE REID, has a real treat in store for midday June 1, when we'll ride by bus from graduate college headquarters to historic Flemington for elegant food and a glimpse of kidnapper Bruno Richard Hauptmann's ill-fated auto at the Union Hotel and a tour of the storied museum with the largest collection of old railroad engines and cars.
ALUMNI DAY RECAP: Despite cold weather '47 hearts were warm Feb. 24 as 15 loyalists - Barbara and MARK BOLLMAN, DAVE CAMMACK, Julia and ED CLAY, Frances and BRUCE DOUGLASS, GEORGE EGGERS, DANNY HAERTHER, Held, JACK HUGHES, Claire and BILL HUGHSON, and Mary and BILL JACKSON - attended the Jadwin awards luncheon and the Service of Remembrance, with nine of that number even staying for dinner at the Nassau Club.
The class has a memorial in this issue.
David K. Reeves
106 Snowden Ln.
Princeton, NJ 08540
609-924-3340; fax 279-9899
As a general rule, announcements of exhibits of TOM BUECHNER's work arrive too late to alert classmates. Mirabile dictu, the Hudson River Gallery in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., will have a stunning Buechner show from May 20 to June 23. This portrait of the son of the local fire chief evokes the haunting sensitivity of Tom' s work. Tom has been honored around the world with awards and exhibits. At long last we know ahead of time of a NYC-area show.
Another classmate with world credentials is CHARLES ROSEN, musicologist and pianist. He lectured recently at the British Library on the Saul Seminars. His area of concern was the crucial decisions on editing and mixing and balance made after the studio sessions.
Joannie NEWTON, bride of RUSSELL, has had a distinguished career on the boards of many companies and volunteer organizations. She also served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Atlanta.
Is AL BLESSING the first of our tribe to be 80 years old? Perhaps we have other octogenarians? Inquiry might also be made as to classmates who have an extravagant number of grandchildren?
KEN FITZGERALD has been up to his larcenous ways again and landed in the poky. With his usual panache he landed in Reading Gaol in the exact same cell that Oscar Wilde occupied. Ken managed in a flamboyant mode to mark the 100th anniversary of Wilde's death.
The class is saddened to learn of the deaths of JOHN McCABE on Jan. 16 and JIM HARDY on Feb. 7.
The class has a memorial in this issue.
Sam Englehart
2471 Sumatran Way, #17
Clearwater, FL 33763
727-791-4648; gumpop@prodigy.net
This is being written just after Alumni Day, Sat., Feb. 24. On Friday the class officers and executive committee met and made some decisions about this year's reunions and next fall's on-campus symposium. You will be hearing from the reunion chair soon, and also from the symposium committee. Both events are definitely worth attending. Once again the class dinner will be hosted by Charlie Townsend and his lovely wife, Daphne, at their home in Hopewell on Friday night, May 25. Our class AG agent, Al Ling, reported on how this year's AG totals are shaping up, and he indicated that things have been slow so far. Let's get with it and help him to feel that his efforts are worth while. He takes the job seriously, and we should take our support of Princeton the same way. This is even more important now that the university has gone to a grant program to replace student loans.
In attendance at the Alumni Day luncheon and the memorial service were a large contingent of Don Dickson's family. Georganna, three sons, their wives, and numerous grandchildren were there to pay respect to the memory of our former president. It made things even more poignant for all of us who were there with them. In addition to Don, we had 12 other class members who passed away during 2000 being memorialized. Others taking part were Jean and Lew Miller, Sandy and Bob Kress, Helen and Al Ling, Jim Lebenthal, Nancy and Harvey Rothberg, Liz and Charley Stone, Pat and Warren Warbasse, and me.
Jim Lebenthal and I heard two wonderful lectures before lunch. Elizabeth Bogan spoke on "Economics and Public Policy," and Daniel Rubenstein lectured on "Attempting to Resolve conflicts Between People and Wildlife: Lessons from Horses, Zebras and Wild Asses." Princeton professors are still the best.
Ken Perry
52 Berry Rd. Park
St. Louis, MO 63122
314-962-0731; kenperry50@earthlink.net
FROM CHRISTMAS LETTERS: When in Suttons Bay, Mich., stop by the Applegate Collection, Beverly and AL APPLEGATE's shop featuring old and new, especially restored antique, wicker. Scarcely a rocking chair retirement as buying trips and antique shows are part of the business. Their grandson, Alex, a Michigan junior, spent the summer at Princeton as an undergraduate research fellow.
BILL "I am not retired" BROWN is still an active freelance writer/cartoonist/ lyricist. He's anticipating the June opening of his newest show, a revue of the titans of classical music. He and wife Tina are working currently on a screenplay. Bill updated the 1968 off-Broadway musical, How to Steal an Election, he cowrote, attended its LA production in August and post-show party hosted by Annette Benning and Warren Beatty. With Watergate, Travelgate, and Monicagate in that rewrite, he is anxious to do another using that fuzzy Florida math (and Pardongate?).
50/50: Add three to 50 when Connie and EARLE LEONARD celebrated their 53rd anniversary last June. However, "50" was significant as Ray, oldest of their five children, turned 50 and retired as a Navy captain. They have lived in Seattle for 23 years, where Earle retired from Reynolds Metals in 1992.
Lela and JACK BOGARDUS were entertained at their 50th in June by son Steven '76 and his wife, Dana Moore, both Broadway performers. Phoebe and JACK BALLARD, Betty and JOE GORDON, Jean and TOM LOWRIE, and RALPH MCGILL joined the festivities.
Lillian and JON LOVELACE marked their half-century in December. Besides time with their four children and six grandchildren, they have "spare" hours to be involved in 30-plus not-for-profit entities.
COUNT DOWN: 160 signed up for the Charleston mini (Apr. 25-29). Soliciting photos from our first (Washington) and second (Charleston) minis.
The sad news of the death of BILL COSTEN on Jan. 13, RON MARSCHING on Feb. 7, and JACK LEWIS's wife, Connie, has reached us.
The class has a memorial in this issue.
Richard K. Paynter
49 Wilson Rd.
Princeton, NJ 08540
609-921-6720
CHARLIE ALBERT is already in the reunion mood. He is modeling two of '51's early costumes. (Remember which years?) Other classmates are in training to be with us. JOHN ELLICOTT, Washington, DC, and DON CAREY, Gilford, N.H., are already in shape - they are bikers of awesome fettle and will pedal to our 50th. PINKY COHILL, although recovering from a dislocated shoulder, has been on a stationary bike and may well be with us on two wheels.
SHAKY McKAY writes: "After 33 years in a home my uncle built in 1937, Dee Dee and I have sold it to our nephew, his wife, and five children and have moved to a gated community with zero-lot houses. NO GRASS! We are now free to move around with minimum inconvenience and can spend time in our mountain home without care."
BILL BARDSLEY's "first grandson born Oct. 10 (he will be 10 years old on 10/10/10) to daughter Jan, who was featured as 'The Spirit of '51's Sweet Sixteenth' in the May 23, 1967 PAW (thanks to our secretary's good eye for talent)." Bill also has a memory like an elephant.
CARPE DIEM, guys, for the best 50th ever!
Daniel M. Duffield Jr.
149 Riverside Dr.
Hertford, NC 27944
252-426-1280
ALUMNI DAY 2001. Some three dozen classmates and wives attended lectures and panel discussions, applauded the supernaturally talented people who won prizes awarded at the Alumni Council luncheon in Jadwin Gym, and paused to honor recently deceased alumni at the Service of Remembrance. Dinner at the Engineering Quad, arranged as usual by Landon Peters, gave us a chance to socialize, enjoy a delicious meal, and meet our honored guests, seven members of the Class of '02 and politics professor Fred Greenstein. The impressive '02 contingent included the new president of undergraduate student government, the leading actress in the university's Shakespeare company, and a summer intern to a Nobel laureate. Our evening ended with an entertaining and informative talk in which Professor Greenstein summarized the careers of US presidents over the past half-century.
RUSSIAN LIT. Want to read - and understand - Anna Karenina and Crime and Punishment? Has the Alumni Council got a deal for you. Sign up for home study with taped lectures, supplemented, if desired, by an e-mail discussion group and lectures on campus. Professor Caryl Emerson h'52 organized the course and gives the taped and live lectures. Her superior scholarship and compelling style on the podium remind us of another honorary classmate, Buzzer Hall. Call 609-258-3854 or e-mail chollen@princeton.edu for details.
HELP. Jock Bickert and Steve Rogers find it slow going to get the inputs needed for the CD of classmates' reminiscences of our time on campus. Everyone knows something amusing or informative from those four years. Contact Jock or Steve to learn how that incident or observation can become part of our permanent record.
REQUIESCAT. Don Kahn called to report the death of his high school and Princeton classmate, Randall Brune, on Feb. 2, 2001, in Syracuse.
Hugh Richardson
1819 Peachtree Rd.. #200
Atlanta, GA 30309
404-351-0941
When we were undergrads Buddy Clark had a popular record, "I'll Dance at Your Wedding." Here's Ed Matthews tripping the light fantastic with daughter Louise after she had married Tom Flickinger last fall in Princeton.
Memorialized at Alumni Day's moving Service of Remembrance were George Dawkins, Tom Kilburne, "T" Kirkland, Bud Kratzer, Jack Maffenbeier, Mike Orlando, Paul Meloy, Al Rodgers, "Tock" Rush, and Harold Young. During the procession George Weber represented '53. Call Kathy Doyle '93, 609-258-3573, at the Alumni Council about an upcoming educational program, "Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and the Tasks of the Russian Novel."
You'll see the Golden Gate when you visit the Golden State for the May 17-20 San Francisco mini-reunion. So far, Commander in Chief Dale Sprankle can count on 120 individuals (that's 60 classmates).
Now the great-grandchild race is on. Don "Bones" Conner's second weighed in at seven lbs., 10 oz. Cheers to Dick Crampton, who after becoming medical professor, emeritus, at UVA last April has been honored with an annual cardiovascular medicine lecture in his name. Two of Cowles Herr's running mates have been slowed temporarily. Unfortunately Charlie Rooney fell and busted his wrists and hip. He's mending in a Connecticut rehab center and is called the "Bionic Man" because of the metal plates and pins. Cowles says the word about his rascally roommate, Russ Pickering, is "Four." Pickering has not tricked an unsuspecting lady to be his fourth wife, but he has undergone successfully four heart bypasses. A speedy recovery is wished for both.
Richard Stevens
1823 Apple Tree Ln.
Bethlehem, PA 18015
610-865-0886; Dick_Stevens@compaid.com
The flags of all 50 states were flying; the cannons went off 21 times; the parade ground had an honor guard of Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force companies at attention; and four F-16 fighter planes were flying overhead. This was the scene as the Joint Chiefs welcomed home the new 21st Secretary of Defense. The outpouring of good wishes was extraordinary, and why not? The Navy pilot is back in charge, confirmed by a Senate voice vote 100 yeas and zero nays. DON RUMSFELD is the most qualified leader and the most popular choice to head the DOD in recent years. Pictured here is the Class of '54 welcoming committee: JIM DENNY, JOE CASTLE, the Secretary, DICK STEVENS, and MARTY HOFFMANN. Marty has been helping out with the transition and the difficult job of filling 400 vacancies. Hey, he's back and it feels great!
STAYING POWER: H. FURLONG BALDWIN, "Baldy" to us, has decided to pack it in. He became CEO of Mercantile Bankshares back in 1976 and decided to pass his lacrosse stick to Ned Kelly '75. Baldy has guided the institution through 21 community bank mergers, each continuing to retain a local flavor. He never lost his focus, always placing the customer first and never getting caught up in the mega-merger syndrome. He constantly delivered the numbers (the stock is rated a strong buy) and did it all as a partner in the ongoing advancement of greater Baltimore. It's one thing if you do it for a few years, but Baldy did it for 26 years. Now that is truly remarkable!
Here's one for the books. The Class of '04 would like to affiliate with '54 as its parent class, duties not defined. Oops, sorry, we mean the "grandparent" class. How does that grab ya?
John G. Paul
207 South Ithan Ave.
Rosemont, PA 19010
610-525-8461
Hans Kuehl (photo), a Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., resident and USC professor of electrical engineering, is evaluating a new method of studying known as asynchronous learning. He has been assigning online homework to his students in an electric circuits course; they can do the assignment at any time, day or night. "Students need a lot of practice solving problems with circuits." Rather than working from problems in a book, the students tackle them at a computer terminal and immediately receive the results. "If it's not right, they can rethink their solution," he said, adding that students have 10 chances to solve a problem. "They tend to get hooked if they don't get it right the first time."
Hans, who formerly chaired USC's EE-electrophysics department, has recently received a Mellon Foundation grant to study the efficacy of asynchronous learning. The method was developed at the U. of Illinois, where it is now used in almost 100 courses. Hans notes that it is ideal for any math or science course, as well as in language and business courses. He cannot remember a time in the history of his course when so many homework assignments were 100% correct. Although he espouses the apparent success of the method, Hans emphasizes that it cannot replace teacher-student interaction.
TIGERS IN ESPANA: Several openings remain for our trip, Oct. 16-Nov. 1. For info call Dodie Mapes or PETE Milano.
The class has a memorial in this issue.
Bill VandenHeuvel
302 South Third St.
Lewisburg, PA 17837
570-524-7833
KEN SNEDEKER, our reunion chair, eagerly anticipates the arrival of the mailman at his house these days. He expects mail from you, classmates! Sign up for our 45th - send your checks and completed reunion information forms ASAP. Keep Ken and the other members of the reunion committee busy and happy. Our class associates (headed by Nancy Walker) are also encouraged to attend the reunion. And remember to make your contributions for our AG drive; PU and '56 need your support.
MORT CHUTE and Jane have five grandsons. Mort comments that this is "somewhat unique," as they have four daughters. TOM YARINGTON has three granddaughters, not quite offsetting Mort's situation. Tom just completed his term as commander of the Intl. Power Boat Assn. LARRY LEIGHTON was present at the first annual Ivy League football dinner, held on Jan. 25 in NYC. ROYCE FLIPPIN and JOE GROTTO also attended this event, at which one graduate from each of the Ivy League universities is recognized. "I, not exactly known for my football prowess," says Larry, "was the guest of Anthony Di Tommaso '86 and Rusty Warren '89." John McGillicuddy '52 was the honored Princetonian. Many members of '56, athletes and others, will enjoy reading Eddie Donovan's recently published book, My 55 Years at Princeton University.
BOB McCARTNEY is now national chair for the class planned giving chair program. Bob often supplies information about classmates to your secretary, so it's a particular pleasure to mention him and one of his many contributions to Princeton in this column. Eleven years ago Shelley and GORDIE SCHWARTZ founded the Breast Health Institute. One of its programs, Mammocare, provides free mammograms. The Institute is a cosponsor of Philadelphia's annual Race for the Cure, scheduled for May 13 this year. Mammocare recently received a grant from the proceeds of last year's race.
Turhan Tirana
483 Westover Rd.
Stamford, CT 06902
203-323-1258
"He is, simply put, the best teacher and best lecturer I have ever encountered," writes Howard Stoner '54 about Allen Staley. Although an English major at Princeton with an MBA from Columbia, Mr. Stoner was so inspired by a class of Al's at Columbia, which he audited, that he took 24 more art history courses.
Allen, a scholar in British-Victorian art, was chair of Columbia's department of art history and archaeology. He retired from Columbia in June after 31 years to devote even more time to his favorite subject. He is revising for publication an earlier book on pre-Raphaelite landscapes and designing an exhibit for the Tate Gallery in London on the same subject, scheduled for 2004. "That seems awfully soon, now," Allen said.
At the time of our 25th reunion, Ed Byers, a pathologist, was director of a hospital laboratory and also teaching at both the U. of Florida's medicine and law schools. He wrote then, "It's ironic that a person who wasn't academically inclined should spend his next 25 years buried up to his neck in books." Previously, in addition to the lab job, he was medical examiner for 12 north Florida counties. That's all over now. "I'm retired," Ed said recently. "I try to go camping in north central Alaska every summer. Otherwise, aside from playing some golf and fishing, nothing much is going on."
Charlie Brown died after a long illness. Thanks partly to the effectiveness of the '57 e-mail server, several classmates were in touch with him at the end. If you don't participate but would like to, e-mail jon@murphsays.com.
As of last May, '57 class members had contributed $8.8 million toward endowed Princeton scholarships. At the time the gifts' market value was $14.3 million. "This is impressive support, indeed," the university stewardship administrator said.
MINI-REUNION ALERT: Oct. 11-14 in Chicago. Letter coming.
SECOND MINI-REUNION ALERT: Alaska, June 28-July 1. For details, e-mail fillymcc@aol.com or wait for snail-mail.
The class has a memorial in this issue.
IRWIN LICHTBLAU recently retired from Chevron after 38 years. Upon graduation from Princeton he received a master's and a doctorate from Yale. Migrating to California he married his wife and raised three sons, one of whom turned down Princeton in favor of Stanford, where he thought the girls were better looking. For the past 13 years, Irwin has been negotiating contracts in the former Soviet Union, including Chevron's interest in the giant Tengiz field in Kazakhstan and the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (the first and only new western export pipeline through the region) in Russia and Kazakhstan. During the height of the negotiations, Irwin was out of the country as much as 80% of the year. His travel agenda with Chevron should qualify him as an international travel guide.
BOB THOMAS spent the night with Connie and BILL FORTENBAUGH on his way south from his summer place in Nova Scotia. Bill claims he is planning to retire soon, but according to Bob, Bill appears to have much to do for years to come. Bob has sold their house in Savannah with the intention of buying a smaller house and a large boat. Bob is now a grandfather to William Robert Thomas ('21?).
Areta and DICK WEEDER welcomed, on July 1, their first grandchild, Lena Crispin Kezdy, daughter of Erica. The Weeders are spending an increasing amount of time in Honolulu, and their telephone is listed under Areta Parle.
At our dinner table on New Year's Day in Florida, it dawned on me we were having a Princeton multi-class reunion. Of the nine people sitting at the table, six were Princetonians: Andrew Sinwell '87, Abigail Moody Sinwell '90, Maricio Prieto '90, Susan Moody Prieto '94, Alex Wagenberg '89, and your secretary.
Remember our New York class dinner on Apr. 17. ALAN BERGMAN will speak about "Music and the Internet." Call Howie Sussman at 212-688-7373 if you find you can come. These evenings are a great way to renew old friendships and make new ones.
A trio of BASKIR Princetonians (LARRY, Cecily '96, and Micah '03) were gazing at the White House Christmas tree last December when what to their wondering eyes did appear (see arrow in picture) but a miniature tiger in Tigertown gear. With a little old camera so lively and quick, Larry snapped us a photo, dashing good trick. Larry says he can't explain the phenomenon: "We don't know why it was on the White House tree - no other schools were represented, not Arkansas, Georgetown, Yale, or Wellesley." Perhaps it was put there by the jolly old elf himself. As far as we know, the tree was NOT taken to Chappaqua. We're not sure about the fate of the ornament.
BOB KETCHUM, one of the country's foremost experts on retirement planning, has been appointed to the university's Planned Giving advisory committee. Bob's appointment brings to five the number of '59ers serving on the committee - certainly a record of sorts, and a singular distinction for the class. Bob will speak at Reunions on the recently-simplified IRS minimum distribution rules for IRAs, etc. Don't miss it.
We regret to report that FRANK WEARN died on Nov. 18, 2000. A memorial will follow.
Richard W. Grieves
2201 Waterfront Drive
Corona Del Mar, CA 92625-1936
949-673-2960; grievri@mail.northgrum.com
Thanks to TED HILLES we know that CLARK GESNER has been occupied of late with a new production of his review entitled Animal Fair, which played recently in Brooklyn Heights, Clark's longtime neighborhood. According to a local newspaper account, "It's not Animal Farm. It's not from a human viewpoint. It's from their viewpoint, to let them speak. I'm just visiting that world from which we are excluded," explained Clark. Soon to be a major motion picture?
Our class agent, PHIL DETJENS, wants us to know that so far we are about halfway home with respect to our AG goal in terms of dollars raised and percentage contributing. We had such a fabulous response last year that it may seem unnecessary to maintain the momentum. But the needs are always very present - why not share some of the money we can expect to save as a result of the tax bills now under consideration?
Our neighbor to the north, DAVE LANK, reports that he is "now teaching in the MBA program at McGill after 30 years as an investment banker." Sounds a bit like pay back time. Nothing compares to real-world experience shared in the classroom.
Here on the West Coast, ART BOONE continues to reside in the San Francisco Bay area and is now working for EPA Region 9 in the city, "plowing through tank registration forms and writing nasty letters." Art has developed quite an interest in the plight of Native Americans as the result of early exploration and colonization. He says he has learned a lot and is glad that Princeton helped him to learn how to learn.
George Brakeley III
138 East Ave.
New Canaan, CT 06840
GABIII1961@compuserve.com
Couple of issues ago we listed our missing classmates, with interesting results. First, an e-mail from BEN ROSE with DAVE STEINER's address and phone number in Lima, Ohio. Next, an anonymous note with BILL MARR's whereabouts - much appreciated, except that we'd mistakenly listed someone named "Bill Maar," when we really meant VELJO MARR, who remains missing. Finally, a sad e-mail from COOKIE KRONGARD reporting that JOHN MATTHEWS died some years ago. We'll try to track down the details.
Seen at the Alumni Day 2001 luncheon on Feb. 24: KEN SCASSERRA, Ellen and GEORGE BRAKELEY, JIM McMICHAEL, ELIHU LEIFER, PINCKNEY ROBERTS and daughter Katherine '04, PAT DAVIDSON and friend Diane Barlow, FRED HITZ, SPENCE REYNOLDS, and ED ROSE and guest Leslie Pinney '02. Also joining us was Dick Kersten, who started with us but is carried on '63's rolls. George represented us at the Service of Remembrance, especially moving this year because, sadly, so many of our classmates were honored: BILL BUXTON, DAVID COLE, JOHN GRIMES, LARS HUMMERHIELM, DAVID JOHNSTON, RICH NELSON, and MIKE WURMFELD, all of whom died in 2000, and JIM HUNTER and DARCY O'BRIEN, both of whom died in 1998, but had not previously been remembered.
Hope you are checking the 40th reunion website: http://alumni.princeton.edu/
~cl1961. More than 200 classmates have signed up so far, and chair Ken Scasserra's hard-working committee is planning a great weekend. It is especially nice that the registrants include three widows - Pat OCHSNER, Karen FUNKENSTEIN, and Sharon GRIMES. WHITEY FINCH is promoting a tennis event, with DON SWAN, JIM WICKENDEN, and George Brakeley already signed up. If you're interested e-mail Whitey at finchp@prodigy.net or drop George a note.
Stand by for the arrival in the mail of our 40th Reunion Yearbook, produced by JOE McGINITY and - thanks to an anonymous classmate - free.
The class has a memorial in this issue.
Bill Venable
44 Wyndham Close
White Plains, NY 10605
914-289-0918; wvenable@tdeland.com
WHOLE LOT OF SHAKIN' GOIN' ON: The following is from ERIC JOHNSON, who lives in Seattle. He and his own are all well.
"The morning seemed quite routine. I was at work in my study when, at precisely 10:56, we're told, all hell broke loose. It took a few seconds to realize what was happening. The shaking started mildly, then quickly grew more violent. I stood at the back edge of our patio and looked up at the house, my back to the Sound. The house was heaving violently as was the patio as if both were bolted to a wave-generating giant waterbed. It was the strangest sight I ever saw, and terribly frightening. The heaving continued, as if we were in the midst of a violent storm out at sea, and grew worse. Because this went on much longer (46 seconds) than the 1989 earthquake we experienced when living in Palo Alto (20 seconds) and because it kept getting stronger, I was sure it wouldn't stop before the ground liquefied and the house either collapsed or slid down the hill. Suddenly the heaving quieted down. I was literally shaking. I went in to check on Jean. I saw the open front door. She was standing out in the driveway, shaken.
"Unlike 1989, we had electrical power and could get reporting immediately on TV. A quick check of the house revealed no immediately visible damage at all, to my great surprise. (I've been through enough earthquakes - at least three above 5.4 and many lesser ones - and have a pretty clear idea of its magnitude, with the 1989 quake in California at 7.3 as kind of an upper limit.) Later we learned our Seattle quake was established as a 6.8 and that we were about 50 miles from the epicenter. That's strong enough and close enough for us!"
Do we have any other everyday experiences to report?
STEVE MOLASKY reports, "Am on the board and am cochair of the capital campaign for the Akiba Schechter Jewish Day School in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. The grade school is housed in an old house, which very much needs to be replaced with a modern building. Deborah teaches in the award-winning, nondenominational preschool. Jerome (9) is in third grade and Nora (6) is in first. The school is unique. The 100 or so grade-school kids come from the entire spectrum of Judaica and get "hardwired" in modern and religious Hebrew. Jerome started reading just two years ago and now is one of the school's best readers. After plowing through Harry Potter, The Hobbit, and several other trilogies, he is now reading Charles Dickens in earnest."
John Sanborn '67 died at home in Eatontown, N.J., Sept. 22, 1998, of lung cancer. Although officially not a member of our class, John spent two years with us. He and his wife, Nora, met at Princeton and were married in 1962. Freshman year he roomed with Molasky and also established lifelong friendships with BILL PARSONS, BILL HARMAN, and DAN JAVITCH. Professionally, John was a tugboat captain, a job which suited him perfectly. He was a linguist, a painter, a gardener, a conga drummer, a passionate letter writer, an Episcopal vestryman, and a student of Santoria.
Linda and JIM MITCHELL have moved to Longboat Key, Fla. Johanna and FRED BROWN have moved to Claremont, Fla. He is now practicing at nearby Winter Haven Hospital. Mary Ann and CHARLES SLIVINSKY have moved to Surprise, Ariz. BRUCE LAKE has moved to Murrieta, Calif. He is still manager of the computational physics business area of TRW's space and technology division in Rodondo Beach.
Jotham Johnson
Box 12
Blawenburg, NJ 08504
jjohnson@princeton.edu
If you've never attended Alumni Day, give it a try one of these years. The Alumni Council does a great job of organizing a day-long program that appeals to young and old and attracted well over 1,500 alumni for lectures, debates, the annual Service of Remembrance, receptions, and home athletic contests organized around the luncheon in Jadwin Gym at which the Woodrow Wilson Award, the James Madison Medal, and the Pyne Prize are conferred. Among those in town, many with significant others, were Fred Churchill, Jim Clarkson, Dick Collins, Fred Crawford (from London!), Paul Hager, Dick Henry, Tuck Howe, Jo Johnson, Jeff Schwedes, Joe Serafini, Prexy Dave Siegfried, and Joe Weiss, who was in town with his son, Micah, for the first time in 30 years. Special thanks to Stefanie and Tuck Howe for organizing a reception and dinner for '64 at the Woodrow Wilson School and to Milano Miodini '02, one of our '64 Scholars, who joined us for the evening.
Here's a picture of Jim and Jan Clarkson and daughter Brooke '03.
Nice note from John Parfitt in Manchester, N.H., who wrote that he had "hung up my lead holder after 35 architectural years. Had a left arm and hand zapped last summer from a stroke, which has slowed things up, golf-wise and piano-wise. June and I are arriving at 25 years paddling the sea of matrimony - good California reds, haunting book stores, and the good life post career - see y'all at the 40th!"
"I have been very busy on consulting assignments for the Royal Bank of Scotland," writes Paul Albert from South Salem, N.Y. "This plus an active alumni role at Peddie and at Columbia business school and corporate board activities have kept me going at a sprinter's pace. Loved the PAW column photo of my Peddie classmate, Roger Golden, with his wife and grandson."
1964 reunion lunch on Sat., June 2. Stay tuned.
J. Michael Parish
Thelen Reid & Priest, 40 W. 57th St.
New York, NY 10019
jparish@thelenreid.com
The bright quiet of a campus carpeted with snow greeted classmates returning for Alumni Day and the Service of Remembrance on Feb. 24, along with a chapel covered in scaffolding and a sign that said "Milton Passed!" draped across several windows on the second floor of Brown. Honored at the service were CHARLIE BISSELL, JOHN GOVONI, PETE LINCOLN, JOSE MAYOBRE, and honorary classmate BILL LIPPINCOTT, and news recently came that HENRY BURKHARDT passed away of pancreatic cancer last Aug. 6 at his home in Boca Raton, survived by his widow, Ruth, and his son, John. It was also the Dartmouth game (we won) and a ceremony honoring 100 years of Princeton basketball, so CHUCK BERLING, BILL BRADLEY, BILL KINGSTON, JOEL RUDELL, and KEN "The Weapon" SHANK were on hand, and by the time the post-game festivities at RON WATSON's were completed, JOE GEER, RICK OBER, MIKE PARISH, JODY ROBINSON, HOWIE SNYDER, ED TENNER, ROB VAUGHN, and DICK WOODBRIDGE had been logged in. Jody's son, David '04, joined our table for the lunch at Jadwin sporting a black-and-white herringbone tweed jacket remarkably similar to that worn by his dad and otherwise enlivened the scene. VAN WILLIAMS made the front page of the Prince in connection with his recently announced retirement as vice president for development after 21 outstanding years of effort and service - he will continue through the new president's transition period and then devote his mighty rolodex to other good causes. So if you've had less trouble getting your hand in and out of your pocket lately, it's because Van's is no longer in there as deeply as it had been for such a long time that it's come to feel like second nature. Congratulations on a great job for a great cause.
Jim Parmentier
175 South Great Rd.
Lincoln, MA 10773
jparmen@aol.com
Five years ago there were about 50 classmates who had come to Princeton 34 years earlier, with the rest of us in the Class of '66, but whose whereabouts were at that time unknown to Princeton's record-keeping minions. The following year NED GROTH conducted an Internet search which reduced that total a bit, but we still haven't heard from any of those folks. Now, just before the statute of limitations on class dues runs out (JOHN NAGORNIAK tells me 40 years is the limit), it's time to try one final time. Glance through the list below, and if you remember anything about these people, or if at any time since graduation you have heard from or about any of them, please drop me a line and let me know. (Any of them, that is, except TOM WENGER, whom I know is alive and well and living in North Carolina and has told me he doesn't want to be located.) Here's the list: TOM ABREHAMSON, JAMES AIKENS, LINTON BATTEN, STANLEY BORUP, BRUCE BOYER, JOHN S. BURNS, RALPH CHASTEEN, MARTIN CUMMINGS, MICHAEL H. DAVIS, RICHARD FARRELL, MICHAEL GILLESPIE, ROLF GULBRANDSON, CARL HARPER, RICHARD HARRIMAN, CHARLES HEWITT, GERALD HORTON, GEORGE B. KAPLAN, ROBERT KARASEK, ROBERT KLEIN, GEORGE KLINTS, and FRED KOYLE (who convinced me to vote for him for president of the freshman class and then didn't come back after Christmas vacation). Also, LELAND LAFONT, FRANKLIN LAWEE, LARRY LINDSEY, WILLIAM McEWEN, PETER MILLER, LYNN MOAK, TED NICHOILSON, DAN OKEREKE, ANOZIE OZUMBA, ANTHONY PAPERT, JOHN N. PEABODY, ARTHUR RANDALL, RICHARD RANDALL, MARL SHENSA, TED STANGER, GORDON STENIN, WILLIAM THOMPSON, TOM TOWLER, REGINOLD UNGERN, BILL WARBURTON, PETER DANA WARING, HIROSHI WATANABE, CHARLES WHATELY, JEFF WILLNER, STEVE WILSON, RICHARD ZEIS, JOSEPH ZIZZI, and the aforementioned Thomas Wenger. As for the rest of you, see you at Reunions!
Peter O. Safir
1140 19th St., N.W., Suite 900
Washington, DC 20036-6601
202-223-5120; psafir@kkblaw.com
On Alumni Day the Class of '67 had an extremely successful dinner honoring undergraduate sons and daughters of our class. Attending the dinner were: JOHN ALEXANDER and his daughter, Louisa '03; DUBBY WYNNE and his son, Brad '04; FRED WAITE, his wife, Sherrian, and their daughter, Angharad '04; RICHARD ABT, his wife, Marci, and their son, Steven '04; GREG HICKOK, his wife, Lauree, and their daughter, Jessica '02; Shep Ryen '01 (son of DAG RYEN), FRED CHU, his wife, Anita, and their daughter, Melinda '03; BRUCE WALLACE, his wife, Raven, and their son, Clint '04; TIM WALSH, his wife, Mary Beth, and their sons, Michael '01 and Kevin '03; CHARLEY FRIEDMAN, his wife, Ruth, and their son, Adam '01; SEARLE FIELD and his wife, Lauralee Drew Jones '01 (daughter of BILL JONES); DICK PRENTKE and his daughter, Katie '03; STEVE OXMAN and his son, Matt '01. It's nice to see that the legacy of '67 continues unabated.
Courtesy of BOB CHILSTROM, I can report that TOM HARPER was a recent recipient of the McDonough School alumni assn.'s Distinguished Service Award for the year 2000. The tribute to Tom published in the winter issue of McDonough Magazine noted his 31 years of service as a teacher of English at McDonough and cited him for "a quiet nobility that arises from well-considered self reliance, an unfailing hold on the principles of justice and fair play . . . and a loyalty that is a constant strength to his friends."
ATTENTION ALL BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON CLASS MEMBERS. On Apr. 25, 2002, we will be having our regional class dinner at BILL PATERNOTTE's home outside Baltimore. A mailing will be sent shortly, or you can contact me for further information.
Ned Scharff
6 Lincoln Ave
Greenwich, CT 06830
203-869-2733; nedscharff@hotmail.com
This news will be dated by the time it sees print, but the Feb. 27 NY Times reports that Stanford U. economics professor John Taylor had been the front-runner to be chair of the Council of Economic Advisers in the Bush administration before the job was filled by Columbia's Robert Glenn Hubbard.
According to the Times's sources, John declined the post "rather than have his access to the White House controlled by [Lawrence] Lindsey," head of the Natl. Economic Council. Said the Times: "Mr. Taylor is now the front-runner to be named undersecretary for international affairs at the Treasury Department."
A previous Associated Press dispatch noted that John's selection for Treasury's top international post "would resolve a deep split that has developed between Republican moderates and conservatives over how to handle international financial crises. Taylor, 54, an expert in monetary policy whose views on international economic issues are little known, appears to have emerged as a compromise candidate because he was acceptable to both sides."
John's views may be a mystery to the AP, but they are well-known to Pres. Bush and his father, as well as to Bob Dole and Alan Greenspan, to whom John has been a trusted advisor over the past two decades.
John Battista writes that, as coordinator of the Connecticut Coalition for Universal Health Care, he's involved in writing and supporting legislation to make this the first state to provide comprehensive health insurance for all residents.
Paul George Sittenfeld
1854 Keys Crescent
Cincinnati, OH 45206
513-579-5886; psittenfeld@mcdinvest.com
A Dec. 31 gathering at Lou and X SHANNON's gathered JIM JOHNSON, RICK KITTO, the genial host, STEVE BOUGHN, JOE MARSHALL, and CLAY MCELDOWNEY. Shortly before that, Clay was honored as Municipal Engineer of the Year by the New Jersey Society of Municipal Engineers.
A feature in the Washington Post focused on AES Corp., the world's largest independent provider of electricity. The company owns all or part of 137 power plants in 20 countries. ROGER NAILL, vice president, explains that each of its power projects is designed as if it were a separate business financially. "Each one has borrowed money based on its own economics, without any recourse to the parent." Thus, if one project gets into trouble, the direct burden falls on the project's lenders and not on the parent company. As is reflective of Roger's own priorities, the company is noted as driven by a philosophy that aims at living up to a code of social values.
JEFF SPROWLES has been named president of Mercadien Asset Management in Princeton. He and Martha live in New Hope, Pa.
The class has a memorial in this issue.
Jim Tang
11302 Fallbrook Dr., Suite 304
Houston, TX 77065
281-955-0115; jamestang@pdq.net
One hundred years of Princeton basketball were celebrated on Feb. 24, 2001, during half-time of the Princeton-Dartmouth basketball game, which Princeton won. While alumni hoopsters from the 1940s through 2000 lined the court, Bill Bradley '65 presented his old coach, Butch Van Breda Kolff '45, with a trophy, and GEOFF PETRIE did the same for Pete Carril. Also among the returning basketball stars were JOHN HUMMER, TOM CHESTNUT, and JOHN ARBOGAST. Our class was the only one represented by two names on banners hung in Jadwin's lobby during the game, those of Petrie and Hummer.
Also during Alumni Day, our class was represented by class agent JOHN J. LOOSE in accepting the Class of '26 Trophy. This trophy was established by one of AG's leadership classes and was first awarded in 1978. It goes to the class that raises the largest amount for AG during the campaign year. We had set a 30th reunion record with a total of $4,220,205. During this record-breaking campaign, special gifts chair was PAUL G. HAAGA JR., and class president was CHARLES E. P. WOOD.
On Thursday just prior to Alumni Day, our class held its mid-winter dinner, hosted by Pres. JEROME COLEMAN at the beautiful University Club in mid-Manhattan, the current president of which is also Jerome. The approximately 40 classmates who attended were treated to an insightful talk on America's political and economic future by STEVE FORBES, who kindly hosted an open bar following dinner while instilling those present with more of his political wisdom. The dinner closed by the singing of all four verses of "Old Nassau" led by a recording of the Princeton Glee Club made in 1931.
J. Michael Phelps
1 Maritime Plaza, Ste. 1600
San Francisco, CA 94111
www.pu71.org
DC MINI-REUNION: MARK MAZO and his wife, Fern, hosted a '71 mini-reunion at their Chevy Chase home Feb. 17. Attendees: BRUCE BECKNER, CHRIS CONNELL, ALAN HOLMER with wife Joan, EDMUND HULL, RICH OBERMANN, LAURA PETERSON (with Scott Glabman '73), BOB PRICHARD, JOHN SHEA with wife Ginger, and JIM UNGERLEIDER with wife Marilyn. The Mexican fajitas were super, and a rollicking good time was had by all!
IN TUNE: The Jan. 2001 issue of Washingtonian Magazine features DENNIS FARLEY as a "Washingtonian of the Year." Dennis is a tenor with the Thomas Circle Singers, a 33-voice choral group whose concerts benefit local DC charities by donating all ticket proceeds for each concert to the featured charity. Dennis was inspired to start group singing again after attending the 50th anniversary of the Tigertones in 1996 at Princeton.
DOUBLE GRAMMY!: The newest Grammy Awards were garnered Jan. 24 in New Brunswick [New Jersey] by LINDA BLACKBURN and her husband, Ron, who are the proud new grandparents of twins Samantha and Ethan, compliments of their daughter, Akira Johnson '95 and her husband, Brian *96 (Chemistry).
RELIGION: Jesus and the Heritage of Israel (Trinity Press 1999) by DAVID MOESSNER, which focuses on the Jewish-Christian relations in early Christianity, was reviewed by a panel of Jewish and Christian scholars from Yale, Columbia, and elsewhere at the Nov. 2000 meeting of the American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature.
ASTEROID DEPT: ANDY CHENG is the chief scientist on the project that recently landed a spacecraft for the first time on an asteroid. Nice shot, Andy! Bull's-eye!
TRAVEL BUG: CHARLIE CRANE recently retired after 14 years at Oracle and bought a remodeling project in Taos, N.Mex., on a whim. After not having skied in years, he now is only 20 minutes from some great runs. Charlie recently signed up for a China tour and is considering stopping off in Bali for a couple of weeks. However, he hopes to make it back in time for Reunions!
The class has a memorial in this issue.
David Kimball
76 West Shore Dr.
Pennington, NJ 08534
DKimball@alumni.princeton.edu
Feb. 24 saw a number of classmates return to campus to celebrate Alumni Day. The usual assortment of lectures, presentations, and luncheon awards concluded with a reception held in the Blair dorm room of Natt Hoopes '03, son of Claude. In addition to Claude, classmates seen at various events throughout the day included Fritz Cammerzell, Phil Caton, Ed Hampden, Jim Hart, Kip Hewitt, Charlie Hughes, David Kimball, Bob Maguire, Michael Marks, Bob Murley, Jim Pestronk, and Jim Robinson.
Jim Antal writes that in June 2000 his first book, Considering a New Call, was published. The book is directed at the ethical and spiritual challenges ministers face as they become open to the possibility of a new position. Over the next two years, Jim anticipates working on a project to investigate the implications for the church over the next four decades as computers gain in their capacity for artificial intelligence.
In a class dues note, Steve Garner mentioned that he spent seven weeks in Southeast Asia with his wife and children. During his travels Steve saw the Olympics, Hong Kong, Thailand, Tasmania, Karotouga, and Ankor Wat in Cambodia.
Randy Curtiss continued his streak of sending along an annual holiday letter. Life continues to go well with Randy. His business appraisal practice continues to grow, and he has acquired control of a national network of similar independent practices, of which he now serves as chair. Daughter Laura '02 is enjoying her junior year at Princeton as a psychology major while daughter Cathy is finishing her senior year in high school. Wife Beth is focusing on family and now works for Randy as director of special projects.
Nancy Reed Cassels
189 Cottingham St.
Toronto, ON M4V 1C4, Canada
ncassels@interlog.com
Jerry Goldberg sent these photos of his own mini-reunion in Princeton on Parents Weekend this past October. The first photo shows (l-r) Jeff Baumgardner '04, John Baumgardner, Jerry, and Matt Goldberg '04. John and Jerry, old roommates from 1969-70, hadn't seen each other since graduation. Jerry also had the chance to hit some tennis balls with Wendy Zaharko '74 (photo). Hava Lynn Pell reports that son Alex, who is presently in eighth grade, participated in the national Maccabi games in Boca Raton in Aug. 2000, playing basketball for the Harrisburg-area delegation, and is already signed up to play in the 2001 games to be held in Sarasota, this time as a golfer. After taking a year off to prepare Alex for his bar mitzvah, Hava Lynn has resumed her spiritual counseling practice; one of her major activities has been leading small groups on Kabbalah and its application to personal spirituality. Husband Michael Kline continues as head of the contract section in the Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation's legal office.
We have classmates with new babies; we have classmates with children entering college; and some of us are - or are about to be - parents of college graduates. Rich Larrabee and Louise Carlson are proud to announce that daughter Diane received her BA from Cambridge U. last June, after three years of combining cello playing and physics. They note that Diane's college, Pembroke, was already 300 years old when Old Nassau was founded. The graduation ceremony was entirely in Latin, with translations provided for the parents, and - "something for US colleges to note" - no speeches. We regret to report the death of Ed Geibel on Nov. 19, 2000. A memorial will follow in a later issue.
Rebecca Wilson Armstrong
59 Lockwood Ave.
Old Greenwich, CT 06870
203-637-8068; RebeccaLtd@aol.com
ROBERT "Rafi" EITCHES, MD, and his wife, Ilona, are living in Beverly Hills with their four children, David (19), a student at USC, Sair (17), Dana (14), and Emily (8). Robert is an assistant clinical professor at the UCLA school of medicine and an allergist at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in LA.
The class had a good turnout for Alumni Day, Feb. 24. The long-distance award goes to STEVE YOUNG and his family, who traveled from San Francisco. Also on hand for the activities over the weekend were NICK ALLARD, PETER CHAVKIN, ANDY COWHERD, DAN JAMIESON, CHRIS JOHNSON, CHARLES KRANK, MIKE MATEJEK, MIKE McGOVERN, ROGER MEHNER, HEIDI MILLER, ELIZABETH DONNELL MORRISON, KINSLEY MORSE, CAL ROBERTS, PAUL SANSON, WILLYS SCHNEIDER, DAN SILLERS, MARK STONE, ANDY STRENIO (and daughter Betsy '04), KATHY TAYLOR, BILL WALTON, WENDY ZAHARKO, and your class secretary, as well as our honorary classmates, LYDIA OSBORNE and SPENCE REYNOLDS. During Saturday night's basketball game against Dartmouth, JOHN BERGER, ANDY RIMOL, and JOE VAVRICKA joined other team alumni on the court in a special ceremony to mark 100 years of Princeton basketball.
Roger Mehner represented the class in the procession at the Service of Remembrance, processing in memory of SCOTT KLURFELD, who was killed in an auto accident along with his wife, Janis, last March. At the class reception following the service, Roger presented the Scott Klurfeld Memorial Award to lacrosse coach Bill Tierney, who shared the details of this memorial with assembled classmates and their families, including several undergraduate offspring. This memorial award will be presented annually to the lacrosse team member who best exemplifies the sportsmanlike conduct and team spirit that characterized Scott's life both on and off the playing field, based on a poll of team members. Roger has spearheaded the fundraising efforts for this award and welcomes additional contributions. Classmates and friends interested in participating in the funding of the award should send a check, payable to Princeton University, to Roger Mehner, 15 Blackburn Rd., Summit, NJ 07901.
A. Melissa Kiser
33 Willis Dr.
West Trenton, NJ 08628
kiser75@aol.com
Six classmates were spotted at the Alumni Day luncheon or Service of Remembrance: LAURA BACHKO, STEVEN CAPUTO, JANET MORRISON CLARKE, LISSA KISER, PETER LITTLE, and PAT STACK. Peter is a fundraising consultant in Connecticut working especially with various educational institutions. Pat, a lawyer in northern Virginia, brought her three children with her to soak up some of the Princeton experience; her eldest, Will Evans, is a junior in high school this year. As of this year, TOM BLAKE has now rowed in the Head of the Charles regatta for three years running.
ROGER COLLINS and his family, longtime residents of Bristow, Okla., southwest of Tulsa, have donated about 20 acres of land for the site of a new fourth- and fifth-grade elementary school in the town. The original building, Washington Elementary, was built in 1920. Construction has begun, and the school, named Collins Elementary in honor of the family's contribution, is due to open for classes on Sept. 5 of this year. Thanks to Justine Koeppen McIntosh '86 for letting us know.
CARL SAVAGE spent seven months last year working at the Bethsaida Excavations Project in Israel. He was also a part at the 2000 Cave of Letters archaeological excavation that returned to the famous cave that Yigal Yadin excavated. The three-week expedition to one of the refuge caves from the Bar Kochba Revolt will be the subject of a NOVA special to be aired in the spring of 2002 on PBS. This summer Carl will be working at the Bethsaida excavations again, as well as with the Cave of Letters team. He invites alumni touring the Galilee region to visit the Bethsaida site.
Kenneth I. Moch
68 Willow Ave.
Larchmont, NY 10538
201-818-5500; KMoch@Alteonpharma.com
After 13 years as an investment consultant and managing director at Cambridge Associates, Steve Berger left last spring to launch a hedge fund of funds business. Adamas Partners began operations this year with over $400 million under management. Steve's other professional news was his appointment last October as a director of PRINCO, the management company responsible for Princeton's endowment. On the personal front, Steve has been married since 1989 to Poppy White, who along with Jane (5) and Perry (3) will be at the 25th.
October must have been a popular month, for that is when Tom Zacharias joined a newly-launched real estate development company, MetroNexus, as senior vice president. Tom is responsible for the development of properties for the web hosting, data center, and telecom industries in North America. "We are pursuing an aggressive expansion strategy with three-million sf underway in the US and another three-million sf in Europe and Asia. Our focus is providing a global network of real estate needed for the growth of the Internet, and the technology aspects are quite challenging and fascinating."
Chip Lamason is now a former senior litigator for the EPA, having forsaken the practice of law to produce his first CD, "All Young," a collection of traditional Appalachian, Scottish, Cape Breton, and Scandinavian music for mandolin chamber ensemble. Most of the music on this CD was arranged by Chip, and he played the instruments as well. Chip can be reached at Chessae@aol.com.
Bob Freedland sent in a reunion preview noting that he continues his ophthalmology practice at Franciscan Skemp Healthcare in La Crosse, Wis. He is looking to conquering the logistics of school age kids and bringing two of his three children to our 25th.
James Barron
15 W. 72nd St., Apt. 36 C
New York, NY 10023
jbarron@alumni.princeton.edu
HAWAII FIVE-OH - With a Christmas trip to Hawaii, ROGER RUCKERT and family completed a long-running vacation project: They have now visited every state in the nation. "We started our state visits about 10 years ago, when our two children were young, and have had a disproportionate number of stops in Princeton along the way," he reports. "I've got to tell you, Christmas weather is a lot different in Hawaii than it is in Minnesota."
ALUMNI DAY - The '77 contingent at Alumni Day in Princeton included KITTY HSU DANA, RICKI GORDON, ALINE JOHNSON, RICK PIVIROTTO, CHRIS RAMSEY, STEVE STRICKLAND, TERRY VANCE, ELISE VAN OSS (who sat with her father at the Class of '39 table), Secy. JAMES BARRON, Pres. LINDA KNIGHTS, and Reunions Chair PETER SISMONDO. Linda was the class representative at the Service of Remembrance, which honored, among others, EDOARDO AGNELLI and RICH GADON, who died in 2000. We will have memorials for them in the near future.
ADDRESSES, PLEASE - It's the 21st century. Ways of keeping in touch exist that didn't exist when we were in college. If you want the officers to communicate with you by e-mail (and keep you posted on upcoming '77 events), please register for TigerNet at www.tigernet.princeton.edu. You can set up what's known as a POP account, which will give you an e-mail address ending in @alumni.princeton.edu but will automatically forward your messages to whatever e-mail account you regularly use. Or simply send your e-mail address to Secy. James Barron at his e-mail address above (which is of the aforementioned POP kind), or to Pres. Linda Knights at lfknights@aol.com.
Leesy Taggart
132 Monticello Ave.
Piedmont, CA 94611
LeesyTag@aol.com
I'M TRYING TO PULL TOGETHER a report on February's alum festivities. I know that the ever-capable DOROTHY BEDFORD represented '78, and I suspect she'll share the experience next column. Meanwhile, we take you back to last October's celebration of Princeton's knock-out capital campaign.
JANNY MAWDSLEY OFFENSEND was our on-campus stringer for the event and sent this shot of CARLA VOLPE PORTER with son Andrew '03 attending "The Heroic Moment." The performance featured Prof. Richard Fagles reading from Homer and the university orchestra offering Beethoven's Fifth. Janny's thumbnail review: "We were all moved to tears." Other classmates on hand were Trustee NANCY NEWMAN and DIANE ESHLEMAN.
BETH THOMAS POTTER sends news of a new business venture tracing the genealogy of houses in the Tri-State area. She got started with the history of Ned '77's and her 1891 Victorian in Haworth, N.J., and found the service was both interesting and in demand. Not sure whether she also furnishes the pedigree of resident ghosties and ghoulies. PETER HERSH is the starting point of what will undoubtedly be a classic to be tracked sometime next century. In spare moments free from his duties as professor of ophthalmology at New Jersey Medical School, he is building a house in a town whose name (in Peter's hand) only another doctor could read.
RICHARD AGUIRRE has relocated from Houston to Rio de Janeiro, where he finds life both exciting and challenging. (Writing this on Mardi Gras, I can only imagine.) Rich is upstream legal manager for Esso Brasileira, a sub of Exxon Mobil.
Stay in touch!
Jon Laramore
6530 Cricklewood Rd.
Indianapolis, IN 46220
jlaramor@atg.state.in.us
The much-heralded wedding of SOMERS RANDOLPH and Hillary Fitzpatrick took place last October in Santa Fe, the couple's home. Featured in the photo are (back) STEVE WILSON, Somers, Hillary, JOHN WEBER, and (front) MARK MEALY, CHARLIE LOWREY, and TED BICKFORD. Somers's annotation to the photo is: "Note the fear on Wilson's face as he realizes he's the only single guy in the photo."
Somers and Hillary operate Fitz & Fitz Jewelry (fitzjewelry@aol.com), the corporate name derived from his middle name and her last name. The other photo with this column illustrates some of the jewelry designs, cast in sterling silver or 18K gold, from Somers's soapstone carvings.
Sharon Keld
Apartment #1404, 1360 North Lake Shore Dr.
Chicago, IL 60610-2158
312-642-6966; s_keld@hotmail.com
PAUL HAUGE and ANGELA CARMELLA are the proud parents of Michael Justin Hauge, born Feb. 12, 1999. This photo shows Michael and big sister Kristin.
RUBEN DIAZ has moved to New York (after 14 years in Miami) to become the partner in charge of the Latin American Business Center, a group within Ernst & Young's international tax practice. He's had the chance to get back in touch with some New York-area Princetonians (most notably ANDY LANCE, who got married this past fall). Ruben and wife Lily live in Englewood, N.J., with their children, Cecilia (10) and Andres (7).
JUDITH ALTREUTER's husband, Paul Weinstein, wrote a play called A Moment Too Soon that opened off-off Broadway in an equity-approved showcase this past September.
RICK FERNANDES writes: I am CEO of an Internet marketing company called webloyalty.com which has approximately 40 employees. We were launched in Feb. 1999. We develop marketing programs for other Internet companies which drive profits. We have a number of clients successfully using our programs and many others in the pipeline. It's been a great ride so far!
WENDY SHEEHAN and husband David Barbrow '79 can add a new extension to their names - p'05! Daughter Sarah Barbrow received the good news from her early decision application. We think this makes her the second child of '80 to enter Princeton, after DAVID and LOUISE NEELY LEIGHTON's son, James. Any more out there? Let us know! And congratulations!
The class has a memorial in this issue.
Larry and June Fletcher-Hill
4226 Kelway Rd.
Baltimore, MD 21218
410-889-3052
CHARLIE FINNIE reports: "We will have an official teenager in our family in four days. Yikes." Given the lead time in reporting news and printing of PAW, we trust that Charlie and especially the teenager have survived the first months of the teen years.
Ashley Yasmine Collins has a few years to go on those teen years. She was born to Sousan and LANCE COLLINS on Sept. 18, 2000. From first child to fifth, MARK FROIMSON announces the arrival of Hannah Claire Froimson on July 6, 2000. Hannah joins David, Jill, Sarah, and Kevin!
Congratulations to JOHN SICHEL, who has been named composer in residence for the New Philharmonic Orchestra of New Jersey. His music has been heard on the CBC, NPR, and more recently in China and Italy. He has two pieces on a new recording, "Nobles of the Mystic Shore," along with works by other graduates of an obscure school for bulldogs in Connecticut. John, wife Lynn, and their four-year-old twins live in Mountainside, N.J. The editors wonder if Mountainside is the sister city of Sandy Shores, Colo.
LISA FISHER CHAMBERLAIN was married on Dec. 3, 2000, to Eric Chamberlain. They own the Chamberlain Group, specializing in the design and manufacture of soft anatomical models for the medical industry. "We've managed to turn our years of experience in visual effects for movies and television into a worthwhile endeavor." They live in Stockbridge, Mass.
TRAVEL: From Brooklyn to Buenos Aires and in between is GORDON KINGSLEY, who lives with his wife, Barbara Dahlia Radley-Kingsley '84, and their two children in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. Gordon is on the Latin American studies advisory board at Old Nassau and is a managing director at ING-Barings, where he covers private placements and equity and debt products in the US and Latin America.
EX-PATS: MAURY PEIPERL and JENNIFER GEORGIA write that "things continue to be a thrill a minute after eight years in London." Maury was recently named dean of EMBA-Global, a joint venture between the London and Columbia business schools for working executives seeking a double MBA from two top schools as well as a global learning experience. Jennifer continues to write speeches and work in design, and recently played the roll of a Hot Box Girl in the Wembley Operatic production of Guys & Dolls. Maury and Jennifer have two children, Evan (6) and Julia (4).
THEATRE: In LA, ELS COLLINS recently worked as stage manager for a production of The Vagina Monologues, a play about a trio of dynamic women, at the Canon Theatre in Beverly Hills.
SIGHTINGS: Recently sighted at various events were (outside the Class's usual suspects) DON PARKER, MIKE SALMANSON, and JOHN WERT at the Palestra in Philadelphia, joyfully watching a 67-53 Tiger victory in men's basketball. Sighted at the 100th anniversary of Princeton basketball get-together in February in Jadwin Gym was Monsignor JOHN BARRES, just back from the Vatican, where he witnessed the investiture of approximately 40 new Cardinals.
BIRTH: SUE GEMMELL has sent word of the birth of her daughter, Katherine Pearl, on Mar. 10, 2000. Sue directs us to her website, http://www.teleport.com/~sgemmell, for an archive of photos of classmates.
Cynthia Tougas Penney
88 Jane St., New York, NY 10014
cpenney@alumni.princeton.edu
'83 Website: www.batnet.com/tiger83
PICTURED: Our illustrious treasurer, ROBERT ADLER, with his daughter, Katie (3). He and his wife, Wendy, along with Nikki (7) and Jason (5) are residents of New Jersey. Robert was for many years at Goldman Sachs. As head of logistics, his responsibilities included dining and conference services, which he notes is not a far leap from his undergraduate job managing Wilcox. Robert left GS last February and is now chief administrative officer of Bear Stearns Asset Management. He invites classmates to send a $35 check for class dues, made out to the Class of '83, to his attention at 69 Crest Dr., South Orange, NJ 07079.
NEWS FROM SILICON ALLEY: MAUREEN CROUGH writes that her husband, GREG GRAZEVICH, "has joined the Internet economy as an information architect at a b2b.com." KEVIN DOWDELL, a former vice president of new business and interactive ventures for HBO, is now CEO of Volume.com, an urban community portal funded by HBO. Kevin co-founded Arthur Ashe's Safe Passage Foundation, which provided tennis instruction, educational opportunities, and career assistance for inner-city youth. He also serves on the board of the Harlem Junior Tennis Foundation and is a highly ranked tennis player.
Stephen P. Ban
1038 W. Monroe St. #23
Chicago, IL 60607
spban@alumni.princeton.edu
http:alumni.princeton.edu/-c11984
HOT LINKS to a variety of topics of interest - Reunions, AG, 198For, university links, class officers, and of course HENRY PAYNE cartoons - are at your fingertips at last. The Class of '84 website has a new, permanent home on the university's servers at http://alumni.princeton.edu/-c11984. Many thanks to CHRIS BUJA, BONNIE CRATER, ALEX POLSKY, and ALAN FLIPPEN for their work on predecessor sites. Among other things, the site features a short-but-sure-to-grow list of links to classmates' sites . . . so send yours in. Your humble scribe is the new webmaster, so direct criticisms and other spam to him at spban@alumni.princeton.edu.
REUNIONS WEST: Santa Fe played host to this extended class clan last August. Pictured are (l-r, back): LAURA CARSON BANES, Molly Banes, JOHN BANES, Andrea Gordon, PHIL GORDON, Joseph Gordon, (front) Elizabeth Banes, William Banes, Hannah Gordon, and Eli Gordon. They write, "with six children between the ages of one and seven, the parents had a truly relaxing vacation. At the end of each day, John and Phil were amazed by the ability of their children to re-create the atmosphere and appearance of Tiger Inn's basement." But was there beer pong?
ALSO IN NEW MEXICO: After two years on assignment at Washington State U., JOhN CUSTER writes that he's back at Sandia Natl. Labs in Albuquerque. John writes, I am now working on ways to integrate MEMS (tiny little machines) with integrated circuits, lasers, and whatnot to make microsystems."
Risa Williams McMillan
16 Planters Wood Drive
Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
843-671-6782; P85Risa@aol.com
"THE PROFESSOR" OF INTERNET SECURITIES FRAUD? HODDY KLEIN sent in this photo from the "very hip technology law magazine," Business 2.0, of MARK VILARDO (center). Mark is an attorney with the Security and Exchange Commission's Office of Internet Enforcement, which helps the SEC track down fraudsters who use the Internet to scam investors. The team is composed of "a multidisciplinary squad of gumshoes" (mostly lawyers), referred to in the article as "Untouchables." Some of Mark's colleagues call him "the Professor." This may have to do with the (hard to believe) fact that he is older than most of his colleagues, or perhaps because of his wardrobe, which consists largely of sweater vests and tweed jackets.
LOOKING FOR A LONG-LOST ROOMMATE? Try http://tigernet.princeton.edu. TigerNet is a service provided by the Princeton Alumni Council and aside from providing updates on university and alumni events and activities, discussion rooms, and articles on various alums, it offers an opportunity to track down other graduates through its online alumni directory.
BRAVING THE ELEMENTS: MAGGIE NUNES ROGERS lives in Stockholm with her husband and two daughters. "We are fortifying ourselves for our fourth cold, dark winter here. We welcome visitors from '85, but suggest coming during the summer!"
ALSO REPORTING IN: FRANCESCO RAGO is in her second year of a master's in counseling but hopes to leave consulting and practice marriage counseling; AMELIA KAPLAN is a visiting assistant professor of music composition and theory at the U. of Iowa; RICHARD KRASKE joined A.T. Kearney in April and was married in July.
Esther Hsieh Hou
1424 Benito Ave.
Burlingame, CA 94010
650-579-4947; PAWNews86@aol.com
GEE MCVEY recently left Goldman Sachs and returned to Virginia to join SSCM, LLC. Gee serves as CFO and co-portfolio manager for the money manager's large capitalization equity and balanced strategies. He and his wife, Mary Ellen, have a daughter, Mariah (3). They live in Charlottesville, Va., and make frequent trips to their cattle farm on the Maury River near Lexington, Va. After three job offers and a deposit on a beautiful apartment in West Hollywood, TIMOTHY JOSLIN ended up staying in New York to join the design firm of David Kleinberg Design Associates. Timothy is an architect and specializes in high-end residential work. He's had projects published in House & Garden and Architectural Digest. After 14 years of assistant coaching, CHARLEY SULLIVAN has become a full-time college head coach, starting a brand new varsity women's rowing program at Eastern Michigan U. This year he also continues to assist with the U. of Michigan men, ninth in the country last year. ANDREW FLORANCE was named entrepreneur of the year by Ernst & Young for his company, Costar Group, Inc. They are the leading provider of information services to the US commercial real estate industry.
Nikolas Christos Lillios, whom his parents, CHRIS LILLIOS and Jinny Rhee, call Niko, was born Mar. 2, 2000. He is shown at eight weeks old on his first transcontinental flight. Chris does his software consulting work primarily out of their Palo Alto home. Jinny is taking a break from her mechanical engineering consulting to care for their little bundle.
Kris Lamendola
6968 Lionshead Pkwy.
Littleton, CO 80124
303-790-2577; klarmi@home.com
Pictured in front of the US Capitol building is Simeon Alexander Crute, son of DEBORAH MOSS and Jerry Crute. Simeon arrived in May 1999 and lives in Washington, DC, where he sees quite a bit of his godmother, WENDY PATTEN. Wendy is an attorney in the office of multilateral and humanitarian affairs at the Natl. Security Council. They also catch up with ELIZABETH PEARSALL, who is also an attorney with Covington and Burling.
SUZANNE HAMLIN's been living in "Vacationland" year-round for the last five years, working for LL Bean. She stays in touch with CARTER MASLAN, at least before he abandoned the cold and moved to California, and JIM COHEN.
Also in Maine is LISA NIELSEN. After delivering hundreds of babies as a family-practice doctor, she recently had one of her own. John Stites Thatcher II (photo) arrived in June of 1999. And it was a girl this time around for GREG BERZOLLA. His daughter, Courtney Clare, was born in June 2000 and joins big brother Zachary.
Chris Lu
6711B Washington Blvd.
Arlington, VA 22213
Chris.Lu@mail.house.gov
The first photo was taken at the wedding of CARRIE TIMKO and Ramon Santos (USC '87) on Mar. 11, 2000, in Chicago. Pictured here are: the bride and groom, ERIN VACA and husband Pekka Ojala, GENEVA MOORES and son Corwin, GINA LAZARO and husband Christian Roos, MIKE SCHIFF, SETH GOLUB, SEAN SAWYER and partner Michael Susi, PETE CHOW and wife Carla Chow, and JONATHAN GLEDHILL and fiancee Susan Hermann. Ramon and Carrie live in Alexandria, Va. Ramon is an architect, and Carrie works at the State Dept.
The second photo is of Eve Taylor Brewer and Jesse Taylor Brewer, twin daughters of Paul and DINA TAYLOR BREWER. The girls were born last July 31. The whole family lives in London, where Dina is general counsel of Libertysurf, an Internet service provider in Europe. Paul is with Lehman Brothers.
PAUL MCMENEMY and wife Jacqueline Kellachan '87 are the parents of Caleb, who was born on Jan. 22, 2001. They live in Manhattan, where Paul is an investment banker for ABN Amro and Jackie works for the NYC Dept. of Health in the communicable disease program. They also share their home with two pugs, Maxine and Gomez.
Rob Williams
4233 Courtney NE
Albuquerque, NM 87108
folkdub@aol.com
October babies! Green Mountain State resident PETER SCHMALTZ and wife Chris Catterton report the birth of son Gordon White last October under a full moon (photo). "We are blessed to have him and his mother in good health and enjoying the excitement of infancy," Peter writes. "We are all looking forward to springtime, when we can show Gordon the great outdoors." TOM ROBINSON sends news of the birth of son Quinn Ann-Ming Robinson on Oct. 12, one day before Gordon White. Serendipitous circumstances indeed. Congratulations to all of them!
JOHN WALLACE reports that precocious, (almost) two-year-old daughter Kate is showing him and his wife "how life really works," via "positive yays" and "resounding No, No, Nos!" He also sends news that PHILIP CANNON is enjoying Chapel Hill life. Best to all. Send news when you are able.
Bill Berrien
131 Magazine St. Apt. 2
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-547-0809;wberrien@alumni.princeton.edu
MARK HERZFELD reports that he is taking a break from engineering. He recently transferred to the Lyondell Chemical Co. as a technical buyer position. He manages material and service procurement strategies for 22 domestic petrochemical plants.
LYDIA ITOI writes a weekly food column for SV Magazine, the Sunday magazine of the San Jose Mercury News, about cooking, eating and living in Silicon Valley. The column appears on the web at www.svmagazine.com under "Food."
A WHOLE LOT OF BABY NEWS: MARY and MARK SHEFT welcomed Alexander Patrick on Oct. 17. MARC and Jamie LEMBURG welcomed TWINS, Sofia and Jasper, on Dec. 1. Check out the great photo. Marc and Jamie (Northwestern '85) were married Sept. 5, 1999, and soon moved to Brussels, where they currently reside. Marc is a lawyer with Avaya (former Enterprise Networks Group of Lucent Technologies), where he and two colleagues handle all law matters for Avaya's $1 billion business in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Jamie is vice president strategic partnerships with Europeaninvestor.com, a Belgian Internet startup.
On Dec. 10, 2000, MATT and LESLIE (MILLER) PETERS celebrated the birth of Elizabeth (photo). Please check your addresses listed on TigerNet (tigernet.princeton.edu). TigerNet's a terrific way for classmates to keep in touch.
John McGovern
1340 N. Dearborn Pkwy., Apt. 5E
Chicago, IL 60610
312-642-5667; jmcg3@hotmail.com
WOO-ED: What's in a name? For DANIEL WOO, it's clearly a successful courtship. Daniel married Helen Moon (Cornell '97) Aug. 19, 2000, taking time to snap a Princeton-only picture, including (l-r) Tracey Smith, JEFF SMITH, Daniel, Helen, HELEN MIN-JUNG SUNG, KEVIN CHIN, EDMOND WONG, and CHRIS CHIN. Also attending, but not pictured, were JOHN BENEVENTANO, ERIC YU, and Cynthia Kwee Chin '93. This March the couple moved to Eugene, Ore., where Daniel accepted a position as an attending anesthesiologist.
LA STORIES: Smog. Traffic. Superficial celebrities. Then there's the LA real estate market. Just ask ERIC MUHLHEIM. Amid despair over southern California home prices, he suddenly found his family unceremoniously evicted from their apartment after four years. But LA is the land of happy endings, so it's not surprising that Eric and his wife, Lauren Siegler Muhlheim '90, discovered their dream house the very next day. Eric describes the find as a 1924-vintage English country home in Hancock Park. It's under renovation but remains the perfect place for his two children, Henry (2) and Rebecca (1). APARNA KAMBHAMPATI is practicing internal medicine and pediatrics at a community clinic in northeast LA.
ON-LINE: Thanks to the help of webmaster ALEXIS ROCHEROLLE, www.princeton91.com now features up-to-date class notes free from the constraints of word limits and publication deadlines. In addition, please visit our class photo album, which includes a picture of the Princeton contingent from the June 5, 1999, wedding of BRUCE BERGER and Francesca D. Pardo (Harvard '91, PhD, Cornell '97). Also on view are new baby pictures submitted by CAROLYN GERIG BLOOM, SCOTT CLAWSON, BERNARD HURWITZ, MOHAMED JAMALOODEEN, ANDREA TULLO, and ABRIL TURNER, as well as a snap of CHARMAINE LEWIS completing the Dublin, Ireland, marathon on Oct. 31, 2000. Plus, the website contains extensive reunions information, such as schedules, registration forms, and the class yearbook questionnaire.
Anna Bray Duff
175 Loyola Ave.
Menlo Park, CA 94025
abduff@alumni.princeton.edu
Check out our new - and still unfinished - class website, www.princeton92.com! By now you ought to be able to pay your class dues online, and fairly soon you'll be able to send in news for the class notes and find reunions information there as well. This is all thanks to the hard work of JOEL LARAMEE, CHRISTINA SCHULMAN, and JAY WEAVER.
CATHERINE (RANKIN) ROBINSON sent in this photo of her daughter, Lily, who was born last June 13. They're living in Tampa, where Catherine is taking a break from lawyering to be home with Lily.
From Houston, MICHAEL FITCH writes that he has put his dissertation on hold to go work for a computer gaming company. "I can't describe the excitement of having my own game design in production," he writes. Keep your eyes peeled; it's scheduled to be ready this summer.
JEN ROTTENBERG spent three weeks in Australia during the Olympics, where she saw DEREK BOUCHARD-HALL participate in the team pursuit event in track cycling with the US cycling team.
And by the time you read this, the Oscars will have been presented, but CHRISTINA LAZARIDI and director Joan Stein were nominated for an Academy Award in the short subject category for their film, One Day Crossing.
Faith Freeman Hecht
131 Brendan Rd.
Easton, PA 18045
610-923-6263; ohecht@earthlink.net
MATT ISEMAN checks in to tell us that PETE HESS is racing a 1962 Cobra in the California Vintage Cars Racing Circuit. Pete restored the car himself in his off time from Advent Software in San Francisco, where he works with STEVE MYERS. STACEY ARBERG URRUTIA and husband Kevin have moved to the Atlanta area, where she works at Oncology.com. ELENA NATSIS was busy traveling to and from Israel last summer, both on business and pilgrimage. Last November, CLAUDIA MIKAIL presented a research paper on pediatric injury prevention at the American Public Health Assn. annual conference in Boston.
TOM TOBIN married Stephanie Webber (Kansas '92) on Sept. 4, 1999, in La Jolla. Others in attendance included WILLIAM LAUBER, E. G. MORSE, KRISTIN (GREEN) MORSE, RICK McBRIDE, CHRIS MECRAY, Daniel Tobin '60 (Tom's dad), Tom Tobin '53, Gordon Silcox '60, Spike Schulteis '60, Sean Edwards '92, and Ivona Percec '95. And, on Oct. 16, 2000, Tom and Stephanie became the proud parents of identical twin boys Daniel Joseph and Stephen Walter. TODD SPEISER married Bari Steinholz (U. of Rochester/Washington & Lee law) on Nov. 4. The newlyweds recently moved to Westchester from Manhattan, where Bari is a real estate lawyer and Todd is director of business development at a Wall St. technology consultant.
Did you know that we have a representative in the Secret Service? MIKE MANTYLA has been busy (and truly bi-partisan!) this past year, having been assigned both to the George W. and Hillary Clinton protection details. Between assignments he married Victoria Carr (Montclair '92) at St. Paul's Church in Princeton on Dec. 9, 2000. Here is a picture of bride and groom and best man and agent-wannabe ROB DYER (wearing sunglasses and earpiece). Also in attendance were SARAH (MAILANDER) DYER, SALLY (VOEHL) DAILEY, and Caleb Dailey '92. Congratulations to all!
Cecily Kovatch
24 Peabody Terrace #416
Cambridge, MA 02138
kovatch1@alumni.princeton.edu
ANNE CARMICHAEL WILKIE recently married David Wilkie (U. of Florida). They are living in San Francisco, where Anne is working for Goldman Sachs and David is working for Fluid, a startup consulting firm. DOMINIC DAVID is also out in San Francisco. He moved there after receiving his MBA from INSEAD in July 2000. Dominic works as a senior consultant with Deloitte Consulting.
ALEX GREGORY has joined Egan-Managed Capital, a venture capital firm in Boston.
SONIA HELMY is living in Minneapolis/St. Paul, where she is in a combined residency program in internal medicine and pediatrics. She bought a house and loves the Twin Cities. If you are in the area, look her up! GOODLOE WHITE recently moved back to Princeton to work for ALK Technologies. He can't believe he is back in Princeton, on the other side of Nassau St.
CARIN (CHRISTMAN) CARITHERS married Tad Carithers (photo), a law school classmate from the U. of Virginia, on June 10, 2000, in West Point, N.Y. Present for the wedding were: Daniel Christman *69, ALI (STACKPOLE) EAGLESON, JENNA BEART, Raquel Whiting '93, KATIE HOBSON, Tad, CARIN, BETH HOLZER, MELISSA FREIDMAN, KRISTEN (GUNSALUS) COWAN, JENSA BELL, and Catherine Christman '02. Carin and Tad are both practicing attorneys in Atlanta. Carin works at Alston & Bird, where DAVE LOWANCE works as well!
Chris Hand
2370 S.W. Archer Rd., Apt. 91
Gainesville, FL 32608
cjhand@alumni.princeton.edu
http://alumni.princeton.edu/~class95
Ah, temptation. Given this column's temporal proximity to April Fools Day, I was excruciatingly close to fabricating some lurid, tabloid-style kernels about various classmates. Alas, my Joe Friday conscience - just the facts, ma'am - and the fear of libel lawsuits have prompted me to stick to legitimate information. Better luck next year.
The good news is that we have some really good news. For example, MEGAN OWEN reports that she helped NBC and QuikkaSports produce the digital coverage of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and plans to be similarly involved during the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City. MIKE CARR is writing a pilot for Fox and working for actor-director-producer Dean Cain '88 as his producing partner and manager at Angry Dragon Entertainment, which is based out of Sony in Hollywood. ERIC HINES, a structural engineering PhD student, writes that he is "doing large scale seismic tests on the new East Bay spans of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge." Does AAA know about this?
Two '95ers - BUSTER KANTROW in Sweden and LUCY HORNBY in Singapore - are working abroad as reporters for the Dow Jones News Service. Lucy reports seeing DOROTHY MARES, JULIET SORENSON, and JOANNA CHOI at the 2000 NYC marathon.
Last but not least, Class Agent CHRIS LOONEY offers a special thank you to the nearly 25% of our classmates who have thus far contributed a total of $45,000 to this year's AG campaign. If you have not yet participated, fret not; you can still make a gift to Princeton. Help the Class of '95 meet its goals of 59% participation and $85,000 raised by visiting the AG website at www.princeton.edu/ag or calling 800-258-5421. And feel free to call, e-mail, or write me if you have some class news.
Theola S. Labbé
285 State St., Apt. 2F
Albany, NY 12210-2118
tslabbe@hotmail.com
LIBBY ANSCHUTZ, who works for a venture capital firm, married Timothy Brown (Colorado State) last August in Denver, where the couple lives. Pictured are (l-r): Anne Austin '02, BART BANSBACH, SUZANNE TOMPKINS, Jon Nichols '95, SABRINA (BERRY) and NOAH PARSONS, Jeffrey Kreisler '95, DAVE NEWMAN, Sarah Anschutz Hunt '93, Trevor Brown '71, and Christopher Brown '97.
JENNIFER HUBBARD, in her final year at UVA medical school, and FRANK WINSLOW, vice president at local private equity firm Quad-C, married in Charlottesville, Va., last October. Pictured are (l-r): JANELLE SHIELD, TOM FLUMMERFELT and fiancé DAHLIA FETOUH, TREY TATE, AMY KOZIAK, ALLISON (SLATER) TATE, Oona Miller '97, GALEN RANSOM, RANDY BURT, PAUL HANSON, PAM COSSE, SHANAYA DEBOO, and JON DINWOODEY.
Finally, they called him Trent on TV's Law & Order, but we know him as TEMAI MYAMBO. Temai had several scenes in a February episode about a Real World-type reality show where a housemate is killed.
Patrick M. Doherty
1401 N. Taft St., Apt. 312
Arlington, VA 22201
pdoherty@alumni.princeton.edu
DAVE CHANG recently spent six weeks in LA completing an orthopedics rotation at UCLA. Dave is wrapping up med school at NYU and waiting to find out where his residency will be. While out west, Dave stayed with Scott Birdwell '98 and hung out with JEAN FALZONE and CATHERINE PHARRIS, among other Princetonians. Jean is enjoying her first year of graduate school at the Keck Institute for Graduate Studies at the Pomona Colleges. When she finishes next year, she will have a business degree specializing in the sciences. Catherine is a third-year law student at USC. After graduation and the bar, she plans to travel in South America and South East Asia and then go to work for Latham & Watkins in downtown LA.
KERRY BENNETT also recently visited LA for some sunshine and a little break from the icy winds of Chicago. She has one of the coolest jobs I have heard of with Leo Burnett Advertising. She's in charge of marketing and research for Nintendo and gets to run focus groups to determine how consumers perceive new video games and other products. Basically, she gets to hang out and play video games for a living. Not too shabby!
Keeping up with the West Coast theme of this column, congratulations are due to HILLARY WHEELER TAYLOR and her husband, J. B. They are expecting their first child in a few months. Hillary is currently finishing up law school at BYU. She will then take a one year deferment from her job at Wilson Sonsini in Palo Alto to enjoy being a mom.
Good luck to all the medical students out there waiting to hear where their residency will take them. I hope you all get matched with the programs you wanted, and enjoy the next two, three, or four years, wherever they may take you. Also, please contact any class officer if you would like to volunteer or have any ideas for our fifth next year. Our reunions chairs are hard at work and would appreciate any help or suggestions you might have!
Love Slipock
10050 Great Hills Trail, #407
Austin, TX 78759
Love@alumni.princeton.edu
JONATHAN CURRAN is living in Cambridge and working at Wellington management in Boston. The household is replete with antics around the clock thanks to fellow '98ers HARRISON SEBRING and DAN SARLES. Jon wants it to be known to all '98ers in the greater Boston area are encouraged to attend their seismic soirees!
JOHN KUHNER wrote me a letter of epic proportions last week. Here are some of the updates he sent: DAVID CZUCHLEWSKI's first novel, The Muse Asylum, is scheduled for release on May 21! Publications in French and German are soon to follow. Dave is living with his fiancé, KRISTINA RODRIGUEZ, who is studying geology at Columbia U. Incidentally, in his spare time Dave also attends medical school.
BRIAN FITZGERALD is teaching at Regis H.S. He is also designing a special admission track for underprivileged students at the school, which is America's only free private high school. He plans on studying literature in England next year.
JONATHAN WILLIAMS is teaching in Manhattan and living in Fort Greene in Brooklyn.
MICHAEL D'ALBA was recently vacationing in Florence. Now, he is working for Bloomberg Radio in Princeton, living in Jersey City, and reading Robert Caro's The Power Broker.
MINA FARBOOD is working for a documentary film company in New York. BRET DAKIN has returned from a two-year stint in Laos and is settling into a comfortable flat overlooking Cambridge Commons at Harvard law school.
PETER ROWINSKY and SCARLET SORIANO, having already celebrated their first anniversary, are preparing for medical school. After several years of teaching, counseling, and nonprofit work, they are now hoping to better the world through medicine.
ALEX HENEVELD passed through New York in December. He is enjoying Edinburgh, studying cognitive science. He plans to start a software business with Grace Ma '99, who is moving to Scotland for the venture.
Printing all the news before it's news, this is Secy. Love Slipock asking for your updates and stories. See you next time!
Julia Taylor
115 Broadway
New York, NY 10006
212-441-5716; taylorj@plural.com
I am taking a few months off from my duties as secretary to travel in Australia and Europe. You should have already received a letter explaining where to send info and pictures during my absence. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, but having tried to be secretary while traveling during the fall, I know it doesn't work.
Dylan Cooke, in an attack of separation anxiety, has enrolled as a graduate student in Princeton's psychology dept. Melissa Tritter is living in Boston, training for a fourth marathon, coordinating Boston-area alum activities, and working as an economic consultant.
Megin Wehmueller is living in NYC and works as a consultant with Deloitte Consulting. Sonia Wadhwa and Kristen Rassiger are living in Arlington, Va., and have just moved into a new apartment. Kristen's a researcher for ABC News Nightline and is hanging with the likes of Ted Koppel. Sonia is with PWC Consulting.
Jean Garre just moved into a new house in Palo Alto. Nimi Tuamokumo is a second-year med student at Yale. Jake Bartolone and Lindsay Clark are engaged and will be married in the Chapel on Aug. 18, 2001. Enakshi Bose is living in NCY and teaching fourth grade in Inwood. She is also pursuing a master's degree in early childhood and elementary education at Bank Street College of Education.
Angela Lowe competed for Andersen Consulting's NYC office in the 2000 Corporate Sportsbattle in Orlando. She placed eighth in the medley relay, eighth in the breast-stroke relay, and fifth in the double-donut innertube relay.
Lucia Marin is living in Miami. Nydia Mancini and Adi Martinez are at law school in Puerto Rico. Bill Langin is in graduate school at Cornell studying geophysics and is engaged to Jennifer Bello '98. They will marry on May 19, 2001, in Boca Raton. Ali Stumm is engaged to Jason Poganelec '97. They are planning to marry in August and live in Boston.
Morey Barnes
3235 R St. NW
Washington, DC 20007
moreybarnes@hotmail.com
REBECCA CHOI is working for JP Morgan; she said that recruiting events have allowed her to stay close to Princeton, in addition to seeing classmates and other Tigers all over New York. Rebecca reports that, post-merger, her firm includes lots of '00 members, including ADAM PRIBULA, KAREN LAAKMAN, HILLARY MADDOX, BLAIR IRWIN, and MIKE CANTONIS. TODD RICH is also a member of that group, though he recently moved to Argentina! Todd's roommate, BRAD SAFT, sent him off with a going away party that was attended by WILL CARRY, KEVIN BHATT, JENN JOHNS, MOE HORWITZ, JULIA BOORSTIN, MARSHALL HEYMAN, BEN SIROTA, BRIAN ROSEN, and TERESA MENDEZ; as well as Nab Dasgupta '01 and Lindsay Adams '01 and a few other Princetonians.
CHARLOTTE STANTON wrote from Cape Town, South Africa, where she moved in January to begin a two-year fellowship. She joins four other classmates who are "pioneering Princeton's Quantitative Literacy Project with the U. of Cape Town." Charlotte said she hopes to earn a master's in African studies while in South Africa. E-mail her at charpuff@hotmail.com!
Robert M. Levine *67
9970 Kendale Blvd.
Miami, FL 33176
rlevine@miami.edu
Here are some updates about members of the APGA board, courtesy of Carol Barash.
Nora Odendahl *85 (English) married David Searls, a computational biologist who is vice president and head of bioinformatics at Glaxo SmithKline. The wedding took place in Prospect on a beautiful fall evening, and the story of how they met was chronicled in the Feb. 2000 issue of Good Housekeeping. Nora continues to work at ETS as a test developer for the GR and GMAT programs. Oren Pollock *51 (classics) has since 1997 chaired the AG campaign, and since 1994 has volunteered for the Princeton in Chicago Schools program. Tony Lutkus *74 (psychology) is authoring the "Nation's Report Card in Mathematics 2000," working with a team of researchers at ETS under the sponsorship of the Dept. of Education's Natl. Assessment in Educational Progress. Tony has also coauthored The Next Generation of Citizens: Need Assessments in Civics, 1988 and 1998 for the National Center for Education Statistics (Spring 2001). Nick and Ellen Hope, both *75, have moved to Stanford following Nick's retirement from the World Bank after 24 years. Their first grandchild arrives at the beginning of April courtesy of Jessica and Stephen, both '92. Luigi Martinelli *87 (MAE) is an associate professor in mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton and served as faculty-athletic fellow for the varsity ice hockey team. Mary B. Breckenridge *76 (sociology) has been appointed emeritus professor at UMDNJ, the Robert Wood Johnson medical school in New Brunswick. Dennis Matthies *74 (EE) notes that his graduate education was sponsored by RCA Labs, and he has worked for them since graduation. He has worked on TV displays, liquid crystals, projection TV, and plasma panels. He lives in McCosh House on Nassau St.