CLASS OF 1975 | 2014 | ISSUE 3

Perhaps I’m not middle-aged anymore. Perhaps your trusty class secretary is slipping. The reminder message I thought I’d sent to all looking for news got composed but didn’t actually get sent at all! So watch for a message in your e-mail box soon, and if you send me updates, there will be notes for ’75 in the next issue.

In the meantime, here are the few tidbits I received over the transom: David Leisner sent a little preview of his recently released solo CD for Azica. There’s also a six-minute video that he had fun making on location in Abiquiu, N.M., in the beautiful Plaza Blanca (White Place). The inspired music is the third movement, “Farewell, R. W.,” of Facts of Life by David Del Tredici, whom David calls “one of our best living composers.” (Search for “Farewell, R. W.” on youtube.) Mitch Marinello ’76 may have this story, too, but ’75 comes before ’76 in class notes, so I get to scoop him.

Cathy Gorlin hosted a wonderful gathering of Wes friends at her summer place near the corner where New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut meet. Split between classes, the guest list was Liz Gissen Holder ’76, Ed Papier ’76, and our own Christine McCoy McNeil. She and Cathy reminiscing about Wes days living at Kappa Alpha and a spring ’75 trip to Cathy’s summer place almost 40(!!) years ago.

Speaking of 40, we have another Reunion coming up, so start thinking about making your way back to Wes next spring.

On the creative front, Kate Ballen has a new play that was produced in New York as part of the Fringe Festival in August. No One Asked Me is about undocumented teens living in the U.S., based on true stories of NYC students. Kate should know. She has been a college counselor at a Bronx high school for the past 10 years and has helped dozens of undocumented students navigate the immigration and college process.

Cynthia M. Ulman | cmu.home@cmugroup.com
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