CLASS OF 1954 | 2015 | ISSUE 3
Many thanks to the 15 of my classmates who responded so promptly to my urgent request for news!…So, here’s what your e-mails told me (in reverse alphabetical order):
Marshall Umpleby continues to bravely fight AML with two chemo treatments. So far, so good, he says, with no serious side effects. Great!
Norm Stuessy has good news in the form of “nothing to report.”
Len Stolba says he passed the FAA Medicals due to (he says) genetics and clean living. Len’s continuing travels will take him to Venice and the Adriatic countries in March 2016.
Jules Schwaber is enjoying retirement after 50 years of medical practice, and he’s still teaching first-year medical students at Harvard Medical School. Jules would love to hear from any of us at jschwabe@bidmc.harvard.edu.
Newlyweds Bob Schnuer and Vickie Schnuer are set for their annual migration to Boca Raton, returning to Long Island in early May 2016. If you are anywhere near Boca, call Bob for a free lunch or dinner at 917/862-5141
Rod O’Connor’s granddaughter, Cameron Arkin ’17, is a junior at Wesleyan with a double major—neuroscience and art. Grandson, Morgan, a model, was featured on a Times Square billboard in July 2015. Rod missed our May 2014 Reunion because of an unexpected diagnosis of Stage 4 melanoma. New drugs have stabilized the condition, and Rod is back to a normal lifestyle (except for golf). Good luck, Rod!
Bob Montstream and bride Ami recently celebrated their 59th anniversary with the whole 14-member family going to Bermuda for a week of fun, snorkeling, pooling, and dining. Bob and Ami also traversed the Panama Canal and visited Costa Rica.
Jeff Lockhart and Donna traveled from Nantucket for weddings of two 25-year-old grandsons—the first in Lexington, Va., in July 2015, and the second in Maryland in September.
Charles Landesman and Arlyene sold their home in East Hampton, N.Y., and are now living full time in a small apartment on East 71st street in Manhattan. Their daughter, Jennifer, is a psychotherapist in Stamford, Conn., and their son in L.A. is a screenwriter and movie director (look for new film, Concussion, in December 2015).
Bud Johnson and Lynn returned from a mid-year Tauck Alps and Dolomites adventure—a “12 day, five-country tour through iconic or historical villages and mountain passes.” Every day they were “happily energized by cable car rides to mountaintops or visits 300 feet down to salt mines or military tunnels, to great homes or fantasyland castles.”
Bill Drury is enjoying his new digs In Nashua at Hunt Continuing Care Community. He says he loves New Hampshire, where it’s “live free or die.”
Art Dexter is staying pretty much at home these days as he struggles with kidney cancer, but “not much discomfort yet.”
Ed Dewey and Joyce continue to enjoy Big Canoe, Ga., a gated community with lots of recreation—fitness, swimming, golf, tennis, and hiking.
Chuck Davis and Mary Ann took a sternwheeler cruise on the Upper Mississippi last September. They are still in their house of 20 some years, and are “resisting the siren calls of local retirement communities who have us on their speed dials.”
Sad News: Hal White, a rabbi and Jewish chaplain at Georgetown for 50 years, passed away on Aug. 31st, 2015. He was a “charismatic presence” on campus many have reported, and Georgetown has established a chair in Rabbi White’s name. God bless and farewell, Hal. We’ll miss you…
So long for now, guys, and thanks for your input.
BOB CAREY | bobcarey@optonline.net
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