CLASS OF 1969 | 2015 | ISSUE 3
Wayne Slitt reported “annual celebration with Charley Ferrucci, Bob Tobias, Jerry Cerasale ’70, at Charley’s summer home in Vermont.”
Steve Knox still “commercial litigates. Brother Dave Knox ’72 retired. Bonnie and I visit granddaughters in Asheville and Charleston. I saw golfers Ron Reisner, Jim Martello, Jack Sitarz, Pat Dwyer ’67, Dick Emerson ’68, and Jim Akin ’72. Coach Kenny lives in Pittsburgh. Pat Kelly’s determined to make me a real golfer, and I’ve played at his club several times.”
Ken Elliott “saw Tom Wilson and Gordy Webb, high school classmates as well. Both have distinguished careers in medicine and law respectively. Still full-time faculty member in the U of Maine system. Research retirement and look forward to a most excellent next chapter.”
Tony Mohr wrote, “Beve and I in Europe this past summer for my cousin’s wedding, two hundred family and friends in France’s Gers region for fun and frolic. The judicial trials just keep on coming.”
Jim Adkins has “four grandkids. I work three half days, some in the Tampa VA Hospital. Play the trombone in ensembles and travel with limited success. I enjoy the free time but am poor at shifting gears. Life goes on, as do the ravages of time.”
Harry Nothacker’s “Son Keith married Teresa Mannen. They live in San Francisco, the HQ of his breathalyzer company BACtrack. Dave Farrer and I met in Rehoboth, Del. Dave works part-time at the State Department, as immigration presents increasing challenges. We enjoyed a bike ride through Henlopen State Park.”
Harold Davis “Life is good, retirement outstanding, as well as grandchildren and some travel. I volunteer on nonprofit boards, read, and take pictures. All the best to the Class of ’69.”
John Bach’s “Still yin-yanging between Quaker chaplaincy at Harvard and life as a house painter. My Wesleyan Experience helps in dealing with my beloved wife’s stage 4 cancer.”
Mike Fink “visits Katey, a sophomore at the U of South Carolina. Jenni’s novel, Sentenced to Life, is getting rave reviews. Available online. We are very proud of her. A 50th high school reunion reminded me how full life has been and how each stage led to the next.”
Roy Willits spent “20 years programming. Now I develop financial applications for money managers. I live in New Jersey and am married to a retired middle-school teacher.”
Sue and Paul Melrose had dinner with Fred Coleman and his wife, Wendy, at Paul’s new house in Madison, Wisc.
From Doug Bell: “Daughter married. Carolyn and I celebrated 20 years together touring Spain. Her fitness businesses keeps her busy. My Grasslands Investment Fund operates well—soy and oat seed crops are good. Looking to expand into international markets while based in Uruguay.”
Don Jennings wrote, “Cathy and I entertained Anita and Bob Dombroski at our vacation home in Old Saybrook. They might return to Michigan. Building a stamp business is more difficult than I thought.”
Jim Martello said, “Paul Nimchek, room and battery mate, and I attended Wesleyan/Yale’s 150th anniversary baseball game. Wes won in extra innings.”
Peter Pfeiffer had “wonderful visits with Nick Browning, Bob Conkling, and Colin Kitchens ’70. Nick has mastered croquet.”
Steve Pfeiffer wrote, “Fulbright & Jaworski, a firm I helped run since 1976, is now Norton Rose Jaworski—3,800 lawyers worldwide. I practice law and stay away from management. Kris and I celebrated our 45th anniversary—five grown children (four Wes, one Dartmouth), four grandchildren. Get together once a year with Jerry Parker, John Stinchfield, Rick Ketterer, my brother Vic Pfeiffer ’71, and Marc Pickard ’70.”
Barbara and Bob Berkowitz celebrated their 45th anniversary. “I teach, research, and practice child psychiatry in Philly. Wes’s humanism and science greatly impacted my life.”
Alex Knopp “admired Julian Bond, our graduation speaker, for his principled positions and civility in advocating courageously for them. Last spring I thanked him in D.C. He passed away a few weeks later, leaving a great legacy for social justice and peace activism.”
Howie Brown is “downsizing. Do we really need all these rooms and stuff? ’Vanity,’ sayeth the preacher. Saw Cumberbatch’s Hamlet in London. Studying the prompt books for Paul Robeson’s Othello and Keith Cobb’s new play American Moor. Ain’t life grand?”
Nick Browning “visited Peter Pfeiffer, and Bob and Donna Conkling in Maine. Read Peter’s book, Hard Chance, wonderful ’60s appeal. I talk regularly with Gordy Holleb, who lives in Berkeley. I enjoy each day.”
Steve Broker “taught ornithology and ecology at Camp Pemigewasset in Wentworth, N.H. My father, Thomas O. Broker ’36, and Wes notable Gar Fauver are prominent in Pemi history.”
Ken Kawasaki finds “Kandy, Sri Lanka, a great retirement site—high in the hills, away from rising seas and hurricanes. Our latest book, Buddhist Crossword Puzzles, is available on Amazon.”
Larry Feldman works “full time at GZA Environmental, a consulting firm. Two grandchildren. Helped Wes with a geology seminar—wish I had waited several decades to attend college—and led a Wes geology field trip.”
Pam and Rick McGauley live in “a sea captain’s house on Cape Cod. Fall is our favorite season—tourists gone, warm weather and water linger. Life is sweet. Saw Jim Dreyfus and Rick Pedolsky at 50th high school reunion.”
Ed Hayes works full time but “does have a bucket list. Hot air balloon over Arizona desert, Cessna 172 over Maryland. I need things to excite the heart and stimulate the brain.”
Darius Brubeck’s granddaughter, Lydia ’17, is a junior at Wes. “Next spring, I will be doing NYC-area concerts with super-talented brothers Chris and Dan.”
Bill Schroder produces “a daily blog, ’Your Inner Rhino,’ about rhinos, but fictionalized. Husband Elias and I live in State College, Pa., where I taught before retiring. Saw Berta and Henry Samson when they visited.”
Jeff Wohkittel’s fifth poetry book was published by University Press of the South.
Jay Edelberg approaches four decades as an emergency room physician.
Early October, fall coming hourly. Leaves and art work. Last farmers’ market. Wee Faeries at Flo Gris Museum. Misty paddle on the Salmon River, then a final frigid swim. Love to all.
CHARLIE FARROW | charlesfarrow@comcast.net
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