CLASS OF 1957 | 2023 | SPRING ISSUE
As our Class Notes move closer and closer to the front (only nine to go), I enjoy reading the notes from the 1940s. In the spring issue there was a great one from an alumnus (age 100!) who, when he was a teacher at Chicago Latin, persuaded Jack Dearinger, Bill Wallace, and Norm Wissing to come to Wesleyan. Now that’s recruiting.
On the home front, our great-grandson has become the proud big brother to identical twin sisters! Mother and babies are doing well, after a few weeks in NICU for the little girls. We met them for the first time over Thanksgiving. Beautiful, and so small.
Al Kalb checked in with a short note and promises news for the next issue. It was still good to hear from him.
With a variety of viruses still around in Nova Scotia, Ed Porter and Lainie are limiting their social life and keeping masks handy when out and about. He hopes that in this season a spirit of respect may transcend the other forces at play in our present world. Well said.
Jim Brown and Betty took a romantic Caribbean cruise in May. They should have stayed home. She fell and hit her head, requiring 13 stitches, and he totally tore his left rotator cuff. They’ve both recovered, but Jim is still doing rehab because he enjoys it. He’s back to his college weight of 185, packaged differently. I know what he means.
Last issue I mentioned the Zoom session we had just before our 65th. It was great, and Dick Cassie wants to do it again. I’ll see what I can do, but I’m not hopeful. Maybe in 2027 Wesleyan will organize another one for us.
Gordon Wilmot and Marilyn will be driving down to Pennsylvania in December for their granddaughter’s graduation from Penn State. For several months now, they have been clearing out the house where her mother lived for 84 years. He allows that’s not very much fun.
I got an interesting email from Lars Erik Knudsen, who as a 19-year-old, came to Wesleyan on a Fulbright Scholarship from Denmark, where he still lives. The email was in Danish, which was no problem for Outlook to translate. He recalls his first-year roommates in Harriman Hall, Bill Moody ’59 and John Briscoe ’59. After his one year in America, he returned to Copenhagen, studied law, and became an attorney. He’s been married to Grete for 57 years and they have four sons.
Stay well and have a great 2023.