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Skip writes: Greetings. We begin with a summary of the original Class of ’59 that arrived at Wes in the fall of ’55. This summary is thanks to Paul Hadzima, who prepared it after our 65th Reunion in May 2024: 202 arrived in ’55; 159 graduated in ’59; 88 were still alive at our 65th, at which nine were in attendance. Wesleyan’s records may be at fault for several pluses or minuses, but this is a pretty good summary. I can probably answer simple questions about the lists.
Marty Weil was first to reply. He sent greetings to all with the closing line from a famous Christmas poem: “And to all a Happy Holidays.” He is still “doing it” at The Washington Post.
Tim Day had just returned from Park City. One of the few of us who is still skiing. He continues to support the USMC by sending marine officers to HBS and the Advance Management Program. He reported he and Sandy are in good health and living “the good life.”
Herb Steiner reported the birth of grandchild number 12. He and Ellen planned to enjoy winter in Delray Beach, Florida. He recently caught up with Joe and Nan Vander Veer, who were in Ridgewood, New Jersey—Joe’s hometown for a Ridgewood Symphony concert and Herb’s efforts with his clarinet.
Bob Hydeman checked in. He and Judy are in their 62nd year of marriage. They have two children and five grandkids; ages of all range from 60 to 22. All grands have college degrees, four have graduate degrees. Great-grandkids are next. Judy has become a great artist, and Bob is working with a small tech company, helping with its marketing. Never idle!
Charlie Huchet ruminated about his 16-year-old granddaughter who is “in love” for the first time and wonders if it is too soon to consider marriage; a 21-year-old granddaughter at George Washington University worries about being arrested for demonstrating about the trans issue. Despite these issues, he is confident these kids will “turn out great.” He loves reading, cooking, writing cranky letters to the local rag, serving on the local planning commission, and tilting with his blunted lance at the neanderthals. Laughing with Charlie Wrubel and Tom Malamud ’60 fills the rest of his time.
Joe Mallory spent Christmas week in LA with his family. He has three grandkids at Dartmouth, but presently they are in Peru, Japan, and London. Another grandkid is in Ojai, California. I agree with Joe on his recalling where he was when at that age. He had never been anywhere but Philadelphia and then Middletown. Very similar in my case. We thought about jobs in spring of our senior years; his grands already have job offers from junior summer jobs.
Molly and I traveled to Alta, Utah, for our annual kids and grandkids skiing week.
Alan shares: Tom McHugh’s widow, Anne, wrote from Hillsboro, Oregon, that “This has been a quieter year marked, unfortunately, by the loss of altogether too many family members and dear friends. Fortunately, my health remains well.” Anne continues to settle into her life, very much enjoying the Pacific Northwest and being near to at least some of her family. After Thanksgiving she was looking forward to going to San Antonio, a city she always wanted to visit, with two friends from her retirement home.
Walter Burnett wrote from Cockeysville, Maryland, that he is in an active community with many new friends and opportunities for enjoying life and following his interests in public policy, genealogy, bridge, and the natural world. As he has for the past 16 years, Walt spent this past summer traveling 5,700 miles, the highlight of which was time spent in Crested Butte, Colorado, with members of his family.
SKIP SILLOWAY | ssillow@gmail.com; 801/971-6165
DICK CADIGAN | crcadigan@sbcglobal.net
AL BROOKS | afbrooks36@gmail.com; 860/670–0579