Tag: 1969

David Freedman reports: “Our 55th Reunion provided enjoyable opportunities to visit some of our fellow ’69ers and meet some alumni from other years. Kudos to you [Charlie] and the other organizers! As I said to John Mihalec, ‘see ya in five years—if not sooner!’”

David continues, “Starting with the reunion, it has been a good summer. After a series of family gatherings and the Peachtree Road Race, my wife, Carmen, and I returned to Puerto Rico for a six-week visit, visiting old (in more ways than one) friends and sampling some new restaurants that sprouted after Hurricane Maria. Not as ample as the Atlanta food scene, but there is progress. The frequent power outages have made the Puerto Rico restaurateurs resourceful and creative. And they are busy—after all, eating out beats cooking at home in the dark! As for daytime, the ocean water is warm, and the foliage lush; quite a contrast to the Middletown winters we remember.”

Charlie Morgan writes: “I got a wonderful review of my book on the Massachusetts Constitution from an attorney in Massachusetts.” The reviewer said:

“Mr. Morgan’s book is a must have for any litigator who practices corporate law focusing on the rights of not only those with ownership or managerial interests therein, but those who are otherwise aggrieved by their actions or inaction. It is an extraordinarily erudite treatise on every aspect of the subject and includes a meticulously detailed history of American constitutional jurisprudence. I highly recommend Attorney Morgan’s book for anyone who loves the law and wants to delve a little deeper into it.”

Charlie continues, “There is not much to report except that I am on the verge of publishing another book, tentatively titled Truly Dumbfounded, Dismayed, and Delighted: A Journey of Discovery, which is nearly 200 pages of anecdotes about events in my life, many humorous, some philosophical, and some sad—including several from my days at Wesleyan. One reviewer had this to say about the manuscript: ‘The quote in the “Waxing Philosophical” subchapter, “Human Behavior,” is, for me, beautifully put: “Frankly, human nature is one of those things that cannot be regulated into submission.” The whole “Waxing Philosophical” chapter is exceptional, in fact. The way in which the chapter approaches ideas from a logical, non-ideological perspective is refreshing and heartwarming. To be honest, I enjoyed the whole book. It’s funny, humble, introspective as much as it is retrospective. The tone is light and heartfelt.’”

Bill Eaton says: “Thanks for continuing to keep everyone in touch! Attached is a cover of a short novel I finished last year. Writing it kept me busy during the first year of retirement! Can you believe the sales from Amazon have skyrocketed to over 10!

“We have moved to Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, near Doe Run, Pennsylvania, where they make a cheese from a mixture of goat, sheep, and cow milk, called Saint Malachi. It has won international cheese competitions!” 

Darius Brubeck writes, “Catherine and I are planning a U.S. book tour in April that will hopefully include Wesleyan.”

Stuart Blackburn shared a photo from his and Judy’s (his wife) organic food store in Brighton. He said that his next novel, “Luck of the Draw—out early next year—begins in 1969 with the draft lottery . . . should spur a few memories.”

Tom Goodman continues producing new work during the most productive period of his life as an artist: https://www.tomgoodman.com/

Last year, Michael Fink “retired subject to wrapping up few loose ends on August 31, 2023, and Susan and I moved to a mid-’60s home on [a] three-quarter acre in a lovely older subdivision in Columbia, South Carolina. Love our area, love the city and environs, love our neighbors, and really appreciate how people say ‘hi’ and wave with a smile even to perfect strangers. We installed a pool in June 2024 and are enjoying it most days. Loving retirement in every way. So busy making some cosmetic changes to house including landscaping all around so it takes a lot of time, research, and decisions. Middle daughter Jenni got married in a fabulous venue outside Philly to a guy we welcome in our close-knit family. The other two girls are doing great as well, and we spend major holidays together here or there. Off to Portugal with the girls and their main squeezes for two weeks into mid-September. Then back to South Carolina football—Division 1! 

“I’m recovering from bilateral C5 palsy reaction to 3 level cervical spine surgery on March 7.  It’s been a long road back to use of my arms and building muscle, but I’ve made great strides and am close to fully functional. Time will bring 100%. It’s been quite a journey! Y’all stay well and happy. —Michael”

From Andrew Cohen: “I’ve retired from clinical medicine, now emeritus professor at Brown (Alpert) Medical School. Carol and I have moved from Rhode Island to a wonderful home in Shelton, Connecticut, where we love to hike and swim. Still teaching medicine and physiology (now at Yale), writing, and starting a history podcast with the American Society of Nephrology. I remain in regular contact and have running conversations with my buddy Rich Kremer and sometimes with Orrin Baird.

“Best to you and all my classmates.—Andy”

Steve Gleich reports, “Lilly and I are still living in rural Nova Scotia. Both [of us] are retired from careers in psychology—school and clinical, respectively. We are active in teaching and administration of our local Buddhist retreat center (Dorje Denma Ling in Tatamagouche) and a local meditation group. We have a former foster son, Andrew, whom we see often. He lives in Halifax and will turn 42 in November. Yikes!

“Here is a photo of our visit last year to Campobello Island with Lilly’s brother and sister-in-law who live in Maine. Also, a photo of our solar panels hard at work cranking out 7,000 watts.

“We are well, yet old. Thinking fondly of all you classmates and would especially love to hear from Peter Pfeiffer or Nick Browning or anyone else I crossed paths with 57 years ago.”

Tony Mohr says, “It’s been a pleasant season. Beve and I took a ‘grand tour’ of Europe during June and July. We started in Paris, where we met up with old friends well before the Olympics, thank you, and visited some out of the lesser-known places like the Place Furstenberg and the Dior Museum. Then we hopped on the Orient Express and rode to Verona and headed up to three days at Lago di Garda, staying at the Villa Feltrinelli, a budget-busting paradiso. Next, we went to Venice for three days before jumping on a weeklong cruise from Venice to Athens via Croatia, Monemvasia, Crete, and Santorini. We hung out for a few days near (not in) Athens before flying home.

“Now once more, I’m judging part time. Retirement is good.”

Steve Smith shares: “I am writing to let you folks know that while I expect to be in Garden Island Health and Rehabilitation Center in Lihue, Kauai, until I pass away, I really enjoyed, appreciated, and learned a tremendous amount at WesU!!!!!

“I can no longer eat—I get three one-hour liquid feedings daily via a feeding tube that enters my body in the middle of my chest. I also cannot walk anymore, get out of bed, etc. But I can continue to do many things that keep me very positive, happy, and motivated like talking with/seeing my wife, Margaret Bubon Smith; family, friends, and colleagues; texting/emailing/calling people; reading and writing; using my computer; watching TV (approximately 60 channels available); listening to all kinds of music, etc., etc., etc.

“I get visitors regularly—my wife, brothers, sister, friends, and colleagues living on or visiting Kauai, etc.—so I am very fortunate. Also, am planning/expecting to assist a local resident/colleague in development of their family sandalwood plantation project—you may recall I owned and operated my private company, Forestry Management Consultants–Hawaii (FMCH) for over 30 years, and prior to that worked for 12 years (1982–1994) in a family owned and operated forestry company, Kamika Timber.

“Hope it is clear my life is/has been trucking along pretty well.

“So much aloha (love, affection, peace, compassion, mercy) and many ‘mahalos’ (thank yous) to the Class of ’69 and other class members, faculty, and people I met at WesU. —Steve”

And, lastly, this from Paul Melrose: a picture of he and Fred Coleman in Madison, Wisconsin, where they live and meet for breakfast once a month.

Ted Sanderson “directed Rhode Island’s Historic Preservation Committee for 40-plus years. Now, rehabbing a one-level modern home. With three children and three grandchildren, there’s plenty of visiting. Find us at the Newport mansions.”

Charlie Morgan published a book on Massachusetts’s constitution. “A bit of drama with the Mayflower Society and my HOA. Otherwise, healthy and busy with nonprofit and consulting clients.”

Steve Gleich “volunteers, teaches Buddhism, and admires his solar panels in rural Nova Scotia. Lily and I take care of each other and stay in touch with our foster son, Andrew, 42, and my brother, Dan ’72. Love to you all.”

Jerry Martin “retired to Vermont with daughters, Lyllah ’99 and Sarah, and four grandkids. On a sheep farm with ominous clouds of tyranny threatening, we are hopeful.”

From Ken and Visakha Kawasaki, “We continue our food distribution in unstable Sri Lanka. Be well, peaceful, and happy without enemies, worries, or troubles.”

Bill Eaton’s novel, Outward Bound, is available. Look for forests, murder, and love in a trip across the country. “We’ve been married over 50 years, with two sons and five grandchildren.”

Lynn Kozlowski is “fully retired from the University of Buffalo. I write 50-word stories and was in the running for a Story of the Year Award.”

Bill Demicco wrote, “Marie and I returned to St. Croix for the eighth time. Golf and gardening await better weather. Our daughter is a full professor of pathology at the University of Toronto. I spoke with Phil Wallas—he and Lynn just back from a month in Africa.”

Tony Mohr is now the managing editor of the Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative Social Impact Review. Tony also wrote an essay, “The Last Carefree Summer,” which was published in the Loch Raven Review. Recently his memoir, Every Other Weekend—Coming of Age with Two Different  Dads, which was published last year, placed second in the memoir category for the Incipere Awards. (In Latin, “incipere” means “to start” or “to begin.”)

Dave Dixon said he “spent a wonderful week with my two-year-old grandson and his father in Amsterdam and nearby cities, appreciating a life in which a car is truly an afterthought. Got together about two months ago with Jeffrey Richards, Rob Pratt, and Bruce Holstein ’70 for a Wesleyan benefit performance of Purlie Victorious on Broadway (produced by none other than Jeffrey Richards).

Charlie Ingrao recently became an Italian citizen.

Fred Coleman said, “We are all well; Wendy and I, kids and grandkids [have] recovered from various ills.” Fred is still [working] with refugee programs, clinic consults, and Global Mental Health Learning Collective. In October he attended a conference in Entebbe, Uganda. “Other than a 52-hour plane delay (but that’s another story) it was great. Working on a project to use dignity as a lens for looking at human rights in mental health care. If any of you in health care, legal world, education, or other fields have reflections on dignity as a [central] ethical principle, please drop me an email.”

Barry Checkoway wrote that he his book, Youth Dialogues on Race and Ethnicity: Challenging Segregation, Strengthening Diversity, was just published by Oxford University Press.

Bryn Hammarstrom was “looking forward to 55th.” His “open-heart surgery in 2020 went well, and I’m back to chainsawing and splitting the firewood that heats our home all winter.”

Darius Brubeck didn’t make our ’69 Reunion. Instead, he was playing in Switzerland at Marians’ Jazz Room with his brothers, Chris and Dan.

Ron Reisner was in Baton Rouge for Easter with his wife to visit her son, a junior at LSU. “Last month we all went to Belize for spring break and a beach vacation. We leave here for Scottsdale to visit my high school basketball teammate and some golf dates there at McCormick Ranch. . . . Also spent some days in the fall at Pinehurst and golfed with my Wesleyan teammate, Fran Spadola. Fran . . . can still hit that golf ball a long way (after all he was a real slugger in the Red Sox farm system). Such an enjoyable fun day with a really class-act teammate and friend from Wesleyan.”

David Freedman spent the winter in Puerto Rico with his wife, Carmen. “We still have good friends there and enjoy the holiday party season and new restaurants that have sprouted post-pandemic.” He also wrote that he “worked on a potable water project sponsored by a local Rotary Club in Puerto Rico . . . there are pockets of poverty that don’t have drinking water. If any of our classmates have experience in this type of relief effort, please share. My email is lcdodavidfreedman@gmail.com.”

Paul Dickman died just before Reunion. He and Fran lived in Phoenix, where he led the pathology department at the Children’s Hospital. Paul was a re

Rick McGauley lives in Orleans, Massachusetts, and has family close.

Rip Hoffman resides in Redding, Connecticut, and is a Lutheran minister on call.

John Mergendoller ’68, travels, birds, and studies north of San Francisco. His family takes the whole image on the Christmas card.

Mo Hakim ’70 is the Lemonade King. His organic beverages are widely available.

Phil Dundas ’70 winters in Abu Dhabi and summers in Westbrook, Connecticut.

The death of Professor Richard Buel saddened many. While he lived at Essex Meadows, his presence along the Connecticut shoreline was apparent. He and I met monthly at a CVS. He led a remarkable life.

Daughter Annie is a child therapist in New Jersey and rescues dachshunds; five right now. Other daughter, Liz, has three children, ages eight to 14, girl/boy/girl, in Dundee, Michigan. Her husband works in an area nuclear plant.

Our world has shrunk to clinics, CVS, and TV. Maybe add library and food. I read large print. God willing, I will return for Commencement. Writers/artists/friends always welcome in Old Saybrook.

From William “Mac” Runyan:

“Hello Class of 1969,

“I attended Wesleyan for the freshman year of the Class of 1969. I liked much about Wesleyan and played on the freshman soccer team. But after one year, decided I wanted to go to a co-ed school. Applied to Harvard, Swarthmore, and Oberlin. Admitted to Oberlin, attended there from 1966 to 1969. Then went to Harvard in clinical psychology and public practice from 1969 to 1975. Then was a professor at UC Berkeley, from 1979 to 2010, in the School of Social Welfare and affiliate professor in the Psychology Department.

“I have a website at williamrunyan.com. Includes a relaxed photo I like; and access to articles, chapters, and several books in the study of individual lives. In 1982 I published Life Histories and Psychobiography: Explorations in Theory and Method (Oxford University Press). [Below] is a photo I had taken for the book which was never used. Title for the photo in my mind is Psychologist on the Way Up . . . He Hopes.

“What kind of psychology to pursue? In the freshman dining hall at Wesleyan, Jeff Wanshel brought a copy of Toward a Psychology of Being (1962) by Abraham Maslow. This led to Carl Rogers. I felt this is a kind of psychology I would like to pursue. I have focused on the study of individual lives.

“I was flattered to win a lifetime achievement award and have a Festschrift with 17 people writing short articles about my work, their work, and our relationships. This was recently published in the fall 2023 issue of Clio’s Psyche. I hope to soon get the whole Festschrift added to my website, williamrunyan.com or a new related website.

“I’d love to hear from anyone who feels like communicating.”

Jim Adkins says: “I am finally ending my medical career the end of this year. . . . I can’t keep up with the rate of change of info and don’t want to! Contact with old roommate Bob Kayser who, after spending his adult career in the snow of northern New York, moved to south Alabama and is now on route to moving back to upper New York. I continue to play my horn as much as possible and travel as much as I can (need to do before can’t). Progeny are all well as are subprogeny . . . wife (spent most weekends at the Tech) continues in assisted living with multiple medical issues. Enjoy hearing what the rest of the class is up to.”

From Rick Pedolsky: “I’m still living in Stockholm (though wintering in Nerja, Spain). Still with my lovely Cecilia (it will be 50 years next year). Still running my business (though looking for a buyer). And still hoping that we’ll see each other at the next reunion (is it in the works?).”

Stu Blackburn writes: “I was featured in an ‘author profile’ column in Sussex Life in July this year. (Not exactly Time, but I was chuffed.) My wife and I are happily tending roses in a typically damp and cool English summer.

“My new novel, All the Way to the Sea, which is set largely in rural Rhode Island, is now out and available from Amazon. 

“Just wondering if you know how many of our classmates went into the military, either before or after the draft lottery in December 1969. My next novel is about someone whose life is turned upside down by getting a low number in that lottery. Any idea of who got ‘caught’, who fled to Canada, etc.?”

Darius Brubeck says that his book, Jazz at an African University and on the Road, was published in South Africa in May, and the international edition will come out next year. “At present it is only available in South Africa.”

Darius also said that “Our Wes-grad grandson, Nathaniel Elmer ’14, was married this June (to Wes grad Shira Engel ’14) after graduating from Yale. He is now a fully qualified architect; and our Wes-grad granddaughter, Lydia Elmer ’17, is in Chicago, awaiting her bar exam results.”

Fred Coleman sent in news highlighting his busy year. He has a new granddaughter, Laurel, born to youngest daughter Jennifer (Andy). . . . He also just presented “The Intersection of Faith Practices and the Development of Human Rights Driven Mental Health Care” at the Parliament of World Religions in Chicago. This was  done “in collaboration with a global mental health learning collective—[a] group of 16 teams in nine countries, which meets monthly by Zoom webinar and holds a yearly conference in Africa. I’ve been doing this for over a decade and it is challenging and very rewarding.”

Since Tony Mohr’s memoir, Every Other Weekend—Coming of Age with Two Different Dads, published in February, he has done bookstore readings and has appeared on podcasts. Tony says it “has been all sorts of fun. My next gig takes place at 6:00 p.m. PST on November 4, on Hollywood 360. Read more about it at www.anthonyjmohr.com.”

He goes on to say, “Beve and I spent the month of April in Australia and swept along the entire east coast, from Tasmania to Melbourne to Sydney to the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree Rainforest. The place is grand—friendly people, brilliant scenery, lots of culture ranging from aboriginal to modern. Go there before we leave this world.

“And I’m still sitting on the bench part time. Despite being retired, it’s good to keep one’s toe in the water.

“Finally, I still can’t let go of my wonderful Argus memories (Jim Drummond and Jeff Richards, I’m looking at you), which is a reason I’m still one of the editors of the Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative’s Social Impact Review. We’re always looking for good articles and op-eds as well as interviews with interesting people. If the spirit moves, send us something. Cheers, Tony”

Nick Browning: “I exchange emails filled with political outrage and occasional despair almost daily with Peter Pfeiffer and I think we’re both keeping one another afloat in these perplexing political waters. I see Peter Cunningham occasionally. He’ll have a photograph book published shortly, which I suspect will be wonderful. Walter Abrams,  Rich Kremer, and I play golf almost weekly up here in Vermont. Kremer still reigns supreme with a golf club.

“My wife (Rebecca Ramsey ’75) and I have loved living in Vermont since we retired up here about four years ago.”

Steve Hansel: “Greetings from HOT and humid NOLA . . . breaking records this summer in the wrong directions . . . heat and drought. . . .  Grandchild #9 arrived February 28 and Sofia Florence is thriving. First grandchild in more than 10 years and first for #4 son, Nick, and his wife.

“Disappointed by the legacy move . . . just another brick out of the wall of alumni loyalty . . . a predictable reaction along with other similar schools.”

John Mihalec regrets our loss of classmate, Dan Rose, a first-class person in every respect. (His obituary can be read here: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/daniel-rose-obituary?id=52462823)

In April Bob Dombroski traveled “to theGalapagos, enshrined by Melville—The Encantadas—and Darwin: tortoises may hold the secret of longevity?”

Bill Currier continues to take on interesting pro bono cases for clients who want to fight back; taught a white-collar crime class he made up to 11 wonderful Chinese law students (25-year-olds) in Shenzhen at the Peking School of Transnational Law via Zoom; working on a second novel; spent three weeks in Martinique writing and enjoying trade winds during Carnival on a beautiful fragment of France. First significant trip after three years of COVID. Wishing us all health, productivity, and a glimmering  understanding of it all.”

Rameshwar Das: “I’ve been leading online meditation three times a week through COVID, living between form and formless. Also returning to my photographic roots and finally learning Photoshop . . . old dog, new tricks.

“Here’s a recent one: Sunflower Corona ©2023 RameshwarDas

“Ahad Cobb has written a wonderful memoir, Riding the Spirit Bus. Jeff Wanshel and Edi Giguere moved to Pasadena and still sound whole.

“My final book with Ram Dass MA ’54 is cooking along, came out in paperback last fall. . . . Ram Dass/Richard Alpert got his master’s in psych at Wes. https://beingramdass.soundstrue.com/

“Thanks for stretching out the narrative! Love to us all, Ramesh”

Rob Pratt writes: “I just returned from five weeks in the Solomon Islands, where my company is working with the government in putting together a major solar and energy efficiency project. Great trip, and I’m enjoying getting to know new Solomon friends.”

Charlie Morgan shares this update: “It looks like my book on the Massachusetts Constitution finally will go to print in September.” Charlie summarizes it as following:

“The book contradicts several commonly held beliefs of many Massachusetts lawyers since it asserts that the Massachusetts Constitution contains a patchwork of eight provisions that, when considered together, comprise a larger whole granting any person standing to have a grievance heard in court. It asserts that the many instances where Massachusetts courts have refused standing to plaintiffs are fundamentally flawed. The analysis will revolutionize Massachusetts court practice and pleading if it stands up to scrutiny. I expect that, at a minimum, the book will generate heated debate among Massachusetts lawyers and judges over the issues that it confronts.”

John Hickey: “I was saddened to learn that Gordon Holleb died. I remember seeing Gordon playing rugby on the field adjacent to the Foss Hill dorms freshman year on Saturdays and was amazed at his maturity in leading a ‘T-group’ with a group of sophomores (including me) with his pipe in his mouth our sophomore year. I learned that Gordon managed to parlay that interest in group therapy into an inventive group therapy clinic in Cambridge and later into a full-blown career as a therapist in Berkeley.”

Steve Broker lets us know that “Linda and I continue to divide our time between homes in Cheshire, Connecticut, and Wellfleet, Massachusetts, with regular travels to Maine to see family. My birding took me to southeastern Arizona in July, and both Linda and I will be on Monhegan Island in September. Our dear friendship with Bob Pease (Chelmsford, Massachusetts) is in its seventh decade. Brother Tom ’66 and sister-in-law, Louise Chow, have retired this month from spectacular careers in virology at Cold Spring Harbor Labs, Rochester, and University of Alabama, Birmingham.”

Bill Demicco says, “Marie and I still doing well. Best place to be is here in Maine, especially given wildfires, record heat, tornadoes, etc. elsewhere. Our daughter, Elizabeth (MD, PhD ), now full professor [in] Toronto. Also new roof on farmhouse.”

Alex Knopp “recently finished my several terms as president of the Norwalk Public Library and helped secure on-site parking for the library’s new expansion plan. I was recently appointed to serve on a new state commission to review Connecticut’s educational funding of magnet schools and other school choice programs. I still serve on the Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board. I walk our municipal golf course several times a week during the summer and was able to win our D Flite Club Championship. My wife, Bette, is having her second book of short stories published (along with two novels). She received her first publishing contract by email as we drove up to our class’s 50th Reunion four years ago! Hope all of my classmates are doing well, Alex.”

Ken and Visakha Kawasaki sent in recent photos from their home in Sri Lanka.

Late August. Old Saybrook, Connecticut. Mornings start with swimming at a local health club. Home for breakfast, New York Times, and cooking. Minicrock vegetable soups—tomatoes, cukes, squash, beans, basil, herbs, and stock. Re-reading Hemingway and realizing his immense artistry. Peter Pfeiffer and Stuart Blackburn published new books. I highly recommend both. Regular visits to Acton Library, Estuary Thrift Shop, Florence Griswold Museum, and Parthenon Diner. Packing for family vacation at Point O’Woods, Fire Island. Red Sox can hit but fielding is suspect. Go Pats, Celtics, and Bruins!

Charlie Ingrao said, “Kathy and I focus on Third World travel. One hundred eleven countries off my bucket list. Our tour guide in Gambia was Momodou Ceesay’s ’70 younger brother.”

John de Miranda’s son Colin is a Peace Corps volunteer in Ecuador. “We will visit him in July and look for property in Mexico. I continue to teach at UC San Diego in addiction research.”

Jeff Richards “is as busy as ever. Did Ohio State Murders with Audra McDonald, Pictures from Home with Nathan Lane, and projecting a revival of August: Osage County with Wes alum Bradley Whitford ’81.”

Darius Brubeck “prepares for late spring launch and tour for a memoir, Playing the Changes. I will see Wes people at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club when my quartet plays. Keep talking about retirement but. . . .”

Roy Willits and his wife “went fishing in Alaska. Travel is a major focus, though health concerns can change plans. When working, I enjoyed writing code and mentoring new programmers.”

Steve Knox and his wife live in Asheville, North Carolina. “Both our daughters and their families live within walking distance of us. This is a liberal oasis. Sizeable sums are set aside for potential reparations. After my years of law and civil rights, Asheville is a good place to retire.”

Bob and Jane Watson still enjoy seeing patients in their psychoanalytic practices. “Daughter Joanna has opened a clinical psych office near us in NYC. Her husband attends NYU Medical School. Our son operates a tourist business in Cartagena. We celebrated my 75th in Italy and learned that Dan Jones is in NYC and Venice.”

Pete Pfeiffer wrote, “Thanks for keeping track of this dwindling herd. Gordon Holleb, engaging and compassionate, passed away after a long, debilitating illness. I will miss him. Solastalgia, my current take on Maine loggers, is on Amazon.”

Dr. David Siegel received the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. “This award is based upon scholarly accomplishments, social activism, and community involvement.” 

Ken Elliott said, “In my Maine town, population 1,400, I’m on the Aging in Place and Broadband Committees. Solo aging and the study of the Japanese language are avocations. I’m looking forward to some immersion studies soon and Japan’s excellent hiking trails.”

Harry Nothacker eulogized Doug Bell ’70, who passed away this spring. “Doug and I were close friends over the past two decades. Our annual meeting was in Florida, where Doug was a successful entrepreneur. He was a wonderful person, and we will miss him.”

Charlie Morgan “is in the publishing queue at West Publishing for his book Guarantees in the Massachusetts Constitution. . . . Life continues to be an adventure.”

Tony Mohr’s memoir, Every Other Weekend: Coming of Age with Two Different Dads, rose to #1 in its Amazon category. “I’ve enjoyed my 15 minutes of fame.”

Harold Davis “is well. We visited Nice, Cannes, and Nuevo Vallarta, while enjoying family and friends. I’m participating in photography shows and selling a few.”

In early March Peter Cunningham was interviewed by David Remnick for the New Yorker Radio Hour about long-forgotten photos of New Jersey taken by well-known French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson. (Peter was Cartier-Bresson’s assistant for a documentary.) You can listen to the full story here:

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/tnyradiohour/segments/jersey-cartier-bresson

Jim Weinstein “career coaches, sings, and travels—France, Italy, Iceland, Ecuador, Tanzania, Rwanda, and the Dominican Republic in the last year. I maintain regular contact with Bill Currier and Steve Mathews, who are both healthy, happy, and fully engaged in their lives.”

Stu Blackburn’s new novel, All the Way to the Sea, is available from Amazon.

Ken and Visakha Kawasaki’s Buddhist Relief Mission is bringing food to widespread areas of Sri Lanka where there are nutrition problems.

Nick Browning: “My wife [Rebecca Ramsey ’75] and I are living for three months this spring in a condo we own in Fort Collins, where our daughter lives with her husband. She had a baby at the end of January (our first granddaughter after five grandsons) and we’re both reveling in the best compensation for aging, which has been the joy of grandkids. We moved a couple of years ago from Lexington, Massachusetts, to Vermont, just outside of Woodstock, and have loved living up there. We’re both psychiatrists and have discovered we’ve been able to work quite well remotely, which seems very fortunate because it’s allowed us so much flexibility. Our life with family and friends continues to be wonderful and rich, but at the same time, we worry endlessly about the larger world.”

We’re just back from a poetry reading at the senior center. Elsewhere, two banks failed. Russia and Ukraine destroy each other. The Sox shine in the Grapefruit League. Basketball and hockey approach their playoffs. Read Pete and Stu’s books.

Google: florencegriswoldmuseum.org. If you’re in the Old Saybrook area, don’t miss it. We have lots of guest passes.