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Notes: December 1996

Bill Everett retired from the Electric Boat Company ("submarine") in 1992. Having attended Connecticut College for four years (in Russian and music), he is now enrolled at the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford, taking composition and form analysis. In addition, he is taking up the bassoon. (That should keep him busy for the next 25 years!) Wife Joyce is manager of Stonington Travel. Son Carter is with "Refried Confusion," a rock and southern-blues band. Son James is schedule to receive his MS in Forestry from Yale. Son Rob is moving up in the grocery world and considering graduate school. No daughters-in-laws and no grandchildren.

Temby Argall is living in Salisbury, Connecticut, having gotten divorced and retired from emergency medicine (21 years) and general practice (ten years before). A disc operation last year was a failure. Fortunately he has three immensely supportive daughters and two grandsons "who provide (him) with ecstasy and immeasurable delights" It took until he retired to get Bob Rhoads listed in Who's Who in American Law. Dede and Phil Clover (philede@aol.com) are thinking about repotting themselves in North Carolina after a dozen fun-filled years in New Jersey.

Roy Gillespie is enjoying retirement from Procter and Gamble. He is doing financial consulting, civic projects, and travel. He welcomes visiting Yalies to stop by Indian Hill Village, 20 minutes from downtown Cincinnati. Hugh Thompson says "retirement is great!" He summitted Mount Ranier in August. Youngest son is getting married.

Bill Keen has truly adjusted to the "new world" of downsizing by anticipating the event and moving on to a better job before he was forced to! He felt good to have beaten out younger competition. "For the first time, having Yale, Tau Beta Pi, and my first employer after Yale on the resume was confirmed to assist greatly in the decision. The most probing question of the interview was, 'In view of your qualifications, why are you interested in a temporary job?'" How would we answer that, he asks?

Frank Brown remarried in April 1995, to Linda Vinson of Charleston, South Carolina. He now has two more children, all five in their 20s and very different. Frank is spending his time around New York City, Wilton, Connecticut, and now Charleston. He likes living in the 18th century. Denis McWhan continues as an Associate Director of the Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island. He has three children: Susan, a lawyer in Boston; Jeanette, a physical therapist in Boulder, Colorado, and David, an architect in Boston.

Victor Norton, a professor in Bowling Green, remarried last year to Kathleen Tweney. He spends a lot of time these days riding motorcycles around the country, England, the Continent, New Zealand, and South America (e-mail: nortron@bgnet.-bgsu.edu or http://ernie.bgsu.edu/-norton).

From Ink Clark: "After ten years in Yale's administration as Dean of Trumbull College, then Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid, and 22 years as Headmaster and President of Horace Mann School, I'm now retired, though busy with a number of projects. I'm still on the staff of Camp Dudley, coach varsity baseball at Poly Prep in Brooklyn, and on the vestry of Christ Church in Riverdale."

Keith McEligot survived the summer hurricane on the New Jersey shore. "Golf score is getting more like my bowling scores and vice versa." Sarah and Bob West did their first trip to France this past summer, arriving in Paris 72 hours before the TWA crash. After Paris, they and friends rented a 44-foot barge for a trip on the Canal du midi. The end of the summer was spent at their island cottage on the Maine coast with all of their children and their young grandson, Luke. "Nice!"

Ed Cook continues to labor away as Cabinet Secretary and Director of the Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation. Tim Towell retired from the State Department where he served as Ambassador to Paraguay. He is now Chairman of the Paraguay-American Chamber of Commerce and President of the Foreign Policy Group.

Washington, DC, and the corporate headquarters of Citicorp was the site in late September of a gathering of Yale 1957; organized by Jim Banner and hosted elegantly by Steve Hopkins. It was a warm and friendly gathering that included: Agnew, Armstrong, Armor, Banner, Erickson, Gibb, Goode, Hopkins, Edwin Johnson, Joost, Kosto, Perkins, and Towell.

Bill Hinrichs enjoyed two family scholastic milestones this year. His oldest son graduated from University of Missouri Medical School and is now in a surgical residency in Kansas City. His youngest son graduated four days later from Princeton and is now a member of Princeton '55's Project '55 in San Francisco, where he will be working with inmate families at San Quentin and with the Criminal Justice Consortium in Oakland. The latter group focuses on ways to improve the effectiveness of the justice system in areas such as criminal recidivism. Having graduated from Lawrenceville, which was five miles down the road from the Princeton festivities, Bill had a chance to visit both. He also plans to get a close look at Yale in '97 and renew friendships.

Dick Arnold's daughter Lydia married Terry Turnipseed, a lawyer and nuclear engineer. Both will be practicing law in Washington. Older daughter Janet is also a lawyer married to a lawyer. "So I am batting 1,000 (or 0,000, depending on your point of view.)" In December Dick will complete nine years as Chairman of the Budget Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States, the committee responsible for asking Congress for the money to run the lower federal courts nationwide. "The chief justice has kindly granted my request for relief, and a successor will be appointed soon. I will remain on the executive committee of the conference." So far, Dick has managed to play golf once a week. "My handicap is 14, but I can do better." (Where else have I heard that? –Ed.)

John and Anne Curlett visited with roommate John Loudon and his wife Felicite in England last summer. John has also seen a great deal of roommate John Shaw and wife Anne in Nantucket. He has also spoken with roommate Bob Bentley and wife Anne of Door County, Wisconsin.

—Bernard M. Kosto

Notes: November 1996

I am writing these November class notes in the hiatus between the year's first issues of the YAM, which included all the news accumulated over the summer, and the class dues notices which bring abundant "new news." That timing, however, creates the opportunity to encourage you and others to plan to attend our 40th Reunion. Get in touch with someone, a roommate or a close friend from one of the organizations that were important to you. Pick up the phone and say, "I am planning to go. Can you get away? It will be fun." The class has made the commitment to drop the reunion price and to make this a "need-blind" reunion (details to follow). Yale in the full blossom of spring is beautiful. Come see the renovations, the new construction, and the exciting Maya Lin granite sculpture fountain. Come hear lectures by Yale's academic superstars. See why Yale is number one, and do bring your grandchildren.

Among the Olympic touch bearers last summer honored in the Sarasota Herald Tribune was Steve Colgate of Fort Myers, CEO and Owner of Offshore Sailing School. A former member of the U.S. Olympic sailing team (1968) Steve has introduced more than 75,000 people to the sport of sailing.

Rod Correll is now President of Harrison Technologies, Inc., of Gloverville, New York. Harris developed the gortex ski glove. They are working on new and different applications of the technology.

Westinghouse CEO Michael Jordan delivered the Sheffield Fellowship address on "Technology and Politics." Since assuming the leadership of Westinghouse in 1993, Mike has led one of the most comprehensive restructuring efforts ever taken within a major U.S. corporation. He implemented a multifaceted program to improve Westinghouse's financial performance by reshaping its portfolio, reducing debt, and taking action to boost earnings. In another vignette in The New York Times recently, Mike said that he has tried hard to dismantle a Westinghouse culture that "encouraged people to stay in their box and not ask questions. I really learned how management can direct behavior, how people can be a prisoner of a system."

And then there are the missing Yalies. Please write and let us know if you know their whereabouts: Alan T. McArthur, roommates Sulzer and Wittenberg; Martin I. Miller; Sheldon Nodelman; John L. Pallas, last known as engineer with AT&T in New Jersey; Andrew Rohlfing, retired to Brazil in 1990; Allan E. Smith; E. Peter Smith II, last known as CEO of Twin Disc Internat, SA in Belgium; E.I. Woodward; Richard Young, last known president, Financial Strategies, Inc., Chicago, Illinois; Robert Maxwell Young; Fred Zappala, last known address, Andover, Massachusetts; Jose deVicuna, last known address Villa Ainhere, St. Jean de Luz, Bas Pyrenees, France.

—Bernard M. Kosto

Notes: October 1996

I am sorry to start the first column of the year with so much sad news. Somehow lost in the computer last spring were two death announcements. Mike O'Hearn's wife, Nancy died on March 25, 1996. The class had sent its condolences to Mike at that time. Nancy left Mike, three sons, a daughter, son-in-law, and two grandchildren. I received a note from Ted Chapman and Lynn Chapman, brother and wife of E. Blackwell (Blackie) Chapman, who died on March 22 at his home in Villanova, Pennsylvania, two months having been diagnosed with a brain tumor. Following Blackie's graduation from Yale where he was a member of Branford, an American Studies major, a soccer player, and a member of Fence Club, he had a brief tour in the U.S. Navy and then began a career as an investment manager in Philadelphia. He spent all his working years in a field which he enjoyed very much. Shortly before his death, he was President of Walnut Assets Management Inc. Blackie was also on the board of the Overbrook School for the Blind. In addition to his wife, Lynne, he is survived by his daughter, Ashley, a graduate of Colgate who had just returned east after 18 months in San Francisco, and a son, Mills, who will start his senior year at Hamilton in the fall. A number of classmates were able to attend the memorial service in Bryn Mawr. They included George Atkeson, David Bowman, Sandy Clark, Anthony Hogan, George Hutchinson, Jock Newbold, and Brian Walsh.

Edward Bullard IV, founder and former president of TechnoServe, a nonprofit, international economic development agency, died May 30, 1996 in Wilton, Connecticut, of prostate cancer. Upon graduation from Yale, Ed joined the Bullard Co., a manufacturer of machine tools in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Beginning as a design engineer, he moved on to become chief production and development engineer. The U.S. Patent Office has issued 14 patents in which Ed is named as inventor or co-inventor. Ed was in line to become the fourth Bullard to serve as CEO of the Bullard Co., however, in 1963, sensing that there should be more to his world he took a leave of absence to serve in a church-sponsored hospital in Ghana. "Having observed the vitality of the human spirit in the face of extreme poverty, Ed returned to the U.S. determined to find a way to help impoverished people. In 1967, he resigned from the Bullard Co., in order to devote full time to the creating and organization of TechnoServe, which operates at the community level, conveying business know-how to the rural poor of developing countries. Ed showed great leadership. He served the poor. He sought out those in need," said the Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, President Emeritus of Notre Dame. Ed is survived by his wife, Carol, a son, and three daughters. TechnoServe's address is 49 Day Street, Norwalk, CT 06854.

The Alumni Office forwarded two death notices. Ian Jones passed away on October 7, 1995. He died suddenly of heart problems. He is survived by his wife Sally, a daughter, and a son. The Jones' address is Rancho Palos Verdes, California, is 30817 Via Rivera, 90175-5342. Ed Van Buren III died on September 6, 1995. He is survived by a son and wife Margy, whose address is 51 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003. (Any further information would be appreciated –Ed.)

Phil Lynch's Northern Technologies was a participant in a conference on Innovative Strategies for the 21st Century, sponsored by the AMEX and Forbes magazine at the Waldorf Astoria last May. NIT was the eighth-most profitable and 15th-fastest-growing company last year. The New York Times magazine of July 14, 1996, featured an article by Larry Kramer: "A Good News/Bad News AIDS Joke. Finally there are drugs that may allow people to live longer, but here's the punch line: Few can afford them." Roland Machold was kind to send a photo of Don Beer, carrying the Olympic Torch through Princeton, New Jersey. Don was on the winning crew at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.

The class received a kind letter from Dwight Hall thanking us for our $4700 gift supporting the summer intern program. The class has chosen Dwight Hall rather than the AYAA because their service and advocacy programs are in New Haven. The summer 1996 Harvard Law Bulletin cover featured a story on Gary Bellow, Brandeis Professor of Law and the Clinical Program, which he founded 25 years ago. More than half of all students take part in clinical practice, which provides legal services to 3,000 to 4,000 indigent clients each year. "On a personal level," Gary says "what I still get the most satisfaction from is the day-to-day work on cases with students for people who otherwise would not have a lawyer." Martin and Margaret Pierce's book, Yoga for Your Life, a Practice Manual of Breath and Movement, was published by Rudra Press. "The Pierce Program" is located at 1164 N. Highland Ave., NE, Atlanta, GA 30306.

My apologies to Don Miller, who I inadvertently referred to as Bill in a recent column. Richard Allen, at athena1@garnet.berkeley.edu, has a niche teaching history via the University of California extension program. He and wife, a UCB history professor, have spent a lot of time overseas but seldom get back east where he has family along Route 13, somewhere near the Diefendorfs in upstate New York. Tom and Harriet Perkins have a new bulldog, Pogo Magnolia Muffin, niece of Whizzer, late of Yale. While not "hard at work on our class directory," Tom has been commuting back and forth to New York for his Baltimore law firm, where he is teaching the younger lawyers the finer points or regulatory law.

"A liberal arts education encourages new ideas and critical perspectives," said John F. Turben, mayor of Kirtland Hills and Chief Executive of Kirtland Capital Partners, speaking at the annual commencement of Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio. 'Turben, a trustee and former board chairman at the college, was given an honorary Doctor of Laws." The Gordon H. Smith scholarship has been awarded to David Gruber, TD '97, a chemistry major from Ohio. Active in the New Haven community, David volunteers his time in a local soup kitchen and as a science teacher in the elementary schools.

Don Scherl retired and relocated to California in 1993. "Retirement is unquestionably the best. I have traded eastern cold and snow for California earthquakes, mudslides, and brushfires., I'd say I got the better of the trade." (Those of us who live in the east, retired or not, might disagree. Ed.)

For those following the hearings in New York state revolving around the huge salary and benefits being paid to the president of Adelphi University, please note that the chairman of the state committee looking into the million-dollar package is our own Ed Meyer.

On August 8, a group of classmates met at Mory's to brainstorm our 40th class reunion (May 29-June 1, 1997). Attending were Roberts, Perkins, Gillis, Mongillo, O'Hearn, Davis, Clark, Fritzsche, Diefendorf, and Kosto. Gillis and Davis are committed to serving up the "best reunion yet." That means good food, music, sport for the sports, and panels that will amuse, stimulate, and stretch our young minds. The best entertainment always has come from ourselves. Bud Trillin has been our most risible entry, but the contributions of many classmates have enriched our reunions. It seems logical that more is better, as far as reunion attendance goes. Plan on coming--for sure – and do some proselytizing among those you would especially like to see. What's the contrary sentiment to "We have met the enemy and it is us."? Not so incidentally, the theme of our reunion is "For God, For Country, and for Yale" (courtesy, E. Davis). Mark your calendars: May 29-June 1, 1997.

—Bernard M. Kosto

Notes: Summer 1996

From the University of Buffalo comes word the Society for Advancement of American Philosophy has awarded Peter Hare the Herbert W. Schneider award "for distinguished contributions to the understanding and development of American philosophy."

Gil Merritt was the subject of a column in the Legal Times concerning the government's fiscal crisis and Congress' obligation to fund the judiciary. In the statement, Gil, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, warned that if Congress doesn't make funds available soon, "a breakdown in our system of constitutional order and law enforcement may occur." Also, in March, Judge Merritt, writing for the majority in a closely followed First Amendment case, threw out a lower court's ruling blocking Business Week magazine from publishing sealed court documents from a lawsuit brought by Proctor and Gamble against the Bankers' Trust Company. Under an ABA Journal article entitled "Court Spending Under Review, Waste Seen in U.S. Courthouse Construction, Judicial Conference," both Gil, who chairs the executive committee of the U.S. Judicial Conference, and Richard Arnold, who chairs the judicial conference's budget committee, are featured and quoted.

At the end of February, the annual class mid-winter mini-reunion was held in New Haven. Members of the class heard a very upbeat report from Yale's new athletic director about other things, the University's endeavors to restore Yale to the winning column in athletics and the renovations to the Payne Whitney gymnasium. The talk was followed by cocktails and supper, graciously hosted by Peter and Ruth Fritzsche. The hockey game between Yale and Dartmouth resulted in a tie, with the Big Green scoring in the last two seconds. Among those counted as present, with or without significant others, were: Gillis, Davis, Fritzsche, R. Jones, Kosto, Bourquin, Bab, Roberts, Pendergast, Bowman, Goddard, Neary, Mongillo, Diefendorf, Massey, Marden, Gimbel, Swinchatt, Clayton, R. White, Wrean, and Hockstader.

Steve and Edie Flagg continue to thrive in Hamden (Connecticut) with their combined family of four offspring having flown the nest some years ago. Steve is still active in the New Haven Rowing Club and enjoys jousting with Will Reimann and his Cambridge BC 4+ at national and world masters regattas. The Plastic Surgery Community Faculty at Yale-New Haven Hospital elected him as the Associate Chief of the section. "This could be the kind of post that would echo Bill Buckley's famous quote and consider asking for a recount. As issues of interacting with HMOs, PHOs, IPAs, etc., evolve, does anyone offer a crash course in political diplomatic personality transformations?"

The other approach is that of Bob Weinmann, who continues to head the Union of American Physicians and Dentists based in Oakland, California. There are 5,000 members. Bob sends along an op-ed piece from the San Francisco Examiner, entitled, "Medical Red-Lining Economics Credentials for Physicians."

Another neurologist practicing in the far west is George Perlstein, who has been at the Palo Alto Medical Clinic since 1969. This past January, George was elected executive director of the 180-physician multi-specialty clinic. "The occasion to change the emphasis of my activity from the clinical to the administrative role has afforded me the opportunity to make a career shift that has been provocative and energizing. The turmoil in the field of medical care, especially in California, has added to the challenge. All of the professional accomplishments blanche when compared to the fulfillments of the personal. Judith, my wife of 13 years, is fabulous. Our three children are in the process of graduating, or have graduated from UCLA, UC-San Diego, and the U. of Portland. Life has been very, very good."

Justice Paul Rudman finds life as an appellate judge challenging without the pressure of private law practice. Paul was blessed with two grandsons in December. On the other hand, across the border from Maine in Hanover, New Hampshire, Art Gardiner is practicing law 110 percent of the time with two large clients from his home office. Summers and winter weekends are spent at their farm in Hyde Park, Vermont. Wife Robin is busy with painting and they are both enthralled with their life Andrew, who turned 4 last October. Kim Cheney in Montpelier is occasionally seen by Art and Robin.

Steve Ackerman joined Johnson and Higgins Financial Services, Inc., in Los Angeles last year, continuing in the executive benefit business, i.e. designing and funding deferred compensation and other plans for major public and private corporations. Steve is also going into his sixth year publishing a quarterly newsletter for readers called the Readers Exchange, containing short book reviews, reading-related features, and reviews sent in by subscribers. (That's an invitation for classmates to send reviews of recently read material.) Jane and Steve live in Studio City, California, and are fortunate to have all of their six children and six grandchildren living in the Los Angeles area.

Bill Miller of Louisville, also became a grandfather for the first time, thanks to son Caleb and wife Mary. Lou Franzoni announces from Atlanta the birth of his seventh grandchild. "Not a bad return on our original investment of five children, including Linda, Yale 1980."

Hiram Bingham retired from the Caithness Corp., a developer of independent power, mining, and environmental businesses after 18 years as president and vice Chairman. Tony is now starting a venture capital fund and infrastructure developer called Davenport Resources LLC, based in New York City. He is looking for good high-tech startups and a few good men and women!

After practicing for 35 years in large laws firms, Paul Wentworth has ventured out as a sole practioner at a new address: 1901 N. Central Avenue, Suite 200, Phoenix, AZ 85012. Professor Buell Neidlinger of Music Logistic NW, Inc. has moved to Box 1182, Couperville, WA 98239. (Duly noted!)

The Yale Club of New York City was the site, in late March, for a meeting of the 40th Reunion gift committee, a 1957 class meeting, and class cocktails and dinner, the latter under the stewardship of Sandy Clark. Hosting the gift committee meeting was Don Roberts, ably aided by Martha Schall, Director of the Yale Alumni Fund, and Gerry Neary, who spoke authoritatively on planned giving. The class meeting heard reports from Tom Perkins on the new class directory, Binky Davis on the reunion plans, and Art Diefendorf on the state of the treasury (For those of you who are early planners, the dates of the 1957 40th Reunion will be May 29-June 1, 1997). The crowd at the well-attended dinner enjoyed the after-talk about Yale and its governance by Vern Loucks, retired senior fellow of the Yale Corporation. Vern spoke movingly about Yale and then engaged in a lively question-and-answer session. The conversations continued, in the bar, until late in the evening. Those present, either alone or with significant others, and included some faces not seen in a long while were: Armor, Bab, Bingham, Bodkin, Bourquin, Bowman, Brown, Davis, Carpenter, Chauncey; Chittenden, Clayton, Clark, Cuddy, Curlett, Cushman, Diefendorf, Dial, Fritzsche, Grimes, Halpern, Hearst, Herrmann, Hochman, Hutchinson, R. Jones, Kaplan, Kosinski, Kosto, Kulleseid, Loucks, Lynch, Marden, E. Meyer, Mongillo, Mininberg, Neff, Pegg, Perkins, Pillsbury, Roberts, Rubin, Ruhm, Shaw, Quirk, Walsh, White, Neary, Hockstader, Guggenheimer and Newbold.

—Bernard M. Kosto

Notes: May 1996

Randy and Jane Guggenheimer's daughter, Lynn, a Yale graduate and a Vice President of Client Communications at J.P. Morgan, was married last January to Jonathan Horowitch, as associate at CS First Boston. Jim Therrien checked in from Bogota, Columbia, to help with the search for Al Butler. According to roommate Fred Laux, alive and well in New Jersey, Al seems to have fallen off the edge of the earth.

Jim Mikusky is on the mend from quadruple bypass surgery. He is taking law courses to keep mentally alert. Tad Girdler writes that wife Jean, a painter, has won a number of awards and prizes in the Greenwich, Connecticut area. In early 1995, she was one of 12 grand prize winners in an international art contest sponsored by Eastman Kodak. The prize was an eight-day, all-expense-paid trip to Germany for two. "Germany is a nice place to visit, but it's even better on other people's money." Tad and Jean went on to St. Petersburg to see the "Hidden Treasures" art exhibit, which was glorious. They found St. Petersburg to be a beautiful, lively city, perhaps not typical of most of Russia. Summer, 1995's feature for John Poinier was daughter Sara's (Middlebury '88) wedding in Ward, Colorado, to Ari Gold, a fellow language arts teacher, ninth and seventh grades, respectively. Anne (Washington University '90) is in her second year of medical school at UW after great experiences in her first year and during summer. Jennifer (Middlebury '91) is working in Encarta contract at Microsoft. She and Microsoft husband of a year, Bryan Ballinger, are enjoying their first home in Redmond. Kate (Seattle University '96) is coaching a local high school girls' soccer team and is hoping to ski-coach in Sun Valley this winter. Wife Alice's garden keeps her busy while not job-sharing, volunteering, and bird watching. John retains securities-business sanity with hockey, soccer, golf, and a ski safety valve.

A cautionary tale from Bob Rosefsky about old roommates and keeping in touch. He and Linda Sue spent a week in Tuscany in October. On his return home he called ex-roomie Bruce Schragger to exchange 60th birthday greetings, only to find that Bruce and Irene celebrated the big event in Tuscany at precisely the same time. Finally, Bob called ex-roomie Ron Savin for similar reasons. (I leave it to the imagination of the class to figure out just where and when Ron and Marilyn had been!) Bob and Linda were on the Crystal Symphony world cruise, continuing their guest lecturing activities, boarding in Cairns, Australia on February 8th and debarking in Athens on April 7th. "It's a tough job, but somebody has to do it!" 1995 was a banner year for Bob and semi-work Financial Facts of Life, Personal Finance (6th edition); and The Decision Maker, a software program companion to the textbook (created with son Adam) were all published.

Steve Jackson returned from China, where he had been teaching English at a second language in Beijing. During the year he traveled extensively and made many friends. He is back in Deerfield, Illinois, and has resumed his career in consulting. Bob Bentley married Barbara Buhmann from Savannah, Georgia, on October 29, 1991. He also bought a house in Door County, Wisconsin (1076 Elm Road, Ellison Bay, WI 54210). He is keeping his studio in Lake Forest, sharing time between Wisconsin and Illinois. Bob continues painting portraits, landscapes, people scapes, and still lifes in both watercolor and oil.

Andy Carothers has been spending much of the time on Cape Cod with partner Ginger, who is active in the Wellesley Club there. Any of the class who have settled into the tranquility of the Cape, are welcome to contact Andy at 274 Bay Lane, Centerville, MA 02532 (508-771-8271). Russ Goddard is paying his dues to the Class of 1954 but is planning to come to the 1957 reunion. Bob Armstrong has left the World Bank to do consulting, sailing, writing, and skiing--"not necessarily in that order." Bob has written a book on Ghana to have been published last December. Daughter Abigail is with Earthwatch in Boston and daughter Sarah finished college and is job hunting. Bob, Judy, and the girls will be heading for the South Pacific for sailing and scuba and tramping in New Zealand. "Life is good, mostly."

Ara Bagdasarian, practicing in Southington, Connecticut, writes that son Rainer '91 is a surgical resident at the Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans. Daughter Sabrina is a student at New York Law School. Hank Conlan's California Sun Dry Foods is now the leading brand of sun-dried tomato products at retail. That's pretty good for a 4-year-old company, but how does it compare with the Italian product? Kappie and Harold Hochman are planning to spend 1996-1997 in Italy and Belgium. Older daughter Betsy is married and living in New York. Sandy, the younger, is a doctoral candidate in public health at Johns Hopkins and will be married next summer in New Hampshire.

Chuck Kerr continues to practice psychiatry, to run, and to send long Christmas newsletters. This year the Good seems to out weight the Not So Good and Even Worse. (We love you, Chuck, and hope to see you East sometime soon!) To Jim Banner, thank you for having been the first to respond to the "missing-classmate appeal" with your having located Bob Conkey at 40 W. 23rd Street, Apt. 3D, New York, NY 10011-2123. Phil Lynch's Northern Technologies and its metal corrosion inhibitor (Zerust) have made it the eight-most profitable company on the Amex. Phil continues to travel back and forth to the former Soviet Union with uncommon frequency.

Albert Lieberman is retired and doing some consulting, when not stopping to smell the roses. Dana Bray and wife have been blessed with two grandsons: Spencer Parker Bray and Devon Michael Bray. They had a very active racing season at Saratoga. Dana is playing tennis and enjoying his 60s.

—Bernard M. Kosto

Notes: April 1996

Katherine and John Graff spent three wonderful weeks in Bali and Java on an excellent AYA tour led by retired anthropology professor, Michael Coe. John is ready to give up practice and live in Ubud (Bali) six months of the year. The Graffs' companions on the trip--about a dozen from many different class years, careers, and locales – were as interesting as the tour itself. This past fall, John was elected to the Board of Governors of the Oregon State Bar. The three-year term conflicts with his notion of moving to Ubud. Also, after several years on the board, John became President of the Portland Baroque Orchestra. Their Messiah was broadcast live on NPR last year and is recorded for rebroadcast this year. Their new artistic director is Monica Huggett, the baroque violinist of international fame. Peter Greer had another great summer of sailing, winning, and placing in a number of races. Daughter Chapman is finishing her PhD, Donna a Vice President, Corporate Development, for Health South in Birmingham, Wendy at the American Cancer Society, and Denise going back to college. "We're very proud of them all." Peter is officially retired from the Marine Corps. His certificate says he was a Marine for 37 years, seven months, and 16 days. "There's truth in the saying--once a Marine, always a Marine."

Ken Gergen had a good year, a new son-in-law, a new granddaughter, Jenna Houston, and a new book, Realities and Relationships; Sounding in Social Construction. Yale classmates Merrell Clark and Gus Kellogg and their wives, Lynne and Barbara, were guests at the wedding of Ken's daughter Laura to Warren Houston, at their home in Wallingford, Pennsylvania.

Keith McEligot's daughter Virginia was married in October. The "official wedding car" was a 1957 MGA roadster, bought from roomie John B. Morrell. In 1959, he claimed it would never last; John and wife Mace used the same car in 1975. Elliot Schiffman, after many years of orthopedic surgery, retired last July, Since then, he and Maxine have flown to Montreal for the jazz festival, spent a week sailing on Cape Cod, and were part of the latest general aviation formation flight in history (Bonanzus to Oshkosh). They have flown to the outer banks of North Carolina to spend a week with his twin brother, who is also a retired orthopedic surgeon, and have recently comeback from two weeks in New Zealand skiing and bungy jumping. "Second childhoods are great." (Bungy jumping and orthopedic surgery are oxymorons--Ed.)

Dr. Richard Lewis checks in from Powell, Ohio, where he is Professor of Medicine at Ohio State. Dick is President of the American College of Cardiology in 1996. Chauncey Dewey left Raytheon in June 1995 to become President and CEO of Standard Mission Co., LLC, McLean, Virginia. His new address is 751 Gouldman Lane, Great Falls, VA 22066. (Chaunce, what does Standard Missile do?) John Snider II, a Partner in Warner Norcross and Judd, was elected co-chair of the Aquinas College board of trustees. John chaired the board of governors of the International Hockey League for many years, and is past president of the Muskegon Rotary Club. With more than 130 attorneys, John's firm is one of the largest in western Michigan.

Don Backe is now working with the State of Maryland's Department of Natural Resources as their American with Disabilities. Act specialist, Phil Pillsbury continues to be very active in non-profit boards. They focus on architecture, French-American relations, and student exchange. Phil has been appointed to the Joint Committee on the Environment for the Panama Canal. Andy Glass's son Sam has enrolled in the Yale Class of 1999. Rod Koehler, "in spite of advancing years and slowing mind," became an "enrolled agent," halfway through his 68th year, after passing rigorous IRS examinations and other requirements. Each "EA" is licensed to represent taxpayers before the IRS. "It is still fun to attack the bureaucrats, especially when they deserve it."

—Bernard M. Kosto

Notes: March 1996

On a wet, cold, Saturday afternoon, made more dreary by Harvard's stinging last-minute victory, warmth and cheer were shared with Frank and Nancy Mongillo and their family at their home hard by the Bowl. Present were: Perkins, Bourquin, R. Jones, Heller, Kosto, Gillis, Fritzsche, DeLucca, Kosinski, Bowman, Davis, Pendergast, Clark, Diefendorf, Bodkin, and Sonne.

Dick Massey and family have greatly enjoyed our hockey game visits with classmates at the Fritzsche's home these past few years. "It's great of them to host us!" The Masseys' college years are coming to a close with Roberta's senior year at Middlebury, where she is field hockey co-captain. Margaret and Buell Neidlinger are getting ready to retire. Son Mike is a junior at UC-Santa Cruz, majoring in agro-ecology. Daughter Miranda is employed by M&H Property management in San Francisco. Trish and Alan Lovins are fine. They were attacked, beaten, and robbed last January in Kenya, but ended up having a very wonderful safari anyway. Daughter Aviva had a second baby boy. Daughter Rachel had her first baby boy. Son Daniel started at Yale Divinity School and son Jonathan is in the MD-PHD program at UConn.

Charlie Strong is still VP of Montenay Power Corporation, Waste to Energy Company. The Strongs had an enjoyable trip to Italy last summer, Charlie spends his non-business time in church, chamber of commerce, and charity activities when not following the south Florida sports teams. Mo and Jan Rake will be moving to Williamstown, Massachusetts, this winter (1075 Main Street, 01267). "We would be delighted to meet with classmates who live in the Berkshires and to receive visits from those passing through."

John Peters and Jim Van Alen and a host "of equally fun Yalies" (his words) joined Phil Weymouth for a fabulous bluegrass music birthday celebration complete with wings, ribs, and lobster. Phil is now back at night school studying total quality management. Louis Deluca served this past year as president of the Kentucky Golf Association. Son Sam at 14 is carrying on the tradition by playing high school golf. Lou was in Washington during the million-man march. He found the day positive, with many conversations with men of his own age. Bill Keen writes that after building chemical plants, steel mills, and nuclear power plants, the building of schools seems a bit tame, but probably is more rewarding psychologically and certainly less stressful. He cashed in his frequent-flier miles and took wife Pat to Europe in business class for their excursion of the year to see relatives and friends. The second-biggest event went to his wife's humdrum gall bladder removal, not quite a "drive-through" operation, but damned close. (One must watch one's foie gras — Ed.) Bill's grandchildren count is now five, all within babysitting range, which makes life seldom dull.

Bud Trillin "served up tasty tales of America" at the Rosamond Gifford Lecture series in Syracuse, attended by 800 people, including Art Diefendorf. When the famed good eater asked if and where he had dined in Syracuse, he answered: "Actually, when I'm in this area, I always eat in Utica." (That's an in-joke for people in upstate New York — Ed.) Effective, December 1, 1995, Don Roberts relocated his office to 430 Park Avenue, Suite 600, New York, New York. (Keep that handy, those of you planning to make gifts for our 40th Reunion!) From Legal Times, Gil Merritt was chairman of the executive committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States. The Committee decided to fight off a congressional effort to eliminate court task forces charged with probing gender and racial prejudice. The committee's decision was reversed by Chief Justice Rehnquist.

Dr. Jack Hughes writes from Tucson, where most of the Hughes children and grandchildren are located. Jack drives 150 miles each day to his practice in Casa Grande. In February he will have retired from the active Naval Reserve. He was honored to be invited to join the Society of Military Advisors to the Armed Forces. "While still maintaining faculty roles at the University of Arizona in family and community medicine and at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences in Bethesda in surgery, my greatest educational activity has been with the Governor's Task Force in telecommunications. It is now possible for young and old alike to take a host of courses in remote areas of Arizona by correspondence, videotape, and computer modem, the cost being less than the cost of car insurance for a teenager."

During the Gulf War, Jack filled in as faculty at the Oakland Naval Hospital. When he returned to Arizona, he and Janet found that Casa Grande was a community in severe need. Since he had taught emergency medicine, he went up there to help out and then found that he had built up a rather large practice. Wife Janet is active with Tucson Youth at Risk, where she uses her skills in art and transpersonal psychology. Son Steve has a master's in adult education and is training director of Matrixx Marketing. Megan is in purchasing at Sunquest. Merle finished a PhD in accounting and economics. John is a senior at ASU in chemical engineering. Finally, Jack has been in communication with Joe Clayton about the glee club reunion and also with Jay Conte.

This month's quota of missing Yalies includes the following: O. Robert Conkey (prepared at Deerfield, last address, San Francisco); William E. Cupps; Professor Jared R. Curtis (last address, Vancouver, B.C.); Alexander "Sandy" England (engineer; roommates: G.R. Cann, W.C. Ryan III, J.R. Tracey); John M. Francis (last address, Silver Spring, Maryland; consultant and author); Christopher M. James (roommates: R.N. Gillespie, J.D. Shaw, F.A. Slowick); Bradley R. Krosnoff; Professor Edward M. Levine (last address, Wright State University; roommate, G.B. Clark); Dr. Frank Chi-Wen Lin (professor of physics and computer science; last address, University of Maryland); Alan T. McArthur (roommates: S. Sulzer, C.S Ware, S. Wittenberg).

Last reminder: class dinner March 21, NYC Yale Club!

—Bernard M. Kosto

Notes: February 1996

What have we here? Retirements, new addresses, travel, marriages, and grandchildren. It certainly says something about where we all are at this juncture of our lives! Bob Granger was married on June 3, 1995, to Anneli Piispanen, a native of Finland, at their home in Gulfstream, Florida. Bob is throttling back on consulting activities to travel more and enjoy life in his tropical paradise. John Master has retired from ARCO Chemical Company after 38 years. He is currently a consultant to the Chemical Manufacturers Association on international environmental management systems and on the relationship of responsible care to environmental management systems. His last ten years with ARCO Chemical included executive responsibilities for engineering and for environmental, health, and safety performance. John's new address is 1519 Hancock Lane, Wayne, PA 19087.

Tim Childs became a grandfather with the arrival of Alan Hess-Childs, a happy baby who smiles a lot! Hugh Thompson has retired and "it's great!" Joe Lemmo, also retired, and wife Sharon continue to take advantage of their frequent-flier miles and military space available with trips to Egypt, Jordan, and Israel; Maui; and Spain and Portugal — with "fill-ins" to Florida and a "drive-about" through much of the west. "Retirement is okay!" (I can see why!) Wayne Moeller and wife Joy have retired to Sedona, Arizona, and are in the process of building a retirement home. A succinct note from Col. John G. Miller (USMC, Ret.): "As in the case of our sophomore year, absolutely nothing happened last year."

The following note, received from the sister of John G. Haas IV, testifies to the fact that there are many of the Class of 1957 who have not enjoyed successful or happy lives or careers. "My brother, John G. Haas IV, a paranoid schizophrenic, committed suicide on August 2, 1995, having been tormented many years by paranoid delusions. John is missed. He was a real person with many interests who loved his family. He was knowledgeable and witty, a gentle man." The sympathy of the class is extended to his sister, Jean H. Jones of Spring City, Pennsylvania.

The class also lost Cale Carson on December 11, 1995. With the class news request this fall, I received the following: "At the end of May 1995, I became a quadriplegic as a result of a bike accident. After surgery on a broken neck and three-and-a-half months of hospitalization and rehabilitation, I am now home with home-healthcare attendants. As my wife Karen notes, I am ready for the next lifetime adventure." Unfortunately, this was not to be, as Cale died while out to dinner with Karen. After having graduated from Yale, Cale attended Stanford Business School, returned to New Mexico, and became president of The First National Bank in his native Albuquerque. In 1976 he moved to Hawaii, worked as a bankruptcy trustee, and met and married Karen Hemmeter. In 1991, they moved to Seattle and "ever since have treasured its beauty and diversity." Cale is survived by his wife, four children, a sister, three stepchildren, and three grandchildren. "At Yale, Cale was an oarsman, and always led a physically active life of swimming, hiking, and biking. All love him and miss him and his generous, positive spirit." Karen Hemmeter's address is 435 174th Pl. N.E., Bellevue, WA 98008.

James Carr died on October 27, 1995, after having been stricken with a heart attack while swimming. The obituary and a nice note were sent to me by Bob Barton, who is an ordained elder at the Northford (Connecticut) Congregational Church where he served as a reader at Jim's funeral. "Jim's death was a shock; if he wasn't the youngest member of our class, he was close to it. My understanding is that he had a 'silent' heart attack some time in the past and that once his doctors told him what had occurred he put himself on a healthful regimen — no more cigarettes, a strict diet, and regular swims at the Wallingford YMCA. It was odd that I even knew him. I never met him while at Yale (he was a "townie" who lived at home), but 30-odd years later, after moving to Northford, I found myself on a church committee with his daughter, who then was attending Yale Divinity School. In time I learned who her father was and, mirabile dictu, he and I discovered we were both Yalies and in '57." Jim was a civil engineer, associated most recently with Close, Jensen and Miller of Wethersfield. He is survived by his wife Priscilla of 46 Hillside View Road, Northford, and three children.

Remember the annual midwinter gathering February 27 at the home of Peter and Ruth Fritzsche, with a hockey game to follow. As of this writing in December, there will be an afternoon lecture by one of Yale's finest on a subject to be announced.

Finally, mark your calendars: annual class dinner, Yale Club of New York City, Thursday, March 21. Featured speaker: Vernon Loucks, former senior fellow of the Yale Corporation and present CEO of Baxter International. Sandy Clark will have had the first few mailings in your hands by the time you read this. Last year's turnout was terrific. Let's build some momentum as we approach our 40th Reunion in 1997!

—Bernard M. Kosto