1976
Class Captains Marshall F. Campbell David R. DeCamp Boyden Society Captain Henry S. Fox Steve Riddle, Graeme Howard, Randy Lauderdale, and Tony McDowell played in the Class of 1976 first annual golf outing at Whitemarsh Valley Country Club in Lafayette Hill, PA, last fall (photo on page 60). We heard that “scores were a bit high,” but $500 was raised for Big Brothers Big Sisters of southeastern PA. Stay tuned for the second annual outing!
1977
Class Captains James Paul MacPherson JH Tucker Smith Wayne W. Wall “I am excited to be moving from Chicago to Dubai, UAE, this spring!” wrote Edwin McClendon when we heard from him. “This will be my first expat adventure! The
emotional oscillation between exhilaration and abject fear makes me feel like a kid again. After 23 great years in Chicago I’m taking the opportunity to enjoy another growth spurt, learn a new language and culture, and check a box on my bucket list. “If anyone has experience in the Middle East region, or can offer any advice on making the transition to life in a totally different culture, I would love to hear from you. All the best to all, and look for photo updates in the future.” George Sibley has returned to India, where he had been consul general in Calcutta from 2002–2005. This time he’s in New Delhi serving at the embassy as minister counselor for Economic, Environment, Science, and Technology Affairs. “All is well here in the hinterlands of northern Westchester, NY,” reported Tucker Smith when we last heard from him. “Avery (12) and J.H.T.S. Jr. (9) are relishing the end of school and wondering aloud how many thousands of miles we can rack up this summer driving them places. Jackson had a great year on the ice, finishing second in the Hudson Valley squirt B tournament. His team was coached by Coleman Church ’88, whose son Alex also played on the team and who has become a good friend. Without a doubt, the ‘bucket list’ event of the year was made possible by Jack Bohman, who graciously invited me to join him at the Masters in Augusta, GA, for
the first and second rounds this past spring. It was an incredibly generous offer and the experience of a lifetime for me. I would share pictures to prove I was there but they taser you if you bring a camera on the course. You’ll have to trust me when I tell you I was up close and personal when Tiger made the ‘drop heard round the world’ on 15. That moment, having a cocktail on the veranda of the clubhouse, and visiting the members only loo are memories for a lifetime. Thank you, Jack. Anyone in the NYC area who would like to catch up, please give a call.”
1978
Class Captains Paul JS Haigney Devin I. Murphy Stephen R. Quazzo Brian Herts wrote, “Hello all . . . I haven’t updated for a while, so here goes: I’m still in Cleveland, still a radiologist and head of the abdominal imaging section at the Cleveland Clinic. And my wife of 25 years (!) is CMIO at Akron Children’s Hospital. My two boys are reaching milestones: Dylan is graduating from Amherst College this May and then off to work in NYC, and Wesley, after a gap year, is off to dad’s alma mater, Brown, in the fall. Feel free to give me a poke when you’re in Cleveland to visit the Rock ‘n Roll hall of fame.”
1979
Reunion Chair Luis E. Bustamante Boyden Society Captain John H. Christel
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1979, the incident we had in 1989, and now proof that we have been ineffective by 2013, is clearly a signal that we step up. We step up now. We all have contacts in Asia and China where the demand fuels killing for ivory. If anyone has contacts to stop this effectively, now is the time to act. If contacts don’t come to us, we will go to them. If you know of groups to support who understand that they must be significant game changers for 2013, contact me.”
When we heard from Jim Hardy he wrote: “My wife and I are looking ahead to being empty nesters in September with a senior at Connecticut College and a freshman at Stanford. It will be an interesting transition. Still enjoying my role as president of Jack Wills in the US. JW is a great British brand targeted at the college/university crowd with a quirky, irreverent take on prep and about 85 stores in the UK, Eire, US, HK, and Middle East. It’s youthful and entrepreneurial, which has been great fun for me as we grow and expand in the US. Send all your kids our way!”
1980
Class Captains Augustus B. Field John B. Mattes Paul M. Nowak “On June 11, 2013, Powerhouse Books in Brooklyn published my first book,” says Chuck Smith. “It’s called Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle, and it’s based on a documentary film I released in 1999 about an eccentric painter from Texas who believed that hermaphroditism was the key to immortality.” For more on Chuck’s book, see page 69.
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