CWRU, primarily doing clinical medicine as a retina specialist and as vice chair. “I just stepped down as president of the American Society of Retina Specialists,” Suber writes, “but have a zillion other cool projects including founding the Retina Image Bank, starting a new company with a NASA-designed blood flow sensor, designing a vision optimization iPad app, starting a stem cell program, and being one of the country’s first surgeons to implant the Argus 2 retina prosthesis. Being considered for chair and director of the Eye Institute, but we’ll have to see about that.” Suber adds that he had a great doubles match last fall with Andy, Ken and a friend at Elkridge. In November, Suber had the chess highlight of his life by getting a draw in a 20 board simultaneous exhibition at the Cosmos Club in D.C. against international GM Lubomir Kavalek, a three-time U.S. champion and two-time world finalist, “losing both times to some potzer named Bobby Fischer.” Suber writes, “I was unbelievably lucky,” and was told “You haf a gret senz of positional pley.” Suber also informs that “Garrett Waters contacted me out-of-the-blue after 20 years to let me know he is now an ordained minister in California, speaks and writes fluent Chinese and lives in a seminary. He’s well, and sends his best to all.” Bobby Thomas’ daughter Emma, 22, graduated from Swarthmore in June, and Eliza, 17, attended the Mountain School in Vermont for a semester, before returning to Concord Academy for her senior year in the fall. “Both are thriving, which is a major source of happiness to us,” Bobby writes. “Polly and I continue the ‘same old, same old’ with work, public health and law and creaky joints. We both are dealing with aging parent issues — I am now the primary caregiver for my mother, who approaches 90 and now lives close by here in Jamaica Plain.” Bobby adds, “Emma and I are both writing blogs these days, but hers is much more interesting!” Charlie Moore and Laura “have become empty nesters this past year,” he writes, “with Bryan ’12 now a freshman at Harvard. By all reports, he loves the place, his teammates, his roommates, everything. The only downer is that he need[ed] surgery for a torn hip labrum and bone impingement, an injury which he suffered early in last year’s Gilman lacrosse season. He played in a lot of pain, though performed well, with some particularly fun wins in which he was one of the MVPs. Originally diagnosed as a strained hip flexor, we did not know of the tear and need for surgery until this year. Surgery went great at Children’s Hospital in Boston. Apparently, his doc is the top hip guy in New England for this type of surgery.” Charlie wrote that he was hopeful that Bryan’s rehab would go well, and that he’d take a medical redshirt at Harvard, and get ready for next year. “Meanwhile,” Charlie continues, “Laura and I have been incredibly busy ‘birthing our new baby’ — DinnerTime, a free to consumer website which makes it amazingly easy and quick for ‘hectic moms and dads’ to plan ahead, shop ahead, prepare and enjoy delicious meals made at home. We raised a little angel capital last year and will do so again this year. We’re now up to 15
incredible team members, many of whom left major gigs to join DinnerTime.” Charlie keeps up with quite a few classmates. “Laura is on the vestry at St. Thomas [Church near] Garrison Forest, where we often see Dixon and Janet Harvey and Annie and Henry Jenkins. I continue to be active with the Institute for Christian & Jewish Studies, as is Dixon. Speaking of the spiritual, Dudley Parr came for coffee a few weeks back, on a swing through Baltimore. Dudley’s doing quite important work helping people who are dispossessed, addicted or otherwise down on their luck, get back on their feet. We recently had fun with Debbie and Dave Campbell and Frank Rosenberg for one of Frank’s wine tasting soirées. Frank and Dave are both accomplished oenophiles, while I am most definitely not, though I do enjoy tagging along. Though I’ll never be able to take Doug Rice, I’m very pleased to be back on the squash court frequently, as my new hip appears to be holding up well. I see Whit Harvey and Henry Thomas also sweating down at the Maryland Club, not such a pretty sight, but good to know that we’re still kicking!” On the judicial front, Circuit Judge Sylvester Cox writes that “a couple of classmates had jury duty and stopped by the office last year. Dave Heubeck had to sit through half a day of jury selection in my courtroom, AND to the chagrin of my court clerk, was not selected. Andy deMuth kindly stopped by the office, but I was in another court. As for the family, all is well. My oldest daughter Lindsey is pursuing postgraduate studies and is a scribe at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C. Erin will graduate from Morgan State University in May 2013. And Judy and I await true empty nesting.” Lee Gerstley writes that his two “super kids” are in school in California, Chico State and Berkeley, and he invites one and all to check out his website at philosophylee.com, an undeniably inviting collection of poignant and inspiring thoughts. Mark Strohsacker writes from Philadelphia that he celebrated his 30th anniversary working with GSK pharmaceutical company last summer, “having survived many mergers and several career changes from research scientist, to bio pharm manufacturing development, to R&D project management.” His wife Lorrie still works as a private tutor, mostly with home-schooled children, and both sons are gainfully employed as well. “We have finally finished paying tuition bills and loans!” Mark adds. “Our oldest is now married and living close by, and both he and his wife work in the front office of the Eagles. We are all still Ravens fans, and very much enjoyed the big Super Bowl win this year. In fact, the Finn made the trip up to Philly for the first playoff game and watched it with us and a small number of other displaced Ravens fans from our neighborhood.” Randy Kiefer and Lynn “became empty nesters at the end of September,” he writes, “when our youngest Bethany got married in a very lovely ceremony. Our oldest Matt had moved out last June and is on duty as a librarian at BCPL Cockeysville. Bethany has been involved in the opening of the new library at Owings Mills. Rob continues his Ph.D. work at Princeton and is off to Google for an internship this summer.”
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