class notes Alumni Fund Goal: $200,000 Class Secretary: William M. Taussig, 187 Country Club Rd., Dedham, MA 02026-5639 williom.taussig.1975@trincoll. edu Class Agent: f-lenry ~ - Bruce, Jr.
As summer sprints along here in the Northeast, the following missives ar ri ve at )'Our scribe's virtual door... l-lenry Bruce checks in with the following: "You can expect another war and peace submission shortly (sti ll waiting on that. Henry. ..) . I moved (near New Canaan) . I got engaged. my son graduated Trinity along with four other Class of 1975ers. Lots and lots. .. I guess that means we should expect the extended version in time for next issue. Mike Getz forwards the fabulous news that ''I'm still alive. although most members of our class would be unaware of that fact. I've spent the last 31 years since our graduation living in Grosse Pointe- occasionally ventu ring out when time permits or the va ri ous demands of life expect me roo. Kathy (Worcester) and I will be celebrating our 30th wedding anniversary in August. What she's had to put up with could fill a good -sized book. There's a place in heaven for her for sure. "M y brothers and I rook over the famil y business many years ago and this has helped keep me out of trouble and Kathy's hair. In my spare time I've coached baseball for many years with varying degrees of success (won the Michigan Little League State Championship in 2002 with son Max) . For those who follow baseball Chris Getz of Grosse Pointe is my nephew and not my son . He was the third pick of the Chicago White Sox in last year's major league draft and is currently playing in Double A ball for the Birmingham Barons. I've actually had a few people contact me about him as he played in a number of games this past spring with the major league White Sox. ''We have four terrific children (whose aren ' t~) . Allison spent one year at Trinity, trans ferred to the University of Michigan, an d now works in advertising in Chicago. he's currently dating a guy who's 30 years old. How can that be? Mike. Jr.. graduated from St. Paul's in ew Hampshire, Trinity in Connecticut. and now works for Deutsche Bank on Wall Street. Life is good for Mike. Jr. Moll y is going to be a junior at Brown and has won bronze and si lver medals in the NCAA national women's rowing cham pionships. She obviously picked up a stray gene. She is working at Sotheby's in NY this summer and sees Lyman Delano's daughter Nina quite often. Max is going to be a junior at Deerfield
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in Massachusetts. Except for the few weeks that Molly and Max are home for the summer. we're empty nesters. Weird. "I saw Bob Andrian in April and keep in touch with Jay Fisher. Lyman Delano. and Mark Cleary on a fairly regular basis. Kathy saw Rudy and Beth '76 Montgelas at Dave Brown's funeral in June. Very, very sad. Jeff Ford is Molly's godfather so he came into town from northern 4ichigan a couple of years ago for Moll y's high school graduation parry. All in all life has been very kind to th e Getz fam il y. Hope it has been for you as well." !-lolly Laurent writes, " I have been working for Fidelity Investments for about 17 years and have just accepted a one-year assignment in New Delhi , Indi a. to be head of legal for Fidelity Business Services India Private Limited. I will be traveling with my husband , David Crane. and my yo unger son, Gregory Crane. My older son. Wyatt. will visit from college. A senior vice president and deputy general counsel at Fidelity. Holl y adds that the assignment was to start in August. no doubt just in time to avoid the sum mer traffic jams as greater Bostonians head for the Cape or the mountains. "At least it beats a 'typical' vacation ." Meanwhile. a late Ap ril dateline out of Vancouver from the non -stop business-ori ented P R Newswire read (with a bit of editing) as follows. " Industry veteran and Former President of Sprint PCS. Charles Levine named ew C hairman of the Board of Sierra Wireless. In his role as Chair. Mr. Levine is responsible for overall leadership and effectiveness of the board and wil l be the board's primary li aison with man agement. Mr. Levine has served on the Sierra Wireless board since 2002 . As former President of Sprint PCS in the late 1990s. Mr. Levine led the company through a period of rapid growth . establishing Sprint PCS as one of the leading wireless operators in the .S. Prior to his role as President. Mr. Levine served as Sprint PCS's chief sales and marketing officer. responsible for launching many industry- leading initiatives. His extensive background also includes board posi tions with Somera Communications, @Road. Visage Technology and Lexar Media. Originally from Columbus. Ohio. Mr. Levine graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Trinity College with a major in econom ics and received his master's in business administration from Northwestern's Kellogg Graduate School of Management. '"Charles has more than 25 years of experi ence in building profitable businesses for some of North America's largest companies and he has already contributed significantly to the board as an Independent Outside Director. His wealth of knowledge and expertise will be a strong asset to our organization as we continue to execute on business development activities that will strengthen our position in wide area wireless for mobile computing,'" said jason Cohenour, president and CEO for Sierra Wireless. '"Sierra Wireless is a recognized leader in the wire-
less data industry and I am pleased to accept the role of Chairman.'" stated Mr. Levine. "' I look forward to contributing to the Company's global business strategy and to working with the entire Sierra Wireless team to drive results and raise the profile of the company worldwide."' One of my sophomore roommates, Chip Rome. chips in with the following. " I've just finished up my 25th year teaching and directing theater at a large public high school just outside Washington. D.C. There's a local vers ion of the Academy Awards. like the Tony Awards. for area H S theater. called the Cappies. complete with a black tie ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Center. The program has now gone international , with simil ar events in 18 areas around the country and in Canada. Anyway. I was the director of the Cappies Gala this year (perhaps this was my just desserts for winning best play last year. for Metamorphoses) . A fu ll house of 2500, including 700 participants plus television cameras. etc. The whole nine yards. It was a wild day of rehearsal. bur the event went off smooth as si lk. · "Earlier in the year, my drama booster parents surprised me with a 25th anniversary (of teaching at Robinson Secondary chool) parry. with students from class of 1983-2009 rep resented. I couldn't believe former students would Ay in from all over the country for this! Very humbling. Very. very much fun' Next month I'll be returning to Scotland to check out the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (world's largest arts festival) in preparation for taking my third group of students to perform there next summer. We'll be part of the contingent from the American High School Theatre Festival. which screens high school theater programs to select schools to tour to the Fringe. We've had a won derful time there before: it's theater nirvana! "On the home front. I've been married to Sunny Harris (we met the summer I represented Trinity at the Hillel summer conclave) for 24 years. She heads up the School of Social Work at Geo rge Mason niversity. Our daughter Anna teaches karate and is a theatre major at G M U. Ou r son Robert heads off to Stanford in the fall. That's the thumbnail sketch of life at the moment. Finally. this past spring. Fran and I spent the night at the home of Jeff and Nancy Molitor outside Philadelphia on our way down to North Carolina to visit with various in - laws and outlaws. Jeff. who is one of the top honchos at The Vanguard Group of mutual - funds running institutional asset management. surprised us by inviting Betsy Kellogg l-lamilton and her husband over for dinner. While Fran and Betsy traded stories about their successes and frustra tions with the softeni ng residential real estate market, the guys lifted 12-ounce weights and launched .. and Wedge Specials" toward distant parts of Molly's spacious backyard. Most of the divots were replaced . The Alumni Office report that James