Class Notes 1950s ‘51 A mini-reunion for four members of the Class of ’51 took place in February when Harold (Hal) Seitz, Leonard (Len) Every, Harold Jaffee and David (Dave) Silverhart and their wives got together. “We’ve been friends for almost 60 years and are all leading active retirement lives,” wrote Hal, a resident of Florida.
‘57 Ann Parillo is the producer and host of “Schenectady
Today-The Wednesday Edition,” a live television show on the Public Access Channel in Schenectady County. Since 1998, Ann has played host to many local celebrities, academicians, politicians, chefs and regional activists. Last fall she received Haven’s Schenectady Movers and Shakers Award for her work in community television and service. Over the past year, Ann has traveled twice to China with longtime companion Gregg Millett, who recently was honored by the National Museum of China in Beijing. Gregg’s gift of his father’s color slides depicting daily life in China more than 60 years
ago are considered a national treasure by the Chinese government and have been exhibited in both China and the United States. Contact Ann at aparillo@nycap.rr.com.
1960s ‘66 Alice McMorrow Sliter and husband William (Bill) Sliter recently sold their Marathon (N.Y.) Village Pharmacy after nearly 30 years in business. The store will become the third Kinney Drugs in Cortland County. The Sliters have no special plans for retirement but remain very active in the Marathon community, where Alice serves as secretary of the Maple Festival Committee and Bill is a member of the Lions Club.
Front to back: Andy and Dave Silverhart, Jean and Len Every, Judy and Harold Jaffee and Sabina and Hal Seitz
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1970s ‘71 Bernard Graham has been appointed interim provost of Wilkes University, where he has served as dean of the Nesbitt College of Pharmacy and Nursing since 1995. He brings more than 35 years of experience to the interim post. Before his tenure at the college, Bernard served as associate dean of the College of Pharmacy at Idaho State University and as an associate professor at the University of South Carolina. He resides in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., with his wife Doreen Zobre Graham, a pharmacist at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. … John W. (Jack) Becker retired in February after many years working both in an independent pharmacy and for a large corporation. Jack bought the Becker Pharmacy in Red Creek, N.Y. in 1975. In 2002, he sold the business to Rite Aid and moved to the company’s pharmacy in Wolcott, N.Y. Now that he has retired, Jack spends some of