CLASS NOTES
1975 Classmates Terry Markey, Jim Donovan, Mark Vallely, Patrick Durkin, Mike Bacon and Tim Durkin strike a pose on the Old Course at St. Andrews in Scotland.
ished in the high rollers skybox suites. Great fun...really charismatic, energetic classmate, that Chester! So cheers and grins to everyone.”
Rick
David Haythe also emerged from years in the shadows with a brief announcement that after retirement from 30+ years with Morgan Stanley (25 of them in England), he hopes to spend more time “back home.” David reports three grown children: the oldest a forensic psychiatrist in the Massachusetts prison system; the second, Justin, is a film scriptwriter (The Clearing, starring Robert Redford and Robert Defoe) and author (recently published novel, The Honeymoon, by Atlantic Monthly Press); and, the third is a pre-med student in Boston.
lymphoma. Andy was in college and preparing for a career in the Air Force when he experienced severe difficulty breathing and was admitted to the University of Colorado Hospital. Fortunately, Pete now reports Andy is home and progressing well while undergoing a course of chemo. The outlook is very good. Pete asks us for our prayers and refers us to Andy’s journal at caringbridge.org/visit/andrewdunn.
Roy Bruninghaus, currently living in Plymouth, Massachusetts, also responded with an update: “In December, I retired early from IBM. Working for any large corporation these days is very demanding, and I wanted to spend whatever productive time I have left helping my son build his businesses. One of his companies provides managed network services to niche hotels and resorts—primarily on the west coast, where he lives. The other is his consulting firm. He hired me to provide a business continuity and resiliency focus to both companies, and the charge to develop business on the east coast. The pace will be much slower, I can assure you. Will give me more time to travel, to write, and to enjoy New England’s many interesting places. Maybe I can make the next reunion; I will look for the announcements.” Finally, on a sober note, Peter Dunn wrote to report that his 20-year-old son Andy was diagnosed with anaplastic diffuse large B cell
Ford ’75 as “Poirot” in Agatha Christie’s Hot Coffee last February, 2008.
Keep those cards and letters coming! Write to Ross Ogden at OgdenR@optonline.net. Many thanks to those of you who chose to support the Alumni Fund this year, and we hope you can use the class list that went out in March. Keep in touch!
1972 “We really did have a fun time at our 35th reunion! Golfing with Pete Simpson ’72, Peter Carlson ’76, and especially football coach Sean Brennan was terrific,” wrote in Ted Walworth.
1975 Rick Ford graduated from The Professional Theater Training Program, University of Delaware, in May of 2007 with a Master of Fine Arts. Rick has just completed an engagement at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina in Hilton Head, South Carolina. He was “Inspector Poirot” in Agatha Christie’s mystery play Black
REUNION 2008 ALERT! Celebrate the years since graduation at Homecoming Weekend on September 26–27! Reunion year for classes ending in 3 and 8. Please send your news to Cat Scott Martin Martin (cmartin@brunswickschool.org/800.546.9425) to keep us all informed!
Summer 2008
in-law, Dick Anderson ’54, married to sister, Bonnie) and I both went to Brunswick and have many memories of school and life in Greenwich, some quite fond, others funny. My mother’s dance studio gave me the opportunity to dance with every Greenwich girl in the entire grammar school system, which included Glenville, North Mianus, Riverside, Old Greenwich, North Street, Julian Curtis, Cos Cob, and Eastern Jr. High. I have been tracked down by three of the little darlings in the last few years. Very flattering. I guess they wanted to dance! “As to an update after Brunswick, I graduated from Admiral Farragut Academy, and then earned baccalaureate and advanced degrees from the University of Pittsburgh and Oxford. How’s that for tone? For current activities, check out my web site...alanbolte. com. I am currently setting up a location shoot in Panama…a TV production (my 94th so far.) The Bolté Group will shoot in Central America for a whole month. Pretty good boondoggle, huh? Currently running on Speed TV is a series called Legends and Passions. I did all the Ferrari segments. “Speaking of Ferrari, last July, Luigi Chinetti ’60 and I shared two days and nights of revelry at the William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. Concours d’Elegance in Newport, Rhode Island. Coco was there for his achievement in Motor Sports, and I was an honored guest on the judges’ platform. I gave a compelling rationale for Malcolm Pray, Jr. ’46 winning “Best of Show,” which he won for his 1934 Bugatti Type 57C. “Last January, Hawley Chester and I had the time of our adult lives at The Phoenician Hotel ($800.00 a night) in Scottsdale, Arizona, during the Auto Auctions. Since he works for, and I produce for, the Speed Channel, we lav-
Current parent Michael Castine wrote in and said, “Shown here are Knights of Malta Michael Castine, Alain Lebec, and Luis Parajon ’74, a member of the Order of Malta from Cuba, tending to a sick person in Lourdes, France as part of the Order of Malta’s annual Pilgrimage to Lourdes. We met Luis when he was assigned to the American Association.”
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