Alumni News & Class Notes

Alumni News

CORE STRENGTH — ALUMNI LEADERSHIP

Darden’s recent success illustrated by The Economist rankings of No. 4 in the world and No. 3 in North America underlines the notion that our great alma mater is doing well. We couldn’t help but notice that Alumni Effectiveness at Darden was ranked No. 5, reinforcing what the data suggests: Darden alumni are connected and will propel the School to No. 1. Your attendance at admissions events, contributions to the Darden Annual Fund, recruitment of top students, teaching in the classroom and participation in student club activities are unprecedented. Our chapter event support remains strong, and the enhanced effort to elevate our brand via the dean’s recent trips to India and Japan reinforces the strength and connectedness of our international alumni population.

Remaining top of mind is the joint initiative with our Alumni Board of Directors to build the most robust engagement index in the world. We are striving to understand all the ways that you are engaged at the School and within the network that we may not yet measure and to determine how in the future we may capture and leverage all the work you are doing to move Darden forward. Our goal is always to connect alumni back to the School in ways that are meaningful and impactful to help deliver on Dean Bruner’s vision and the School’s strategy.

We welcome Jennifer McEnery Finn (MBA ’00) and Karen Edwards (MBA ’84) as the incoming Alumni Board of Directors chair and president, respectively. They have just executed one of the most energizing and actionoriented board meetings in the School’s history — a clear indicator that their tenure is going to be synergistic and transformational. Lastly, we extend our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Mark Riser (MBA ’94), immediate past chair of the Alumni Board of Directors, for his dedication and unrelenting commitment to enhancing the Darden volunteer experience. His leadership has empowered and motivated volunteers to engage with the School in new and influential ways.

Until we see you in Charlottesville or around the globe, my best.

Jennifer McEnery Finn (MBA

Karen Edwards (MBA ’84)

Michael J. Woodfolk (TEP ’05) Vice President, Alumni Relations

Class Notes

IN MEMORIAM

Class of 1957: Pliny A. Porter Class of 1959: Johnson Crawford Jr. Class of 1962: Wilbur A. Rapp Class of 1966: Beverley W. Armstrong Class of 1977: Steven F. Sell George Stradtner Jr.

1957 • Reunion 2012

HARRY LEWIS RECEIVED A 2011 HIGHPERFORMANCE AWARD FOR CLASS AGENTS. STUART QUARNGESSER +1-410-366-1137 WOODS@DARDEN.VIRGINIA.EDU “My mother was killed by a stray bullet on a farm near Rose Hill. I was twelve years old.” These are the early words in the first of two books of Tipton Snavely’s autobiography. The area to which he refers is the most southwest part of Virginia, where the boundaries of Tennessee and Kentucky squeeze Virginia to a point. More about Snavely later…

I keep in touch with Pliny Porter most every month. When he talks his voice has been gravelly and forced. His throat has been radiated unmercifully, and when he is given chemotherapy for his pancreas, his throat has swollen to the diameter of a dime. When I called him two days ago, his voice on his answering machine was loud and crystal clear. That let me know he is winning the war. Finally, his wife, Kathrin, answered the phone and explained he is being fed by a tube. Editor’s Note: Pliny A. Porter passed away on 16 November 2011.

Dick Wilson, some moons ago, suffered a very serious stroke and his best nurse — his wife, Ann — got him to the hospital in time to save his life, and I am sure her time with him during his recovery was critical. I am happy to report that I recently saw Dick, and he looks younger, with that great smile of his, and his hearing seemed better than before. He was cool, calm and collected. Maybe all of us need a good stroke.

Tyson Janney and Harry Lewis have the idea that this coming Spring will be our 55th year after graduation and that it would be good if we could get as many classmates as will attend — hopefully all — and find a way to celebrate the occasion momentously. Shaele Wood Culbreath, our new director of Alumni Relations, has already started paving the way. She is a wonderful person and cares very much about our class. She recently held a meeting in the Abbott Dining Room with Tyson Janney, Harry Lewis, Dick Wilson, and me.

Speaking of this bunch of gentlemen, Harry Lewis reports that Tyson, Dick, Lee

LeCompte and himself finally got together for their semi-annual golf outing in Charlottesville. They were rained out several months ago. The beautiful greens and fairways are healing slowly.

I spoke recently with Woody Goss, who seems very happy. He has a social life and apparently his children are doing well. He told me he looks forward to coming to our reunion. (There’s our first RSVP for our 55th!)

Lee LeCompte is still wrecking his motor bike and repairing joints (not the kind you inhale before taking a bike ride). Robbie, a master docent at two museums, succumbs to Lee’s masterful play of the incompetence card by cutting the grass and doing all the cooking and laundry. She even makes sure Antoine, the poodle, does his business outside. He plans to see us all April 27-29!

Gene Crotty wrote in: “Three years ago I moved to C’ville with my dog, ‘Jake,’ and began my official retirement at the Colonnades Retirement Center on Barracks Road. We live in a small apartment which is situated within a few miles of the Darden School and only a few minutes’ drive. Periodically, I visit Darden’s dining hall and dine with the ‘Nine Old Men Society.’ I am also involved with other U.Va. departments. Currently I serve on the board at the McIntire School of Commerce’s special fund- raising team, ‘The Cornerstone Society.’ On the Board of Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society in their struggle to defend his honor. I have also become involved with The Miller Center in restoring copies of my five speeches I performed there. I am still writing books on ‘Mr. Jefferson.’ My current one is about his efforts to establish a Revolutionary ‘Prison-of-War Camp’ a few miles westward from where I live on Barracks Road. This is a very interesting story on his contribution to the Rev-War. I am enjoying taking weekend adventures to discover Albemarle County and to learn more about Mr. Jefferson’s adventures here and about.”

Denny Candler and Marilyn are well and are hanging in there when real estate is really suffering. They seem to be resilient when times are tough. I’m proud of them. Denny could always come up with a great joke when we needed it.

Please hold your thoughts as I tell you about Tipton Snavely in the next issue!

See you all April 27 and 28. Please be well,

Stuart

1958

C. RAY SMITH RECEIVED A 2011 HIGHPERFORMANCE AWARD FOR CLASS AGENTS. ED DINWIDDIE DINWIDDIEE@EMBARQMAIL.COM As we start to reach a more senior status, it seems there is less to report so we really appreciate the news we receive. By the time this is in print, we will have wrapped up a Wahoo football season, one that we may not wish to talk about. There are some fall baseball stories and that is a topic of pride around here. Betty and I debated the trip to Omaha for the college World Series last season, but health stopped the planning. We did go to the U.Va. girls’ basketball tournament and from there on down to the Washington Nationals’ spring training in Florida. In the immediate future we have been invited as guests to tour the UPS facilities in Louisville. We had been cleared in advance. On the way back we will stop in Abingdon for a play at Barter. All else are short day trips, almost walking distance: baseball, football, girls’ basketball, and many other functions at the University.

Richard and Shirley Chewning continue to have a healthy love at their care facility in Arkansas. They rejoice in their grandchildren: Rebekah is soon to give birth to their first great- grandchild. Sarah, an AR diving champion, is on a diving scholarship at University of Kentucky. Rachel is in a Ph.D. program in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Michigan.

Alex and Caroline McMillan spend their warmer months in Blowing Rock, N.C. They have helped us find a place to stay when our granddaughter graduates from Appalachian State in June.

Bill Brewster says that since Hap Hackney has moved into a “senior cottage” nearby he is down using the Brewster swimming pool regularly and that is confusing Brewster’s afternoon beer time.

Fred Stow expects to spend a different type of holiday over Christmas. He is scheduled to leave Ft. Lauderdale on December 20th and spend the next sixteen days over Christmas and New Years floating around the Caribbean, transiting the Panama Canal, and then up the West Coast to Los Angeles on a small, 35-passenger ship, the Seaborne Odyssey. He reports “I have been on this one before and they do such a great job! I thought it would be interesting to see what they come up with over the holidays. Texas has been a disaster the last three months. I now have a “lake view” property as I have about 15 feet of sand bottom in front of the boat house and water. No rain for almost six weeks now and a constant temperature of over 100 degrees. I have not experienced this in the 45 years or so that we have lived here. It is just beginning to cool down a bit (the low 90s) but no rain in sight. Not much else going on other than getting high blood pressure from listening to our President.”

Ray Smith and Phyllis live just down the hall from us. He is chairman of the dining committee so you know we are eating well and the cost is right. Ray and I have lunch each month with Harry Lewis (MBA ’57) and Tyson Janney (MBA ’57). That way we keep up with what is happening at Darden and the rest of the economy. If you are close by on the second Tuesday of any month, give us a call, we may be on schedule.

JOHN DODGE JLD4FSHS@AOL.COM Howard Ulfelder tells us “Susie and I have sold our Cambridge, Mass., house and have bought a unit in the Boulders at Riverwoods in Exeter, NH. It is a CCRC and will suit us well when we need it. Our primary residence is in New Ipswich, N.H. so we have left Mass. for good after forty years. I still get to most of the Harvard football games however.

We just returned from a great two-week trip to Provence with two couples who are old friends. We rented a house in Apt for a week and spent a week barging from Avignon to Sete. We will go to Antigua and Barbuda in January for two weeks and then Sonoma, Oahu and San Diego for a month in March/April. Retirement is grand!

I continue to be active in several non-profits and a bi-weekly discussion group to keep active and stay relevant. Susie continues to paint and has just had a show in Jaffrey, N.H.

I wish all of my classmates well and would love to see anybody who wanders north by accident.”

Sadly, we remember Johnson (Jack) Crawford Jr. who passed away on May 1, 2011 after a long battle with cancer and is survived by his wife, Ann Turley Crawford. His obituary reports: “Jack was born in Knoxville, Tenn., May 21, 1932, the son of the late Johnson Crawford and Jane King Crawford. Jack grew up in Jefferson City, Tenn., and Austinville, Va., where his father was a geologist with New Jersey Zinc. He graduated from Staunton Military Academy and received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Virginia where he was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity.

He served two years as a radar officer in the U.S. Army, stationed at Fort Totten in Queens, New York. He returned to the University of Virginia where he earned an MBA degree from the Darden School. Jack worked for Procter & Gamble marketing their products first within the United States from Cincinnati, Ohio, and then for their International division in Scandinavia from the London headquarters. While in England, Jack and his family lived in Newcastle Upon Tyne and Gerrards Cross, and made full use of the opportunity to travel extensively throughout Europe.

Upon returning to the United States, he bought Service Gas Co. Inc. in Wytheville, Va., which he operated for ten years. After selling Service Gas, he founded Wordsprint Inc., a commercial printing company which he operated until his retirement to Pawleys Island in 1994. While in Wytheville, he was a member of St. John’s Episcopal Church, where he served as junior and senior warden. Jack was past President of the Wytheville Rotary Club and received the Paul Harris Fellow award. He also served on the advisory board of Dominion Bank and the Wythe County Community Hospital.

For a fourteen-year period when retirees

from all over were moving to the Grand Strand, Jack launched his post-retirement career, introducing the world of computer technology to scores of adult students every semester from 1994 through 2008. Sharing his skills and his collection of computers, he taught for Senior Semesters, Campus Brookgreen, Community Learning About Special Subjects (CLASS) and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Coastal Carolina University.

Jack loved living in the Low Country, enjoying the hot summers and fishing, crabbing and boating in the creeks of Murrells Inlet, and took pleasure in simply putting his feet in the ocean. Jack was also a great lover of literature, poetry and music.

He was a member of All Saints Church where he was a lay reader and a lay Eucharistic Minister.”

1960

JAMES FOWLER JLOFTUSFOWLER@AOL.COM Ken MacCormac is really/finally retiring at the end of the year. He is finishing up 30 years with Capewell with many happy, challenging and memorable experiences. He and his wife, Mary, were happy to see Ben Weimer and his wife, Cay, again this year, enroute to Maine. His Grandson, Ken II, is graduating from high school next year and very interested in attending the University of Richmond. Perhaps we will meet the Weimers there, if he is accepted and hope to see them again en route to Maine next summer or sooner. It is always great to visit with ’60 class mates, brings back old memories. So call or stop by any time. Best wishes to my classmates and Darden.

Allen Venner and his daughter, Crystal, (who was born in Charlottesville shortly after graduation) and her family took a cruise to Alaska in August, sailing out of Seattle on the Holland America ship, Westerdam. Mike, her husband, Christine, 18, and Brian, 16, were really looking forward to their first trip to Alaska. The first port of call was Juneau on Monday, Aug. 13, the Hubbard Glacier on Tuesday, Sitka on Wednesday, Ketchikan on Thursday and a brief stop in Victoria, BC, Friday evening before returning to Seattle on Saturday, Aug 20th. The food was great, entertainment fun and weather very cooperative. We had a beautiful sunny day to see the Hubbard Glacier and were told that it is frequently enshrouded in fog. The views were awe-inspiring.

One of the highlights of the trip was an entertainment evening in which a ventriloquist picked Mike out of the audience as his “dummy” and brought him up for 20 minutes of fun. It kept everyone in stitches and from then on people came up to Mike and asked, “Are you Mike?” He was an instant celebrity. The trip was the highlight of the summer.

NATE BACHMAN AND JERRY KAVANAUGH RECEIVED A 2011 HIGH-PERFORMANCE AWARD FOR CLASS AGENTS, THE HIGHEST REUNION OVERALL PARTICIPATION AWARD (100%), THE GREATEST DARDEN ANNUAL FUND PERCENT INCREASE IN PARTICIPATION AWARD (88%) AND THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF DARDEN SOCIETY MEMBERS AWARD (22%). IN ADDITION, NATE WAS RECOGNIZED WITH THE 2011 OUTSTANDING SECRETARY AWARD FOR GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY. NATE BACHMAN NDBACHMAN@AOL.COM As I write this column, the date is the end of September … our 50th Darden Reunion was five months ago. Time flies!

These eight classmates and five wives attended the 50th: Nate & Lynda Bachman, Ken & Kate Culbert, Bob Digges, David and Mary Jo Farrar, Jerry Kavanaugh, Reb McCowen, Nat & Chris Pendleton and Robin & Kay Sommers.

At the time, the exact amount raised by the class was not known. The total turned out to be $503,355. In the previous 49 years, our class raised $375,000. Thus, at our 50th Reunion, the class raised $129,000 more (or 35 percent) than in the previous 49 years!

The Class of 1961 certainly did not raise much cash for a long time to reflect gratitude to Darden, but “all’s well that ends well.” Congratulations to the Class of 1961 for this extraordinary cash achievement.

Our magnificent results were largely the result of matches from the Yellow Ribbon Fund. At the present time, the Yellow Ribbon match is no longer available, so a high bar has been set for future Darden 50th Reunion fund-raising.

So far, no classmate has stepped up to volunteer to serve as my successor as class secretary for the next five years. Please respond!

1962 • Reunion 2012

FRED GIGNOUX GIGNOUXIII@YAHOO.COM I received a note from Larry Keller. He started by writing, “Since our 50th anniversary is coming up, I thought I would send you my regular ‘decade e-mail.’ I consider myself ‘semiself-employed’ currently, i.e. serving on four public company boards (which takes a lot of time) and four nonprofit boards, mostly helping them raise money (which also takes a lot of time).” At the last reunion Larry attended (as I remember), he had finished running Kroger’s finance and real estate operations (1996) and had joined Kmart to run their real estate operations. After they filed for bankruptcy, he joined a Milwaukee-based developer, Continental Properties. As Larry said, “That’s all the country needed — another strip-center developer.” Larry said he hopes to make our 50th … I LOOK FORWARD TO IT … Nate Bachman (MBA ’61), another Darden graduate a year ahead of us, mentioned that John Forbes was at his reunion last year and hopefully that will be true of ours. He ended his e-mail with these words of wisdom: “Stay well … (513) 321-1748.” I talked with Joyce Rapp last night and passed on the class’s condolences to her on Wilbur’s death in August. She is a wonderful lady. She might join us next year in Charlottesville. Darden should have a longer article on him.

1963

HUGH CAMPBELL RECEIVED A 2011 HIGHPERFORMANCE AWARD FOR CLASS AGENTS. Frank M. Sands Sr. is featured in “New Members Elected to Darden School Foundation Board” on page 5. ROBERT GAINES RGAINES@SNET.NET Remember to save the dates: 26–28 April 2013 for our 50th Reunion! It is reassuring that many of us are alive and well, can receive and send emails and still use the phone. Thanks to all who responded to the appeal for class notes.

John Wright e-mailed a response. The health and money are holding out so we continue on: “Not a lot to report but to ensure your inbox is not empty, here is our report. We have received an invitation to watch a football game in Darden’s new Darden Society suite. We have requested U.Va. versus Virginia Tech and are awaiting our journey to see the world. We’re in Egypt for the revolution, Turkey for two weeks traveling the country by bus, Slovenia (a beautiful country we strongly recommend) and Puerto Vallarta in a smashing seaside home on the Bay of Banderes with our daughter and son-in-law. After football season we have plans to visit Chile, Argentina and Brazil to close out the year.

“Thanks to thoughtful Lee Forker. I will soon join him to visit Dr. Forbes at his home. Lee was host last year at a wonderful 100 years birthday celebration. Dr. Forbes asked that Lee start saving his money for the 105 party, so mark your calendars! Week after next I plan to see Courtney Mauzy, so I will send you news from the mountains of North Carolina.”

Carter Fox e-mailed: “On July 25, Carol and I and our daughter, Lucy, and her husband, Paul, visited Michael Boemers in his chateau in Bordeaux. Michael showed us around the winery and then joined us for dinner at our hotel. It was great to see him again after so long.”

Received a wonderful phone call from Zeke Knight, who says that even after 16 years with his wife, Ellen, each day always seems like nirvana. They have four children and nine grandchildren, the oldest of whom is 27. His kids are all entrepreneurs living in Tahiti, Hawaii, Honolulu and northern California. It sounds like Zeke has his vacation destinations all set. Zeke and Ellen like hiking. They recommend Bryce Canyon, the north rim of the Grand Canyon and Zion National Park. He points out that there are incredible mountains, deserts and

plains out west that many people never get to enjoy.

The Knights have a small home on a lake in Massachusetts for fishing, rowing and sailing, and Zeke wants to build a 10-foot pram for the grandkids. Hobbies: Zeke has started turning wood and makes bowls out of monkey pod, cedar and mahogany. His recommended reading: Moloka’i about Father Damien, who was just made a saint and who was a priest on Moloka’i, which was a leper colony.

Zeke says fortunately his health is excellent, but he can’t climb up or down the really steep hills anymore. New in the last 10 years is a little acrophobia. Not bad for a 75-year-old. He will be back for our 50th Reunion, 26–28 April 2013.

Wally McDowell called and said that he is retired from the Prospect Group, which placed equity, and is now managing private investments. He and his wife, Annie, spend time on Spring Island, S.C., outside of Savannah, and in Prouts Neck, Maine, about 20 miles southeast of Portland on a point of land that was the home of Homer Windsor. They also have a home in Greenwich, Conn., which I guess is a stopping point on the way back and forth between Maine and South Carolina. They have three daughters, two of whom are twins, one day apart, who live in San Francisco and northern Virginia, and they have four grandchildren.

Wally said his investment philosophy is “barbell style.” That means municipal bonds on one side and hedge funds on the other. He is hoping the state of Connecticut doesn’t default. In discussing the recent hurricane, Irene, he said that they lost a few trees in Greenwich but didn’t lose power (75 percent of the county had no power for up to five days), not much damage in Maine but that Hugo did much more damage in Connecticut, uprooting trees and destroying 65 percent of Charleston not far from Prouts Neck.

Quail shooting is Wally’s hobby, and he spends a month each year following the pointers either on horseback or on foot. He says he could well make the 50th Reunion. I received the following from Richard Shenk: “Bob. Thank you for the effort. I have five grandchildren from my three sons, two of whom are writers, David and Joshua, and one is a documentary filmmaker. I live in Aspen with my wife, Betty Ann. In 2008, I crashed my plane and have been a paraplegic since. I still work out on my tricycle and on sit skis and continue with my photography. I hope this is enough!” Great to hear from you, Richard!

From Clyde Ratcliff: “Attached is a letter that I mailed to you more than years ago. Nothing significant has changed — which is good news for someone our age”:

“After Darden, I went with IBM in Richmond (along with Bob Cross and Rob Jordan) for fiveplus years, and after that to Universal Leaf Tobacco Co. (now Universal Corp.) until 1993, retiring as director of corporate planning.

“Carolyn and I then built a home (where we previously had had a cottage) on the water in the Northern Neck of Virginia (that land between the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers). In retirement, I became interested in genealogy, printed up some calling cards and began to do family research for others. We both have been lucky health-wise, and play tennis on a regular basis.

“Happily, my life is my family. Carolyn and I will celebrate No. 50 next year [2010]. We have two married daughters (one born while we were in Charlottesville) and five grandchildren — four girls and a boy, ranging in age from 10 to 15. We very much enjoy seeing and traveling with them as a group and also with the grandchildren on separate trips each summer through Elderhostel’s Intergenerational program.

“Even without my learned MBA skills (discounted cash flow and all), it is easily determined that time-shares are not usually economically justified. However, on a lark, in 2000 while in Marco Island, Fla. (below Naples), we bought two weeks and have since added four more weeks. We much enjoy spending February and part of March there. So it has been a good return on investment.

“The Northern Neck is not a retirement community as such, but an area that attracts retired people. Carol and Carter Fox live nearby, and we enjoy seeing them here on a regular basis (along with visiting them at their Richmond, Sarasota and France homes). Carter retired several years ago as CEO of Chesapeake Corporation. See Hunter Thompson occasionally. He is married to a delightful girl named Nell (from this area), and is still ‘at it’ in Richmond as a very successful money manager. “While in Charlottesville several years ago, I visited Monroe Hall, which now houses U.Va.’s undergraduate Commerce School — a nostalgic step into the past. Do you still get dreams about doing spreadsheets by hand? Wonder what happened to my slide rule?”

John Wright reported that he recently attended a deceased friend’s wake in Charlotte, N.C., and Courtney Mauzy was there. He looks fit and trim and loves living in the mountains of North Carolina. He even has a picture of the view from his house on his business card. Next week he and Bo will travel to Breckenridge, Colo., for the ski season but his first challenge will be a two-week mountain hike with family members. We compared tractors. On his North Carolina tree farm he has a John Deere 360-radius-turn mower which came with an official John Deere baseball hat. My mower is also a 360 radius turn but a lowly Troy-Bilt model. We may be the only class members who look forward to cutting the grass! We each have big tractors, too. Lucky for me, my big one is a 55 HP New Holland, which dwarfs his 35 HP Kubota.”

Steve Bachand called and you will all be glad to hear he is alive and well but feels chastised in front of all his classmates by our call for class notes using him as an example. Part of that goes with being alphabetically first in our class.

Steve and Phyllis spend their summers in Bridgeton, Maine, in the Lake District near the New Hampshire border in western Maine. True snowbirds, they spend the winter in Ponte Vedra, Fla., near Jacksonville on the east coast. They have three daughters and five granddaughters.

Retired now but still on several corporate and two nonprofit boards, Steve spent the last eight years of his career in Toronto helping solve problems for Canadian Tire, a retailer of hardware, auto parts and sporting goods. He retired in 2001.

Steve has been in touch with Curt Scribner and talked recently with Al Perini. The good news is that the Bachands are definitely planning on being at our 50th Reunion, 26–28 April 2013.

A final note from your secretary: Marjorie and I are happy to announce the addition of our first grandchild from our daughter Elizabeth (U.Va. ’03), Catherine Loring Cardone. We have a ways to go to catch up to Zeke and Clyde. Elizabeth is finishing her residency in dermatology and is seeking private practice in the greater New York area. Our son Robert is building a career in the hospitality industry and is a manager at the Omni hotel in Austin, Texas.

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DICK TATLOW DICKTATLOW@ME.COM David Walentas and wife, Jane, are very busy and generous — no surprise, as they have always been. Back in 1984 they bought a run-down 1922 carousel from Idora Amusement Park in Youngstown, Ohio, shipped it to Brooklyn, and started a 25-year renovation. This September they donated it to the Brooklyn Bridge Park valued at $15 million. This unbelievable treasure is housed in a spectacular building in the park on the East River. I cannot do this project justice as I write for our notes but urge folks to check the website (www.JanesCarousel.org). Jane is the artist while David was the developer of the park back in 1983.

M.E. Costello responded to my call for notes saying he was still working and fly-fishing with his wife in Jackson Hole. There are a lot worse places to spend quality time than looking at the Teton Mountains and waiting for a rainbow trout.

John Porter sends his best to everyone.

Brad Lindsey and I had a good catch up emailing each other this past summer. Brad and his wife, Julie, have their two oldest grandchildren in college (my favorite — where does the time go). Three of his grandkids are accomplished dancers and competed in a national contest in Austin, Texas, where their daughter lives. I have a son living in Austin as well — a really great town if you have not been there. After attending Julie’s 50th college reunion, Brad reports honing his golf skills for our next reunion.

Our life has been busy. Between trips to

Austin and Denver to see kids and grandkids, we have been to Cornell to celebrate my 50th reunion, to Pasadena to catch Pat’s 50th high school reunion, and to Canada to ride the Rocky Mountaineer from Vancouver through the Canadian Rockies for 12 days (that is some experience — and recommended). We had a hiccup this summer when our granddaughter in Denver (8 years old) had heart surgery. The surgery was pronounced successful, and three hours later she flatlined. Thanks to an alert nurse who saved her life, she was brought back (on a machine for a few days). The details are too long for these notes.

I trust everyone had a great summer. I hope to hear from more of you at our next submission, probably in March. Thanks to the folks above.

1965

TOM CORDLE RECEIVED A 2011 HIGHPERFORMANCE AWARD FOR CLASS AGENTS AND THE HIGHEST NON-REUNION DARDEN ANNUAL FUND PARTICIPATION AWARD (61%). FRANK ELLETT FTELLETT@VIRGINIATRUCKCENTER.COM News was nonexistent as the deadline for this issue approached. But thank goodness several of you replied to my frantic e-mail updates on your activities.

Had Talbot of New York City alligator fame was the first to reply. “In September 2010, I was accepted as a GreenFaith Fellow in the Class of 2011. (See www.greenfaith.org.) The GreenFaith Fellowship Program is a ‘comprehensive education and training program to prepare lay and ordained leaders from diverse religious backgrounds for environmental leadership.’ The program includes three residential four-day retreats, numerous webinars, extensive reading and four papers ranging from 500 words to 2,000 words. We focus on ‘eco-theology,’ the ‘greening’ of religious institutions, environmental advocacy and environmental justice. I feel a bit like I am back at Darden, but for the subject matter!

“My class, the fifth that GreenFaith has nurtured, is composed of 25 members. About a dozen of us are Christians of all denominations, including a few clergy, about a dozen of us are Jews of all varieties, including three rabbis, and we are the first class of fellows to have two very bright and engaging Muslims. It has proved to be a most interesting and stimulating group — particularly at the retreats. I am currently doing the reading and writing for our third retreat in mid-November, which will be in Newark and focus on environmental justice. We will also meet and learn about the Class of 2012, which is also about 25 and equally diverse. GreenFaith will soon begin its recruiting for the Class of 2013. Any takers?”

Ron Wagner and Gordon Sidford both replied and promised news for the next issue. Gordon is still working hard in the commercial mortgage business.

Henry Dodge wrote that his over-50 seniors tennis team won the state tennis championship and was recognized as the “Team of the Year” in Mississippi. He opines that “It doesn’t get harder every year — it gets harder every shot.” He has just begun a $6.3 million fundraiser for the Elvis Presley Foundation to add venues to the birthplace grounds. It’s already the largest tourist attraction in Mississippi. He has raised $3.7 million so far.

Peter Glover is still working for Commonwealth Engineering, soliciting engineering work for them at northeast refineries. He is active in church work and on the executive committee of the Republican Party of Delaware’s Sussex County. He and Betsy enjoy their six grandchildren. He comments, “You don’t grow old if you stay busy.”

Walter Witschey sent the following: “The book I’ve just completed, with my colleague Cliff Brown of Florida Atlantic University, is called Historical Dictionary of Ancient Mesoamerica and is being published next year by Scarecrow Press as part of one of their series. We prepared about 1,000 entries covering the land of the Aztecs, Toltecs, Teotihuacanos and, of course, the Maya.

“My oldest granddaughter just got her driver’s license, and New Orleans is now under yet another threat. Thanks to double cataract surgery, I can see again. Fall classes at Longwood University are terrific — I teach ‘Introduction to Anthropology’ to 45 students and ‘Introduction to Geographic Information Systems’ to a lab class of 15. Another two years and my students will be the age of my grandchildren.”

Since there will not be another issue before the holidays, Lucy and I want to take this opportunity to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and a prosperous and healthy New Year.— Frank

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SEND TO DARDEN ALUMNI RELATIONS: WOODS@DARDEN.VIRGINIA.EDU Richard Hutchinson writes, “I spent a long weekend in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at the end of September. A good friend and old racing competitor has a second home there. Merle and I traveled to Santa Fe regularly some years ago, and I always enjoy being there. My friend and I spent quite a bit of time at the Santa Fe Concorso, which is a high end collectors’ car show. There were 100 wonderful old cars and motorcycles on display. The facility, food and drink were all first class as well. I had the opportunity to chat with Stirling Moss, Bob Bondurant, Al Unser Sr. and Denise McCluggage. All are titans of a bygone racing era — I still have motor oil in my veins.”

Herb and Susan Crowder are now living year round in Vero Beach and are looking forward to seeing classmates there.

With sadness we recognize the passing of Beverley Wilkes “Booty” Armstrong who died 1 June 2011, after a lengthy battle with cancer. In the dedication of the Armstrong Center for Alumni Career Services, Dean Bob Bruner reflected on Booty’s many contributions to the School: “How wonderful to have this occasion to publicly acknowledge the tremendous contributions that Booty Armstrong has made to Darden. Alumni Career Services is just one of the many ways he has influenced this Institution. He served on the board of trustees from 1998-2007, chairing the Finance/Audit Committee and serving as vice chair. Professional and passionate, Booty always came with a purpose and always seemed to spark action. He has been a mentor, a leader and a friend to many here at Darden. He has inspired many, so it is fitting that Alumni Career Services now carries his name. This honor … will remind us of the role model that Booty is as the center carries out its mission to assist Darden alumni with career management issues throughout their lives.”

1967 • Reunion 2012

BRUCE JOLLY RECEIVED A 2011 HIGHPERFORMANCE AWARD FOR CLASS AGENTS. JIM CAPPIO JCAPPIO@HOTMAIL.COM Greetings from South Carolina! Let me start with news of our 45th Reunion. It is just around the corner on 27–29 April 2012; plan to join us back on Grounds this spring. Bruce Jolly, Charlie Foster and I are planning a memorable weekend. Darden’s expecting more than 600 alumni back on Grounds, so think about booking your hotel reservations soon. We’ve selected the Inn at Darden (formerly Sponsors Executive Residence Center) as our hotel of choice. Call +1-434-243-5000 to make your reservation early and ask for the reunion block. So that you may plan accordingly, the reunion program will begin at noon on Friday and continue through Sunday breakfast.

And speaking of Charlie, here is a note from Free Union Road: “It is discord as usual in the People’s Republic of Charlottesville over a range of growth and transportation issues. Lawsuits and rabble-rousing are constant. The best new bumper sticker comes from out here in Free Union: people have put the FU English oval decal on their pickup trucks and Volvos. As for the spasms of Congressional theatrics surrounding our fiscal state nationally — bring back James Madison — we are bereft of civil discourse. And anybody who doesn’t agree with me is a moron, a fool and a blithering idiot.” Well said!

And a long missive message from Rich Reibman: “My travels this year included helping a friend sail his Tayana 56 from Ft. Lauderdale to Norfolk. Our intended destination was New England, but in a storm just off Cape Hatteras we lost our steering cable and had to rig an emergency tiller.

“Also traveled to Southwest France where Joan and I rented a drive-it-yourself barge to cruise the Canal du Midi. We had tons of fun moving 6 mph on the canal with vineyards on each side. The only catch was the 42 locks we had to go through. This meant lots of scram-

bling and line tossing, resulting in Joan referring to this as ‘Barge Bootcamp.’ We then went to Munich to pick up a BMW on European Delivery (save 7 percent off U.S. list price and you get two tickets on Lufthansa for the price of one. How could a Darden MBA refuse?). This became a sociological adventure as you do not just ‘pick up your car.’ You spend most of a day at BMW World touring the factory, touring the museum and getting checked out on a driving simulator before you are allowed to hit the Autobahn. We then took the car (at speeds exceeding 100 mph, of course) to Friedrichshafen, Germany, where zeppelins are built. Yes, they still make them, only they have nonflammable helium inside instead of hydrogen. We took a ride over Lake Constance (bordered by Switzerland, Austria and Germany) on the zeppelin, which will join the Goodyear fleet in the United States. This is the way to sightsee. Moving about 80 mph at 1,000 feet with little sound or vibration.

“State of the Economy: I well recall that Stewart Sheppard often said that Keynesian Economics was good for getting out of a recession/depression by engaging in deficit spending; but that the flip side (running surpluses during good times) was a political impossibility as Congress would always spend the money rather than run a surplus. This is what has happened over the past 50 or more years, and we now find ourselves with such a large deficit and debt that we cannot increase spending at this time and may be trapped in a slow growth/ no growth economy. I also find it scary that 50 percent of those filing tax returns pay NO INCOME TAX but seem to think that the top 3 percent, who pay 50 percent of taxes collected, should pay more. I wonder if the recent debacle over raising the debt limit is the result of a polarization of those who pay no or little taxes but want an expansion of government services versus those who pay significant taxes and are concerned about government being an inefficient and wasteful provider of services. This could be quite a struggle and produce class warfare for perhaps the first time in our country’s history. On the bright side, when I look at my children and grandchildren, who are all wonderful, intelligent and hardworking (as I believe many young people are), I think things will get worked out in a good manner. Gee, I think I sound like an old codger!”

Vic Bell writes to say that he and Jean went on a 10-day trip to Turkey in late June and early July. The trip was sponsored by an Atlanta organization: The Istanbul Center in cooperation with the Turkish American Chamber of Commerce of the Southeast. (He has also been invited to serve as a member of their advisory board.) It was a chamber of commerce type of trip and there were representatives of Georgia and local government agencies, academicians, businesspeople — in all a broad cross section of the population. They visited with a number of Turkish government agencies, some four to five universities, and got in some sightseeing as well. Covered Istanbul, Ephesus, Ankara, Konya and the Cappadocia region.

His independent investment consulting business continues to grow and do well. CAPTRUST now represents some $60 billion of assets and has about 700 institutional clients as well as a substantial high net worth division. I only wish I had known the firm earlier!!

Tom Elgar and Martha are enjoying semiretirement in Marietta, Ga. Tom plays tennis three to four times per week, volunteers with the Kdz2leaders organization, which works with kids with parents who are in jail, and does consulting work on a part-time basis. Martha maintains multiple gardens and volunteers at an adult day-care facility. They both enjoy traveling and taking care of their three grandkids that live near them. They are looking forward to their fourth grandchild who will be coming in mid-February.

Finally, I heard from both Rich Globman and John Piper. They are both planning on coming to our 45th Reunion. As Rich put it, “No conflicts with a NASCAR race in Martinsville or a softball tournament. I just need to find a way to iron out the wrinkles in my face.”

Hope to see you at our reunion also.

1968

GREG KILDUFF HGKILDUFF@GMAIL.COM Not long ago an interesting note from Cliff Miller showed up in my e-mail which, in addition to providing a new e-mail address, offered a quick account of his past 10 years running the family farm, Mount Vernon, in Sperryville, Va. This property has been in Cliff’s family for 184 years, six generations by his count. At the moment, he is raising grass-fed beef and lamb as well as pastured pork. Not only that, but recently they have opened The Inn at Mount Vernon Farm, a very attractive-looking bed and breakfast, on the property.

The farm property is about an hour north of Charlottesville and perhaps an hour and a half from D.C. According to Cliff, the whole project “honors our heritage and the grand old home” while “offering the wonderful modern amenities to which members of our distinguished Class of 1968 have become accustomed.” I suppose we can accept the “distinguished” label without further examination, but to get a sense of both the beauty of the farm and the accommodations, there are two excellent websites to visit: www.mountvernonfarm.net and www. theinnatmountvernonfarm.com

Congratulations, Cliff, and very good wishes for success with the farm and the B&B.

Robert Knight checked in from Austin with the report that he and his wife recently returned from a trip to South Africa in celebration of their 40th wedding anniversary. Incidentally they swapped the worst summer heat wave Texas has had in years for “winter in South Africa (where) there is a vineyard on almost every corner.” Of course, the flight from Atlanta was 17 uninterrupted hours in the air, but it was worth it.

Robert continues to operate Knight Real Estate in Austin and has recently added his son to the business. He says that he’ll “probably never hang ’em up completely” since his son has now joined “the family sweatshop, and my wife won’t let me hang around the house.” No doubt there’s a bit of exaggeration in there somewhere, but a 40th anniversary deserves recognition, so congratulations to you both.

It appears Herb Karg and his wife suddenly find themselves in the grandparent business, with the August 30 birth of son Ryan and his wife Sara’s twins, identified as Princess Elizabeth and Prince William. In addition, the Kargs’ daughter Lauren is planning to add another grandchild to the roster late in January.

Herb says that grandmother is busy shopping while he is adjusting travel plans. These things happen, but congratulations on each of the new grandchildren and thanks for keeping us up to date.

On a less pleasant note, David Wicks sent a quick note from a heart rehab facility, where he is recovering from a heart mitral valve repair accomplished on September 13. His note came in less than a week after the procedure, and he was already considering a bit more time with his granddaughters as compensation for the disruption of travel plans over the next few months. Best wishes for a quick recovery.

On the Googan Bunn front, daughter Grace, who was gracious enough to attend part of our last class reunion, has already completed her work at U.Va. and graduated last May. Congratulations, Grace, and to your dad as well, although I don’t suppose he did much of the work. Please feel free to attend the next Class of 1968 Darden reunion, which will be coming up before too long.

Beirne Shuffle sent in a message from Saratoga, Calif., where he has been working in residential real estate for the past several years and his wife, Cynthia, has just completed 30 years with 3M. The family is thriving; Elliott, the older son, is doing lighting, sound and eventstaging design, while their younger son, Eric, is currently in Denver working on a master’s in biomedical science at Regis University. He’s hoping to enter medical school next fall.

Beirne had one final note on which I need some help. He closed with this remark: “We made news a couple of weeks ago when the Giants sportscasters poked fun at us on national TV sitting at a Giants baseball game here in San Francisco. There’s a clip on YouTube.” I tried, but I could not find that YouTube item. Of course our children, and more especially our grandchildren, would not find that remarkable; on the off chance, of course, that one of you is a more diligent fan of YouTube than I, please send me the appropriate web address if you find it. I’ll share it with the group next time.

Things are going well in Smithfield; Hurricane Irene knocked down a couple of trees, but

Kent LaVine (MBA ’69) and family

they only blocked the drive for a few hours. We were in St. Louis over the July Fourth weekend for the wedding of one of Jane’s nephews, and one of my nephews will be married in Seattle in mid-October; otherwise, we’ve done no traveling this year.

Remember you’re all welcome to call or stop in when you find yourselves near Smithfield; we still have the B&B space, even if it’s not open to the public, and the beer is generally cold. We have changed Internet providers recently and with the change I’ve updated my e-mail address to hgkilduff@gmail.com

1969

GEORGE YOUMANS GYOU1460@HOTMAIL.COM BILL PARHAM WMPARHAM@AOL.COM Bill Hawfield writes that he is doing a lot of board work. He and his partner are in the final stages of completing a book with the exciting title of The Professional Advisory Board … Using Outside Wisdom to Build Extraordinary Transferable Value. He is enjoying speaking to business owners on success and visual planning. For recreation, mountain biking in California and chasing grandchildren … both are good exercise!

Connie and Chip Lacy are almost retired. Chip is still involved in some for-profit and nonprofit boards. The goal is to be finished with all of the for-profit boards by Chip’s 70th birthday. Connie is very happy with all her grandchildren (six), but is particularly enjoying her newest grandgirl, Dylan. This winter they will be in Key West for New Year’s and in Cancun (Isla Mujeres) for part of February!

Angie Orfanedes writes, “In May, Karol and I went on a cruise of the western Med with friends from our neighborhood. Started in Athens for two days — we got great service in the restaurants when I used my Greek. From there we went to several other stops in Greece, Cyprus, Israel and Turkey. Besides Athens, our favorites were Rhodes, Greece; Capernaum and Jerusalem in Israel; Knossos on Crete (Greece); and Ephesus in Turkey. But my absolute favorite was getting back home.”

Finally, Anne and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary on June 23 by taking our family to Africa for a two-week safari. Everyone in the family over 12 got to go, and we visited Kenya and Tanzania, and it proved to be a great experience for all. In late July, Anne and I did a 10-day cruise in the Greek Isles, sailing from Athens to Istanbul. In January, we head for South America for a two-week cruise around Cape Horn. If you haven’t figured it out by now, Anne is in the travel business and always has her bags packed and ready to go; I tag along and tote the luggage. —George Youmans

1970

Paul Hamaguchi is pictured in “Did You Know?” on page 14. JACK YOUNG PJYOUNG2@VERIZON.NET Just a few words this issue. I promise to do better next time.

Since 1999, Louie Bissette has been president of McGuire, Wood & Bissette, which is the oldest law firm in Asheville, N.C. He was recently selected by his peers for inclusion in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Lawyers in America® 2012. Best Lawyers conducts exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers evaluate their professional peers.

Louie was selected for his work in the fields of Administrative/Regulatory Law, Commercial Litigation, and Land Use and Zoning Law. He currently serves on the University of North Carolina Board of Governors and is the vice chairman of the Wake Forest University Board of Trustees (an opportunity to trade tips with life trustee Arnold Palmer at board meetings!). Congratulations, Louie!

The Darden School Scholarship Committee has done it again! It seems that every year they find a most deserving recipient for our class Everard Meade Scholarship for Creative Leadership and Management. This year’s award goes to Ryal Tayloe.

Ryal is a graduate of the University of North Carolina with work experience in D.C. as an associate director of sales for the corporate executive board and an account executive for corporate sales at the Vovici Corporation. He is the first Darden intern ever to work as a summer principal for the Parthenon Group, a Bostonbased corporate strategy, private equity and education management consulting organization. Good luck in the future, Ryal.

The Jack Young (does anybody know the whereabouts of Roger Young?) family had a very busy summer with wonderful visits to and with grandchildren in D.C., Virginia Beach, Colorado and Doylestown. Paula continues to substitute teach with special needs children. I teach ESL and work (volunteer) with an organization dealing with victims of sexual assault, locally with marketing at a thrift shop and at the state level with legislation affecting victims of crime. We’re off to the United Kingdom for Christmas with Margaret’s family and visiting with old friends from our time in Wales.

Any cards or e-mail messages received during the holiday season about YOU will be greatly appreciated and reported in the next issue!

1971

HUGH EWING RECEIVED A 2011 HIGHPERFORMANCE AWARD FOR CLASS AGENTS. JAY M. MCDONALD JAY.MCDONALD@MINDSPRING.COM Paul Rosensteel reports that he is still employed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a supervisory analyst in Winchester, Va. He’s spending more and more time traveling to/from his beach house at Nag’s Head and spoiling his two beautiful granddaughters who live with his son and his wife in Madison, Wis. Great fun to have teams in both ACC and Big Ten to root for!!

The Jerry McKenna clan gathered at his house in Phoenix the last weekend in August for Pat’s birthday. The temperature was around 110 degrees, and the pool was a big hit with the kids. The best news is they are expecting their fourth granddaughter in December. He and Pat said it was great to see everyone at the reunion.

Steve Hansel and his son continue to outmaneuver the market with their investment company, Eclectic Investments.

Both Tom Duke and George Logan are giving back by teaching at Darden. The current crop of students is lucky to gain from their experiences and expertise.

Nick Ceppi continues to grow his firm, One Brain Marketing (www.onebrainmarketing.com), which consistently helps businesses grow and build brands through the strategic experience of Nick and his partner’s more than 30 years of successful marketing for leading companies throughout the world.

Terry O’Neill rooted the Billings, Mont., little league team into the College World Series!

John Pollack’s sports car rental business (www.sportscarrentals.com) continues to prosper in Charlottesville.

Eric Chaffin continues to influence young lives positively at Woodberry Forest.

Vistage International, the world’s leading organization for CEO coaching and training, recently announced the selection of Jay McDonald to lead a new peer advisory group for Atlanta CEOs.

Templeton Elliott serves on the board of Forsyth Jail and Prison Ministries, and he has been mentoring inmates and constructing a shower stall trailer that will be used by a disaster relief agency. John Wiggins, 46, an inmate at the Forsyth Correctional Center commented on his mentor, Temp: “For months now, I have been listening to this elder statesman, and he has been teaching me, through his actions and words, how to be a man.” Wiggins, who will be released January 27 after serving 20 years, went on to say, “He has taught me how to live and function in society.” Great work giving back to society, Temp!

David Baltimore recently retired and is living in Charlottesville doing all of the things he didn’t have time to do over the past 10 years. His son Scott married Feliz in July 2010 in Antalya, Turkey. They are living in Istanbul and plan to relocate to the United States next year.

Please join the Darden Class of 1971 group on Facebook.

1972 • Reunion 2012

CLINT BOLTE CBOLTE3@COMCAST.NET EARL FERGUSON EFERGUSON@ARTCRAFTMANAGEMENT.COM David Beatty reports, “Earl Ferguson and I worked together on financing two apartment complexes Earl had developed and sold in the Norfolk, Va., area.” In addition, David has been elected to the board of directors of MHI Hospitality, a public hotel REIT (Symbol: MDH).

Earl Ferguson says, “As I have done the past two years, I’ve reactivated my love of the musical theater. This December I’ll be appearing as one of the leads in a local production of How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. (How appropriate for a Darden graduate?) Rehearsals have already begun — I’m having a blast!!! Linda and I will be at the reunion in April. Looking forward to seeing the gray (and bald) heads!!”

Cliff Hattaway will be playing in the Tennessee Senior Olympics in April. He competes in tennis, table tennis, pickle ball, and track and field events.

Artie Johnson tells us, “I retired almost two years ago from a company I helped start and am now teaching marketing courses at Vanderbilt. Since our 35th Reunion, we have a second grandchild, Chase, age 2, along with Amy, who just started kindergarten. This past summer I attended a program for Civil War buffs at my undergraduate alma mater, Gettysburg College, and last April, Nancy and I added a male Corgi puppy to our family and are in the process of training him (us?). Hope to see everyone next April.”

Larry Kilgallon writes, “I was cruising toward a well-deserved retirement (my feelings perhaps not others), when ’08 and ’09 told me to rethink that proposition. My wife and I are all set to rock the years away in Lake Toxaway, N.C., and Sea Island, Ga. Buy your grandchildren Etch-a-Sketch and help us on our way.”

Jim Murray says, “Frida and I are about to celebrate 13 years of retirement. Our health is excellent, and we haven’t run out of money yet, so life is good. Over the past 10 years we have moved from Atlanta to Hilton Head and back to Atlanta (actually Dawsonville, in a golf community on Lake Lanier 50 miles north of Atlanta) again to be near two of our three daughters and four grandkids. Our youngest daughter and her husband and two children live in Castle Rock, a few miles south of Denver. Other than spending quality time with our kids, their children and their husbands, we enjoy gardening (together), boating (together) and golf (me). We also try to take at least one interesting trip each year. Recently, we’ve been to Europe a number of times (Holland and France, most often), Ecuador and the Galapagos, and Southeast Asia (Vietnam and Cambodia most recently). We look forward to the reunion next year, hoping that the functions are not too dressy. I haven’t worn a tie since 2006.”

Ned Haley writes, “Fricka and I moved into our newly renovated house (c. 1927) in Church Hill a couple of days before the earthquake hit our area, and just before the final renovations were to be completed. Fortunately for us, there was no damage. Four days later, Hurricane Irene came through, knocking down a large red oak that took out part of the roof and one dormer, one chimney, and the entire two-level front porch. Most importantly, no one was hurt, and repairs should be completed before the holidays. This has also been a year of health-related issues, but hopefully those are mostly behind us. We’re looking forward to a more relaxed year in 2012, along with some much anticipated traveling!”

Doug and Joan Smith just moved after 40 years in New Jersey and working in the financial world to a newly built house in the Myers Park section of Charlotte, N.C. Any and all welcome at any time!

We look forward to seeing you back on Darden Grounds in April as we celebrate our 40th Reunion. Hard to believe it’s been that long! Clint Bolte, Earl Ferguson and David Beatty make up our reunion committee. Please let us know if you’d like to be involved — the more, the merrier. Consider booking your hotel soon at The Inn at Darden (formerly Sponsors Hall) before they book up: 27–29 April 2012.

1973

HOWARD WILKINSON HPANDCW@YAHOO.COM News from our class is pretty slim for this issue. I did hear from Jim Brennan recently for the first time in a long time. Jim reports that after spending some 20 years in Atlanta as a stockbroker, he moved to Chattanooga and founded a venture capital firm — Broad Street Ventures — that specializes in biotech, biopharma, agbio and medical devices and diagnostics. He says that this has been much more interesting than peddling stocks. Like most of us, he has also raised kids who are now grown with a 30-year-old son in Chattanooga and a 25-yearold daughter in D.C. Jim is looking forward to seeing as many of us as possible at our 40th Reunion in 2013.

1974

MIKE MAYER MIKE.MAYER@COX.NET Those of you who have current e-mail addresses on file will occasionally receive interesting updates and other correspondence from Darden and from classmates. For the benefit of those whose addresses are not current, I want to mention a recent note from Bruce Carmichael. Bruce was responding to a posting from Bob Wanke on the joys of aging. Bruce commented, “I’m very much alive and well in the land down under — have been married for the past 22 years to Robbie and have a daughter (Camilla, aged 20) and a son (Hamish, aged 17). I have an office in Sydney’s CBD and manage share investments, which in this part of the world is now very exciting. There are definite plans now to attend our 40th Reunion — catching up with you all is now long overdue.

My e-mail address has changed to bc@ carstate.com.au, so please change your records accordingly. If any of you are thinking of visiting Sydney, I would certainly like to see you here.”

As a reminder, please keep Darden and me advised of changes in your e-mail address, not to mention other address changes, so we can keep you current on the school and the class. While on the subject, I need to mention that a few of you have tried to connect with me via LinkedIn, which has not been successful. Somehow, LinkedIn has crossed my address with my wife’s and I haven’t been able to unscramble things. I’m still working on it, and hope to get it fixed soon.

Bob Lawson has abandoned retirement. In May, he joined Asheboro Elastics Corp. (AEC) as president. AEC is a privately held narrow fabrics manufacturer headquartered in Asheboro, N.C., with manufacturing plants in Asheboro and Central America. Bob writes, “After a few months, it is still fun, and I expect to be in Asheboro, N.C., for quite some time. Charlotte and I still have our home in Charleston, S.C., but spend most of the work week up here. If any one of our class gets to Asheboro, N.C., I would love to see them and catch up. Dave Johnson was here last weekend, and we saw North Carolina beat our beloved Cavaliers.”

Tony Hobson has exchanged food for vacuum cleaners. He was in the process of merging Northern Foods PLC with Greencore PLC (its Irish competitor) when the merger was rudely interrupted by a cash offer for Northern by an Indian entrepreneur. The shareholders preferred cash today over jam tomorrow. He has now joined the board of Sir James Dyson, the British entrepreneur famous for his vacuum cleaners, fans and hand dryers. Tony remains chairman of The Sage Group (the FTSE 100 software business) and Changing Faces (the leading U.K. disfigurement charity). Lord Fellowes, the writer of Downtown Abbey (a winner in the recent Emmy awards), is the charity’s patron.

Steve Zimmerly says Howdy from Dallas. Steve, his wife, Jenny, and their son Chris have been running their family business (ZINC) since 1988. ZINC is a marketing services agency providing design, print, production, signage, POP materials, promotional products, web stores and kit packing/distribution etc. from their warehouse to the world. The Zimmerlys find it very satisfying to have pleased clients for

many years. If you are heading down Texas way, Steve would love to see you. His office phone is (214) 904-8605 and his e-mail address is steve. zimmerly@zincfirm.com.

Mike Santoro writes, “Martha and I have completed our move from New England back to Virginia. We are now living in Chesterfield County outside of Richmond and assimilating to our new surroundings. We are literally about midway between our daughter Mary Catherine and our daughter Anne and her family. It is good to be located close enough to see family more often.” Mike might have added “close to Charlottesville and numerous classmates.”

Sandy Boyce has moved to Chicago. He says, “After 25 years of North Shore suburbia, I am now residing on Lake Shore Drive on the north side of Chicago. I’m still selling bonds for William Blair & Company (investment banking firm). Love the city life and am a regular at the symphony, theatres and museums. Fair-weather fan of whichever sports team is winning. Staying reasonably fit by biking and skiing. Still enjoy the horses and headed for the Breeders Cup at Churchill Downs on November 5. “My five children are all headed in different directions. Gwendolyn (Darden Class of 2005) is a brand manager at Heineken’s. Heyward is physical fitness nut in Louisville. Lawrence is trying to break into franchising with Jimmy John’s (sandwiches). Grayson is in university in western Kentucky. Isabel is co-captain of the field hockey team at Garrison Forest School (Maryland), where she is a senior resident student. She invited her Dad in to accompany her to the Maryland Hunt Cup Ball. She ‘ditched’ me for college boys as soon as we arrived.”

Bob Pride has been busier than many of us. Bob says, “After spending about 18 months with U.S. Joint Forces Command, I fell victim to the closure of the command. I landed with Delaware Resource Group, a defense contractor, as the distance learning program manager on a USAF training contract. I’m involved with virtualizing the course delivery systems infrastructure, upgrading the learning software systems and looking for ways to provide better service to the Air Force for the same or less cost. Good company and good job — I like it and feel like I am making a difference.

“We are transitioning from grandparents to parents, at least for one grandchild. We are adopting our 2-year-old grandson, Che. His father, our youngest son Rob, died last fall. We had been providing most of the care for baby Che and felt very close to him. Rather than let him fall into the randomness of the public system, we chose to adopt. While it is a challenge providing full-time care to a two year-old after over 30 years absence from that role (and over 15 years since we even had teenagers at home), we are glad we have. We know more about Thomas the Train, Sesame Street and Yo Gabba Gabba than current events, but that is not necessarily a bad thing. If any classmates need advice on what 2-year-old boys like, I can help!

“Pat and I are healthy, although a bit heavier and less energetic compared to 1974. We continue to enjoy waterfront living in Poquoson Va., although the constant challenges to that decision in terms of rough weather and the associated flooding are wearing at times. I ride the Harley less each year and think I may give up the Jeep for a real car one of these days. Pat has left the CTS behind for a SUV to tote the baby and related stuff, but she likes it much better than the vans of the 1970s. She does draw the line at minivans: ‘No way,’ she says.”

Finally, from San Francisco, Ed Burdette sends word that he plans to continue doing bond deals at Bank of America for a while. Ed has also taken a step toward his next career by planting grapes and 50 olive trees in Sonoma. He’s looking forward to balancing his work at B of A during the week with his work in the vineyards on the weekend. (Probably too soon to ask him to supply the wine for our next reunion.)

I hope this 37th year after our Darden (nee GSBA) experience finds us all content with our stations and proud of what we have contributed to the world. The recent top 10 Darden placements should certainly make us all proud of the school’s reputation we helped foster.

Thanks to all of you who make my job easy by staying in touch. Even though Deni and I have relocated to northern Florida, the e-mail address is still the same: mike.mayer@cox.net.

1975

MARK HOWELL MARK.HOWELL@PP-S.COM The Class of 1975 continues to enjoy work, retirement and hobbies, based on recent updates.

Ron Eckstam is using his past experience as a buyer with Target stores as well as running his own business to help others. Ron is assisting small business owners in exiting their own businesses effectively. Ron asks the owner(s) lots of questions, brings in experts to advise them and works on family-focused matters to create the transition plan. Ron credits his Darden MBA and his business experience with bringing him to this place in his career. Ron says, “It is a perfect fit”… which goes well with his three kids, two and a half grandkids and wife of 35 years.

In July, Jim Farkas and family returned from a Baltic cruise. Jim continues his work as senior project manager for Edgewater-Fullscope. Jim’s focus is on delivering enterprise transformations using Microsoft ERP applications, and business is booming. So much so that the family is already planning their next cruise — to Tahiti next August!

Our Virginia resident classmates had an interesting summer with both earthquakes and hurricanes hitting the commonwealth. Ed Hawfield reports that all survived in his household, but they are concerned about the plague or the Rapture, since unusual events seem to be the norm now. But don’t look for Ed to be hunkered down. He is heading for some scuba diving in Bonaire in September.

Our Renaissance man Tom Hudson completed his boat-building project this summer. Tom is not able to disclose much information at this time, but he promises more info at a later date — and hopefully a few pictures.

Dave Shein is still busy as ever with his varied teaching and consulting roles. Grinding it out daily, Dave reports.

Thanks and be sure to send me any news for the Class of 1975.

1976

DANA QUILLEN DQUILLEN@WINTERGREENRESORT.COM We are still recuperating from the class reunion this past spring. Sandy Schenck sent in an update. He and his wife, Missy, continue to be the executive directors of the Green River Preserve, a summer camp near Hendersonville, N.C. They love their work and look forward to the day when their children will manage the camp. The camp helps children avoid “nature deficit disorder,” but it is causing Sandy “fly-fishing deficit disorder.” In October, he is off to British Columbia for a salmon-fishing treatment and will follow up with bone fishing therapy in the Caribbean. Sandy also teaches fly-fishing at camp (greenriverpreserve.org), calling it aquatic therapy.

It was great to hear from Clark Fitzgerald from Atlanta. He and his wife, Diana, live in Atlanta and have a son, Tommy (senior in high school), and a daughter, Natalie, who is a sophomore. Clark does business law and joined Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice in 2006 after 30 years at another Atlanta firm. He would love to hear from classmates (as would I).

Jim Spearman wrote in with questions about the suggested golf tournament. He is in the Northern Virginia area. More to come on the tournament! Based on the interest, we could probably collect a decent group in about four years. So, thanks everyone for sending in your information. Keep it on your mind as you will be hearing from me in six months. Take care. — Dana Q.

1977 • Reunion 2012

PAUL NELSON LPAULNELSON@MINDSPRING.COM OR PNELSON@TALLANTINC.COM Fall greetings to the Great Class of 1977! Here in beautiful Virginia the leaves are turning, First Year Darden students are churning and football season is underway! And Darden was just ranked the fourth best B-School in the world by The Economist magazine! How about that! So, if you get a chance, it is a great time to visit The School, visit some of your former (note I did not say “old”) professors and get a feel for the incredible energy and catch all the excitement going on there! And if you’re not sure how to facilitate a good trip back, contact Michael Woodfolk or anyone in Alumni Relations and they will make sure you are well received!

Now, looking back a few months, it turns out that many members of our great class had an exciting summer … fun events, family matters and yes … even some business stuff.

And talking about exciting life and business changes, Charlie Scarlett writes, “Yes, life is interesting — between the economy and the climate and the grandkids, there’s never a dull moment. In addition to our self-employment coaching business (7 years and counting), Lori and I bought a BrightStar private-duty homecare franchise resale in June (two territories). I didn’t expect to be doing anything like this at 59, but hey, it’s a new challenge and frankly it’s a lot of fun to be back in the business building business. I’ve missed it. We’re learning the ropes, struggling to meet payroll and selling our tails off. We’re awaiting an October closing date on our SBA loan (not a minute too soon) and ramping up for our Joint Commission survey in November. Are we having fun yet? Yes! On the home front, my son Will is a senior at Reed College in Portland, Ore. and Jes is a high school junior in Chicago. Lori’s kids Chris, Ashley and Alex are grown and live here in St. Louis too. We have two grandkids (Lea — 3 and Krew — 2. Lori’s folks also moved in with us last Christmas (fun, but …). Lori and I both love to travel, but thanks to all our current “preoccupations,” that habit is way on the back burner for the foreseeable future. If you ever get to St Louis, please look us up along with Mike DeCola and Scott Harris. Cheers! (Wow Charlie – with all that you have going on there … how did you find the time to even write!?! But I bet all that stuff keeps you young and living large! Good luck with the new business venture … and keep us posted next time!)

Updating us from the beautiful Eastern Shore, one of our uniquely skilled MBA/JD classmates, Bruce Armistead tells us that he is … “Still practicing law (primarily real estate and zoning) in the Land of Pleasant Living in Easton on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. To my knowledge, there are no other Darden alums in the immediate area, but would like to know of them if there are any. Spouse (Blenda — UNC and FSU) has retired from managing Talbot County and now serves on numerous boards. Daughter (Corrine) is a junior at Boston College but presently is on semester abroad in Melbourne, Australia. So, while surrounded by Terps, we follow the ACC from north to south.” (Thanks for the update Bruce … sounds like life is good … but personally I still think it was a mistake when the ACC opened the gates to let in the barbarians from the North, Florida and Blacksburg! And now it is going to expand again! Still … I’m sure that it makes for interesting family discussions around football and basketball season in your home!)

Talking about celebrating life’s changes in a big way, Sue-Gray Goller may have won the prize as she writes that, “Turning 60 in August was great! I spent July at numerous lunches and dinners, spent two weeks of August at Hilton Head (which was nearly deserted as southern schools had opened — what a wonderful beach!), tomorrow I leave for seven nights at Mii Amo in Sedona after another birthday dinner tonight (spa conditioning required), October sees a four night Caribbean cruise and next February a 10 night Caribbean cruise. I can stretch a birthday forever! Meanwhile, life at Citi is full and clients are loyal; life is good. If our stock had not plummeted in ’08 I might have retired, but no such luck.” (Wait a minute Sue-Gray! Based on your travels and exploits it appears that retirement may be boring compared to what you are able to do while still gainfully employed!!! Not sure how you do it … must have been the great time-management skills you picked up at Darden? I guess I missed that class! Good for you! And as they say, you go girl!!)

Speaking of Darden School connections, Bob Dykes reports that the circle extends in his family as he pens, “Hi Paul, I had forgotten I had written you last winter concerning my son, Nash’s, graduation from Darden. It is time for a post script. My wife and I did attend the Darden graduation. Imagine my pleasure to find that the 2011 graduates had chosen as their faculty marshalls Robert Landel and Alex Horniman. Following the graduation exercise I had a chance to walk up and greet them. Within moments Dick Brownlee walked up as well and shook my hand. Bill Sihler is another Darden professor known to the Class of 1977 who is still on the Darden faculty. My son took a class with him this year. Still later I flagged down Alan Beckenstein and chatted with him. We talked about our common experiences including my work with him and Landis Gabel in the summer of 1977. Later on I wrote to Landis at Insead in France. Landis is semi-retired, teaching an occasional class for free, and he reports that he just attended his daughter’s wedding earlier in the summer.” (Thanks Bob and congratulations again on Nash’s graduation. And I can’t help but wonder how his experiences with our same professors compared to yours? It looks like some are as revered as ever!)

And continuing with Darden family connections … and more, Jesse Crews writes from the West Coast, “Vanessa and I are grandparents now with our new granddaughter, Cedra, a little over 3 months old! I recently left my position as COO of Willis Lease and am doing a lot of consulting work in the equipment leasing and commercial finance space so I am still staying very busy. I had a great time at my annual father/son fishing expedition to the Katmai Wilderness in Alaska and Tom Storrs and his son John joined as well. All the family is healthy and doing great. Vanessa is the director of development for the U.C. Berkeley Botanical Garden, which is not only beautiful but is one of the top rare/endangered species gardens in the world. She is having a major impact on the fundraising and as well as communications effectiveness. This role combines two of her passions, namely gardens and education. Daughter Sarah (also a Darden grad, MBA ’09) just started a new job in San Francisco as head recruiter for genius engineers for the tech start-up Pocket Gem. I now call her new title “Nerd Ranger”! Oldest son, Brian, is also into tech/tech finance. He has just helped found and raise capital for a new venture debt fund called Waterman Capital and his prospects look very exciting. We are making superb wine in the new cellar under our house and second son, Mikey, is chief wine maker along with youngest son Andy. We will try and bring out some Crews Family Wine for the reunion next year. (Well OK Jesse! You’ve got a lot of really good stuff going on with the Crews family and I know your fellow classmates are all especially interested in doing a bit of homebrew wine-tasting at reunion!!! And congrats to Vanessa too!)

Now from the big state of Texas, Lacy Newman offers this great update, “My wife Amy and I live in Dallas with two wonderful girls, ages 16 and 11. (Yes, I got a late start.) We’re doing our best to keep up with them. My oldest had life-defining challenges through a 9-year battle with leukemia but is healthy now, doing well in high school and starting to visit colleges. (The bills increased exponentially since she started driving, so I’m still hard at work.) She is truly a blessing and a gift. My youngest is an accomplished gymnast, dancer and pianist who has her heart set on Broadway … and we seem to just be along for the ride. (When she was 9 she asked, “Dad, with this recession and all, do you think there will even be a Broadway when I grow up?” I was blown away and realized I needed to stop bringing my worries to the dinner table). We spent over a month last summer with her in the Joffrey program in New York and at a classical ballet school in Pennsylvannia.

Amy is a Michigan girl I met during a real estate workout stint in Boston. She was with Bank of Boston while I fought the Bank of New England issues for a few years, and she keeps up with friends there better than I. She is now a stay-at-home mom very involved with the girls. I’ve been in the banking and real estate businesses my whole career, initially courting business and then focusing on turnarounds with a well-heeled operator in Dallas who invests in or buys troubled banks. After five years in New York and Boston, I came back to Dallas for a while until he bought a troubled bank in San Francisco. We lived in the Bay Area for nine years and our girls were born there before coming back to Dallas 10 years ago. I was selfemployed in real estate for quite a while after that and was also part owner for three years with my brother-in-law in an airplane sales business. (Now there’s a good case study of a financial guy trying to manage a sales force of accomplished pilots … I was happy just to get my taw back and return to something I knew more about.) At present I’m the credit guy/change agent in a troubled Dallas bank our group recently invested in. Come see us.” (Thanks for the great update Lacy! Your career across functions and states is a real tribute to you … and maybe some of the “general manager” Darden