John is a ‘self-employed’ lawyer and allocates his time as he wishes while enjoying the four seasons in their 18th century house in Mendenhall, PA. Wayne Fillback is enjoying retirement in Andover, MA, and the company of Mary Ellen, his wife of 45 years, and four grandsons who live nearby. They live in a house that was built in 1840 and its upkeep has become a persistent hobby. Wayne also keeps active as a Massachusetts Track and Field official and works about 30 high school meets indoors in the winter and quite a few in the spring. He also plays the guitar, and perhaps we’ll hear some good guitar pickin’ between him and Brady Coleman at our 55th Reunion. Lenny Holzer has survived pretty much all the hi-jinks that Manhattan has to offer. He ‘shifted course in midstream’ about 20 years ago and is now a practicing psychotherapist and psychologist and engages in crisis intervention work. Bill (Wheldon) Jenkins lives ‘downeast’ on the coast in Maine with his wife, Julie. He is another member of the Married 45 Years Club. Bill, who loves boating, worked many years as the purchasing agent for The Henry R. Hinkley (Yacht) Company. Henry’s sons, Bob Hinckley ’54, and Bud Hinkley were former presidents of the company. Spike Hamilton lives in East Dummerston, VT, and shares the same phone book with Moose Morton who lives just ‘over
the hill’ in Stratton. They’re right in the middle of ski country. Doug lost his wife Susan in April, and now lives with his two dogs on ten acres in his self-built house, which is accessed via a twomile dirt road. Albie Smith is his brother-in-law. Spike’s son, Douglas ’85, also graduated from Deerfield. Spike still works two days a week in town as a property tax assessor, which he says ‘keeps me out of trouble.’” Bruce McEwan writes, “I greatly miss my good friend and classmate, Bob Darling, who passed away on October 20, 2009. We had some great times over the last 15 or so years in FL, at Gators football games, in RI, Cape Cod, etc. I still stay in touch with Terry Fuller, Ted Robinson, and some others and hope we all get together at our 55th Reunion next June. I will be there for sure.” On October 18, 2009 Joseph Verner Reed was honored with a Roots of Peace Global Citizen Award at the Roots of Peace “Harvest of Hope” dinner in Greenwich, CT. Ambassador Reed served as ambassador to Morocco, representative of the US to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations as deputy permanent representative of the United States Mission, under-secretary-general of the United Nations for Political and General Assembly Affairs, and as chief of protocol under the first President Bush. In 1992, UN Secretary-General Dr. Boutros-Ghali appointed
Ambassador Reed under-secretary-general of the United Nations; in January 2005 and February 2007 Ambassador Reed was reappointed by both Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Secretary General BAN Ki-moon as under-secretary-general and special advisor. He continues to serve in the distinguished “Parliament of Man.” “Peg and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary in October,” reported Albert Smith. “Time flies when you’re having fun. We are very proud of our five grandchildren, who seem to keep us busy (active) in following their many activities. Now in my fourth year as senior vice president for Institutional Advancement at Husson University.”
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He stays fit by playing tennis and basketball and by maintaining a healthy diet. Don enjoys preparing his own meals and advises us to never eat anything out of a can. Al Hobart happily engages fulltime in nature’s splendor where he lives amidst the Green Mountains of Vermont near the Mad River Glen Ski Resort. Al and Janie have run into Essie Esselstyn and Mike Mayor on occasions, up there in the North Country. Al and Janie have two playmates, grandchildren Ethan and Lydia, who live nearby. And we agree that re-reading Pocumtuck Revisited, Terry Blanchard’s masterful compendium of our 50th Class Reunion bios, is still very ‘interesting and moving’. Tom Hindle was waging a bout with pneumonia when we chatted at his home in Gardner, MA. He was being very well attended to by his wife Deenie, a retired nurse. Tom said that we’ll particularly relate to the articles ‘Boyden’s Girls’ and ‘A Life Well Lived’ about Dick McKelvey in the fall issue of Deerfield Magazine. Tom was very close to Dick and their children grew up together. John Herdeg says of our last 54 years: ‘Time passes by too quickly when you’re having fun!’ Judy and John have lots of fun sharing their interests and visions with friends, especially in American fine arts and old architecture. John serves on the board of Historic Deerfield. They’re now heavily into outdoor landscaping and gardening.
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Class Captain Joseph B. Twichell Peter Ness and Carolyn Savage attended a gracious memorial service for Bill Tripp on November 12, 2009 at the Church of the Redeemer in Chestnut Hill, MA. Bill had been active in the Episcopal community in Boston, and the bishop of Massachusetts spoke of his many contributions toward helping children in the community. Jim Tripp ’57 recounted the cross country race Bill’s senior year on Choate Day, when Bill lost a racing shoe early, did not stop, and finished the race in his usual determined and successful way. At the
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