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Rev. David E. Durham and his wife, Kathy, recently spent a year in England. David retired as a United Methodist pastor seven years ago. Later, he decided he wanted to do something more in the ministry. He contacted friends in England and ended up with a one-year appointment as a minister in the Stanley Circuit near Durham, England. David said that it was a “delightful and fulfilling time for us both.” They returned to their home in New York in August 2004.
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David L. Root lives in Edgartown, Mass., where he is a detail carpenter. David e-mailed a short synopsis of his life since graduation, which included Naval OCS training in 1956 and becoming a naval aviator; graduate school and work toward a Ph.D. in history and anthropology from 1960-64; working on Wall Street in New York City and then as a welfare caseworker in Brooklyn. He spent 1968-69 in Kamakura, Japan, in a Zen monastery and taught elementary school in Pennsylvania from 1970-78, followed by a move to Martha’s Vineyard in 1978 to learn house building. In 1983, he moved to Edgartown. Noll Sanders Davis and David Cassady were married May 22, 2004. Noll writes that she and David were high school sweethearts in Alabama, and after a gap of more than 50 years and both losing their spouses, they were married. She says,
“Miracles do happen!” They live at 8005 Greenwillow Court S.E., Huntsville, AL 35802.
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Dr. David L. Alvis retired three years ago from a successful and enjoyable ophthalmology practice. During his 35 years as an eye surgeon, he helped physicians and others in their recovery from addictions to alcohol and drugs as a member of the board of directors of the Indianapolis Fairbanks Hospital for 21 years and as chairman of the physicians’ assistance committee of the Indianapolis Medical Society for 12 years. He now volunteers his time and experience at a half-way house for medical professional men. Dave also has spent time contacting his Beta brothers in the three classes before and after his year of graduation and passes on
Photo: KIWI Photography
Victor A. and Annichen (Bohn) Kassel live at 4613 E. Phillips Place, Littleton, CO 80122. Victor is owner of MVP Realty and Management Inc. in Englewood, Colo. His e-mail address is vic@mvpre.com.
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Alumni Reunion Weekend 2004 – Class of 1954 Row 1: Alice Taylor Storey, Nancy Boyd Costin, Valerie Hardcastle Schamel, Erick R. “Bob” Ratzer, Jeanne Mason Ratzer, Betty Davis Givens, Marjorie Davis Morehead, Ellen Little Vanden Brink, Patrice Moore Jones, Jerry L. Williams, Susan Healey Eynon, Frances Swanstrom MacCollum, Jane Schwalm Miller, Anne Prindle Johnson, Ann Brant Dunnichay, Marilyn Lee Srigley Pendleton. Row 2: Maurice A. Tuttle, Dorothy Porter Rouse, Marilyn Miller Morris, Joelen Cox Zimont, Patricia Van Riper Rice, Frank J. Tolford Jr., Marilyn Shanks Klingaman, Tanya Vonnegut Beck, Susanne Matlock Gooding, Marilyn Holtman Fetters, Mary Ann Hall Stewart, Jeanne Priebe Cramer, Janice Wolle Nielsen, Mary Ann Curry Shakespeare, Nancy Simpson Cowan, Judith Johnson Oberholtzer, John L. Cowan. Row 3: Carolyn Rudy Brill, Marcia Urich Freeland, Alfred D. Biggs Jr., Ruth Hawkins Biggs, Carmen Lynch Siegel, Ann Stilwell Snyder, Marilyn Wray Feagler, Joan Falquet Dornbusch, William D. George Jr., Olivia Greco Gow, Loraine Loomis Cox, Patricia Cullen Ratcliff, Nancy May Woulfe, Mary Winkler Brennan, Gretel Heinzerling Smith, Marjorie Latimer Dailey, Peggy Cooper Babcock, Margaret Stigler Cauldwell. Row 4: Barbara Swain Mackinnon, Joan Westmen Battey, Henry J. Hoenes Jr., Donna Payne Hoenes, George A. Wagle, Edward L. Stahley, Judith Hunt Danneberg, Walter E. Danneberg, Edward W. Cassidy, John “Jack” J. McRitchie, Glen A. Halbe, William Brian Hill, Roger R. Deary, Robert J. Nunn, John O. Wyandt. Row 5: Beverly Stern McCleve, Nancy Langsenkamp Frenzel, Richard C. Carver, James “Al” Brandt, Rodney B. Clampitt, John L. Spencer, Robert E. Ferguson, Robert F. Henry Jr., Bernard F. Slanec, Charles C. Doenecke, Janet Ketchum Armbrust, Elizabeth Proud Brown, Janice Myers Weller, Judith Dutchess Kepner, Audrey Thomas Pelham. Row 6: C. Travis Kendall, Warren F. Brecht, Anne Bippus Meek, John W. Plum, Don L. Marketto Jr., Robert M. Thomas, Roger J. Naus, J. Robert Ave, Kenneth O. Johnson, James A. Briggs, John W. Lauter, John R. Walker, James W. Rowlett, R. Edward McGreevy Jr., Phillip R. Brown, Thomas Christy Jr. Row 7: Waneta Maxwell Dailey, James E. Dudley, Gerald “Gary” R. Vare, Ronald K. Holmberg, Marjorie Davis Johnson, Robert Johnson, Gerald “Jerry” E. Jones, Robert D. Pinkerton, Richard A. Warne, Jane Leahy Warne, Ralph W. Riecker Jr., James M. Holland, Jean A. Snow, Robert L. Huffman, Marvin R. Jewell Jr. Row 8: Gene C. Laker, Mary Ann Smith Kendall, R.R. “Rod” Petterson, Merry Ann Chester Petterson, Howard E. Denbo, Victor A. Kassel, William A. Pendl, John “Jack” S. Trees, Timothy P. Garrigus, E. William Bergfeld Jr., Allen K. Billingsley, Chester W. Browne Jr., J. Barry Baumgardner, William F. Nevitt. Row 9: John T. Peters, J. William Kendall Jr., Elisabeth “Libby” Jones Grueninger, Sara Denton Ong, Jane Rowles Dickson, Marilyn Carlson Filemyr, Marjorie Schneider Walsh, Patricia Risley Campbell, Jeanne Benson Van Nest, Carolyn Gipe Stauffer, Jean Risley Vaughn, Janet Miller Lewis, Norman J. Hudak, William P. Giddings, Douglas A. Lee, Bruce H. Brown. Row 10: Othmar G. Grueninger ’55, Robert L. Young Jr., Gordon “Bud” C. Gimple, Lawrence E. Dawson, Robert G. Van Nest, Charles I. Johnson, William W. Allison, Richard D. Murphy, Lewis E. Peters, George F. Wright Jr., Susan Scoins Wooden, Gloria Spore Helfrich, Dorothy Johnson Wyandt.
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