Mr. Williams’ intensity, especially in Latin 4, where there were only four students. “Despite the fact that I have been an insulin dependent diabetic since 1947, the Lord has truly blessed my life, and I feel very fortunate not only for the family that I have, but also for the many opportunities available to serve, especially the elderly (a group into which I am rapidly advancing!). I knew that I would get older as the years passed, but never old!” Charles Venable Minor, Jr., of Charlottesville, died peacefully at his home in Free Union on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. (See page 129 for obituary.) He was born on May 14, 1940, in Charlottesville. He was the son of the late Charles Venable and Polly Minor and the loving husband to Susie Minor. “Ven” proudly served with and was honorably discharged from the U.S. Navy. He was a graduate of the University of Virginia. One of Charlottesville’s most established real estate brokers (Venable Minor and Associates); he will always be remembered for his loyalty and honesty. He is survived by his wife; their two children, Halsey Mclean Minor and Raleigh Colston Minor; nine grandchildren; his twin sister, Betty Minor Cobb; and his eldest sister, Louise Minor Sinclair. He was preceded in death by his brother, Raleigh Colston Minor. He will be greatly missed by all of his family and friends. A graveside memorial service was held at the University of Virginia Cemetery. Giles “Lige” St. Clair: After EHS, Giles “Lige” St. Clair completed one year at Colgate University and transferred to the University of North Carolina, where he majored in industrial relations and graduated in 1963. He moved to New York City, where he worked for a family firm, S.B. Penick and Company (chemicals, drugs, and insecticides), for two years. He subsequently worked for Sportsman International, Inc. as director of marketing (hunting and fishing) from 1965 to 1967. He then joined BASF Corporation as assistant to the vice president of marketing (manager, advertisings, and promotions). He became
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vice president of marketing and sales group for Travel Consultants, Inc., (1969-71). Lige subsequently moved to Alamo, Calif., where he worked for Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. in Walnut Creek as an investment manager. He died in Incline Village, Washoe, Nev., on Oct. 17, 1992. Peter Sevareid – Following EHS, Peter Sevareid received an A.B. from Harvard University in 1963, and a J.D. from Georgetown University School of Law in 1966. He entered the practice of law in Washington, D.C., and subsequently taught law at the Kenya Institute of Administration in Nairobi, Kenya, 1968-1971. Peter completed an L.L.M. from Yale School of Law in 1972, and in the same year joined the Temple University Beasley School of Law where he received the Lindback Award for Teaching in 1989. He has also done research in Ghana, Liberia, South Africa, Thailand, and China. Peter taught in the Temple Law Program in Tokyo in 1996 and in Beijing in 1999. As professor of law, he initially taught legal decision making, family law, and dispute settlement, and subsequently specialized in non-western legal systems. He has multiple publications. As a Pfc. in the U.S. Army, Peter majored in the “mimeograph machine.” In 2002, he retired from teaching. Peter has traveled extensively all over the world, all seven continents. Travel and photography remain as significant interests. On his website www.flickr. com/photos/petersevareid, extensive pictures can be viewed from Kenya, Thailand, Russia, Greece, and multiple other countries. His favorite books are Alan Hollinghurst’s “The Stranger’s Child” and Mary Renault’s “The Persian Boy.” He has been active as a director of the River Blindness Foundation in Houston, Texas, which distributes funds to combat onchocerciasis, a flybourne parasitic disease which causes blindness, presently in 270,000 people, primarily in Africa. He has also been a board member and fund raiser for the Association for Voluntary Surgical Contraception, New York City, which
provides this service in the U.S and 50 developing countries. “There were many good things about EHS, but in my day, options were limited for those who were not skilled athletes. At the 50th Reunion, I was pleased to see the facilities for art, music, and photography. I was also pleased to see women students and teachers, that there was no more rat system, and that teachers were no longer called ‘masters.’ But I was sorry to see that there is no specific club for gay students. “I am gay. I had no idea that I was gay until I was 53, a year after my father died. Till then I did not even have gay dreams. I live half the year in Thailand with my Thai boyfriend. The other half I live in Pennsylvania with my wife of 48 years.” He is trying to learn Thai – a difficult, tonal language. And particularly likes walking on the beach in Pattaya, Thailand. Peter also enjoys the snow-bound log cabin on 40 acres outside Marshall, Va., which has been owned by his family for 60 years. “Of the EHS teachers I remember with fondness Mr. Harnley. The most stimulating teacher intellectually was “King Kong” – Mr. Karlson. Though I was valedictorian of our class and president of the Blackford Literary Society, I was not spared his severe judgment. I gave him a short story I had written and when he returned it he said: “wait 10 years.” Michael Sevareid – Peter Sevareid relates “My brother died Aug. 4, 2013. Eight of his family members, including me, were at his bedside when life support was removed. The doctors felt that because the tumor was large he would have lived only two or three months had he not had the operation. He knew it would be a risky operation. He was brave and took a chance. He especially wanted to live longer for his two youngest children, ages 17 and 19. He wanted his ashes spread at our cabin in Virginia. The loss of a twin is tough. I knew him a long time.” (See obituary on page 129.) Michael is survived by his twin brother, Peter, husband of Alice Sevareid, of Swarthmore; half-sister,
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