ALUMNI ET ALUMNAE
classnotes
Jose Cestores
1951 José Cesteros Ten years have passed since I attended a class reunion at the academy, and the visit was mind blowing with all the new elements and additions on campus. My wife, Jeanne, is now an eight year cancer survivor and doing fine. We were blessed with a grandson Christmas day 2018 and decided to remain in Madrid, Spain permanently. My legs no longer support running in competition so, on George Helwig’s advice at that reunion, I now compete in the weight throwing in World Masters events and was fortunate to collect two bronze medals in Torun, Poland last year in the 85 to 89 group. See picture above. Saul Cohen Retirement works well after I tried it. James Good All good in Mystic- Live here with my wife Donna of 57 years-children visit often. Have travelled the world-hit all continents working after retirement for Habitat, Elder Hostel (now Rhodes) and Earthwatch.
1952 Condolences to Dr. Peter F. Jeffries on the passing of his brother Benjamin Jeffries ‘49.
1953 Bill Miller Gloria and I are aging well. Ten grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Curtis “Lonnie” Rogers sold his company, GEDmatch, and is finally considering retiring at age 81. GEDmatch is a genealogy site that has created a revolution in forensics. In the last two years over 125 cold cases have been solved using genetic genealogy found on GEDmatch. The first notable case solved was the Golden State Killer.
Roger Stacey Greetings again from Cambridge. We welcomed 2019 at the Nare Hotel in Cornwall and will see it out with friends there as well. In between, we visited several friends in Florida in the spring. We crossed on the new Queen Mary in the early summer. (Maureen normally does not like sea voyages, but a friend of ours was giving a series of lectures on Churchill on board.) We were back in London to celebrate my birthday with a week of theatre in November, before going to Florida again for Thanksgiving with friends. Maureen is still the Medical Director of the Harvard University Health Services and a pediatric and adolescent gynecologist at Children’s, specializing further in the care of the severely disabled. This fall she took great pleasure in working again with babies by covering a maternity leave in the Newborn Clinic at the Mount Auburn Hospital, within walking distance of our house. She was greatly disappointed not to be able to go to Haiti for her eighteenth annual medical mission because of severe social unrest. She talks about retirement, but it is hard to imagine her doing so. A highlight of my year was the opportunity to offer a series on Hamlet at the Beacon Hill Seminars. I took two courses there as well: one on Caravaggio and another on populism. I was recently nominated to the BHS board. I am reminded as I write of the line from a poem by Andrew Marvell: Thus, though we cannot make our sun stand still, yet we will make him run. As we increasingly see our friends and relatives facing challenges, we count ourselves fortunate in still having good health, curiosity, and some effect upon the world, as well as the energy and means to explore it. In all that we do, we carry with us the memory of those who have shared some or all of our journey to where we stand today. Keep in touch and come to see us on the Cape or in Cambridge if you can.
Richard Cutter It has been an unusual year. We had a frozen pipe break in February ‘19 and lived in a Marriott Residence Inn for six months-moved back home the first week of November. Had an interesting Baltic Cruise. Good time. Still going to Southport Maine Cottage now for 69 years.
1957 Bruce McFarland Still operating our little retail business-Kites Fly’N Hi in downtown Charleston SC. 2020 will be our 33 year. Good health and young attitude prevail. Corey Hammond My 80th was in September and we had a wonderful celebration. They say as you get older your bones get softer and your arteries get harder, a new kind of balance. I am feeling good however. I am grateful for what I am and have.
1958 Robert Scholnick I am still teaching at the College of William and Mary and enjoying it. This past year I published two articles on Walt Whitman and trauma as well as a short book on E.A. Poe’s prize poem Eureka.
1959 Fred Perry Still working full time at Boston Electronics. Also an active Partner in Woodland Farms Brewery in Kittery. All Hebronians are invited to stop by for a beer in our tasting room across the street from Kittery Trading Post.
1960
John Merz Pleased to see the growth and continued progress of Hebron. Greetings to all my classmates.
It’s time for your 60th Reunion! Save the date 10/10/2020 David Barbour I only spent one year at Hebron but I’m happy to hear about all the positive things that have taken place over the many years since 1960. I regret I wasn’t able to meet with James Leblanc when he recently visited the Philadelphia area.
1955
Jack Yoffa Just celebrated 50th reunion from S.U.N.Y Upstate Medical School.
1954 Mike Maher A proud class member. Thank you Hebron.
It’s time for your 65th Reunion! Save the date 10/10/2020
1962 Stephen Hartgen We’ve had a busy and eventful year! Stephen retired from the Idaho House of Representatives after five terms and was replaced by Linda, who was elected to the same seat…..2019 was her first session, and she made a mark for her commonsense and practical votes. She’s back to Boise in early January, ready to serve again on State Affairs, Judiciary and Environment Committee. It’s a busy schedule, but rewarding to serve Idaho citizens in this way. Stephen spent most of the past winter finishing a new book on Southern Idaho culture and values, which was published in August (Ridenbaugh Press, and Amazon). Tradition & Progress: Southern Idaho’s Growth Since 1990 has many five-star Amazon reviews. Stephen’s hebronacademy.org • 27
