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Calif. Unfortunately, I didn’t touch base with any Brooksians while on the West Coast (except Freddy Herrick ’65, by phone), but we did get together with Sally Cottingham P’08 on occasion. We stopped in Boulder, Colo., for five days on our way back to Boston to visit our daughter, Vanessa ’04, who gave us an updated sense of her life in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. We also caught up with Townsend Hall ’03 and Nicole Lonero ’05 during our stay. Returning to Great Island is always special, but a beautiful spring only enhances the experience. There is plenty to do in preparing the house for the summer. The island population, which includes numerous Brooks alumni from multiple generations, doesn’t really begin to expand much until July. One of the reasons to return by mid-May was to ensure I wouldn’t miss the Brooks Alumni Weekend and the class of ’66’s celebration of its 50th reunion. That class turned out in great numbers (close to 30), as Jim Madden ’66 chaired a dedicated committee, and, along with Sidney Lawrence ’66, produced a memorable exhibition of art, traditional and otherwise, at the Robert Lehman Art Center. The sheer number and diversity of creative entries was remarkable, which led John “Chip” Norton ’65 to muse that perhaps he graduated a year too early at Brooks. Most all of those represented in the exhibition paid tribute to Mike King H’66, who revitalized the studio art program at Brooks and was an inspiring presence for many years at the school. John Lewis ’65, P’01 made a special trip to Brooks to lend, and subsequently donate, King’s 1966 painting, “I’d Flex, But I’m Too Tired,” which depicts in various poses Nick Greene ’66, Freddy Herrick and Eddie Lewis ’67 (the reason the Lewis family acquired the painting). The painting was proudly displayed over the Lehman
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mantelpiece. The weekend was very festive. It was great fun to reconnect with so many good friends from the class of ’66, as well as Todd Cobey ’61 and John Cobey ’62, who were on campus to be celebrated for their endowment 50 years ago of the Wilder Prize in Public Speaking. As the only returning member of the class of ’64, I was invited to join the class of ’66 at its Saturday night class dinner hosted by Kay and Jack McKallagat ’66, P’96, P’00 at their house in West Newbury, Mass. My sister, Eliza P’08, came down from Rockport, Mass. (as a member of the class of ’66 at Miss Porter’s, she had attended dance weekends at Brooks with various returning 50th reunion alums), and everyone in attendance had a grand time as they continued their weekend-long reminiscing. Also important to note that our class communications chair extraordinaire, Jody Burns, lent his considerable expertise to assisting the class of ’66 in locating its missing classmates. On Great Island in May 2016, we had a visit from my nephew, James Hamilton ’08, and his girlfriend, Liz Ziebarth, as they were promoting his budding GuideHire enterprise, and a week later I caught up with Taylor Goodyear ’09, who had worked with James, but was on this occasion visiting the Saltonstall family (several Brooksians from that family tree) who were staying at the home of Liz Chace W’52, P’84, P’88, GP’09, GP’11, which she and the late Kim Chace ’52, P’84, P’88, GP’09, GP’11 built together many years ago.
June 2016 found us traveling to Southampton, N.Y., to attend the wedding of Lara Nadosy (daughter of Pat and Peter Nadosy) to Charles Boutwell, which took place on June 25. As it turned out, Alanna and I celebrated our 33rd wedding anniversary that same day in a much more sumptuous manner than we would have otherwise. It was a grand, weekend-long
Top to bottom: From left to right: Alanna Rathbone P’04, P’15, Lex Manice ’64, Peter Rathbone ’64, P’04, P’15 and Julie Goodyear W’64 in Wainscott, N.Y. ■ From left to right: Peter Rathbone ’64, P’04, P’15 and Henry Lee ’64 at the National Golf Links of America. ■ From left to right: Martha Lane-Zucker, Keith Lane-Zucker ’81, Peter Rathbone ’64, P’04, P’15 and Alanna Rathbone P’04, P’15 on Great Island in West Yarmouth, Mass.
celebration, beautifully orchestrated in every way. Peter had very kindly arranged to have Alanna and me put up at the National Golf Links of America, where we were joined by Julie Goodyear W’64 and Henry Lee to participate in the wedding festivities, which were so extensive that there was no time for golf! Alanna and I, with Julie, did find time to pop over to Wainscott, N.Y., to see our dear friend and classmate, Lex Manice, in his delightful digs, formerly the home of actress Sarah Jessica Parker. It is strikingly adorned with Lex’s painting collection by contemporary American artists, and although
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