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ALUMNI NEWS | EDITED BY MADISON NEAL
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June 10–12,
2016
CLASSES ENDING IN 1s AND 6s! Come home and celebrate with classmates, friends, and faculty at Reunion 2016. Enjoy alumni presentations, live music and dancing, poetry, food, wine, and much more. Look for your invitation in the spring. Be sure to receive electronic updates by sharing your email address with the school. Update your information and find out more about the weekend at www.loomischaffee.org/reunion or call 860.687.6815.
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John Barbe and his late wife, Jane, were honored in September 2015 at the 37th Annual Georgia Music Hall of Fame Awards. John is a celebrated clarinetist and musical composer, and Jane was a renowned voice actress and singer. Among the inductees were Gregg Allman of The Allman Brothers Band and Sam Moore of the famed duo Sam and Dave. John and Jane moved to Roswell, Ga., in 1962 and collaborated together for decades, producing music for radio, television commercials, and films. John continues to compose music and remains an active member of the Southern Winds Concert Band in Roswell.
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Jim Bulmer writes that he was sorry to have missed his 70th Reunion. In April 2015, Jim and his wife, Phyllis, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. They enjoyed a week-long cruise to Alaska in July 2015 with their children Blair and Jeb in celebration. Jim continues to enjoy retirement and life in Vermont and encourages his classmates to keep in touch via email: uppermowing@gmail.com. He writes, “Best to all and congratulations to Sheila Culbert and her staff for the brilliant 100th.”
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Margot Green Torrey reports that she is “glad to be here still in the lively community of Putney, Vermont, and enjoying mostly in New England [her] four children and their families, 10 interesting grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Much gratitude!”
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Ron Daniel writes, “Not much new. My grandson Will is a new member of Loomis Class of 2018 — 70 years after I graduated!” Ron is still working full time at McKinsey & Company, which makes 58 years. He is also involved in work out-
side of McKinsey & Company, including for Rockefeller University, the Peterson Foundation, the Bloomberg Foundation, Weizmann Institute, Library of America, and the National Gallery in London.
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John F. Foster was appointed as a national poetry judge in 2014. He writes that he is delighted to be on the Reunion Weekend agenda in June 2016 with a presentation that offers a discussion of humorous poetry using examples from his work.
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George Smith this fall received the honor of the 2015 Business Person of the Year by the Southern Berkshire Chamber of Commerce. The 2014 honoree, Richard Cantele Jr., president and CEO of Salisbury Bancorp, passed the honor to George. Regarding George’s accomplishments, Richard told a reporter for The Berkshire Edge newspaper, “There are 2.5 million people named Smith in the United States but, for a guy with a pretty common name, there is only one George T. Smith who has done so much for our community.”
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John Hurlburt is proud of his work with Sustainable Rim Country Inc., a nonprofit organization “dedicated to communityadopted activities that enhance the economic and environmental sustainability of our region, earth, and human life.” John and the members of Sustainable Rim Country aim to create efforts that sustain the natural resources of Rim Country, Ariz., “in order to conserve the beauty and resources of the region for continued enjoyment and for future generations.” Marilyn Sharp Davidson recognized classmate Ted Lorraine in an article written about him in San Jose Mercury News newspaper. The article, titled “Heeding the ‘Call of Lorraine,’” acknowledged Ted for his longtime position as the artistic director of the San Jose Chamber Music Society, whose first concert of the