MERCERSBURG MAGAZINE SPRING 2017
Class Notes
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Barry Dubbs ’59 (left) visited classmate Al Douglass in Colorado to play in the annual Desperado golf tournament at Cordillera. “No prize this time, but the great weather and festivities made up for that,” says Barry.
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Doris Newman, wife of William Newman and stepmother of John Newman ’71, passed away June 9, 2016.
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Hamp Shuford is still working and staying active as a volunteer with day care centers, singing with senior citizen choruses, playing French horn in a senior city band and a brass ensemble at Corinth Reformed Church in Hickory, North Carolina, helping to usher at Hickory Community Theater, and traveling as often as he can, mainly on Princess cruise ships. “Still vertical, thank God,” he quips, “but slowing down.”
Pictured are Rob Bertrand ’88 and his wife, Colleen, with their children, Miles, Nina, and James. Rob’s father, Lou ’61, shared the photo, adding that he and his wife, Sharon, have three other grandchildren: 2-year-old J.J. Forro, 4-year-old Louie Forro, and U.S. Army Specialist Andrew Nixon, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest received the Poynter Institute’s 2016 Distinguished Service to Journalism Award in recognition of his commitment to independent journalism and public-interest reporting through innovative funding channels.
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Edward Charron and his wife, Joyce, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary June 16, 2016. “We were married in the University of Maryland Chapel and had our honeymoon in Cuba,” Ed says. “We returned to visit Cuba this past June.”
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Archaeologist Vic Fisher continues his work at Towson University, where he has been employed as a full-time faculty member since 1961.
Frank Laimbeer lives in Warrenton, Virginia, and shares that he is enjoying watching his six grandchildren—ages 11 to 26—grow up.
Stephen Black has been married for 52 years and has four children, five grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. He has been retired since 1994 and recently moved from Park Cities to Preston Hollow in Dallas. “I am in pretty good health for age 85,” he says. “Just finished a 16-year term as a volunteer at Texas Health Resources and have been a docent at the Bush library in Dallas for almost three years. Have traveled all over the world, so much of our leisure time is spent with family in Dallas and Nashville.” Stephen adds that he would love to hear from his classmates.
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Evon Barvinchack retired in fall 2016 after 51 years as a chiropractor in Greencastle, Pennsylvania.
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Steve Guttman has been named Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur, the French government’s highest
honor awarded to French nationals or foreigners. Established by Napoleon Bonaparte, the Legion of Honor was presented to Steve by the Ambassador of France to the United States in recognition of his work as chairman of The Centre Pompidou Foundation, a nonprofit organization that acquires American artwork for the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
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Betsy Uphouse Haight, mother of Woody Uphouse and widow of Harry Uphouse ’37, passed away September 14, 2016.
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Jeffrey Frankel shares that he and his wife, Dara, welcomed a granddaughter, Madison Sloane, who was born to their son and daughter-in-law in August.
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Steve Flanagan visited with emeritus faculty member Mark Flowers last summer in upstate New York while Mark was in the area for a four-week residency at Golden Artist Colors.