the Bruins win, which, some of you may be aware, did not happen. Dave flew in from somewhere in the South. This was a very good time and we thank Boeing for his hospitality. Matt Couzens also had a long visit with Peter Ticconi, who was in the Boston area on GA Tech business. They talked about the last reunion, when Peter had made up some coffee mugs and T-shirts to go along with our tales of Mt. Hermon. Peter visited Matt’s orchard and Matt put him on his horse, Hannah. I would like to have seen a picture of that. This past October there was a wonderful article in The Boston Globe about Kurt Vonnegut and the time he spent living on Cape Cod. Our classmate, Mark Vonnegut, was prominently featured, and the article had several pictures of Mark as a youth and today. Interesting contrast. And, lastly, the clock is ticking down for our 50th reunion, so if you haven’t gotten involved or scheduled it, you should.
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From Frank—Our 50th Reunion Committee has been working hard and having fun preparing for our big 50th. Peter Fulton has been in touch with Frank Lihn (in Thailand) as he writes his first novel. Peter will publish it in e-book form from his mediafu-
The class of ’66 Reunion Committee prepares for the big 50th.
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sionarts.com platform, hopefully next year. He has also been in touch with Howard Goldberg before and after the release of Howard’s indie film, Jake Squared. One review mentioned that Howard may have borrowed from Federico Fellini and Woody Allen. Nice company to be mentioned with! Peter also mentioned Mary Armstrong Conley’s amazing paintings. Mary is part-time faculty in Boston College’s art department. Andrew Wright writes, “I have been scrambling around the architectural world since I graduated from Rice University with a master’s in 1976. But I think I almost understand it now. Currently working on a health and nutrition center in Haiti, then a couple of New York City public schools, restoration of a Unitarian church, and some residences. Never happier than when I am puzzling my way through a design, but I spend way too much time running a business.” Andrew has also been working with members of the Oglala Lakota Nation on a prototypical compressed-earth block building on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Ron Cooper headed off to his retirement retreat, The Villages, in Florida, which has 50 golf courses. Jim Weiss and a small group went to the NMH Vespers Choir at the Emmanuel Church in Boston. It was a great time. Peter Talmage retired from teaching renewable energy at Greenfield Community College over a year ago, but continues consulting on all matters renewable. He writes, “I have been doing a variety of workshops for the town of Gill’s energy committee on solar hot water, photovoltaics, making thermopane window inserts, converting bikes to electric drive, and a deep energy retrofit (think super-efficient) on a small house in Kennebunkport. When it’s done, the house will generate about twice the energy it consumes from a photovoltaic array. Our cottage that I built in Kennebunkport two years ago is also super-efficient. My wife, Chris,
has been working with Around World Women in Amherst. This group welcomes foreign women students to the area and helps them get oriented to what, for many of them, is a strange new place. As a result, we are moving to Amherst next year so Chris can be closer to her work. So, at present I am also doing a deep energy retrofit on a big house in Amherst that we purchased. We will be renting out three rooms to these same foreign women students.” Peter is OK with the move and says, “I can find interesting things to do pretty much anywhere.” Steve Ollove: “I’m still creating my crossword puzzle once a week for the sports page of the New York Post, but have ended my syndication and other custom puzzle work to focus more on my golf game. Spending the winters in Tucson, Ariz., and trying to lure Ken Stephens and Dan Cole out here to take their money on the links. Looking forward to seeing you at the reunion. My daughter is working at Boston College in sports media, covering football and baseball. She says they still speak of your athletic exploits there.”
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Peter Higgins joined the ranks of the retired and used some of his new free time to journey with wife, Jen, to visit their farmer son, Rory, in Grass Valley, Calif. Also on the itinerary is the cottage they share with Peter’s brother and a few others in County Kerry, Ireland. Travel time is a bit shorter to visit their three grandchildren in Concord, N.H., just a couple of hours north from their home in Cape Ann, Mass. Wendy Alderman Cohen and husband Jeff are happily retired on another Massachusetts cape: Cape Cod in Yarmouth Port. Son Peter was married in Montauk, N.Y., in June. He and his wife, Lisa, live and work in New York City. Wendy and Jeff were excited about their February 2015 journey to the beautiful “old city” of Cartagena, Colombia, for the wedding of daughter Laura. She and mate Jose both live and work in Boston. Bill Hicks, wife Ardena, and daughters Rachel and Sarah live in Chattanooga, Tenn., where Bill is now retired after spending most of his professional life in health-care administration, policy development, and analysis. Now he concentrates on his writing, primarily about the gospel of Jesus Christ. Bill encourages everyone to visit his website (discipleshipanddiscipline.com), which is based on the yet-to-be-published book he’s written by the same title. Nancy “Nan” Dodd Uhl moved from State College, Penn., to Durango, Colo., in 2003 when she left her job as director of a nonprofit that helped international students acclimate to life in central Pennsylvania. In Durango, she enrolled