stay connected... Also on the New Haven van was Cam Henning, one of those who did not graduate but still found it in his heart to join in. Cam attributes much of his current wisdom and humor to having roomed for a couple of years with Mr. Bluhm. For those who love politics, here is some great news. Entrepreneur Rick Stewart is running for the open U.S. Senate seat in Iowa, as an Independent. He has a very serious shot at this, and has already begun his campaign, visiting every county and newspaper in the state and holding regular pancake breakfasts. Check out http://rickstewart.com. Another of our classmates, former Massachusetts congressman Jim Shannon, has just retired as head of the National Fire Protection Association. When not at home just down the street from PA in Reading, Mass., Jim and his wife, Silvia, a professor of French history at St. Anselm College, will be able to spend more time at their New Hampshire home, as well as their co-op in Manhattan. As a parting gesture, the NFPA named one of its campus buildings after Jim. I am happy to report that Nate Cartmell is still very tall and somehow knows more about more things than just about anyone I’ve ever met. Is there anyone else who could tell me the historic roots of various New England towns and their connections to Old England? He is still working as a corporate lawyer in San Francisco. Lock Miller came from the great Northwest. He has sold his company and is enjoying the good life. John Hosken is renovating his home in Chestnut Hill, Mass., and proudly reports that he is doing his own plumbing. Knowing John’s mechanical skills, there can be no doubt he is in full compliance with our state plumbing code. His friend John Malick arrived with wife Susan from Emeryville, Calif., where his architecture business is thriving. He even has a new coffee-table book showcasing his remarkable residential and commercial projects, as well as a private school whose buildings he is designing. Down from the Green Mountains of Vermont, Mark Snelling and Charlie Kittredge arrived bearing good wishes and great smiles. Charlie has “officially” retired as the head of Crane & Co., the paper company, though he still has a major hand in the operation of the business, which prints the currencies for more than 100 nations. Unfortunately, Charlie was unable to provide reunioners with the redesigned $100 Benjies that his company prints for the U.S. Treasury. Steve Harper and his wife Madelon Curtis Harper ’69 were in from the Left Coast and looked very happy to be at reunion together. Rob Reynolds and his wife, Kristine, came up from their home in Woods Hole, Mass., where they operate a program that takes school kids out into Massachusetts waters to study the great wonders of our sea life. Rob looked, if I may say, radiant with enthusiasm for life. Our former football and lacrosse captain obviously succeeded in leading a full and worthwhile life. Peter Gallett of Brooklyn told about his role as a surrogate parent for a couple of German kids
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who spend time with him in N.Y. He is enjoying all the blessings and challenges of helping to raise two teenagers. It obviously suits him well. Sid Stern of Greensboro, N.C., was there with his young niece, Honey, who was a pleasure to meet. Attorney Hubert Crouch made an appearance, though regrettably I didn’t get to talk to him much about the work he did on his novel. Let’s hope there is more forthcoming. Chuck McDermott popped in, looking happy and healthy. He has a regular following for his music performances here in Massachusetts. Science teacher Howie Murphy also came by. I think that Luke Pfeifle was present, though I didn’t catch up with him. The weekend zipped by, and I’m sure that there were others in attendance whom I missed. The overall atmosphere felt like a family reunion—people open with one another and looking relaxed as we approach another stage of our lives. I was reminded of the wonderful quality of our classmates the weekend following the reunion, when I traveled to Northeast Harbor, Maine, for a memorial event in honor of our late classmate Rob Gardner. Rob passed away last October of a stroke that began while on a golf course in Pennsylvania. Rob’s memorial was arranged by his wonderful siblings and brought together 130 people from all over the country. It was remarkable; people stayed the entire weekend, and it was moving to hear such heartfelt tributes to the golf pro who is being inducted posthumously into the Maine Golf Hall of Fame. Turns out that Rob was a mentor to numerous people over four decades, and he helped put the Northeast Harbor Golf Club on solid footing. Among other things, Rob was responsible for expanding the course from 15 to 18 holes and was instrumental in creating many other significant improvements at one of the most venerable clubs in the nation. Forty-fifth reunions are notorious for low attendance. But our weekend had a quality that made it very special. People are already talking about 2019 and our 50th. Let’s hope that if you weren’t in Andover this June, you will be with us five years from now. See you then.
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First of all, hearty congratulations to Tamara Elliott Rogers. Tamara was recently appointed as
a charter trustee at Andover. She began her term this fall. Andover is so lucky to have Tamara as a trustee. She has spent her professional career in higher education and brings so much wisdom and experience to her new role as an Andover trustee. Good luck, Tamara. We look forward to hearing more from you as your first term as a trustee gets under way. It was wonderful to hear from Elise Straus Bowers. She writes, “You may be wondering, ‘What’s up with Elise Straus-Bowers these days— these decades?’ ” Here is what she has to report. On 10 acres of forest in Woolwich, Maine, she and her husband continue, as they have for 36 years, heating-fuel harvest. That’s chain-sawing, splitting with a 15-pound maul, and transporting largely by hand—at the house designed, engineered, and constructed by them. In Portsmouth, N.H., she has the great fortune and joy to live intermittently in the 60-year-old modern house of her parents’ design, and of her entire childhood, on an acre of beautiful tidal-water land. Their 35-yearold daughter and her wonderful college-mate partner live in Seattle, their seven-year marriage now finally recognized in their state! And their 33-year-old daughter returned East from Seattle six years ago and lives in the Straus family “cabin” in the New Hampshire mountains. Elise has two pairs of “grandchildren”—coincidentally both 7 and 8—a pair each in their Woolwich and Portsmouth neighborhoods. She also has the pleasure of friendship with Cathy Stone, who has lived in Portsmouth the past couple of decades or so, and she has occasionally seen Gay Armsden (her family in Kittery Point, Maine, are longtime Straus friends) when Gay has been on the mainland from Hawaii and on the “right coast.” Elise would also like to show off her three ongoing endeavors: physical prowess (for example, three sets of 10 chin-ups without mechanical assist); her Red Cross 22-gallon pin; and her seven-year mostly solo study of the Icelandic language. Like so many of us, she was very sorry to hear the news of Abby Hale’s death. She enjoys reading your news, especially from Suzy Gun Hasenson from her diplomatic post in Israel. Thank you, Elise, for all this wonderful news, and I hope you inspire others to share similar updates. Nan Quick has published her fifth and final chapter about the gardens and estates of Kent, England. She provided the following link for her most recent travel article: http://bit.ly/1qEKAyT. Gay Luster Sawabini is helping Charlie Finch ’70 sell his home, a charming country retreat in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., with an easy commute to NYC. Sandy Urie has joined three new boards: Stanford Management Company, the investment management company responsible for Stanford’s endowment; Social Finance, an organization that is leading in the movement to establish the social impact bond industry in the U.S.; and the board of overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. I was fortunate to spend a week in St. Barts this winter and Aspen/Snowmass in the spring.