stay connected... on mountains, the creek that runs through our pasture, and our sheep and horses grazing under a blue sky. God is good all the time.” Ted Cox reports seeing a number of classmates at Yale, including Landon Carter: “Just saw Bunky at our 50th Yale reunion. He is a revelation, with his continuing championship-level endeavours!” Bunky offered a free copy of his book, The Awakened Relationship, to classmates. If you would like one, e-mail me. Ted says he was “delighted to see a picture of my cross-country coach John Kimball ’49 in last winter’s Andover magazine. I had been unaware that any of the coaches or faculty from my time at PA were still alive. Contacted him and enjoyed a wonderful catch-up visit with him and [wife] Margaret.” According to Wells Walker, who was there, Pierre LaTour and Tom Brayton joined me in not attending the Princeton 50th. Another request from Tom Pollock: “I’d like a tale about sneaking through the steam tunnels. I never got in on that, but my kids say it was still going on when they were there, from 1981 to 1988.” Geez, I never heard anything about that. Answer from Dan Mahoney: “I never plumbed the steam tunnels but am interested in the generation of instructors we studied under while at Andover. Has anyone documented the careers of the men who did their best to educate and civilize us back in the day? I am thinking of Scotty Royce, Bob Hulburd, Bill Brown ’34, and others of their generation. They were WWII vets, ‘hard’ men, who chose to devote their careers to teaching, coaching, and advising us as best they could. I think, in retrospect, they were an extraordinary group of men with a unique and interesting set of talents and backgrounds. I suspect they changed Andover in ways that are not fully appreciated. I think their stories and contributions deserve to be told.” Hmmm. Bob Hulburd became my assistant lacrosse coach! We were close until he died, in 1994. Bill Brown lived very near us in Maine, and we saw a lot of him. His son built our house, and I teach in his shadow at the Midcoast Senior College here in Maine. For years, [wife] Marnie and I took Bill up to Camden to have lunch with Hal Owen ’43. Ah, Scotty—must tell that one in person. Randy Graves has resumed rallycross auto racing. He sent a picture to prove it. Me, I get slower every year. Not Randy. A farce! Arriving a minute apart at our marinaside Maine restaurant for lunch, Tony Accetta went one way and Marnie and I went the other, totally missing each other. We all toyed with our drinks for almost half an hour until we finally wised up and got together. The truly wise one was Tony’s wife, Nancy, who had gone sailing. The peripatetic Jim Sprague sent me a photo of David Jenks outside his studio/gallery in Mendocino, Calif. That sent me to David’s website. I really admire his work. As a bonus, David had a show this fall at a gallery in Portland, Maine. At the
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opening we bumped right into Denny Gallaudet, another Mainer. Denny has an interesting hobby in election years: checking out the candidates as they appear at small meetings in neighboring New Hampshire. David reminded us of the stern entrance requirements that faced many of us in the late ’50s. David had to prove his worth in summer school. My own memories of being tutored in math before I could matriculate are not for savoring. Be sure to step inside David’s gallery when you tour northern California. From Mike Manheim comes this terse e-mail: “I have decided to retire. My projected retirement date is Oct. 31.” I know that many classmates are still working, but the roses smell sweet. Andover has come back into my own life lately. Our oldest grandchild became a ninth-grader at PA this fall. And I noted in the spring that the varsity lacrosse team, coached to a 14-1 record by one of my former players, included four players whose parents I coached. Whoa. In June, our 55th Reunion rolls around. I recently received a postcard from our class poobah. He will be there. Will you?
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Kathrin Krakauer 240 Columbia Drive Bomoseen VT 05732 802-273-2548 kkrakauer@shoreham.net
Susan Mallory Dunn, development director for Island City Opera in Alameda, Calif., has been busy producing a performance of Verdi’s Rigoletto. In addition, Sue’s husband has written a musical comedy about the celebrity goings-on at Hearst Castle in 1938. It’s a song-and-dance show featuring a number of stars. They are both busy working on getting this show produced. Sue’s seven grandchildren, who all live in the San Francisco Bay Area near her, also keep her busy; the oldest has completed his first year in college, and her three granddaughters are now 6 years old and growing too fast. Frederica Muller Aalto wrote that fundraising for her cause, reproductive healthcare for the women of Afghanistan, has been quite successful but is always ongoing. The Rotary Clubs have been especially generous with their donations. This fundraising involves Frederica traveling to give presentations on the project, so please let her know (faalto@northcoast.com) if you are interested in having her present to a potential donor group. Their initial work is ongoing in Herat Province and they will now continue the project in Balkh Province in north central Afghanistan. Anne MacDougall wrote, “After the death of my husband and partner in business, Gil Einstein, three years ago, I decided to keep the
business going. I am a private dealer in postwar and contemporary American art and vintage photography. It is mostly a pleasure, and the museum clients are great to work with. I still love living in New York and am close to both my son and his family and my stepdaughter and her family, which makes me a grandmother of four lovely children. I have a new partner, Milton Adams. We travel quite a bit, enjoy the jazz and theatre offerings in the city, and pray for an end to the ongoing racial divide in this country.” My (Kathrin Krakauer) news is that Vermont is an idyllic place for retirement. I finally have time to read for pleasure and can highly recommend All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. When I have my head out of a book, I see a wonderful assortment of birds from my deck, including loons, bald eagles, goldfinches, and hummingbirds, among others. The fall colors replace the lush green hills in October, although in early September there are already a few spots of red and orange; after that, the white stuff comes! My son, Benjamin White, is now working for the nonprofit Institute for Behavior Change, which is based in Exton, Pa. The institute provides one-onone behavior therapy in the home and school to children with behavior disorders. The therapy is funded by Medicaid, which means it is available to all children with a diagnosis. The institute currently operates in Pennsylvania but is working on being able to provide therapists in as many states as possible via Medicaid. The clinical data compiled from the institute’s many years of experience with behavior therapy has demonstrated that this approach is successful in helping the children achieve a meaningful improvement.
PHILLIPS Vic Obninsky 1101 Navarro St. Santa Rosa CA 95401 707-230-2271 707-843-5784 (fax) vpobninsky@gmail.com
Our 53rd reunion ended as a great source of joy for the 33 attendees. It took longer to plan than the 52nd reunion, but everyone seemed to agree that the location in the Adirondacks, just west of Lake George, N.Y., was a perfect setting for us to enjoy ourselves. The only disappointment was that more local classmates and ladies did not attend. This was a loss to all of us, particularly those who could not show up. Those who braved the long drive from wherever they lived into the boondocks described in The Last of the Mohicans were Kim and Dan Jenkins, Barbara and Tom Israel, Noel and Jack Fabiano, Annie and Doug Wales, Becky and Lee Gilbert, Rayna and Sam Caldwell, Mike Moonves and Baba Davenport, Sis and Bill Mann, Laura and Claus Emmer, Pinky and Jorge Gonzalez, Artemis and Mike Davey,