ALUMNI
alumni notes 1960s Alan Forsyth ’60 Alan reports, “I have moved from Detroit to Kalamazoo to be closer to family.”
Dunham Rowley ’60 Dunham reports, “I have retired and am living in Brattleboro, VT. I keep myself busy doing volunteer work, especially with my church. I love being on the Board of Visitors at Rectory and staying connected.”
John Babson ’63 John reports, “Since the 4th grade, I struggled with severe dyslexia in a class of 31 students where my grades hovered between D- and E. Both parents were type A personalities, and I was their first born. During my 8th-grade year, they had a conference with the principal who shocked them with his educational opinion that I did not have the aptitude to make it through high school. My father took out a second mortgage on our home. My first year at Rectory, I repeated the 7th grade in classes half the size of my previous school. Rectory became the means by which I graduated from a private Vermont high school in four years, then four years from Hillsdale College in Michigan with a double major, and graduating in 1975 with a master’s degree from a Massachusetts graduate school. “Those achievements were the direct result of Rectory’s standards for student affirmation in the classroom, afternoon sports, caring teachers who became friends, dining hall interactions, dorm life, and intra-school black & orange competition. Those factors all worked together for my good and a future career of 40+ years.”
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John Treat ‘66
Michael Dubin ‘78
1970s
Louis Koehler ’79
Lee Karns ’71
Louis reports, “I am a long-haul truck driver and travel all across the country.”
Lee reports, “I am living in Cleveland, Ohio, and am a happy retiree enjoying some extra time on my boat.”
Class of 1973: 50th Reunion Timothy Doering ’73 Tim reports, “I hit mandatory retirement from the airlines at 65 in May. Taking some time off and working around the house. Looking foreword to the 50th (!?!) reunion next year. Always open for a phone call from an old friend.”
Peter Berk ’80 Peter reports, “I had a great time meeting with old friends and new at the Centennial Weekend Celebration. I especially enjoyed seeing Mr. Seaward, my first running coach. Here I am, 40 years later, about to go for a run in Central Park, but thoughts of Rectory aren’t far from my mind.”
David Bayer ’74 David reports, “I retired in March of 2020, bought a house on Cape Cod, MA, and moved in October 2021.”
Christopher Toney ’75 Christopher reports, “I am currently working in Finance IT as the Lead Software Engineer at Fifth Third Bank in Cincinnati, OH, where I live with my wife, Lisa.”
John Whittier Treat ’66
Michael Dubin ’78
John reports, “I have retired to Seattle after years of teaching literature at Yale University. My new novel, First Consonants, is the story of a family of stutterers set in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. It will be published this year by Jaded Ibis Press.”
Michael reports, “My wife and I moved from Cape Cod to Delray Beach in November. I am flying again after a 20-year hiatus and loving it. Still working for IBM, now a scrum master for IBM Cloud team. Life is good. Look me up if you are in south Florida!”
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1980s
Peter Berk ‘80
Erik Vallow ’81 Erik reports, “I’m starting a new position as head of technical sales NA at Apex.AI.”
The Rev. George Sherrill ’81 George reports, “I am the priest-in-charge at Trinity Episcopal Church in Roslyn, NY.”
