CLASS NEWS
Class News Editor: Laura J. Cole ’04
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I 1952 In December 2005, Norbett “Norby” Mintz gave up his active clinical practice. In June 2007, he withdrew from his teaching position of 30 years at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, where he was one of the school’s founders. Following in the footsteps of his favorite Rollins professor, Dean Emeritus Wendell Stone, he has a vacation house in Vermont.
I 1963 Peter Marino serves on the board of advisors for Xcalibur, a leading provider of technology, engineering, and consulting services to the public sector. Peter is a nationally acclaimed expert on defense and intelligence issues. Throughout his career, he has held various senior executive positions, including the director of technical service at the CIA, president/ COO of both Lockheed Electronics Co., Inc. and Fairfield Industries, Inc., senior vice president of E-Systems, Inc., and CEO and president of Fire Arms Training Systems.
from some old classmates soon!” This past summer, Greeley Wells attended several meditation retreats and a family reunion at Lake Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. He also had his art in two group shows in Ashland, Oregon—at the Bohemia Gallery and Hanson Howard Gallery.
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Deborah Wood Olsen has relocated to Asheville, North Carolina to be near two of her young grandchildren. She writes, “I will continue to practice real estate and look forward to finding any Rollins acquaintances in the vicinity.”
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I 1953 In the 1953 Tomokan, you can find Dean Doran before he received his captain’s license. Dean writes, “I send along pictures for you to know I’m still able to sail.” Mae Wallace Bryson sends news that her husband of 51 years, James A. Bryson ’51, passed away five years ago. Their youngest son, Mack, turned 50 last year, making all three of their children in their 50s. Mae writes, “I am blessed that at 76, I can still enjoy them, five grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. I am in good health and smart enough to thank God for ‘the fabulous 50s’ for my children—and it all started May 26, 1951, when Jim and I married in Rollins Chapel.”
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RETAKE—“Seems like only yesterday,” said Jack Northrup ’49, that a Tomokan yearbook photographer snapped the above left photo of him and College sweetheart Priscilla Likely ’49 in front of the old Student Center. That was 1949, their senior year. Fifty-eight years— and 57 years of marriage—later, on May 22, 2007, the couple revisited “the place where it all began” and posed for a photo at the same location (now the entrance of the Charles Rice Family Booktore & Café).
I 1964 Duane Ackerman ’70MBA ’00H, former chairman and CEO of BellSouth and chairman of Rollins’ Board of Trustees, was named to the board of directors of UPS and Home Depot.
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I 1961 William Bentley remains in contact with Don Salyer ’59, Frank Healis, Jim McDermott, and Dutch Schoener. He writes, “I would love to hear from anyone from our era and to have visits from anyone who makes it to the Blue Ridge Mountains. Don’t hesitate to call! I have so many fond memories of Rollins.”
grants committee for the Foundation. Jan Zelenka has been acting as the editor for the literary works of Vaclav Havel, the past President of the Czech Republic and renowned human rights activist who was presented the Medal of Freedom in 2003 by President George W. Bush. Jan has edited Havel’s To the Castle and Back, published in English translation this past May, and his play Leaving, which is to be staged in New York this year. Jan is also finishing his own extensive manuscript, the Encyclopedia of Czech History, which will have more than 2,500 entries and 400 pictures.
After retiring from a 31-year career in teaching four years ago, Sheila Stacy Handrahan finally sold her house in Scituate, Massachusetts and purchased a condo in Plymouth. She writes, “Now I have more time to enjoy my two beautiful grandchildren, Josh and Carly Connor, and to really enjoy an almost stress-free life! I highly recommend it. I do have room for guests, so if you are in the Boston/Plymouth area, please give me a call. I hope to hear
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The author of four best-selling books, Debby Greene Fulford, under the pen name DG Fulford, is awaiting the April 2008 publication of her most recent memoir, Designated Daughter: The Bonus Years With Mom. She wrote this with her mother Phyllis Greene, herself an accomplished author. Janis Hirsch ’72 describes the book as “an honest, funny, and sweet portrait of the strength of love, the sadness of loss, and the unexpected joy that comes with sharing a life.”
I 1973 Scott and Susan Meade Sindelar spent the 4th of July at their home in Phoenix with Christopher Murray and his wife Nicky.
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In October of 2004, Lauri Reger Griffith retired from her government position. She has since started her own business, Cents-ible Decorating Services, where she rearranges and decorates homes using items clients already possess. Lauri writes, “This artistic endeavor has proven to be very satisfying to me and my customers. I love my new creative career!”
I 1969 Ann Elmore Berlam was appointed by Florida Governor Charlie Crist to the Edison College Board of Trustees. She was also elected to the board of directors of the Community Foundation of Collier County and named chair of the
I 1974 Karen Grady Joslin writes, “I’m enjoying my college-age children (oh the memories!), friends, and lots of sea kayaking in Pennsylvania.”
I 1976 Steve Schott looks forward to planning a Rollins tennis alumni event at the West Side Tennis Club for 2008 or 2009. He writes, “If you’re interested in helping to SPRING 2008 35