1962
1964
CLASS AGENTS Paul Connor | pacnoank@aol.com Andy Spector | andrew.e.spector@mssb.com
CLASS AGENT Tom Webster | twebster45@cox.net
Andy Spector
One of my favorite things has been becoming best friends with a Suffield classmate, Tom Webster, 45 years beyond graduation.
I took the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) course and passed! Great achievement!
Alec Lyall
I have written a book that is available at www.northshire.com.
Dave Holdridge
I am mentioned in Congressman Wolf’s new book Prisoner of Conscience in the acknowledgements section-see the following: “I WANT TO EXPRESS MY THANKS to Anne Morse for her gifted way with words, making these chapters come to life in a way I never could. I also appreciate the great amount of time she spent interviewing people for the book and doing research. A person who urged me to write this book and recommended Anne to me is Chuck Colson, who is a friend and has given me wise counsel many times over the years. Many people generously arranged time for interviews, sent information by email and some read the relevant chapters, commented on them, and corrected any errors. I want to express my gratitude to my longtime friends, colleagues, and sometime traveling companions, Congressman Chris Smith and former Congressman and Ambassador Tony Hall. Thanks also go to Senator Dan Coats, Fred Van Gorkum, Ion Mihai (Mike) Pacepa, Dana Damaceanu Bart, Richard Stephenson, Mikhail Kasakov, Alexandr Goldovich, Vladimir Potashov, the late Daja Meston, Mary Beth Markey, Dick Foth, Steve Saint, Blaine Harden, Roger Winter, Dr. Elizabeth Morgan, David Holdridge, Bob Fu, Harry Wu, and three lifelong friends—Bill and Buddy Pepe and John Federico. I also want to recognize Renee and Bill Brohard, who put my photos in a usable format, the folks at Zondervan for their editing and design work, and my agent from Alive Communications, Joel Kneedler. Assisting Anne in transcribing conversations and interviews were Martha Anderson and Travis Morse. My wife, Carolyn, discussed every chapter with me, helped jog my memory for details, and spent hours on the computer communicating my thoughts, text changes, and corrections to Anne. Carolyn has been my helpmate and encourager for fifty years.”
1963 CLASS AGENT Sandy Prouty | charles.prouty@gdit.com Dick Anthony
It is now over two months since a stem cell transplant at Dana Farber for a cancer of the central nervous system. A full recovery is expected, but it has been a long hard year. Sam ’96 is getting married next June 16th. He lives in Brooklyn and is wrapping up a master’s degree at Hunter College. Elisabeth ’93 has two children, Finn, almost 4, and Georgia, 20 months. She lives in Darien. All is well in Weekapaug, RI. The golf club, Shelter Harbor, which I helped build is now seven years old and spectacular. It could be a good venue for a Suffield event.
Ned Smith
Tom Webster
My favorite part of reunion weekend had to be the recognition of Brad Gooch at dinner, and the opportunity to sing the school song at his direction. Five of the COGS my senior year participated in that effort. I met with the ’66 group at the Class Agent reception and was able to spend time with them as well. They’re a great group! And at dinner, I sat between two classmates—Ned Smith and Nick McConnell—the friendships formed. It was also great to see the Class of 61—seniors during our first year at the school, enjoying their 50th. Hope to be back next year for another great event. Many thanks to an excellent effort made by a great staff. Brewster Hall was a magnificent oasis during the storm!
1965 CLASS AGENTS Tim Hemingway | ttheming@comcast.net Bill Kelly | william.kelly@himco.com James Lo Dolce
I had a good summer. I sailed a lot in Canadian waters of Lake Ontario. I still work full time as a family physician with a secondary IT job. I also work as project manager and director of medical informatics for large multispecialty medical group in Syracuse, NY. I am the head of electronic medical records project. Donna and I are doing very well. Marrying Donna was like being re-born. We are loving life. I am pretty healthy, except for the total knee replacement scheduled for December. I miss hearing from everyone. See you at our 50th!
Peter Kinnear
I’m retiring after 40 years as Chairman & CEO of FMC Technologies, an oil service company based in Houston, Texas. I plan to stay in Houston and spend time at our ranch outside Houston and in Colorado in the summers.
Larry Hyde
Molly and I had a great six-week tour of Alaska in our 17-foot travel trailer this summer. I would highly recommend the flight over the glaciers out of Haines and the 6-hour cruise out of Seward. We are expecting our fourth grandchild in March; Toby ’96 and his wife Jenny and daughter Stella who live in Oso, WA, are, needless to say, very excited.
Tim Hemingway
Our son graduated from Vanderbilt University with a PhD in computer science. He now teaches at Vanderbilt and is a research scientist. My wife, son, and sister-in-law just completed hiking the Long Trail, 271 miles up the spine of Vermont.
Les Abberley
We’re lucky to still be living in Fort Lauderdale since 1978. I married Brigitte Biales (Paris) in ’75 and had two kids: Christopher and Sybille. I worked two jobs in marine publishing: ’75 Yachting and ’89 ShowBoats Intl’ (publisher) and sold in 2005. Over the years we vacationed mostly in France and Colorado (skiing and big, outdoor summers), where we frequently saw Terry Staples ’65. We cruised our boat extensively in Bahamas and are impatiently awaiting the opening of Cuba. Now we’re living in a new world, our son (32), took a wicked fall in Vail and is recovering from a spinal cord injury. Our daughter (28) came home from Hawaii to help us out. Retirement is on pause. Still vividly and fondly recall my four wonderful years at Suffield, especially the sports teams, such great guys. To all of you, my best.
Jim Daly Peter Arango ’64 and family. “Graduation of our middle child, Bailey, from Whitman last June. Oldest, Padgett and daughter, Grayson on the right.”
50 | www.suffieldacademy.org
Well, I am back at school! After retiring and moving to North Carolina, I decided to join the St. James Volunteer Fire Department, and I am in training to become an EMT. Four months of classes covering more anatomy and physiology than I ever had in my previous life, followed by respiratory and emergency room