CLASS NOTES
1960
my teaching careers at Colorado-Boulder and University of Denver (more or less honorably, I think). Am working on the final edition of my final book on U.S.-Latin American relations while in retirement. Looking forward to international travel despite current constraints … Very much enjoyed my stint at Alumni Career Day at The School (remember how Oggie Miller H’69 P’50 ’54 ’55 always used caps?). Bemused by turmoil over renaming our beloved academy, which will forever be ‘The Gunnery’ for members of my generation (as emblazoned on my favorite coffee cup). As Roseanne Roseannadanna used to say, ‘There’s always sumthin.’”
1958
Carole Munson wrote to let us know her husband, Bill Munson, passed away April 2. “He is one of the three Munson boys who attended The Gunnery, Edgar ’54, Bill, and Nick ’59,” she said, adding, “Bill felt great gratitude for his days at Gunnery!” His obituary can be found at https://legcy.co/2G4Oh2s. Stephen Richman retired from practicing ophthalmology and is living in Florida and Vermont. He is a first responder for the fire department and keeping active, “sailing in summer, skiing in winter and riding my Harley in between.” Tomas Zeisel and his wife, Maritza, postponed their summer vacation plans due to the pandemic. “At most we might take a short trip in October/November by going to our destination by car,” he wrote in August. “Both Maritza and I are still working. She is an officer with Habitat for Humanity, in charge of training new homeowners and recruitment in the outer islands of the greater Charleston area (James Island, Johns Island, Wadmalaw and Hollywood). I am a 2020 Census Field Supervisor with approx. 15 enumerators reporting to me. This ought to keep me busy through the end of September. My primary ‘job’ is consulting in the Caribbean and Latin America in the Hospitality/Hotels/Resorts field — which is part-time — which I have put in mothballs until my census assignment has
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Steve Bent ’59 with his boat, Queen of Da Nile
John Crawford, who is living in Virginia and Phippsburg, Maine, was looking forward to getting back to campus for his 60th reunion and shared some memories: “Joe Simmons taught me to fly fish at Gunnery and was a wonderful guy. He took a lot of time out of his schedule to help kids with their interests. I would get into his old pickup truck and drive to his special spots on the Shepaug River. Sadly, I have returned to those spots only to find a total lack of fish. Maybe my technique? … Our main house is on a farm in Virginia, which is the old family homestead, about one and a half hours west of Washington. We have a 20-acre plot surrounded by farmland. I grew up on another part of this land and remember the effort to get to and from Gunnery, taking a train from nearby Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.”
been completed. I still hope to find the time in the very near future to travel to Washington, Connecticut, and introduce Maritza to my prep school alma mater.”
1959
Head of School Peter Becker visited Trustee Emeritus Steve Bent, who was featured on the cover of the Bulletin in fall 2017, and his wife, Anne, at their home in Hobe Sound, Florida, in February and had the chance to admire his newest boat, Queen of Da Nile. Richard Saunders retired in 2004 after 26
years as an Administrator with the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office. His sons attended the University of Pennsylvania and Temple University. From 2005-2017, Saunders was very active in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He was the democractic chair of his township, he was on AARP’s statewide consumer task force and he served on a panel involved with pre-trial diversion of non-violent juvenile offenders. Saunders and Oliver, his basset hound trained to be a therapy dog, would also visit schools together. Now living in Chincoteague, Virginia, Saunders is enjoying a more relaxed lifestyle.
Joe Simmons on the Shepaug River in 1960, from the Paula and George Krimsky ’60 Archives and Special Collections
Jeff Farrington continues to give back to the
community as a volunteer at City Impact in the Tenderloin of San Francisco. “The Tenderloin is known as the most dangerous area of San Francisco and has a high number of homeless and street people,” he said. “City Impact mobilizes volunteers through 14 ministries and reaches about 8,000 people per month. The Rescue Mission serves food and worship service