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and S T E V E O ’ B R I E N have homes on the Gulf Coast of Florida and have been fishing and quail hunting during the winter months near Boca Grande on Gasparilla Island.
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NORMAN URMY
writes, “Still living in Nashville (35 years, the longest I’ve lived anywhere! Does that make me a southerner?). Retirement is great...lots of golf, fly fishing, travel, and time with grandchildren. I’m still building custom acoustic guitars and have just co-authored my first book(let), Fly Fishing Truths or Are They Lies?, available online.”
Jamie Brickell visited classmate Ham Brown in Seco, NM, in early fall.
Jensen Beach relatively unscathed. N E W E L L A U G U R checked in from Maine, where, retired from practicing ophthalmology for 15 years, he still teaches math at a local middle school, which his children attended. His comments on the U.S. educational system: misinformed academic communities; freedom of speech is in grave danger; gender politics are taking over. His comment on U.S. health care: the U.S. spends four times as much as other developed countries and yet is 24th in the world by most measures. E D H O L A H A N still lives in Fairfield, CT, sails up and down the New England coast and enjoys being the father-in-law of Sen. Chris Murphy (D. CT), who is on the Senate committees overseeing foreign relations and health care. P H I L B A R N E Y reports from Los Altos, CA, on a very successful 81st birthday party; Phil and Sally leave their hilltop mansion only to spend time with grandchildren in Omaha and to see how the real world lives. Finally, we note with sadness the passing of R O S S E D M U N D in Holland, MI, on May 28, 2017, after a long and distinguished 30-year career as an art historian at the University of Illinois at Chicago and a noted appraiser of art and antiques.” (See In Mem.)
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CLASS AGENTS: Pete Nelson and Toby Terrell B O B M U R R AY
writes, “Miss my classmates! Hope we can all get together and tell lies about each other!”
CLASS AGENT: Dave Bentley
H o t c h k i s s
CLASS AND REUNION AGENTS: Kip Armstrong,
Detch Detchon, Roger Liddell, and John Sallee KIP ARMSTRONG
On Sept. 16, members of the Class of 1961, from left to right: Dar Gillett, Jeff Miller, Lonnie Goff, Earl Potter, and John Schenck, presented Athletic Director and Football Coach Danny Smith with a plaque commemorating the 1960 undefeated, untied, and unscored-upon Hoyt Reptiles club football team that was dedicated to “their esteemed coach” Clint Ely ’45.
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CLASS AGENTS: Peter Carnes, Jon Larsen,
and Dusty Reeder DUSTY REEDER
writes, “I strongly encourage the reading of G E O R G E L O N G S T R E T H ’ S first novel, You Call Me Roc. He weaves his professional experiences as a surgeon with the drug world in Bridgeport, CT. The book is partially autobiographical; many of the events happened to George. Some of the main characters, including Roc, were his patients. He is currently working on his second book and is looking for a good agent specializing in medical mysteries. He encourages buying the book, which will be appropriately inscribed, directly from him at bblglb@gmail.com. It is a fun read and well worth your time. You can buy it directly from the publisher Lulu, at lulu.com, or on Amazon.”
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new memories. On another note, S A M O R R has a home in northern New Mexico. From time to time we have visited. He has done a tremendous job of thinning the overgrown forest on his land. When I visit large cities, I am so grateful that I live in the Land of Enchantment, where nothing important happens.”
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CLASS AGENT: Nathaniel Floyd D A V I D S P E N C E R continues practicing tax and banking law in New York City. His articles about international tax are published in Journal of International Taxation, and he frequently gives presentations on international tax issues.
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CLASS AGENT: Bill Hobbs
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writes, “In the summer of 2016, Susie and J A M I E B R I C K E L L visited Ham Brown and Martha Worthington in their new RV. We had a lovely day sharing old and
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CLASS AGENTS: Dave Egan and Jim MacIver
was one of two in his class inducted as an honorary member into Omicron Delta Kappa, the national leadership fraternity, at his 50th reunion at Washington and Lee in May. There were 80 men back (of about 200 still standing), and the class raised $9.7 million for their 50th reunion gift. Kip also had a nice visit with Cindy and M A R C H O F F R I C H T E R at their home in East Liverpool, OH, on July 31. On July 8, R O C K Y M A R T I N E T T I and wife, Ky, visited their daughter Francoise at the School, where she was attending the environmental science Summer Portal. They had a mini reunion on Fa and R O G E R L I D D E L L’ S terrace in Sharon with K I P A R M S T R O N G and D E T C H D E T C H O N . Rocky is a lawyer in California. VICTOR ASHE,
father of
MARTHA ASHE ’11
and brother of L A W R E N C E A S H E ’ 5 8 , visited Ireland for 10 days in July with his wife, Joan. He visited Easter Island in February, attended his 50th Yale reunion in May, and went to Moldova in September. In May, he, along with Martha Ashe, did a one-week cruise in Alaska from Juneau to Sitka.
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CLASS AGENTS: Bob Graffagnino and
Jody Nachman
Class of ’63, from left to right: Elliott Detchon, Kip Armstrong, and Roger Liddell. Back: Fa Liddell, Ky and Francoise Martinetti
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CLASS AGENTS: Bill Fusco, Bill Sandberg, Jerry
Sprole, and Kip Witter F R E D P A C K spent his summer in Vail, CO, with the intention of hiking, biking, enjoying the scenery, and going to Wyoming to see the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21. His biking plans were foiled by a fall, resulting in a broken clavicle and surgery, but the eclipse (the fourth he has seen) was a true celestial spectacular. Robert Royce, esteemed Hotchkiss physics and astronomy teacher, encouraged all his students to view the 1964 total eclipse in Maine, but Fred, as usual, didn’t follow his teacher’s advice and has regretted it ever since.
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CLASS AGENTS: Steve Kirmse, Barry Svigals,
John Welles, on right, and Art Thorn, left, both Class of 1967, watched the eclipse in St. Matthews, SC, about 100 miles south of Charlotte, NC.
Michael Thompson, Dusty Tuttle, and Eliot White PETER LEE
writes, “Met up with Dave Thompson, director of international programs, and students participating the Round Square Conference who were in Johannesburg touring the Apartheid Museum.”
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John Burke, Chris Casler, Demetrie Comnas, Bill Elfers, John Luke, Mark Pierce, Carlton Smith, and Neil Wallace
CLASS AGENT: Bill McMorran
REUNION AND CLASS AGENTS: Eric Bruenner,
just signed a partnership agreement with IBM Watson for oncology. “Really excited about working to advance cancer treatments. Less excited about going back to work full-time.”
B I L L M C M O R R A N offers this roundup of Class news: “By now, I hope that you have all heard
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