Class of 1958

From the November/December 2017 Issue

Send your news to class secretary Jill Hirst Scobie or directly to the BAM at alumni_magazine@brown.edu.

Barbara Florop Doolittle continues to work as a substitute teacher at a neighborhood elementary school. She writes that she has arrived at an impressive milestone—she donated her 140th pint of blood and is grateful that her health still allows her to do this.

Raya McCully Goff and her husband, Robert Goff ’57, celebrated their 60th and are now great-grandparents.

Brenda Williams McLean writes she is still a California resident, still a history buff, and still a New Englander at heart.

Richard Montgomery is still in Pittsburgh and plans to be in Providence for our 60th.
 
Aileen and William Murck missed the New York City mini-reunion because they were in Bermuda with their youngest son, his wife, and grandson. 

Pat Patricelli has been taking courses at Babson Univ., one on the history of journalism, the other on American architecture. She’s also been to the Netherlands with Brown Travelers. 

Alan Rosenberg and his wife, Anita, are still dividing their time between New York City and Boca Raton, Fla. He writes: “After successful heart valve surgery, I found my activity level was not affected, and it may have even led to an improved golf game.”

Bob Sanchez writes: “We had a very successful outcome again this year with Brown applications. Eight acceptances out of 56 applications. Our Brown Club of Southwest Florida is thriving, with a busy calendar ahead. Our ‘Out to Lunch Bunch’ still meets for our monthly luncheons during the hot months of summer.”

Judy Sargent Weaver’s husband, Bill, suffered a stroke and passed away. Their three children and grandchildren have been very supportive. Judy is beginning the arduous task of moving out of the longtime family home.

From the September/October 2017 Issue

Send your news to class secretary Jill Hirst Scobie or directly to the BAM at alumni_magazine@brown.edu.

Bill Corrigan was the recipient of a 2017 Brown Athletics Appreciation Award in recognition of his volunteer service to the Bears’ ice hockey program over the past 60 years. The presentation took place at Brown’s Ninth Annual Senior Athlete Celebration and Awards Luncheon held at the Biltmore Hotel in Providence.

Bernard Asher, a recipient of his hospital’s “2017 Health Care Hero” award, has retired from the active practice of general surgery after 45 years. He and his wife, Lilian, continue to live in Batavia, N.Y., albeit now in a house where one can avoid stairs. They also have a condo in Skaneateles, close to their children, and he still pursues his avocation, aviation. Bernie writes: “Life continues to be fun.”

Bob Blakely ’59 MAT and Nancy Nichols took a small-ship cruise to the Maritime Jewels of the British Isles in July. They enjoy wintering in Cape Coral, Fla., and are anticipating the class of 1958’s 60th reunion.

Bert Clark, who was an air force aviator for 21 years, enjoys reading nonfiction, especially when it is related to his former profession, as well as playing bridge twice monthly and “nickel-and-dime” poker once a month. He and wife, Sharon, attend group meetings with their Lutheran “teaching” pastor in their adopted home in the Pacific Northwest. Bert further enjoys his newest family member, a great-grandson. 

Dorothy Cotton-Pemstein has been pleased with the wider publication of her booklet “Out of the Ark,” which deals with the loss of a life partner and the ensuing grief. More information can be found at www.outoftheark.weebly.com

Stan Dobson represented the class of 1958 in the march down College Hill. He’s done this for close to 40 years and has a goal of someday being able to lead the procession, but suggests that that might still be 15 years away. He enjoyed some of the many interesting Commencement forums, including “Learning from Elephants to Treat Patients with Cancer,” which focused on why elephants don’t develop cancer and how their genes can be used as treatments for breast cancer.

Bob Feldman writes that his son, Stephen Feldman ’89, has played with Team USA on the 2017 Great Grand Masters Beach Ultimate Champions, beating Canada in the final 13–4. Bob asked him if he intended to wear his medal to his law office, and Stephen retorted that he would, but only during depositions. 

Pete Howard, attempting to garden in Arlington, Mass., writes that he has endured “a near Biblical plague of rabbits.” Despite his cleverly enclosing the vegetable garden with 2x3-inch fencing, the baby rabbits decimated seven of his 18 pepper plants. Pete outfoxed them with 1-inch chicken wire.

Lois Lowry has been traveling to Botswana, South Africa, France, Germany, and Cuba, with her spouse-equivalent, Howard Corwin, a physician. Both were widowed six years ago and write that they “discovered that life still had lots of adventures and romance.” Their next trip will be to northern Spain. As if that weren’t enough excitement, Lois is looking forward to an animated film based on her book The Willoughbys.

Ludlow Miller and his wife, Babbie, have moved from Philadelphia to Stonebridge Creek, a continuing care retirement community, in the town of Pleasanton in northern California, in order to be closer to two of their children and five of their grandchildren. They write: “The community provides lots of new friends, activities, and, fortunately for me, new golf friends.” They are enjoying their new home and exploring the state of California.

Scott Roberts has moved to Linden Ponds in Hingham, Mass. Scott has eight grandchildren, ages 11 through 21, and he sees them weekly. He is anticipating the class of 1958 60th reunion next year, which will dovetail nicely with the 30th of his son William Roberts ’88.

Kirk Smith and his wife, Anne, had a vacation in Spain, ibex hunting in both the Gredos and Beceite regions, where they obtained trophy animals. On a more urban note, they also visited both Segovia and Madrid, enjoying the beauty of the country and the delights of the cuisine. Later, they went game hunting in the Limpopo Province of South Africa, where they enjoyed a comfortable lodge, good company, and excellent food. Again, game animals were abundant, and they added to their trophy collection.

Barbara Shipley Boyle is living happily in San Francisco, playing duplicate bridge, and thinking seriously about heading back to Providence for the class of 1958 60th reunion. She still gets together with a group of local Pembrokers once a year.

Charles Shumway ’66 AM visited Sun Valley, Idaho, where he has both family and friends, hopeful that he would survive the 6,000-foot elevation. Charles writes: “I’m still a political junkie, reading editorials from at least two newspapers every day and The Economist, which in my opinion is the only weekly magazine worth reading.” Charles looks forward to the next class of 1958 mini-reunion.

From the July/August 2017 Issue

Send your news to class secretary Jill Hirst Scobie or directly to the BAM at alumni_magazine@brown.edu

Eugene A. Brickash writes: “Still alive, active, looking good! I take trips to Rhode Island about once a year, fewer to the rest of New England. Here at Heritage Hunt, a private community in Virginia, I golf and dive and used to sing and act in theater. My wife is a singer and director. I’m a retired professor after teaching various English classes for 35 years at Roger Williams Univ. I no longer drive—my wife does—and I live at my desk in the corner of the garage. I’m carving driftwood into small wooden art pieces and dabbling with poetry writing. Here’s to all of you still alive—make the most of it with wife, kids and grandkids.”

Anne Browne Easton writes: “Happy to hear of the mini-reunion’s success. We are happily retired, George from the ministry and me from running a regional high school media center. We have three wonderful daughters and four grandchildren. Family life is so precious.”

George Held published his 20th poetry collection through Goldfish Press Seattle. He writes: “This book is about the rural environs of Oneonta, New York, where my wife, Cheryl, and I spend part of each summer. I will participate in a full-moon walk in Bridgehampton, Long Island, where I’ll be reading my moon poems.”

Joel D. Katz writes: “Doing well—last man standing in the family business but still going. Saw my first grandchild get married in June.”

Stephen Kurtz writes: “This winter, Audrey and I took two weeks in St. Thomas and one week in Key West, Florida. Looking forward to the next reunion, our 60th, in 2018.”

Alan Rosenberg writes: “Anita and I are still living part-time in New York City and Boca Raton, Florida. Had a successful heart valve surgery last year; it hasn’t affected my activity and may have even have improved my golf game. Sorry to have missed October’s mini-reunion.”

C. William Stamm writes: “Life at Essex Meadows, a retirement community in Essex, Connecticut, continues to be great. We are heading to Barbados for a two-week cruise on the Royal Clipper. In August, we will cruise to Scotland, Iceland, and Norway on another two-week adventure. Traveling while we still can!”

Sandy McFarland Taylor enjoyed the Chattertocks performance in New York City this past winter, where all the “Chats” alumnae were invited on stage to sing the final song, My Funny Valentine. Sandy’s daughter, Sarah Taylor Rountree ’90, and grandson Brody, 11, spent a week at Longboat Key in Florida last winter. Sandy also enjoyed a week in St. Croix with Sarah, Brody, and son-in-law John Rountree ’90, where they ran into Martha Sharp Joukowsky and Artemis ’55 at a local restaurant where the Joukowsky clan was enjoying a family reunion.This summer Sandy and daughter Anne Taylor Madden ’86 intend to visit granddaughter Allie, 17, on the Brown campus while she participates in a music program there.

Sally Nichols Tracy and Martha Collins Keen write: “We will be celebrating our great good fortune as Pembrokers, 1950s Brown alumnae, and friends for all these years with reunions in Richmond, Virginia, and on Cape Cod.”

Last fall Mike Trotter, senior counsel at Taylor English Duma LLP in Atlanta, taught The Evolution of the Practice of Law and Law Practice Economics at Emory’s law school and more recently The Future Practice of Law. His new book, What’s to Become of the Legal Profession?, was published through CreateSpace and is available on Amazon.

From the May/June 2017 Issue

Send your news to class secretary Jill Hirst Scobie or directly to the BAM at alumni_magazine@brown.edu

Ron Offenkrantz (see Paul Lipsitt ’50).

Stan Dobson writes that his business, Soccer International Inc., is in its 41st year and he’d enjoy hearing from anyone who’s buying soccer balls for their school or local club (youth or adult). He claims he can still carry 50 of them in each hand for 50 yards (yup, deflated and in a box!).

Richard Dunn moved from the Boston area to Bristol, N.H., where he enjoys living just half an hour from several ski areas and growing cherries, peaches, blueberries, and raspberries to stay healthy. 

In February, there was a gallery talk on Picturing Math at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City featuring a number of works that Bob Feldman (Parasol Press, fine art prints) had published, including the complete Concinnitas portfolio. Interestingly enough, the portfolio includes an aquatint by David Mumford, a Brown emeritus professor of mathematics and a Fields Medal winner. Ten other mathematicians and physicists were asked to write what they considered to be the most beautiful mathematical expression, and their replies were turned into 22-by-30-inch aquatints.

Ruthy and Walter Gale moved to Eagle’s Trace, a continuing-care retirement community in West Houston, Tex. They write: “As for many, this involved the blood, sweat, and tears of downsizing, but we have met with some old friends and feel blessed.”

Joan and Warren Healey escaped at least part of this past winter by travelling to Manaus, Brazil, cruising the Amazon, and finishing their trip in Rio de Janeiro.

Mary Marinelli Gizzarelli and her daughter, Claudia, are the directors of Northeast Pageants of America, featuring children one month to 12 years, with judges who are model agents seeking new faces for ads, packaging, and commercials. The children are judged on their appearance in dressy attire on the runway. Winners in each category receive a $300 U.S. Savings Bond. Mary considers this an opportunity for these young people “to gain confidence and poise” while displaying their charm.

Robert P. Sanchez writes: “The Brown Club is alive and healthy here in Naples, Florida. I interviewed some outstanding applicants for the class of 2020. Jill Hirst Scobie is doing a great job with class notes as our class secretary . Go, Bruno!”

Sandy McFarland Taylor enjoyed a week in St. Croix with her daughter Sarah ’90, son-in-law John Rountree ’90 and their son Brody. Sandy writes: “We were delighted to run into Martha Sharp Joukowsky and Artemis ’55 at a local restaurant where the Joukowsky clan was enjoying a family reunion.”

Joe Vanable is writing a book on mental illness based on the honors course he taught at Purdue. It deals not only with the illnesses themselves, but their biological basis and amenability to treatment, as well as such issues as the lack of access to treatment, stigmatization, misguided public policy, and the preponderance of the mentally ill to be found in the prison system.

From the March/April 2017 Issue

Class secretary Jill Hirst Scobie asks that you send your news to her.

Raya McCully Goff, Anne Walter Lowenthal, Sandy McFarland Taylor, and Anne Guerry Pierce convened in Litchfield, Conn., at the home of Joyce Gillespie Briggs. They were joined by two dedicated ’58 devotees: Bob Goff ’57 and Russell Pierce ’53. Some of them took an edifying and illuminating trip to the Litchfield Distillery.

George Held published a new chapbook of moon poems, PHASED II (Poets Wear Prada, 2016). One of its poems has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, his ninth such nomination.

Martha Sharp Joukowsky (see Dewey S. Wigod ’84).

Both Audrey and Steve Kurtz write that they enjoyed the New York mini-reunion a great deal. They also had an especially wonderful Thanksgiving because their entire family was together for the first time in many years, including their daughter and their daughter-in-law, both considered cancer-free: “Such a great cause for celebration.” Steve continues to interview Brown applicants.

Jerry Levine attended the New York mini-reunion. While all were celebrating their “combined” 80th birthdays at Orsay’s Restaurant, Jerry was called forward by copresidents Sandy McFarland Taylor and Jim Moody, to be presented with a silver picture frame in gratitude for his 25-plus years of service to the class.

Jane Bertram Miluski attended the New York mini-reunion and then celebrated her 80th with three weeks in Italy, spending her birthday in Florence riding the carousel in the Piazza Della Repubblica, then dining in the Piazza della Signoria. This was followed by a brief stay in Milan, where she saw The Magic Flute at La Scala.

Jim Noonan writes that he and his wife, Ruth, are in good health, going back and forth between Florida and New Jersey, visiting their five children and four grandchildren. Jim plays as much golf as he can.

Ron Offenkrantz had a law review article published: “Sua Sponte Actions in the Appellate Courts: The ‘Gorilla Rule’ Revisited” in the Univ. of Arkansas Journal of Appellate Practice and Process, Spring 2016 issue.

Bob Sanchez has served on the Collier County (Fla.) committee to select the five winners of the “Golden Apple” award, given to the outstanding teachers in the area. Bob has found it inspirational to meet these dedicated and sometimes unconventional professionals. It ties in nicely with the Leadership Institute that he is running with Robert P. Lynch ’69 in Naples, Fla.

Frank Young returned home in December after three-and-a-half months recuperating from a stroke.

From the January/February 2017 Issue

Class secretary Jill Hirst Scobie reports: “The rain poured down on those of us who attended the Class of 1958 NYC mini-reunion on Oct. 21. We began our wonderful Manhattan weekend with a delicious luncheon in the Patrons Lounge at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Some of us chose to explore several of the galleries containing Dutch old masters while hearing instructive and illuminating commentary by our own Dr. Anne Walter Lowenthal; others surveyed European art (1250–1800). That evening we gathered together again for a reception and dinner in the Ivy Room at the Cornell-Brown Club, an event that gave us time to circulate and catch up with our classmates. Saturday morning we went our separate ways, gathering later at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre to see Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Sunday morning we convened at the Orsay Restaurant, enjoying a delectable brunch, celebrating our shared 80th birthdays with a decadent chocolate cake, remembering those who are ill and those we have recently lost, and honoring former class president Jerry Levine. We salute copresidents Sandy McFarland Taylor and Jim Moody, treasurer Bob Wood, and song leader and centerpiece assembler vice president Jane Bertram Miluski for the hours of planning, logistics, arrangements, attention to detail, troubleshooting, and organization of information that made this mini-reunion possible. Attendees included Lillian and Bernie Asher, Kay Ulry Baker and daughter Caryl Baker, Mort and Janet Cohen Berfield, Carolyn Nichols Boday, Zoe and Art Bylin, Sandy and Betsy Morriss Campbell, Peggy and Bill Chadwick, Bob Cole and daughter Carolyn Cole, Lois Dean Courtney, Rosemarie and Stan Dobson, Andree and Don Dowling, Bunny and Jim Furlong, Erica Steffan-Hearst and Sheldon Hearst, Pete and Jane Loveless Howard, Meg and Paul Johnson, Roz Kennedy Johnson, Carol Batchelder Jones, Audrey and Steve Kurtz, Linda and Jerry Levine, Anne Walter Lowenthal, Jane Bertram Miluski, Lois Hodgins Monteiro ’70 PhD, Donna and Jim Moody, Carolyn and Art Parker, Pat Patricelli, Catherine and John Reistrup, Jordan Ringel and Nelsa Gidney, Betty and Paul Schaffer, Jill Hirst Scobie, Joyce and Bob Selig, Charlie Shumway ’66 AM, Libby Coe Strizzi, Gerry and Bob Tavares, Sandy McFarland Taylor, Ann and Joe Tebo, Doria Tenca, Barbara Comroe Trevaskis, and Anne and Bob Wood. Please send your news.”

Debby Karp Polonsky and her husband, Dick, have lived in Newport Beach, Calif., for 35 years. They are fortunate to have their three children and eight grandchildren living in nearby Los Angeles, where they also have a condo located near museums, restaurants, and performance venues, thus avoiding freeway traffic. They’ve collected contemporary art for many years, enjoy the local wine country, and attend music festivals in both Aspen and Vail.

Jack Selig retired in 2012 from a commercial real estate management company in Manhattan after 38 years in real estate investment sales and leasing. He and his wife, Marilyn, have been married for 54 years and enjoy traveling. They have seen much of Europe, Central America, South America, China, India, and Southeast Asia. He writes that their favorite trip was in 2014 in a villa on the crest of a Tuscan ridge with their two married children—John ’90 and Kathryn Selig Brown (Dartmouth ’87)—and five grandchildren. Jack stays in contact with roommate Steve Barkin, and they meet in Manhattan when they can to reminisce over a plate of sushi.

From the November/December 2016 Issue

Class secretary Jill Hirst Scobie writes: “Please send your news to me."

Dorothy Cotton writes that life at Newbridge on the Charles in Dedham, Mass., is filled with courses, concerts, lectures, films, and many interesting people. She delivered a lecture about her work leading a widow/widower support group at Newton/Wellesley Hospital for many years.

Pete and Jane Loveless Howard announce the birth of their first great-grandchild, Howard Ross Feder Keyes, currently living in New Hope, Pa.

Bob Sanchez, a retired Lt. Commander of the U.S. Navy, was elected president of the Naples Chapter of the Reserve Officers Association, whose membership is composed of retired and reserve military officers. Bob is working with Robert Lynch ’69 to establish a Leadership Institute in Naples. The LI is designed to bring together community and business leaders with proven skills and abilities.

Dr. Arnold Platzker, professor emeritus at the Keck School of Medicine of the Univ. of Southern California, has been elected to the board of directors of the Retired Faculty Association. This past spring he received the 2016 Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award. He spends his free time tending his vineyard and raising rare orchids. A total hip replacement has precluded his annual fall trip to Paris, so instead, Arnold and his wife, Marjorie, will be visiting the vineyards of Southern California.

From the September/October 2016 Issue

Class secretary Jill Hirst Scobie reports: “Please send your news to me."

“This is the final shout-out for our mini-reunion/80th birthday celebration in New York City, Oct. 21–23, 2016. The response has surpassed expectations, with more than 60 people planning to attend. We’ll start with a kickoff luncheon at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, followed by a lecture tour of the Dutch Galleries led by classmate Dr. Anne Walter Lowenthal, ‘Rembrandt and Friends ($17).’ There will be a reception and dinner ($58) at the Cornell-Brown Club, 6 East 44th St., an easy walk from our headquarters, the Roger Smith Hotel, 501 Lexington Ave. (at 47th Street) 10017, (212) 755-1400). Rooms are $270 per night, if rooms in our Brown ’58 block are still available. We outgrew JoJo’s. Saturday, tour the museum of your choice: the Frick ($15), the Guggenheim ($15), the Museum of Modern Art ($16), or the 9/11 Memorial ($18). Saturday luncheon is either on your own or at The Modern, the restaurant adjacent to MOMA, 9 West 53rd St. Cost yet to be determined. Saturday afternoon we’ll attend the musical Beautiful, depicting the life of singer-songwriter Carole King. Those attending have already made partial payment to our treasurer Bob Wood for tickets. Dinner that evening will be on your own. Our final fête will be a birthday celebration and brunch at Art ’55 and Martha Sharp Joukowsky’s apartment on Park Ave. If you are attending, an itemized bill will be sent to you individually in September. When you do respond, be sure to make checks payable to Brown University Class of 1958, and mail them to Bob Wood, 39 Fall River Ave., Seekonk, Mass. 02771.”

Barbara Shipley Boyle (see Margaret Ajootian Layshock ’45).

Peggy and Bill Chadwick along with son/stepson Craig Patenaude ’81 and his wife, Kris, attended a concert at the Church of the Epiphany in Washington, D.C. The performance was by the Metropolitan Philharmonic Orchestra, with our own Ulysses James conducting. Nancy Redden James joined them for an hour after the concert as they reminisced about the “Brunotes Plus One,” their Dixieland jazz band of the late fifties.

Jim Noonan writes that he and his wife, Ruth, are still healthy and active. They spend their time visiting their five children and their various grandchildren, playing golf, working some, and going to Florida for five months each year.

From the July/August 2016 Issue

Class secretary Jill Hirst Scobie writes: “Save the date! The class of ’58 will celebrate our shared 80th birthdays with a mini-reunion in New York City on Oct. 21–23. The weekend is built around a Broadway show and various museum tours. A block of rooms has already been secured at the three-star Roger Smith Hotel for $270 per night. On Friday, there will be a kickoff luncheon at the Metropolitan Museum of Art followed by a lecture tour of the Dutch galleries from Dr. Anne Walter Lowenthal, “Rembrandt and Friends” ($17.00). Friday evening, there will be a reception and dinner at JoJo’s French Restaurant, 160 East 64th St, near Lexington ($58.00). Saturday morning tour the museum of your choice: the Frick ($15), the Guggenheim ($15), the Museum of Modern Art ($16), or the 9/11 Memorial ($18). That afternoon we will attend the musical Beautiful, depicting the life and musical talent of Carole King. The group rate for orchestra seats is $108 per person. Please remit a deposit of $50 to our class treasurer, Bob Wood, 39 Fall River Ave., Seekonk, Mass. 02771, as soon as possible to secure your seat. Write your check to: Brown University Class of 1958. Details concerning museums may be found in an earlier e-mail sent by Jim Moody. The weekend will conclude with a brunch at the Park Avenue apartment of Art ’55 and Martha Sharp Joukowsky. This mini-reunion will be a delightful way to enjoy the Big Apple, renew old and enduring friendships, and celebrate turning 80!”

Jane Fliegner Blythe writes that she had a wonderful time interviewing eight Brown applicants. It renewed her faith in the younger generation and left her impressed with the quality of education given in the Sarasota, Fla., schools.

Dick Emmons reports that he’s “still dodging bullets.” Although he and wife Lynne are no longer traveling they are a “Happy Pair,” whose “playground is simply smaller.”

Ed Flattau is glad to report the publication of his book From Green to Mean: The Republican Party’s Downward Environmental Spiral. A reviewer noted that Ed “has been a hallmark of the environmental industry for over 40 years and so consequently has a long-term perspective that few pundits or politicians do.” 

John Gamwell, a retired orthopedic surgeon who worked for 30 years in the department of orthopedics at Emory Univ., attends the local Brown Club events occasionally and enjoys lectures and other cultural offerings.

After 42 years, Larry Grebstein retired from teaching psychology at URI (undergraduate, graduate, directing a PhD program). In retirement he has continued to consult to Ocean Tides, a residential education and treatment program for male adolescents, and has recently coauthored a book about the program and its participants. He has also volunteered to work with cancer patients through the Survivor Training and Rehabilitation program at South County Hospital. He is planning a trip to Tanzania with his wife, his son, and his son’s family.

George Held was the judge of the annual Great Neck, L.I., poetry contest and read some of his own poems at the awards ceremony.

Joan and Warren Healey took a Norwegian Star cruise from Tampa to the western Caribbean, visiting three Mayan ruins (Altun Ha, Chacchoben, Tulum). They ended the trip by visiting their grandson, who had just finished his freshman year at the Univ. of Tampa.

After 50 years, Jan Horwich is leaving her Glen Rock, N.J., home for an apartment in Fair Lawn. She’s retired from English SAT tutoring and writes: “It’s time to relax!”

Charles Martell hosted a guest from Zaragoza, Spain, and then took an international trip himself, traveling to Sardinia, Corsica, and Croatia.

Jane Bertram Miluski spent a week with her sister in Barre de Potosi, a small Mexican village, teaching watercolor painting in a wildlife preserve and living in Betsy’s Bungalow (as in designer Betsy Johnson). Her next trip is to Buonconvento, Italy, and then the New York City mini-reunion.

Dave and Judy Kelso Nass ’61 ScM spent February and March sojourning in Fort Myers, Fla., where they were visited by Nancy and John Bloom, who was Dave’s Slater Hall roommate. “A good time was had by all.”

Leslie Feifer Peltier writes she had a wonderful 80th birthday celebration that included most of her children, grandchildren, and friends. She is a great-grandparent since great-grandson Harper was born in Bryan, Tex., surrounded by a family of Texas A&M grads. She hopes her gift of handmade Brown bear items will remind them of the Ivy League.

Diane and Bob Sanchez have been members of the Naples, Fla., Chapter of the Council on World Affairs and active participants in a weekly Great Decisions seminar. Bob has been invited to serve as moderator and leader of their discussion group for the upcoming year. They are also active in the Naples Progressive Movement.

Mike Trotter was honored by the State Bar of Georgia and the Center for Civil and Human Rights along with a number of other Georgia lawyers for their “contribution to the Civil Rights Movement and the struggle for equality and integration of African-American citizens in Georgia . . . as one of the Georgia lawyers who worked for justice and equal treatment for all of Georgia’s citizens.” In March the mayor of Atlanta presented him with the Phoenix Award, the city’s highest award for community leadership, because of his work concerning public education and race relations. Because of his contribution to the city in a wide variety of community and political affairs and because of his work on behalf of reform and improvement in the city, he was recognized by the Atlanta City Council, and March 21, 2016 was declared Michael H. Trotter Day by the Fulton County Commission. Mike writes: “It was a nice day for me and my family, and we greatly appreciated the recognition of many years of public service.”

Martha Clarke and Alfred Uhry’s Shaker dance-theater piece, Angel Reapers, was seen in New York City, under the auspices of the Signature Theatre Company. It was first presented in 2011.

From the May/June 2016 Issue

Class secretary Jill Hirst Scobie writes: “Save the date! The class of ’58 will celebrate our shared 80th birthdays with a mini-reunion in New York City on October 21-23. The weekend is built around a Broadway show and various museum tours. A block of rooms has already been secured at the three-star Roger Smith Hotel at 501 Lexington Avenue. The room rate is $270 per night, and you will need to identify yourself as a member of the class of 1958. On Friday evening, there will be a reception at the hotel followed by dinner on your own, or, if you prefer, arrangements could be made for a group dinner at Orsay’s (reasonable French food). On Saturday we will attend a matinee of the musical Beautiful, which depicts the life and music of Carole King. The group rate for orchestra seats is $108 per person. Details concerning museum tours will be available later. The weekend will conclude with a brunch at the Park Avenue apartment of Art ’59 and Martha Sharp Joukowsky. This mini-reunion will be a delightful way to enjoy the Big Apple, renew old and enduring friendships, and celebrate turning 80! To secure a seat, send a $50 deposit to class treasurer Bob Wood at 39 Fall River Ave., Seekonk, Mass. 02771. Checks may be made out to Brown University Class of 1958.”

Jill and her husband, Dick, welcomed their sixth and seventh grandchildren, Henry and Annie Tyler-Scobie. Henry and Annie were adopted by the Scobies’ son, Bradford, and his husband, Chase Tyler.

Bill Corrigan completed his 61st consecutive year of involvement with the men’s ice hockey program at the end of the 2015–16 season. He writes: “A 1961 charter member of the Brown Hockey Association, I have served in all of the organization’s official positions and recently completed a 17-year term as the BHA’s executive director and treasurer.”

Marie Louise Clemens Demchak visited northern Scotland, the Shetland Islands, Iceland, and Norway last July with her friend Bob. She has four children, eight grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

Barbara Florop Doolittle is a substitute teacher at her local elementary school, which is within walking distance of her home.

Jack Roach writes: “Judy and I moved from our home of 21 years to a nearby gated community abutting the same golf course. It’s still a detached single-family, but it requires less care. We divide our time between San Diego (May to October) and Palm Desert (October to May).”

Bob Sanchez writes: “Lots of activity here in sunny Naples, Florida. Still heading the Brown Club of Southwest Florida. We have a busy calendar of events, and I’m interviewing applicants.”

Mike Trotter was part of a group of Georgia lawyers to be honored by the State Bar of Georgia and the Center for Civil and Human Rights for their contributions to the civil rights movement and for working toward justice and equality for African American citizens in Georgia.

From the March/April 2016 Issue

Class secretary Jill Hirst Scobie reports: “We will celebrate our shared 80th birthday with a mini-reunion on Oct. 21–23, 2016, in New York City. This will be a fine opportunity to renew our friendships with classmates while enjoying the sights, theater, and excitement of New York City. A block of rooms has already been secured at the three-star Roger Smith Hotel, 501 Lexington Ave. (cross street: East 47th Street), New York, New York 10017 (212-755-1400); the room rate is $250.00 per night, which by New York City standards is considered quite reasonable. On Friday evening there will be an opening reception at the hotel, followed by dinner on your own or, if you prefer, arrangements could be made for a group dinner at Orsay’s (reasonable French food), at Lexington and 73rd. Nothing is written in stone. Saturday will be devoted to museum tours. The possibility of attending a show is being investigated. With luck, we might get a block of tickets to Hamilton, the “hottest” show on Broadway. It features Daveed Diggs ’04 as the Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson. The weekend will conclude with a catered brunch at Martha and Art Joukowsky’s ’55 apartment on Park Avenue. Be sure to visit the class website,  which has been updated. The link is: http://alumni.brown.edu/classes/1958/ . There are some great pictures of past reunions, and it is another excellent way to be informed about class doings.

“The Pembroke Club in San Francisco met on the first Saturday in December at Barbara Shipley Boyle’s apartment, had a luncheon and white elephant sale, and sent about $1,000 to the Women’s Center at Brown. Brenda Williams McLean is one of its active members, as is Susie Langdon Kass and ’59ers Gale Williams Woolley ’63 MAT, Liza Taft, and Carolyn Mayo Munsell.”

Bert Clark writes that soon after graduating he and his roommate, Jim Wakefield, decided to visit the John Carter Brown Library, which they had never visited in all their time at the University. They discovered that it housed one of the nation’s premier collections of Americana. Evidently, the curator was delighted to have visitors and gave them the “10-cent tour.” Before they left, the curator handed Bert the Bay Psalm Book, the first book printed in America. Bert asked what it was worth and the reply was “priceless.” And thus began his lifelong love of books and book collecting.

With the start of the 2015–16 season, Bill Corrigan began his 61st consecutive year of involvement with the Brown men’s ice hockey program. A 1961 charter member of the Brown Hockey Assoc., he has served in all of the BHA’s official positions and recently completed a 17-year term as its executive director and treasurer.

Peg Roy Ewing moved back to New Jersey to be closer to her family. She writes: “That doesn’t slow me down. I went on a Road Scholar tour of India for two-and-a-half weeks. They did a great job of helping us get immersed in the culture and the history of India. We visited Jaipur, Agra, Udaipur, and finally Delhi. Lots of holy cows. I am still playing competitive tennis.”

Jim Furlong writes that Donna and Jim Moody hosted a Delta Upsilon get-together. The group included George Held, Bill Jesdale, Bill Johnston, Bill Murck, John Reistrup, Carol and Stan Vincent ’57, and Wendy Pyper, widow of Bob Pyper ’59. Activities included a Friday night cocktail party and dinner at the Moodys’ Westport, Mass., home, a Saturday morning visit to the campus winding up at the Slavery Memorial, tailgating at the Dartmouth game, warming up at Wendy’s Rumford, R.I., home, and a final Saturday night dinner at the Waterman Grille. One of Bill Jesdale’s sons, Todd, joined them for the game and final dinner. Jim Moody led them in a toast to the seven members of the original ’58 pledge class who are no longer living: Peter Dana, Ralph Ginsberg, Fred Hill, Bob McLaughlin, Bob Pyper, Glen Rowell, Palmer Sealy, and Jack Wright.

John Gamwell graduated from the McGill Univ. School of Medicine in 1963. He spent an orthopedic residency at the Emory Univ. School of Medicine from 1966 to 1970 and remained on the faculty of medicine until his retirement in 2000.

Peter B. Howard writes: “I enjoyed a little backyard engineering: a small winch to open our heavy cellar hatch. The winch has a permanent magnet motor powered from a small battery that is kept charged with a battery keeper. The winch is operated with a remote control. There is an emergency kill switch. It’s very easy on the back. Come push the button.”

Jackie and Dave Labovitz have downsized, but continue to have a place in the Watergate, D.C., area and are in the process of opening up Jackie’s new gallery, Cottage Curator, located in an old schoolhouse in Sperryville, Va., close to their country house. Jackie will display her own work as well as that of other artists, and she is offering curatorial services to area residents. Dave is learning about fast-paced retail and online business.

Donald Lazere’s seventh book, Political Literacy in Composition and Rhetoric: Defending Academic Discourse Against Postmodern Pluralism, was published in fall 2015. Donald taught composition and literature at California Polytechnic in San Luis Obispo, Calif., from 1977 to 2001. In addition to many articles in scholarly journals, he has written columns and book reviews on the culture wars in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Baltimore Sun, Newsday, The Nation, The Village Voice, and the Chronicle of Higher Education. Now retired, he lives in Knoxville, where he has taught part-time at the Univ. of Tennessee.

Jim Mello and Sally Cameron Mello received help from their extended family (three of their four children, six of their nine grandchildren, and one of their great-grandchildren) while they were in the midst of the Christmas tree sales season. This is their 30th year of selling trees, which they raise on their Virginia farm. They are grateful for the support of their family and for their good health.

David Nass writes that he and Judith Kelso Nass ’61 ScM went on a two-week trip through French Canada to trace Judy’s family history. The trip ended in Boston, where they visited Dave’s Brown roommate, John Bloom, and his wife, Nancy.

Hays Rockwell writes: “I had successful brain surgery in autumn 2014 at Mass General, in Boston. I witnessed a grandson graduate from the International School of Geneva in Switzerland, and his sister from the London School of Economics and Political Science. I went with the whole family (of 18) to a Montana ranch for a week. Great fun.”

Alan Rosenberg writes: “Anita and I just returned from a fabulous trip in India. A remarkable view of a culture so different from our own. The tour was organized superbly by the Newark Museum. I even met France Oberbeck ’80, a second-generation Brunonian.”

Anne and Kirk Smith spent three weeks on a leopard-hunting safari in Zimbabwe in June. They write: “While this was the most basic and primitive of the five hunting trips we have taken, it was by far the best adventure. We were able to observe elephants, zebras, giraffes, and wildebeests, as well as the leopard. Everyone we met was friendly and helpful, but life is quite difficult for many who live there, a situation exacerbated by lack of electric power. We also had an opportunity to learn about the actions being taken by hunting organizations to control and eliminate poaching, a serious threat to all African wildlife.”

C. William Stamm writes: “Donna and I had a very delightful Brown Travelers trip to Eastern Europe and a Danube cruise. It was wonderful to go traveling with Duncan Smith ’61, ’63 AM, ’67 PhD, who was the Brown lecturer. An interesting mix of travelers from several colleges. We made many new friends.”

Betty Belknap Stirling writes that her husband, Bill, died Oct. 21 of Alzheimer’s, after being ill for five years. Betty and Bill met at Draper Lab in Cambridge, Mass., where they worked for a combined 70 years. He was a photographer, eventually becoming head of the photo and audio-visual lab there. Leaving Draper in 1992, he opened his own business, and then later fully retired. She also writes that her twin grandsons, Stephen (Roger Williams Univ. ’15) and Michael Messina (Keene State ’15), are both gainfully employed.

Brody Summerfield writes: “Great hunting season. Harvested a 6-by-7-foot bull elk north of Hayden, Colorado. Used a crossbow to harvest an 8-point whitetail deer on our farm in Missouri. Lots of lean venison for us and the local food bank.”

From the January/February 2016 Issue

Class secretary Jill Hirst Scobie writes: “Save the date! The class of ’58 will celebrate our shared 80th birthdays with a mini-reunion in New York City on Oct. 21–23, 2016. This will be a fine opportunity to renew our friendships with classmates while enjoying the sights, theater, and excitement of NYC. Details to follow via separate correspondence.” Send news to Jill. 

Joyce Gillespie Briggs entertained classmates Raya McCully Goff, Anne Walter Lowenthal, Anne Guerry Pierce, and Sandy McFarland Taylor in Litchfield, Conn. Russell Pierce ’53 and Bob Goff ’57 were also in attendance. They enjoyed the foliage, dined well, and toured the countryside. Sue Haneman Phelps and Barbara Chaplin sent their regrets from the West. Joyce writes: “We have been gathering together in this fashion for about 20 years.”

Kathie Schutt Chadwick hosted another meeting of old Angells: Lois Dean, Connie Black Engle, Carol Batchelder Jones, Jane Bertram Miluski, and Jill Hirst Scobie. They spent five days on the banks of the St. Lawrence River watching the ships pass by, in addition to exploring a castle, working on jigsaw puzzles, and talking.

Doe Cotton-Pemstein, after 12-plus years of widowhood/solo living, has found a new community at NewBridge on the Charles, in Dedham, Mass. She takes music and film courses, attends concerts and lectures, and finds common ground with others. Her book, Out of the Ark, deals with the grief of losing a spouse and is available at outoftheark.weebly.com 

Phil DuMond is recovering well from a fractured hip and hip replacement. He writes that the injury occurred while he was bringing two horses into his barn. They were frolicking with a dog and Phil got tossed over a concrete horse waterer. Fortuitously, X-rays and CAT scans revealed two undetected aortic aneurysms.

Gail “Dolly” Farago Forbes now resides in Palm Beach, Fla.

John Gamwell retired in 2000, after practicing orthopedic surgery at Emory Univ. School of Medicine for 30 years.

Warren Healey underwent hip surgery soon after all his wonderful trekking through Spain. He writes that his recovery is “slow but sure!”

Lois Lowry (see Andrew Blauner ’86).

Charles Martell and his wife, Leyla, traveled throughout California and Nevada. Charles writes that the most interesting-sounding event they encountered was the Candy Dance Festival. Next it’s off to Mexico and Latin America.

Bob Sanchez writes biweekly letters to the editor of his daily newspaper, and contributes commentary to semi-monthly editions of the Pelican Bay Post. He writes that this “forces a certain focus on what’s going on in our world, while tennis, bridge, reserve officer association luncheons, etc., allow for a reasonably graceful passage into senior citizenhood.”

Emil Soucar retired from the Temple Univ. faculty but has a small clinical psychology practice. In October a joint birthday party was arranged for Emil, his son, and his grandson, with a belly dancer providing part of the entertainment.

Sandy McFarland Taylor writes that “three handsome, dashing members of the class of ’58” took her out to dinner: Art Parker, Steve Singiser, and Bill Tozier. Art and Steve had come down from New England to visit Bill in New York City.

Mike Trotter was appointed chair of the law firm finance committee of the practice division of the American Bar Association. He is also on the boards of the division’s knowledge strategy group and of its lawyer leadership and management group. 

From the November/December 2015 Issue

Class secretary Jill Hirst Scobie writes: “Save the date! The class of ’58 will celebrate our shared 80th birthdays with a mini-reunion in New York City October 21–23, 2016. This will be a fine opportunity to renew our friendships with classmates while enjoying the sights, theater, and excitement of New York City. Details to follow via separate correspondence.”

Bob Blakeley ’59 MAT divides his time between Bridgewater, Mass., and Cape Coral, Fla. He and Nancy enjoyed a three-week cruise and land tour of the French and Italian rivieras. He writes: “Having visited 48 states, I finally visited numbers 49 and 50.”

George Cooper received the Captain’s Award from the Friends of Chatham Waterways (FCW), which recognizes his service in the protection and preservation of waterways and neighboring lands in Chatham, Mass. He served as president of FCW from 2010 to 2012. He now chairs the Land Bank Open Space committee and is clerk of the Water and Sewer Advisory Committee.

Ulysses James conducted the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic and the Alexandria Singers for their concert, “Beatles to Broadway,” in early June.

Ann Kimball Heinrichs writes: “I have become interested in genealogy, in particular the ancestry of my paternal grandmother, who was my constant companion as a child.” She also writes that she is working in stained glass and enjoys participating in local art shows with her husband, Bob, who paints. She remains active in her local church and sings in the choir.

Tom McNeill retired from orthopedic practice several years ago and now devotes himself to learning modern physics. He and his wife, Anne, plan to divide their time between Lake Geneva, Wis., and Naples, Fla., by moving to a continuing care retirement community, the Arlington. Tom writes: “Thus we will be able to golf year round.”

Judy and Tom Moses visited Provincetown, Mass. Tom writes: “After perusing the fascinating shops and galleries of Commercial Street, we were having a bite to eat and were surprised to find posters and magazines covered with pictures of my cousin and namesake: Thomas Lanier Williams, aka Tennessee, the celebrated playwright. P’town was celebrating ‘Year TENN, A Decade of Tennessee Williams.’”

Pat Patricelli returned from her fourth Brown Travelers trip, this time to Eastern Europe: Warsaw and Krakow, Poland; Budapest, Hungary; Vienna, Austria; Bratislava, Slovakia; and Prague, Czech Republic. She writes: “A highlight of the trip was seeing the film Two Who Made a Difference, the heroic story of Martha and Waitstill Sharp (parents of Martha Sharp Joukowsky) as they rescued Jews in Prague from the Nazis on behalf of the Unitarian Service Committee. The film will be shown on PBS in 2016.”

Diane and Bob Sanchez escaped the hot Naples, Fla., summer by visiting Long Lake, Minn. They enjoyed the views of loons and bald eagles before moving on to Lake Itasca, the headwaters of the Mississippi. Along the way, they visited local wineries, fairs with Scandinavian treats, ancient Lutheran church reproductions, and Viking longboats.

Betty Belknap Stirling reports that her husband, Bill, is now in a nursing home due to Alzheimer’s. Her twin grandsons both graduated from college in May: Michael Messina magna cum laude from Keene State College in New Hampshire and Stephen Messina cum laude from Roger Williams University.

Sandy McFarland Taylor went to Scotland with her daughter Sarah Taylor ’90. She writes: “We visited grand castles (among them Doun’s), the Tallisker Distillery, the Isle of Skye, and the island where Dumbledore is buried (thank you, Harry Potter).” 

From the September/October 2015 Issue

Class secretary Jill Hirst Scobie writes: “2016! That would be the year when most of us will turn 80. Our stalwart copresidents, Sandy McFarland Taylor and Jim Moody ’65 ScM, think next year might be a good time to have a mini-reunion in New York City in either September or October. So read our class notes assiduously to learn about what’s happening.”

Kay Ulry Baker went on a 12-day pilgrimage to the Holy Land, visiting the Sea of Galilee, Capernaum, Jericho (where she rode a camel), the Wailing Wall, and the Garden of Gethsemane, among other places. She writes: “The trip gave me a new vision of my relationship with the earth, with its people, and with God.”

Jane Fliegner Blythe and her granddaughter, Lexi, spent a week at Best Friends, the largest no-kill animal sanctuary in the United States. She reports that it spans 400 acres and holds almost 22,000 lost, abused, or abandoned animals. During her stay, she was interviewed about her volunteer work with animals and introduced to a room full of people from all over the world.

Peggy and Bill Chadwick have downsized but are still on the campus of Grand Harbor, Vero Beach. Bill remains active with alumni in the Treasure Coast Club, and he and Peggy spent their summer months in Old Saybrook, Conn.

In memory of her parents, Connie Black Engle attended the children’s book award ceremony at the Bank Street College of Education. Shael Polakow-Suransky ’94 is the president of BSCE.

Joan and Warren Healey toured Spain in May: Barcelona, northern Spain, Bilbao, and Madrid. They saw many sights, including the Palacio Real and the Cathedral Almudena.
George Held’s new poetry collection, Bleak Splendor, was published by Muddy River Books of Brookline, Mass.

Charles Martell published his book of poems, Saint Francis of Assisi: My Words (Book One). He spent his career in academic libraries at UC Berkeley, Sacramento State, and the Univ. of Illinois. He has had more than 80 articles published in the field of library and information science.

Jane Bertram Miluski and a friend had a marvelous time in France—first a week in Paris, then a house in Provence. The trip was a Van Gogh pilgrimage, from Montmartre to St.-Rémy to Arles to Auvers-sur-Oise.

Irene Mungiu writes: “I continue in my career as president and CEO of Instructional Systems Company, and I recently moved from New York City to Woodstock, N.Y., to enjoy life in the country.”

David L. Nass and his wife, Judy Kelso Nass ’61 ScM, spent February and March in Fort Myers Beach, Fla. He writes: “It was a little warmer there than at home in St. Paul, Minnesota.” Dave’s Slater Hall roommate John Bloom and his wife, Nancy, joined them for two weeks in March.

Charles Paley and his wife, Annie, settled into their new apartment in downtown Providence and enjoy attending events at Brown. Charles keeps in touch with Hal Meyer and Dick DeVito.

Pat Patricelli spent the early summer visiting Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Austria, and Hungary with Brown Travelers. In September, it was off to France, Italy, and Spain. She writes that BT does a “fabulous job mixing basic sightseeing with knowledgeable guides and fascinating lectures with Brown professors.”

David Ridderheim served as a guardian for one of 70 WWII veterans as they toured various memorials and monuments in the District of Columbia, courtesy of Honor Flight Northeast Indiana. He writes that they were “warmly thanked by all whom they passed in the city,” and were greeted by thousands of cheering citizens and serenading bands when they returned home to Fort Wayne, Ind.

Robert Sanchez continues to serve as president of the Brown Club of Southwest Florida. He writes: “It is alive and thriving. Recent activities have included the Ivy Fest, which had a turnout of 285 from all eight Ivies and the Seven Sisters; a trip to the Edison Museum; theater events; a conservancy tour; a book signing by a board member author; the lunch bunch monthly luncheons; a holiday party; and a visit from the dean of the medical school.” Bob also reports that there were 45 applicants from Naples this year, with eight acceptances. He and his wife headed up to Commencement in May, where Bob had the “privilege and pleasure” of handing out degrees this year to geological sciences scholars. The trip also included visits to family in Keene, N.H.; Fairfield, Conn.; Smithtown, N.Y.; and Boston. He writes that his daughter Stephanie ’89 is enjoying Boston.

From the May/June 2015 Issue

As ever, please send your news to class secretary Jill Hirst Scobie.

Carolyn Nichols Boday, Betsy Morriss Campbell, Hannah Dunn Miller, and Joan Fay Tumilty spent two days together last fall in Newport, R.I., “trying to remember exactly where we picnicked on the beach and how we managed to climb the railings at The Breakers in May 1958.” This time they took the official tour. They wrote: “It was great to be together again.”

Nancy and Pete Charron moved to a continuing care retirement community, downsizing from 3,000 square feet to 1,500. Apart from Nancy’s arm, injured during the move, and Pete’s knee injury (1959 plane crash), they are doing fine.

Ed Flattau’s fifth book, a polemic about the Republican Party, was published in late spring.

Jim Mello made note of the death of football teammate Fran Carullo, who became an English teacher and a lobsterman. Jim writes: “One component of the bond was the shared stress and rigor of football itself. Another was our common background as undereducated Italian kids trying to integrate in a very strange environment.” Although Jim lost touch with him, he always considered him one of his anchors and gives this brief remembrance “as a testimonial to the wonderful guy he was.”

Judy and Tom Moses continue to play tennis valiantly (with younger and reportedly more skilled opponents) and to party devotedly (with tennis and Brown friends). They’ve dined recently with Don and Pat Pennal MacKenzie ’59 and with Dorothy and Roger Williams.

Don Nelson reports: “For the third straight year Max McCreery and Chauncey Wedgewood won the prestigious Chilmark Striped Bass Invitational Tournament with a total catch of over 150 pounds. Max reports that the largest striper weighed 42 pounds. He attributed his success to the use of the ‘Carberry Classic’ bass plug.”

Mike Trotter still practices corporate and securities law in Atlanta and is working on his third book, which will focus on the economics and operations of American law firms and law departments. He writes: “The prospects for lawyers are better than many self-proclaimed experts are predicting,” although the financial remuneration for most won’t equal 1995–2007.

Charles Turner, who lives in Redmond, Wash., spent most of his career as an attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, with a particular emphasis on drug law enforcement. President Reagan appointed him U. S. Attorney for Oregon in 1982; he served in this position until 1993. In addition to his professional work, he has been involved in a wide variety of community organizations and activities. Charles lost his wife, Margot Mackmull Turner ’59, to thyroid cancer in February 2008.

From the March/April 2015 Issue

Class secretary Jill Hirst Scobie writes: “As ever, please send your news."

Rosemarie and Stan Dobson traveled to India and Nepal. “Seeing the Taj Mahal at daybreak, having a tiger preening himself within feet of our vehicle, and walking up to Mount Everest all contributed to making this tour memorable forever.”

John Gamwell worked at Emory Univ. in Atlanta from 1970 until 2000. He is taking it easy and enjoying his retirement. He sends his best to all ’58s.

George Held launched the third volume in his series of animal poems for children, Neighbors: The Water Critters, with illustrations by RISD alum Joung Un Kim. On hand were composer David Morneau, who set the poems to music in Book 1, as well as soprano Christina Hourihan and classical guitarist Kenji Haba to reprise their November concert performance at Jan Hus Church in Manhattan.

Ronald Offenkrantz was named to the National Law Journal’s inaugural list of “50 Litigation Trailblazers and Pioneers.” Ron is best known for being the first to successfully secure a RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) arbitration award in an international overbilling/breach of fiduciary duty conspiracy case.

Art Parker writes that in early November, Leslie and Bill Tozier hosted a grand three-day party at Babington House, a resort southwest of London. Bill invited his bachelor roommates: Warren Paul and Steve Singiser and their wives. Leslie and Bill have purchased an apartment in New York City, so they’ll be spending more time in the U.S.A.

Bob Sanchez regrets not having been able to attend the most recent mini-reunion, but he and Diane were awaiting the birth of twin grandsons, Tommy and Chase. Bob is celebrating the eighth year of his two-year term as president of the Brown Club. Among the year’s events: streaming a Brown/Yale football game, a wine tasting, a faculty talk, a celebration of the 250th, and a visit from President Paxson.

Bill Stamm and his wife, Donna, took a river cruise from Nuremberg to Amsterdam, their 10th Christmas cruise. They write that they enjoy making new friends and running into people with whom they’ve cruised before.

Ken Street is still very active in the FOCUS Marines Foundation, which has tended to 30-40 wounded post-9/11 U.S. Marine veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan transitioning into civilian life. Some are missing limbs, some have service animals, and most suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder and/or traumatic brain injury. “Very intense and emotional,” Ken says.

Brody Summerfield still climbs trees to hunt whitetail deer. He writes that, using a bow, he harvested a 12-point buck weighing 230 pounds and scoring 155.5 on the Pope & Young Club point scale. It will provide enough venison for a year. Brody is looking forward to hunting turkeys in April.

From the January/February 2015 Issue

Class secretary Jill Hirst Scobie reports: “Sandy McFarland Taylor, copresident of the class of 1958, was delighted with the turnout for the class mini-reunion held during Alumni Fall Weekend and Brown’s 250th anniversary celebration. Friday evening began with a wonderful party at the home of Artemis Joukowsky ’55 and Martha Sharp Joukowsky. We dined at the Hope Club, and Martha gave a fascinating talk on her decades of experience with Brown’s archeological dig at Petra, Jordan. She also sketched her insider’s view of the various forces operating in today’s Middle East. We had glorious weather for the Brown-Harvard night game (with fireworks afterwards), and everyone enjoyed catching up with classmates on College Hill. Closing out the weekend was entertainment by Connie and Art Parker with a clambake at their waterfront home in Westport, Mass. A special thanks to copresident Jim Moody for his great organizing. Please send your news to Jill.”

Kay Ulry Baker sends kudos to the mini-reunion organizers. She writes: “I left Providence after that enjoyable interlude and took in the autumn color in New Hampshire. After that, it was off to Club Med, where I enjoyed four days of tee times with my golfing buddies. I’m happy to be in warm Florida.”

Stephen Barkin continues his involvement in real estate ownership and management. With Madeline, his wife of 53 years, he visits his children and grandchildren in Florida and Maine. He meets often with his Brown roommate Jack Selig.

George Held completed his trilogy of animal poems for children with the January publication of Neighbors: The Water Critters, illustrated by Joung Un Kim, a RISD graduate.

Steve Kurtz and his wife, Audrey, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at the Marriott in Park Ridge, N.J., with more than 60 friends and relatives. They enjoy spending weekends at their second home in the Berkshires, swimming, canoeing, and attending concerts at the Tanglewood Music Center. They have six grandsons.

Lois Hammersberg Lowry (see Mary Serenna Foxall Day ’49).

Charles Martel and his wife, Leyla, spent a month in Australia, where they spent almost four hours walking around Ayers Rock. They write that a high point was celebrating their daughter-in-law’s 50th birthday, along with her submission of her doctoral thesis in psychology. Charles writes that he had “never seen the sky so spectacular.”

Jim and Sally Cameron Mello continue to create inventory for their gallery, River District Arts, in Sperryville, Va. Their honey and shiitake mushrooms are available at their local farmers market, and their grandson, Steve, markets their organic vegetables. They write: “The Christmas tree crop is thriving, as are the great-grandchildren.”

Jane Bertram Miluski hosted Adrienne Arabian Baksa, Kathie Schutt Chadwick, Lois Dean, Connie Black Engle, Roz Kennedy Johnson, Carol Batchelder Jones, Judith Ann Perlin, Jill Hirst Scobie, and Barbara Comroe Trevaskis at her summer house on Long Beach Island, N.J. She writes: “We ate, drank, talked, generally made merry, and attended a showing of The Giver, based on Lois Hammersberg Lowry’s young adult book.”

Tom Moses reports the passing of Bruce Fowler. Tom remembers the last time he saw Bruce, when the two of them played tennis with Don Mackenzie and Roger Williams. Classmates may contact Bruce’s wife, Maryann, though suffering from Alzheimer’s.

Jim Noonan regrets that he missed the mini-reunion. He was chairman of his high school’s 60th reunion celebration, which was held on the same weekend. He writes: “I did make it to the last half of the Brown-Harvard game. Well done.”

Bob Sanchez writes: “Diane and I visited Connecticut for the birth of our twin grandsons. I’m still serving as president of the Brown Club of Southwest Florida and returning for Commencement each year. We have an active calendar of events scheduled this coming year for the Brown Club, including a theater event, boat ride, conservatory trip, wine tasting, Edison/Ford museum visit, holiday party, Red Sox game, professor visit, astronomy lecture and stargazing evening.”

From the November/December 2014 Issue

Class secretary Jill Hirst Scobie writes: “As ever, please send your news.”

Kay Ulry Baker has been busy. She reports that she is the past president of the Boynton, Fla., Woman’s Club. They have been working on a restoration of their nationally registered historic building, raising money and obtaining matching funds from city and state. This past summer she visited Italy, Greece, and Turkey, trekking through historical sites. Kay now has three great-grandchildren.

Lynne and Dick Emmons attended the retirement of Captain Russell Larratt in San Diego. Captain Larratt is the son of Michael Larratt and Barbara Chaplin Larratt. Attending this festive event were all four Larratt brothers, their wives, and many grandchildren.

Lee Ann Etscovitz published a new book, An Inner Roadmap of Gender Transformation, in May. “A soul-searching and thought-provoking exploration of the inner and outer struggles faced by many transsexuals…, [written with] emotional depth and unflinching honesty,” it is available through Amazon, as is her earlier book of poetry, Let the Dandelions Grow.

Pam and Ed Flattau visited their architect daughter, Victoria, who is living in Tunisia. Ed wrote a piece on the ecovillage where Victoria is volunteering her services.

John Gamwell retired after 30 years of orthopedic surgery as a member of the Emory faculty. He lives in Roswell, Ga., and enjoys events in the Atlanta area, as well as and reading and traveling. He sends his best wishes to all.

Bruce McFadden attended his 60th high school reunion in White Plains, N.Y., accompanied by his son. Only a nephew’s wedding kept him away from the Providence mini-reunion.

Jim and Sally Cameron Mello write they are still working hard on their crafts for their gallery at River District Arts in Sperryville, Va. They sell honey and shiitake mushrooms at the farmers market, and their Christmas trees are pruned and thriving. Great-grandchildren play at the farm, and Sally watches the sunsets, wishing the whole world were as peaceful as it is there.

Connie and Max McCreery have returned to Martha’s Vineyard after an East African safari and a canoe trip on the Amazon. They also had cocktails with the elusive Josiah Carberry. They were looking forward to a summer highlighted by the visits of various D.C. VIPs on the Vineyard.

After 43 years, Everett Pizzuti retired from Astro-Med in early 2014. He was a cofounder and finished his career as CEO. He writes:  “Retirement? It’s like a vacation every day. I have made the transition from CEO to CBO (Chief Baby Officer). With five sons and seven grandchildren, and another grandchild expected, life is no doubt full.”

Diane and Bob Sanchez now have seven grandchildren. The most recent additions were twin boys, Chase and Thomas, of Fairfield, Conn., born in early July.

John Willenbecher’s Tribeca studio was featured in the July 20 online publication Hyperallergic: Sensitive to Art and Its Discontents. To view more, visit http://hyperallergic.com/138609/weekend-studio-visit-john-willenbecher-in-tribeca-new-york/ .

From the September/October 2014 Issue

Class secretary Jill Hirst Scobie reports: “Our next mini-reunion will be held Sept. 26–28 in Providence. Highlights will include a welcoming reception at the home of Martha Sharp and Art Joukowsky ’55, along with Martha’s reflections on changes over the years to Brown’s Petra project and to the Mideast in general; dinner at the Hope Club; Saturday’s colloquiums, tours, and open houses; a ’58 tailgating party on the deck of Wyndham Gardens before the Brown-Harvard game; and, finally, a Sunday clambake at the Parkers’ in Westport, Mass. Information about costs and venues will be provided through regular mail and e-mail.”

Bill Corrigan received a commendation in recognition of his retirement after 48 years of service during the annual business meeting of the Brown Club of Rhode Island in Sayles Hall.

Stewart Fish writes that he is “still above ground and vertical in Vero Beach, Fla., and loving every moment of it, taking cruises and fishing.”

Warren Healey and his wife, Joan, cruised through the Panama Canal after visiting Key West and Cartagena. Next, they visited Puntarenas, Chiapas, and Acapulco, ending in San Francisco. They intend to mesh the ’58 mini with their 60th high school reunion in Pawtucket.

Susan Adler Kaplan ’65 MAT is now the chairwoman of the Corporation emeriti executive committee and associate chair of the Brown-Tougaloo Partnership.

Dick Neal recently spent time in Rome and took a cruise in the western Mediterranean. He followed that with three weeks in Cancun.

Bob Sanchez and his wife, Diane, continue to be a peripatetic pair, making their annual pilgrimage to the Northeast to visit children and grandchildren, to attend Commencement, then to visit Boston, Cape Cod, and Long Island. “Tennis, bridge, and strong drink keep us going in our little corner of the Florida peninsula. Soon it’s off to Minnesota and Arkansas.”

Betty Belknap Stirling continues to be the perennial organizer of her East Bridgewater (Mass.) High School reunions. The 60th is approaching.

John Willenbecher married Jean-Patrice Marandel on Thanksgiving Day 2013, at the home of their friends Richard and Mary Lanier in Falls Village, Conn. Richard Grossman, a psychotherapist and noted Emerson scholar, performed the ceremony, which took place at the dining room table between the turkey course and the pumpkin pie. John is an artist and lives in New York City, and Jean-Patrice is the Robert H. Ahmanson Chief Curator of European Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

From the July/August 2014 Issue

Class secretary Jill Hirst Scobie reports: “Coming at us fast!! Our next mini-reunion will be held Sept. 26–28, 2014, in Providence. Highlights will be the Brown-Harvard game, events surrounding Brown’s 250th anniversary, and (possibly) a clambake in Westport, Mass. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Wyndham Gardens Hotel for $95 per room, per night (double or king-sized bed). For reservations, please call (401) 272-5577 before Sept. 1. Be sure to mention that you are with the Brown class of 1958. As ever, please send your news.

“Also, Henry Chapman, son of Alfred M. Chapman who was an All-American swimmer and captain of the Brown swim team, would be interested in hearing from anyone who recalls Alfred as a scholar, an athlete, a gentleman. Alfred began his professional life as a teacher, then married, had three children, earned a master’s in Latin and another in Greek; however, from the mid-1960s onward his life took another trajectory as Alfred and his family had to deal with the onset of paranoid schizophrenia. I would be glad to forward any information to Henry.”

Jim Moody reports: “For classmates who have decided that life is better without e-mail or who simply missed the class Bravo blast, we have created a Class of 1958 Newsletter to complement the class notes that appear in Brown Alumni Magazine. 

“We hope that in the future the newsletter will be written largely by readers eager to communicate with classmates. At this stage of life, class members have walked a long way on many paths. We have hard-won experience and well-tested opinions; we have a lot to write about. The volunteer newsletter staff will provide editorial support if needed.

“Just send your contribution to our secretary, Jill Hirst Scobie. In addition, please begin using a second address: brown58newsletter@gmail.com. Jill and newsletter editors will determine how to use what you send. Note that BAM reaches all classes, while the newsletter is aimed only at our class. Our goal is to put out at least one edition a year, but we may well publish more frequently if the flow of material warrants. To view the first edition, go to the following website: http://brown58newsletter.wordpress.com/ . If you need help, go to your local library.”

Ellen Loewenstein Boschwitz received a “Woman of Distinction” award from the Univ. of Minnesota. Ellen is the mother of four sons; grandmother of seven; an advocate for children with special needs; a businesswoman who has worked as a manager, a merchandiser, and a buyer; and the wife of former senator and ambassador Rudy Boschwitz.

In April, Carolyn and Tom Develin took a river cruise on the Elbe from Prague to Berlin on a small ship powered by water jets to allow for the shallow drafts. They had a chance to visit smaller towns and cities in northern Germany.

Emily Waters Fortnum, wife of Donald Fortnum of Gettysburg, Pa., passed away. During her last year she was visited by Pembroke friends Babbie Clary Horner, Andree Guay Wells, and Bitsy Hitchcock Nebauer.

Joan and Warren Healey write that they cruised from Miami through the Panama Canal and eventually landed in San Francisco. They spent a few days on the West Coast.

John Lorand writes: “My wife, Cil, and I celebrated our 50th anniversary in June. I have flunked retirement by working in the chemistry lab the last few years—one paper published so far, two more in gestation. Three kids and two grandkids are thriving.”

Charles Martell invited Alan Taylor to speak at a Friends of the Library event in Charlottesville, Va., and soon after that Taylor won his second Pulitzer for The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia. Later in the spring, Charles and his wife, Leyla, cruised from Rome to Saint Petersburg to Amsterdam.

Jane Bertram Miluski was honored by the Rose Valley Historical Society and Museum in Moylan, Pa., with a retrospective of her paintings, 1979–2013. Jane is a prizewinning watercolorist and teacher.

Tom Moses and his wife, Judy, claim to have found the Fountain of Youth in competitive senior doubles tennis with 11 friends (ages 48–82) for up to three sets (90 minutes). They write: “We have no aches or pains.... Then it’s nap time, naturally.”

Ron Offenkrantz went on a bucket-list adventure trip to Brooks Falls, Alaska, with his magician/actor grandson, Alex, to photograph grizzlies catching salmon.

Patricia Patricelli writes: “Heading to the Dalmatian Coast with Brown Travelers, a trip that has been on my list of places to go. I continue to tutor ESL first graders and take courses at Boston University.”

Arnold Rothstein (see Toby Cohen ’09).

Charles Shumway is taking an extensive summer road trip in his RV from Hilton Head, S.C., to Greenwich, Conn.; Newport, R.I.; Yarmouth, Me.; and eventually back to Naples, Fla.

Bonnie and Louis Silverstein have been making Nantucket baskets for the past 20 years. They enjoy keeping the tradition of this true American craft alive and also enjoy showing and selling them at their winter home on North Captiva Island, Fla.

Alfred Uhry was “flattered to be asked to write a piece for The Brown Reader: Fifty Writers Remember College Hill". Richard Foreman ’59 and Lois Lowry are also contributors. Alfred describes it as a “very good read” and he thinks no other college has done anything quite like it. You may obtain a copy through Amazon or through Brown.

Joseph Vanable has spent his retirement years active in the National Alliance on Mental Illness (Indiana) Public Policy Committee. He continues teaching an honors course on brain disorders—covering serious mental illness, its biological basis, treatment and the lack of access to it, legal aspects, etc. His hope is to get mental illness into the open and to encourage students to work in mental health.

Frank Young writes that Edwards House friends Peter Kopke, Tom Moses, Don McKenzie, George Vandervoort, and Roger Williams had another reunion in Sarasota, Fla., where Pat Pennal MacKenzie ’59 and Don hosted a dinner for all the men and their wives.

From the May/June 2014 Issue

Class secretary Jill Hirst Scobie writes: “Our next mini-reunion will be held Sept. 26–28 in Providence. Highlights will be the Brown-Harvard game, events surrounding Brown’s 250th anniversary, and a clambake in Westport, Mass. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Wyndham Gardens Hotel for $95.00 per room, per night (double or king-sized bed). For reservations, please call 401-272-5577; make sure to mention you are with the Brown class of 1958.”

The class of 1958 extends its condolences to Bruce McFadden, whose wife, Natalie, died suddenly in December. They had been married for 55 years and together reared five sons. A memorial service held at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, Calif., was so well attended that 100 people had to be turned away.

John Bloom and his wife, Nancy, moved from their Boston home overlooking the Charles River to Lasell Village in Newton, Mass. John stays in touch with Slater Hall roommates Larry Kocher, Peter Kuniholm, and Dave Nass.

Charles Connell retired after 51 years of college teaching, the last 45 spent as a professor of German at Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa.

William E. Corrigan Jr. was selected as a recipient of the 2013 Alumni Service Award, given for “distinguished continuing volunteer service to Brown in any field of alumni activity.”

Stan Dobson writes: “My wife, Rosemarie, and I managed to escape the Virginia winter (which I believe was harder than usual) by spending a week on Grand Cayman. Prior to that we had a memorable trip to South Africa around the time of Mandela’s death. We heard interesting talks from persons imprisoned with Mandela and from others actively involved in ending apartheid.”

Dolly Farago Forbes sold the small hotel that she helped her mother run, along with her daughters, in Watch Hill, R.I. She looks forward to the freedom to enjoy herself, to travel, and to spend winters in Palm Beach while she is still active and healthy. She writes: “This is an especially happy year because my granddaughter will be a freshman at Brown.”

Ludlow Miller and his wife, Babbie, moved in early January from Philadelphia to the San Francisco Bay area to be near two of their three children and four of their six grandchildren. They write that they look forward to this new life on the West Coast.

Pat Patricelli spent the last two weeks of September touring the villages and vineyards of France, ending in Paris thanks to the fine efforts of Brown Travelers. Back in Boston she takes courses at Boston Univ., tutors first graders in reading, and enjoys Boston’s wonderful cultural offerings: ballet, theater, and symphony.

Arnold Platzker, now professor emeritus at the USC-Keck School of Medicine, and his wife, Marjorie, the interior design director at an international architecture firm, travel frequently to the wine country in their native California, as well as twice a year to Paris, and this past year to Portugal and Spain.

Robert P. Sanchez keeps busy as president of the Brown Club of Southern Florida, which has a crowded calendar of events, including a visit from President Christina Paxson in March. Robert also interviews admission candidates. He does some traveling, plays bridge and tennis, and is involved in local politics.

From the March/April 2014 Issue

Class secretary Jill Hirst Scobie reports: “Our next mini-reunion will be held Sept. 26–28, 2014, in Providence. Highlights will be the Brown-Harvard game, events surrounding Brown’s 250th anniversary, and (possibly) a clambake in Westport, Mass. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Wyndham Gardens Hotel for $95 per room, per night (double or king-size bed). For reservations, please call (401) 272-5577 and mention that you are with the Brown University class of 1958. As ever, please send your news.”

In January, Martin Bernheimer traveled to Seattle to participate in Opera Weekend, which involves the Metropolitan Opera National Council Pacific Northwest auditions. He lectured on “Critics: Who Needs Them?” and later participated in a panel discussion entitled “Opera: State of the Art.”

Barbara Shipley Boyle hosted the 26th consecutive annual Pembroke gathering in the San Francisco Bay area. Susie Langdon Kass attended, but Brenda Williams McLean, a regular, wasn’t able to come. On the first December Saturday the group meets and auctions off items to one another to raise money for the Pembroke Center.

Bill Chadwick and his senior fraternity brother Socrates Mihalokos ’55 serve on the Treasure Coast Alumni Club. Bill and his wife, Peggy, cruised the Caribbean with Meg and Paul Johnson in January.

In November, Barbara Chaplin, Raya McCully Goff, Anne Walter Lowenthal, Anne Guerry Pierce, and Sandy McFarland Taylor gathered for a weekend at the home of Joyce Gillespie Briggs. Non-classmates Bob Goff ’57 and Russell Pierce ’53 also came, and at the end of the weekend Lynne and Dick Emmons joined the convivial group for lunch.

Dick Emmons reports a miraculous improvement in his health. He and wife, Lynne, had quite a holiday jaunt: visiting a son in Idaho; then visiting Barbara Chaplin’s and Mike Larratt’s son, Greg, in Spokane; then off to Orlando, Fla., to be with Mike and his wife, Eileen; then down to Winter Park to be with Barbara’s brother Ray and his companion, Michael. Dick writes: “Next it’s on to all the national parks we haven’t seen together or have missed.”

Ed Flattau is working on his fifth book about partisan environmental politics in our nation’s capital.

Joan and Warren Healey had a pre-Christmas visit with daughter Candace Healey ’84, who is the deputy director of the James A. Michener Art Museum, which this winter hosted the exhibition “From Philadelphia to Monaco: Grace Kelly Beyond the Icon.” Warren writes: “When in Doylestown, Pa., visit the ‘art and soul of Bucks County.’”

Arnold C. Platzker writes: “This past year has been a very busy one for the Platzker family. We still live in Los Angeles, and after 40 years, I retired as professor emeritus from the faculty of the USC-Keck School of Medicine and the Division of Pediatric Pulmonology at Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles. I continue to mentor a fellow’s research and participate in committees and conferences. Marjorie continues as interior design director for the L.A. office of NBBJ, the international architecture firm. Our son, David, is the curator for prints and books at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. He and his wife, who has an art gallery in Chelsea, have a 13-year-old daughter. Our daughter, Liz, lives in Philadelphia where her husband, an adult pulmonologist, heads the Pulmonary Hypertension Program at Penn. Liz continues to work as a fashion designer. They have a 2-year-old daughter. In my free time I keep busy raising hundreds of cymbidiums and rare orchids in our greenhouse. Five years ago I planted Grenache noir grape vines imported to the U.S. from Château Beaucastel in the Rhône Valley. While we have a wonderful yearly crop of grapes, we have not yet made wine, but look forward to doing so. Marjorie and I travel frequently to the southern California wine country. We also visit France and Italy. This year we visited Portugal and Spain, too. For more than 30 years, we have visited Paris at least twice a year, and I published a 20-page newsletter on Paris.”

Robert P. Sanchez, president of the Brown University Club of Southwest Florida, writes: “We keep an active calendar of events, including theater parties, air/boat environmental trips, new-student receptions, hosting visiting professors, museum visits, and interviewing Brown applicants. Diane and I make our annual summer visit to Minnesota to see our four children and five grandchildren. I still sail and play tennis.”

Bob Selig has been appointed CEO of Taylor Community, a continuing-care retirement community in Laconia, N.H. He is currently chairman of the board of trustees of Laconia Public Library, a director of the Jewish Federation of New Hampshire, and a director of Shalom TV and the Lake Opechee Preservation Assoc.

Michael Seligman is still busy working. This is his 37th consecutive year as one of the producers of the Oscars, and he also produces live events and television specials. He enjoys visiting with his 8-year-old granddaughter, Avery, and 2½-year-old grandson, Dylan. In his spare time he sculpts in bronze, terra cotta, and wood, preparing for a third exhibition. He sold 16 pieces during his preceding two shows. He and his wife, Teresa, recently purchased a condo in Palm Springs, Calif.

In October Michael Trotter gave the keynote presentation at a conference on the future of the legal profession, which was sponsored by the National Assoc. of Legal Career Professionals Foundation. It was one of many speaking engagements that followed the publication of his book Declining Prospects, about the economics and prospects of the legal profession.

From the January/February 2014 Issue

The class of 1958 is proud to have had two of its members honored at the Brown Alumni Awards Luncheon. Susan Adler Kaplan ’65 MAT was honored with the H. Anthony Ittleson ’60 Award for her dedication to Brown over the years, her enthusiastic involvement in class reunion gift campaigns, and her prior service as a member of the Brown Annual Fund Executive Committee. Bill Corrigan received an Alumni Service Award for his work as a club leader and class leader, and for his longstanding dedication to the Brown hockey program, where he began as student manager of the team. The award seeks “to recognize those whose work, love of Brown, spirit of cooperation, and selflessness stand out and who will continue to provide these invaluable services.”

Jill Hirst Scobie writes: “Our mini-reunion will be held Sept. 26–28 in Providence. Highlights will be the Brown-Harvard game, events surrounding  Brown’s 250th anniversary, and (possibly) a clambake in Westport, Mass. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Wyndham Gardens Hotel for $95 per room, per night (double or king-size bed). To make reservations call (401) 272-5577, being certain to mention that you are with Brown University Class of 1958.”

Tom Develin writes that he and his wife, Carolyn, have enjoyed watching their grand nephew, James Develin ’10, number 46, playing fullback for the Patriots. He’s setting aside his Brown engineering degree for a while and instead is frequently the lead blocker in many running plays.

Phil DuMond and his wife, Mary, traveled the Oregon Coast this past autumn and enjoyed themselves despite the rain.

Ed Flattau’s wife, Pamela Flattau, was appointed to the U.S. National Committee for the International Union of Psychological Science by the National Academy of Sciences.

John Gamwell is retired from Emory’s School of Medicine, where he practiced medicine from 1970 to 2000. He writes: “All the best to everyone.”

George Held’s new book, Culling: New and Selected Nature Poems, published by Poets Wear Prada Press, will launch on Feb. 27 at the Cornelia Street Café in Greenwich Village, N.Y.

Peter B. Howard’s and Jane Loveless Howard’s oldest granddaughter and her husband have bought a home in New Hope, Pa. She holds a master’s in art history and is on the staff at the Michener Art Museum.

Edwin Levy celebrated the 34th anniversary of his investment management company, Levy, Harkins & Co. He still serves on the boards of Beth Israel Hospital and the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, both in New York City.

Brenda Williams McLean cohosted a Brown tailgate at Stanford on Oct. 5 with Gail Wooley ’59, ’63 MAT ; Virginia Tortolani McQueen ’81; and Richard Muschell ’75. Eighty Brown classmates and family members welcomed Stanford’s new director of athletics, Bernard Muir ’90, to the Bay Area.

Sally Cameron Mello and James Mello have been very busy on the farm show tour. Jim weaves, and Sally and daughter Jeanne Mello Day ’80 paint and hook rugs, keeping their gallery supplied with items. You can “visit” them at oakshadefarm.net . Meanwhile, their son, Craig Mello ’82 (Nobel Prize in medicine, 2006), is very excited about Crispr, a genome editing technology that will speed up research.

Tom Moses and his wife, Judy, spent their third successive summer at Brasenhill, the “Downton Abbey” of Lebanon County, Pa. Designed by architect E. Donald Robb, it is a 38-room Jacobean stone estate filled with antiques—including a replica of Michelangelo’s bed. The great room is a copy of the one in Haddon Hall in England, and the staircase is a scaled-down version of one in the Philadelphia Art Museum.

Charles P. Paley and his wife, Ann-Marie, moved to a retirement community, The Village at Waterman Lake in Greenville, R.I. He writes: “It’s great to be near our son and his family and, of course, to be near Brown. We’re enjoying meeting our fellow residents, including several Brown alums, and talking about old times.”

Evandro Radoccia and his wife, Marie, are now great-grandparents to Marrissa Kay. He writes: “I thought we were too young for this, but there she is.” Apart from that significant event, Van occasionally trades political barbs with Stan Dobson and socializes with Joan Castronovo Owen and her husband, Bill Owen ’59 MAT.

Jerry Romano writes that, after retiring from textbook publishing in 1995, he started a computer-based company that developed one-on-one learning programs for disadvantaged students. Heart problems led to a second retirement, but he has developed an interest in making whimsical things out of found objects.

Alan Rosenberg has written a book on the current status of U.S. medical practice and is awaiting acceptance by a publisher. He has seen Leslie Silverstein and Owen Hoberman and has spoken several times with Richard Emmons, who happily reports that his medical problems have improved.

Bob Sanchez continues as president of the local Brown Club. He is busy with an annual family-visiting trek to Connecticut, playing tennis, sailing, and interviewing Brown applicants.

Elizabeth Belknap Stirling has twin college-sophomore grandsons, Stephen (Roger Williams Univ.) and Michael (Keene State), who are studying in Scotland and London respectively for a semester.

William Summerfield writes: “Bow season in Missouri. I harvested a doe and a real nice 10-point buck. Our ‘eats’ on our farm are really bringing in the deer and turkey.”

Marion McFarland Taylor gathered for a weekend with classmates at the home of Joyce Gillespie Briggs in early November.

Ann Thorndike (see Beatrice Wattman Miller ’35).

Mike Trotter was the keynote presenter in October at the National Assoc. of Legal Career Professionals conference concerned with the future of the legal profession. Mike continues to write and talk about the legal profession and has been featured recently in articles in the New York Times, Business Week, Inside Counsel, etc. For greater depth, visit his website: www.trotterlawandeconomics.com .

George Vandervoort led a “just for fun” 29th Annual Bike Ride from Wilmette, Ill., to Lake Forest, and back again. The cyclists saw beautiful views of Lake Michigan and George invites all classmates to join them for the milestone 30th Annual.

Bob Wood and his wife, Anne, toured some of the Maritime Provinces in Canada, relaxing in Bay Fortune, Prince Edward Island. On their way home they visited Wheaton friends in Belfast, Maine, and son Christopher Wood ’87 in New Hampshire.

From the November/December 2013 Issue

Class secretary Jill Hirst Scobie reports: “Here is information about our first mini-reunion since our 55th. It will be held Sept. 26–28, 2014, in Providence. Plan on attending the Brown–Harvard football game, participating in events celebrating Brown’s 250th anniversary, and possibly feasting at a clambake in the Westport, Mass., area. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Wyndham Gardens Hotel for $95/night (double or king-size bed). To make reservations call (401) 272-5577, and mention that you are with Brown University’s class of 1958. As ever, please send your news.”

Barbara Chaplin, Lynne and Dick Emmons (Russell’s godparents), and Mike Larratt attended the Change of Command for son, Capt. Russell Larratt, Commanding Officer, Navy Operational Support Center, San Diego, in late July. Russell’s wife, his three children, his three brothers, and their wives and children also participated.

Peter Dana announces the June birth of a new grandson, Townsend Perry Bottomley. In late August through mid-September, Peter traveled to Russia and Denmark.

Lou and Gil Grady left Louisville, Ky., after more than 35 years and relocated to Ave Maria, Fla., east of Naples, adjacent to the Panther Run Golf Course. Gil is looking forward to catching up with other Brunonians in southwest Florida.

Joan and Warren Healey traveled from Hamburg to Berlin and then cruised from Tangermunde to Dresden, eventually ending in Prague.

Jane Bertram Miluski visited the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, N.Y., as she has many times since 1985. This time she sang with Ysaye Barnwell, PhD, musician, actor, educator, and a member of the acclaimed a cappella quintet Sweet Honey in the Rock.

In July, Carol and Frank Young took their 10-year-old granddaughter, Abby Gandrud, daughter of Lisa Young Gandrud ’85, on a river cruise in Spain and Portugal; it was an intergenerational trip run by Road Scholar, so there were many other children on board.

From the September/October 2013 Issue

Class secretary Jill Hirst Scobie reports: “As ever, please send your news."

“Seventy-nine ’58’s (27 women, 52 men) had a wet and wonderful 55th opening with a late afternoon reception at Buxton House. We shmoozed, managed to recognize each other, and were serenaded by several delightful student a cappella groups. Then it was on to a fine dinner at the University Club. For the intrepid, the next destination was a rather damp but festive Campus Dance. Saturday morning found many of us in Sayles Hall for the all-class memorial service, followed by coffee with the president and the provost. The Brown men had a dampish luncheon in a tent on the grounds of the Maddock Alumni Center, while the women (Pembrokers all) were ensconced in the blessedly dry Hope Club. Mid-afternoon there was a panel discussion, “55 Years of Change.” Saturday evening, we returned for a celebration dinner, again at the Hope Club, followed by speeches, etc. Fond thanks to Paul Johnson, our retiring copresident, and to Sandy McFarland Taylor for continuing as copresident; and welcome to Jim Moody, who will also be serving as current copresident. Jim James directed us in singing a rousing version of the alma mater. On Sunday many of us participated in the wonderfully traditional, yet new and ever-evolving Commencement procession. If you were very observant, you would have seen Bob Feldman playing with the band as it went by. The sun emerged for the midday graduation. For those of us lucky enough to have both a final burst of energy and adequate time, there was a luncheon at Donna and Jim Moody’s club, the Acoaxet Club, in Westport, Mass., overlooking the water. What a great closing moment! Thanks to Roz Kennedy Johnson for her reunion summary e-mail.”

Robert Barta writes: “Since retiring in 1996, my wife, Joni, and I have toured 29 countries (Egypt and China twice), traveled around the world 10 days after 9/11, and cruised the Rhine and Danube from the North Sea to the Black Sea both ways. Miles more to go. I’ve been married to Joni for 49 years; our four children have produced five grandchildren, aged 2 to 26, and one great-granddaughter, who is 1 year old. Our 1678 home in Maynard, Mass., is now getting a substantial addition.”

Bob Feldman reports that he is doing a very “odd project,” a portfolio of aquatints of equations and expressions by Nobel Prize–winning physicists or Fields Medal–winning mathematicians. It is being copublished with the Yale Univ. Art Gallery. Bob will be commuting between Munich and Portland, Ore., during the upcoming academic year.

Family graduations kept Sue Haneman Phelps from attending the 55th. She and her husband had a family reunion this summer in Steamboat Springs, Colo., with 36 participants.

Jim Mello writes: “I remember sitting in Sayles Hall in ’54 listening to President Keeney describe the new world we would be entering. He said, ‘Look to your left, look to your right. When you graduate, those two people will be gone.’ So it was with great delight that I saw on the donor list that his prediction was wrong. Pete Megrdichian and Ludlow Miller not only graduated but are still supporting Brown.”

Diane and Bob Sanchez write that they enjoyed seeing all the changes on campus (Alpert Medical School, downtown campus extension, athletic facilities, etc.), as well as the nostalgically familiar. Best of all was seeing “classmates whose faces and bodies may have undergone some time-related changes, but whose spirits and memories are a joy to share.” Further visits were to Fairfield and Long Island as well as to Long Lake in northern Minnesota.

From the May/June 2013 Issue

Class secretary Jill Hirst Scobie reports: “Class of ’58, save May 24–26 for our 55th. The main class events will be dinner at the University Club on Friday night (cost: $58, including open bar), class luncheons Saturday noon (Brown on grounds of Maddock Alumni Center, Pembroke at the Hope Club), a second class dinner, and a brunch Sunday at the Parkers’ home in Westport, Mass. We will present a panel of class members and other experts working in diverse fields, who will lead an open discussion on many of the important changes of the last half century. Yes, we’ll have another shot at the identification and criticism of ideas. There will be the traditional events: Campus Dance, alumni forums, the hour with the president, and Commencement. The University has changed its position on free rooms for the 50th-and-over reunions. Jim Moody secured a block of 15 rooms at the Wyndham Gardens Hotel at India Point: $299 per night for a city view, $319 per night for a harbor view room. These rates apply to Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights; if you come earlier or stay later, the rates drop to $129 and $149, respectively. To make a reservation, please call (401) 272-5577 and reference the Brown University Class of 1958. Thanks to Jim for all of his organizational work, as well as to the inestimable Paula DeBlois of the alumni relations office. As ever, please send your class notes news.”

Bernard Asher, a practicing surgeon, and his wife, Lilian Asher, a retired anesthesiologist, divide their time between Skaneateles, N.Y., and Pelican Bay, Naples, Fla. Their eldest son, Robert, is a lecturer at Cambridge, England, and just wrote a book about evolution. They have two other children and two grandchildren.

Albert Clark and his wife, Sharon, are building a retirement home in Silverdale, Wash. This is their fifth build. Albert writes: “A nick-of-time visit to the John Carter Brown Library in those few days prior to my graduation turned me into a true bibliophile and poor man’s collector. I won’t speak to friends who boast about their Kindles.”

Dick Emmons and Mike Larratt will each be in a wheelchair at the 55th, chauffeured by their dedicated wives, Lynne and Eileen.

Edward Flattau’s daughter, Victoria, is an architect currently living in Tunis and working on sustainable development there. They are considering visiting her in the North African capital.

Stephen Kurtz and his wife, Audrey, divide their time between New Jersey and a home near Tanglewood in the Berkshires. With six grandsons (the eldest of whom just celebrated his bar mitzvah), snorkeling, swimming, and interviewing for Brown, Stephen writes: “Life is rewarding.”

Dave Labovitz writes: “The United States Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C., is presenting an exhibition of my wife Jackie Bailey Labovitz’s photographs until Oct. 14. Jackie is our official class photographer and an honorary class member. She will also be giving a lecture on June 11 and Oct. 1 entitled, ‘Understory: A Perspective on Painting with Light.’ To view her recent work, visit www.understory.us .”

Gilbert Lugossy writes: “I continue to serve as a member of the board of directors of Capital Health System in Mercer County, New Jersey, and as board secretary. I am also active in Democratic party activities.”

Rick Montgomery, a retired lawyer, and his wife, Kathy, still call Pittsburgh home. They visit New England frequently to see their daughter, Mary Montgomery ’02, a medical resident at the Brigham in Boston, and in the summer they are in Little Compton, R.I.

Alvin Mullery has been living in France for almost 30 years—in the winter in Cagnes-sur-Mer (between Nice and Antibes) and in the mountains near the Mercantour National Park during the rest of the year. He writes: “For someone who loves the mountains, the sea, and good food, it is paradise.”

Judith Cole Youngman published Amadeus Quilts, A Journal of Encouragement by the Muncy Historical Society. Each page is illuminated with pictures of the quilts she has made. 

From the March/April 2013 Issue

Save May 24–26, 2013, for our 55th reunion. The main class events will be dinner at the University Club Friday ($58, including open bar), class luncheons and another class dinner Saturday, and brunch at the Parkers’ home in Westport, Mass., Sunday. The class of ’58 will present a panel of class members and other experts working in diverse fields, who will lead an open discussion on many of the important changes of the last half-century. Yes, we’ll have another shot at the identification and criticism of ideas. There will be the traditional events such as Campus Dance, alumni forums, the Alumni Hour with the President, and Commencement. The University has changed its position on free rooms for the 50th-and-over reunions. A campus room will be $65 per person per night, or $260 for a couple staying Friday and Saturday nights. In view of this, Jim Moody secured a block of 15 rooms at the Wyndham Gardens Hotel (the former Radisson) at India Point; $299 per night for a city view, $319 per night for a harbor view room. These rates apply to Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights; if you come earlier or stay later, the rates drop to $129 and $149 respectively. To make a reservation, please call (401) 272-5577 and reference the Brown University Class of 1958. On March 1, all classmates should have  received a hard copy with the full schedule of both class and university events, as well as registration materials, including on-campus housing. Furthermore, there will be e-mail information and the chance to register online. Thanks to Jim Moody for all his organizational work, as well as to the inestimable Paula DeBlois, of the Alumni Office. As ever, please send your class notes news.

Harry Batchelder had an extended adventure in the spring of 2012 traveling the Ho Chi Minh Trail solo for about 145 miles. You can read all about it, and peruse the illuminating photos and maps, in his monograph on this formidable trek at www.owlbrookfarm.com

Sally Cameron Mello writes that all their children are living lives that “honor the spirit of learning and service.” Jeanne Mello Day ’80 is a librarian; Frank ’81 is starting his own business; Craig ’82, a Nobel prize winner, gave a speech at the Nobel Awards which you can hear at Nobelprize.org ; and Roger, their youngest, is a UVA graduate and an educator. Sally and Jim are working “harder than ever” on their Christmas tree farm and she wonders, is it age that makes it seem harder?

Rosemarie and Stan Dobson took an 18-day tour of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, and Russia. Although unused for 50 years, Stan’s linguistic skills “were still good enough that they were never thirsty or lost.” They found the flight from Washington, D.C., to Frankfurt on one of Boeing’s initial 747-8 planes an “incredible experience.”

Ron Edwards, a sculptor, and his wife, Judy (RISD ’60), an abstract painter, are having a retrospective show of their artwork Mar. 7 through Apr. 13 at the Arno Maris Gallery at Westfield State Univ., in Westfield, Mass. The show represents 70 years of their combined work. To see samples, go to ronandjudyedwards.com

Margaret Ewing writes: “Looking forward to our 55th. My son Bruce Ewing ’88 and daughter-in-law Tracey Navin Ewing ’88 will be celebrating their 25th at the same time. I recently returned from an African safari in Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and South Africa. It was very up-close-and-personal with the critters. We also visited villages and schools.”

In early November, Joyce Gillespie Briggs entertained classmates Anne Walter Lowenthal, Anne Guerry Pierce, Raya McCully Goff, and Sandy McFarland Taylor, as well as Bob Goff ’57 and Russell Pierce ’53 at her home in Litchfield, Conn. A good time was had by all: lots of photos reviewed, lots of reminiscing, lots of fine food. On a sadder note, Joyce’s husband, Robert S. Briggs ’53, died on Dec. 2 (see Obituaries).

Steve Kurtz and his wife, Audrey, write that they are enjoying full retirement and visiting their six grandsons, the eldest of whom just celebrated his bar mitzvah. Steve and Audrey spend summers in a lake house in the Berkshires, with easy access to Tanglewood. “Listening to the BSO on the lawn there is Steve’s idea of heaven. Other rewarding activities: hiking, cycling, canoeing, traveling, snorkeling, and interviewing for Brown.”

Jane Loveless Howard of Arlington, Mass., recently stepped down from her 20-year leadership of the town organization Vision 2020, which she helped found. Arlington recognized her service with a party in town hall, where state legislators, town selectmen, and Vision 2020 leaders praised her work. Jane continues to consult and to serve on several committees.

Robert P. Sanchez is still president of the Brown University Club of Southwest Florida in Naples. He writes: “We have an active calendar of events coming up. I’m busy interviewing applicants for Brown and working with the other Ivy League schools on joint activities.”

Lee Sheldrick keeps himself well occupied with occasional reinsurance consulting and arbitration. In the winter he skis at Wachusett Mountain, in Massachusetts, and in the summer he sails and does race management.

Charles Shumway moved to a condo on Hilton Head, S.C., where he enjoys tennis and racing sailboats.

Bill and Sally Whitcomb Keen have moved into a newly renovated Craftsman bungalow in Arlington, Va., close to a daughter, a great library, and the Metro for trips into D.C.

Carol and Frank Young visited Portugal in October and ran into Joan and Warren Healey at their hotel. Unfortunately, Hurricane Sandy prevented the Youngs’ return for several days and caused extensive damage to their home in Freeport, N.Y.

From the January/February 2013 Issue

Class secretary Jill Hirst Scobie writes: “Believe it or not, our 55th reunion is approaching quickly! Save May 24–26, 2013. The main class events will be dinner at the University Club on Friday night, a class luncheon Saturday, a class dinner at the Hope Club, and a brunch at the Parkers’ home in Westport, Mass., on Sunday. There will also be the usual events: Campus Dance, alumni forums, the alumni hour with the president, and Commencement. The University has changed its position on free rooms for the 50th-and-over reunions. A campus room will be $65 per person per night, or $260 for a couple staying Friday and Saturday nights. In view of this, Jim Moody secured a block of 15 rooms at the Wyndham Gardens Hotel (Old Radisson) at India Point: $299 per night for a city view, $319 per night for a harbor view room. These rates apply to Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights; if you come earlier or stay later, the rates drop to $129 and $149, respectively. To make a reservation, please call (401) 272-5577 and reference the Brown University Class of 1958. We encourage you to attend. Since future correspondence will primarily be by e-mail, please advise alumni relations of your e-mail address. More detailed information will arrive later by snail mail and electronically. Thanks to Jim Moody for all of his organizational work. As ever, please send your class notes news.”

Pulitzer Prize winner Martin Bernheimer, who was featured in the November/December BAM, gave a six-session opera criticism lecture series “from the perspective of a critical and sophisticated listener.” He continues to cover the classical music scene for the Financial Times and to write articles on music for sundry publications, including Ravinia and Promenade.

Jane Bertram Miluski hosted a now-annual reunion of old “Angells” at her Long Beach Island, N.J., summer home. In attendance were Adrienne Arabian Baksa, Connie Black Engle, Rosalind Kennedy Johnson, Carol Batchelder Jones, Judith Ann Perlin, Jill Hirst Scobie, and Barbara Comroe Trevaskis. Judith Ann Perlin won the “long distance award” by traveling from Berkeley, Calif.

Dorothy Cotton-Pemstein writes: “A warm hello to scattered classmates. If any of you live in or visit the Boston area, please be in touch for a visit and lots of nostalgia.” She continues to lead spousal-loss support groups at Newton-Wellesley Hospital and to attend the symphony, listen to chamber music, watch foreign films, and enjoy her grandchildren.

Dick Emmons and his wife, Lynne, took the car train to Florida and visited Mike Larratt and his wife.

Bob Feldman is toggling between Portland, Ore., and an apartment in Munich, which he shares with his sculptor wife, Julia Mangold, and their eight-year-old daughter, Hannah. 

Ken Kurze regrets that he hasn’t done any foreign travel lately, but says the list of places he and his wife would like to visit has grown.

John Lorand reports from Mount Pleasant, Mich., that he has two “lively and civilized” grandchildren and has just fulfilled a years-long dream by acquiring a lakefront cottage with good fishing, nature walks, and great sunsets. 

Newbery Award winner Lois Lowry has been getting wonderful press of late, notably in the October 7 New York Times, for her latest book, Son. There was also a long essay about her in the culture pages of the Boston Globe. 

Sharpe Ridout is still enjoying the great North Carolina weather and continuing to work. He writes that he is “enjoying it and plans on working ‘til I drop.”

C. William Stamm writes: “Donna and I moved to Essex Meadows, a life-care retirement operation, in April. We sold our big house in East Haddam, Conn., downsized, and moved to a cottage with one floor, no stairs, and no upkeep. There is so much going on around here that it is hard to keep up. Who said that retirees do nothing but sit around? There are a lot of Brown graduates here. We have to hold our own against the people from New Haven.”

Frank Young and his wife, Carol, spent a week in the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone with their eighth grandchild and then took a 13-day tour on the Douro River in Portugal in September.  

From the November/December 2012 Issue

Class secretary Jill Hirst Scobie writes: “Believe it or not, our 55th reunion is less than a year away! Save May 24–26, 2013. The main class events will be dinner at the University Club on Friday, class luncheons Saturday, class dinner at the Hope Club, and a brunch at the Parkers’ home in Westport, Mass., on Sunday afternoon. Obviously, there will be the usual events like the Campus Dance, alumni forums, the Alumni Hour with the President, and Commencement. The University has changed its position on free rooms for the 50th and over reunions. A campus room will be $65 per person per night, or $260 for a couple staying Friday and Saturday nights. In view of this, Jim Moody ’65 ScM secured a block of 15 rooms at the Wyndham Gardens Hotel at India Point; $299 per night for a city view, $319 per night for a harbor view room. These rates apply to Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights. If you come earlier or stay later, the rates drop to $129 and $149, respectively. To make a reservation, please call (401) 272-5577 and reference the Brown University Class of 1958. We encourage you to attend. Since future correspondence will primarily be by e-mail, please advise Alumni Relations of your e-mail address. More detailed information will arrive later by snail mail and electronically. Thanks to Jim Moody for all of his organizational work. As ever, please send your class notes news.”

Carl Aronson writes that after a 46-year academic career (Penn and Haverford), he is now fully retired. He and his wife, Marjorie (also retired), are dividing their time between Springfield, Pennsylvania, and the eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay. Carl, having sold his full-sized sailboat, has resumed building and sailing radio-controlled model boats; Marjorie is an award-winning quilter.

Dick Emmons writes that he is in the last stages of geriatric heart failure. Despite this he hopes to make his 55th reunion. He and his wife, Lynne, hope to make the time left “as enjoyable as they and the cardiologist can. No reason to be sorry about this. . . . It’s what it is.”

Warren Healey and his wife, Joan, spent 12 days in July cruising on the Danube from the Black Sea to Budapest, visiting Bucharest, Belgrade, and Lake Balaton (among other places). Next on their travel docket is Portugal.

Sally Whitcomb Keen and her husband, Bill, are downsizing and moving to Arlington, Va., in November to be near their middle daughter, who is remodeling a 1920s craftsman bungalow for them. In mid-winter they will visit South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Tom McNeill and his wife, Anne, attended his 50th medical college reunion at the Univ. of Illinois Chicago Medical College campus. Tom has retired from practicing orthopedics, and they now divide their time between Wisconsin and Florida.

Bob Murphy continues his music-filled pursuits, playing at the Cedar Basin (Cedar Falls, Iowa) Jazz Festival and the Stanford Jazz Festival and teaching at the Chicago Latin Jazz Workshop and the Stanford Jazz Workshop during the summer. In the fall he teaches a jazz combo at Stanford.

Sandy McFarland Taylor jigged and reeled her way through St. Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, with 12 Scottish country-dancing friends and toured the excavations at Hadrian’s Wall. Later in the summer she visited daughter Sarah McFarland Taylor ’90 and her husband, John Rountree ’90, and grandson Brody McFarland Rountree. Next it was on to a women’s retreat center in Newbury, Mass., and then a visit in Stamford, Conn., with Lynne and Dick Emmons.

Sally Nichols Tracy and Susan Adler Kaplan attended a reception for President Christina Paxson at the home of Jerome Vascellaro ’74 and Mary Aguiar Vascellaro ’74, which overlooks Menemsha on Martha’s Vineyard, Mass. This was the annual Brown get-together. Sally and Susan write that it was “especially nice to meet and speak with the new president.”

Bob Sanchez writes that he and his wife, Diane, continue on their peripatetic way, visiting friends in Minnesota, visiting the Bay Area, and driving up the Oregon coast. Once again, they’ll participate in a reunion with Bob’s USS Rochester shipmates in San Diego.

From the September/October 2012 Issue

Jill Hirst Scobie reports: “Believe it or not, our 55th reunion is less than a year away! Save May 24–26, 2013. The main class events will be dinner at the University Club on Friday night, class luncheons Saturday, class dinner at the Hope Club, and a brunch at the Parkers’ home in Westport, Mass., on Sunday afternoon. Obviously, there will be the usual events, such as Campus Dance, forums, the Alumni Hour with the President, and finally Commencement. The University has changed its position on free rooms for the 50th and over reunions. A campus room will be $65 per person per night, or $260 for a couple staying Friday and Saturday nights. In view of this, Jim Moody secured a block of 15 rooms at the Wyndham Gardens Hotel (the old Radisson) at India Point: $299 per night for a city view room, $319 per night for a harbor view. These rates apply to Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights; if you come earlier or stay later, the rates drop to $129 and $149, respectively. To make a reservation, please call (401) 272-5577 and reference the Brown University class of 1958. We encourage you to attend. Since future correspondence will be primarily by e-mail, please advise Alumni Relations of your e-mail address. More detailed information will arrive later by ‘snail mail’ and electronically. Thanks to Jim Moody for all his organizational work. As ever, please send your class note news.

Bob Doyle was featured in the May/June BAM (Classes, “Renaissance Man”). The article summarized his transition from astrophysics and practical inventing (video games, etc.) to philosophy. Last year he self-published Free Will: The Scandal in Philosophy. To learn more about Bob, go to his website: www.informationphilosopher.com.

Barbara Florop Doolittle stays engaged with the world by scoring math proficiency tests, creating data reports based on test results, mentoring in an elementary reading program, knitting for Warm Up America (nursing homes, homeless shelters, etc.), and serving as financial secretary of her church. Her only grandchild recently graduated from high school; his ambition is to become a chef.

Lee Ann Etscovitz moved to Hatboro, Pa., instead of relocating to Colorado as she had originally planned. She is now close to all conveniences: a “typical American small town.” Her new address is 420 South York Rd., #61, Hatboro 19040.

Stewart Fish writes that he is “still enjoying life to its fullest in Vero Beach (Fla.), especially when the snow birds have flown north! What a great town.”

Eleanor and Peter Kuniholm, professor emeritus and former director of the Wiener Laboratory for Aegean and Near Eastern Dendrochronology at Cornell, are leaving Ithaca for the New England coast. Their new address is Blueberry Farm, 523 State Route 129, Walpole, Me. 04573.

Jerry Levine had a total knee replacement in April and two months later was driving again. He writes that his next goal is the New York City subway steps, which he intends to conquer.

Charles Martell walked the Camino de Santiago from Roncesvalles to Santiago, Spain—440 miles—during 33 days in May and June. He writes: “I met scores of wonderful pilgrims, and, despite the physical challenges, the personal and social aspects were very rewarding, as was the beauty of the countryside.”

Jim Noonan won the Superior Seniors Golf Championship in Ponte Vedra, Fla. This September he and wife, Ruth, planned a visit to their daughter and her family in Maui.

Pat Patricelli took a late spring trip with Brown Travelers, stopping for a whirlwind tour of Dublin, then on to Barcelona, San Sebastian, Burgos, Pamplona, Bilbao, Madrid, and Toledo. “Professor Mercedes Vaquero … made ancient and medieval Spain come to life,” Pat writes. “Learning, learning, learning!”

Diane and Bob Sanchez attended Commencement, “where we bade farewell to outgoing president Ruth Simmons, and met incoming president Christina Paxson.” They also met honorary-degree recipients Diane Sawyer and U.S. Rep. John Lewis (Ga.), and Bob presented degrees to the geological sciences majors. “More visits with family and friends throughout the summer. And we are anticipating our 55th.”

Bill Stamm and his wife, Donna, moved into Essex Meadows in Essex, Conn., with the attendant challenges of minimizing and simplifying. Since they already knew people there, Bill says it’s proved to be a very welcoming situation. They have a river cruise planned for December. “In the meantime, it is boxes and more boxes.”

Sally Nichols Tracy and her husband, Bud ’59, wintered in Tucson and visited Erik and Pat Carlson Collett in Lone Tree, Colo., on their way home to Cape Cod, where Sally is the new president of the Brown Club. She writes: “There’s nothing like catching up and reminiscing.”

Sue and Mike Trotter recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Mike is also celebrating the release of his new book, Declining Prospects: How Extraordinary Competition and Compensation Are Changing America’s Major Law Firms, and the paperback reissue of his ’97 book, Profit and the Practice of Law: What’s Happened to the Legal Profession. Mike writes: “You may have heard about the new one on NPR or read about it in the New York Times or Business Week. All this and the arrival of a first grandchild!”

Ellie and Bob Watson celebrated their 50th anniversary in late April at an intimate dinner hosted by their children. Joining them were two members of the original wedding party: Ellie’s sister, Rose, and Ralph Anderson ’57, accompanied by his wife, Jane Doane Anderson ’60.

From the May/June 2012 Issue

Stephen Barkin writes that he had a “very rewarding Brown experience” doing admission interviewing with BASC in the New York City area. It reconnected him with Brown and with the Brown Daily Herald, where he was once a member of the staff. He recommends BASC interviewing strongly and says it is “like going back in time, and what a great trip.”

Barbara Shipley Boyle spent a week in El Salvador in February and plans to attend the Women’s Leadership Conference, celebrating 120 years of women at Brown. She hopes that many classmates will participate.

Betsy Morriss Campbell retired 13 years ago and has been having fun writing short pieces for newspapers and magazines. Recently, one of her stories appeared in a new book, Final Fenway Fiction.

Lenore Donofrio DeLucia ’60 AM, ’62 PhD, and Clement DeLucia ’63 report that their daughter, Karen DeLucia Pinch ’88, is the first female captain in the R.I. State Police department.

Stan Dobson and his wife, Rosemarie, took an 11-day tour of Panama and Costa Rica.They were “on the go from dawn to dusk,” says Stan, and highlights included going through the Panama Canal, snorkeling, traipsing through jungles, and seeing indigenous tribes living on small islands.

Anne Browne Easton is retired in Essex, Conn., sharing a happy and busy life with her husband, Rev. George Easton ’56. They enjoy skiing, hiking, sailing, paddling, and spending time with their three daughters, their husbands, and four grandchildren. “Too many projects, too few hours in the day,” Anne writes.

Dennis Fish writes: “During a South American cruise in January, my wife and I discovered we were sharing a 4x4 vehicle with Stephanie Burns ’79 while on a shore excursion in the Falkland Islands to see several species of penguins. Small world!”

Walt Gale and his wife, Ruth, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in February. At their wedding, Walt Fisher was the best man, and the late Serafino Fusco ’54 was a groomsman.

Norman Grace (see Bob Grace ’84).

Barbara A. Scott continues to enjoy retirement living in the mountains of western North Carolina. She writes: “Although officially retired, I’m busier than ever writing a book on the Occupy movement, taking classes, being active in peace movement politics, working on the Cecil Bothwell congressional campaign, and volunteering to edit and assemble the collected lectures on religion and philosophy of Professor Farley Snell, which brings me full circle to my Brown major, philosophy, as well as many years of teaching the sociology of religion at SUNY New Paltz.”

From the March/April 2012 Issue

Class secretary Jill Hirst Scobie writes: “Please send your news. If you haven’t done so, please submit your e-mail address so that you can be in the loop."

     “As you already know, there will be a class of ’58 mini-reunion in San Francisco, Apr. 27–30, 2012, organized by Brenda Williams McLean and other dedicated ’58s. The weekend will begin with a 6 p.m. reception at the Marine Memorial Club and Hotel, 609 Sutter St., reunion headquarters. Highlights include a lecture on jazz by our own Bob Murphy, followed by a concert by the Natural Gas Jazz Band, of which Bob is a member; a brunch in Sausalito; and a trip to the wine country. We are loosely structuring the several days in San Francisco so that classmates can put together their own tours since there is so much to see and do in ‘the city by the bay.’ Please refer to your snail mail flyer for more details.”

Martin Bernheimer, a Pulitzer Prize winner, will be lecturing on “Manon and the Age of Beauty” at the Metropolitan Opera Guild Learning Center at Lincoln Center in New York City on Mar. 26 at 6 p.m. He will explore this musical portrait of innocence corrupted and sensuality betrayed.

Bob Feldman is traveling to Munich in June for an exhibition by his wife Julia Mangold, at the Walter Storms Galerie. Last year Bob’s entire family went to Prague to see his son, Stephen Feldman ’89, compete on the world championship –winning Ultimate Frisbee team.

Ed Flattau reports that his son, Jeremy Flattau ’01, has started a political consulting business, Flattau Associates, in Washington, D.C.

Maraya McCully Goff and Robert Goff ’57 have moved from their loft apartment in downtown Providence to their house in Little Compton, R.I. Raya writes: “Full-time country living is a joy; we haven’t felt so relaxed in years. The city mice have adapted to the life of a country mouse with surprising ease.”