NOTES
& NEWS
The following are items
some of you submitted but which were not published, generally for lack of
space, in 1957 Class Notes in the PAW.
T.T.
TODD EVANS reports that he
has started a new business, River’s Bend Retreat Center in Philo CA. He continues to write plays and to be in
touch with "my bird consultant,” LANG STEVENSON who, Todd says, remains active
with the Pt. Reyes Bird Observatory. (4/11)
"What else would I do? Play shuffleboard somewhere?” The NY
Times quoted CARL ICAHN in an article titled, "The Raider in Winter: Carl
Icahn at 75.” The subject, of course,
was retirement. The reporter commented
that Carl "chases deals the way a dog chases cars. The guy just won’t quit.” (4/11)
Town and Country displayed a photo of lovely Green Fingers president
Betsy MULCARE in long gown with handsome BOB in black tie. Green Fingers is a Greenwich (CT) garden club
founded the year most of us were born.
(Spring ’11)
"Are there any of you who
love rocks, the sheerness of them, the color, who stalk them on dog walks
through the woods, and come back later with pick and bucket to haul them up the
hill to the back of a pick-up?” SAM WILLIAMS asks. Their destination: a pond in his Charlotte NC
backyard. His grandsons help with the 50-pounders. (5/11)
At the invitation of the
Henry James Society, JIM KRAFT lectured on that author in Rome. (6/11)
JOHN EATON continues to
innovate. Symphony Space in Manhattan
was the venue of two Eaton opera premiers, Elegy for Jane for harp, guitar,
mandolin and mezzo’s, and The Greeks: Ancient to Modern for soprano and two
pianos tuned a quarter-of-a-tone apart. (6/11)
Of Ina CARO’S latest travel
book on France, the NY Times wrote, ". . . she delights in being able to
‘take a train from Paris, travel century by century . . . and be back in Paris
each night in time for dinner.’” The
dinner is with BOB, whom, the Times commented, she takes "in tow.” (6/11)
PAUL PHILLIPS, after 30
years, continues to practice and teach rheumatology at State University of New
York in Syracuse. (8/11)
For 25 years, JAC and Janet
READ have maintained a Maryland shore beach house, and in the last 10 have used
it as their principal residence. Now
they’re retreating to their D.C. co-op apartment. The beach house is on the market. (8/11)
"Common sense dictated that
BILL HAMBRECHT get out, cut his losses at $70 million and accept the fact that
he got involved in a failed business venture,” the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.
"But his heart was telling him, ‘One more year.’” The venture is the United Football League, of
which Bill was a founder. He owns the
Las Vegas Locomotives, a part of the UFL.
The paper reported that he will "sink” up to another $7 million into the
UFL in the hope that somehow the league can come to compete with the NFL. (8/11)
JOHN SOLUM and a cousin
investigated in Greenland ancient dwelling sites of his Norwegian
countrymen. Penny, John’s wife, in the
meantime, went to Poland on a birding trip.
(8/11)
Referring to Will Barnet, 100
years old, in a tribute at the National Academy, JOHN SOLUM said, "Will is
surely the dean of American art. And
more than that, he is a beloved father-figure for many of us.” Every week, more or less, John drives into
NYC to take Will to galleries Will wants to visit. In turn, John hears Will comment on whatever
they’re seeing. (9/11)
Not long ago the boss of
80,000 engineers (at Lockheed Martin), NORM AUGUSTINE noted that the ones who
most distinguished themselves and were promoted were those who could think broadly,
and read and write clearly. Thus, he and
other CEOs, he said, are touting not science and math with their memorized fact
as the subjects that need most attention in today’s economy but history! History teaches "critical thinking, research
skills, and the ability to communicate clearly and cogently,” he observed. (9/11)
BOB and Sue KNISLEY report a
second granddaughter at Princeton, Rebecca Knisley, ’15. Her sister, Peyton Knisley, ’14, was reported earlier. (9/11)
If you’re an alumnus of the Punahou
School (as is President Obama), you may have seen in the school’s summer
Bulletin a full-page picture of a handsome, smiling, white-haired BOB TORREY in
an aloha shirt. Bob is cited as a former
director of Punahou’s Wo International Center, which coordinates teacher and
student international travel and language programs. In retirement, Bob lectures several times a
year to seniors in an AP European history course. (10/11)
DEAN DETERMAN remarks with
pride that, ". . . my old roomie, BOB CARO, and our club mate Frank Stella, ’58
both received Presidential citations at the same time for their biographies and
art, respectively.” (10/11)
The North Carolina bar
association awarded SAM WILLIAMS a 50-year pin as a still-working
attorney. (11/11)
JOEL DUBERSTEIN is practicing
a little medicine and teaching still at a New Jersey hospital. (11/11)
"The Passage of Power,” BOB
CARO’s fourth volume in his Lyndon Johnson series, is out. The others sold 1.5 million copies
collectively, and won him the National Book Award, Pulitzer Prize, National
Book Critics Circle first place and first place on the NY Times
bestseller list. (11/11)
Awards from the Class of 1957
Scholarship and scholarships established by NORM AUGUSTINE, PETE COLHOUN, DICK
FISHER , JERRY GREENWALD , BILL HAMBRECHT, NORM AUGUSTINE, CHARLES ELLIS, TOM
E. WILLIAMS, KENT SIMONS, DAVID MANDELBAUM, JIM PINKERTON, KENT SIMONS, STOKLEY
TOWLES, TOM (A.) WILLIAMS and the family
of JOHN WEINBERG this academic year amounted to $1.8 million. The book value of all these funds was $15.3
million and the market value, $39.6 million.
The book and market values of the Class of 1957 Scholarship were $160
thousand and $415 thousand, respectively.
(11/11)
"While editing hundreds of
biographical sketches from P’57 classmates for the 50th Reunion book, Alan
Tucker, as a lofty thinker without grandchildren, noted rather condescendingly
that approximately half the entries were ravings about the joys to be had in
grandchildren. ‘Get a life,’ he said to
himself in reaction to some of the more fulsome entries. But on 11/11/11 Tucker’s daughter, Kumi P’90, presented him with his first
grandchild. Like Saul’s being dislodged
from his saddle on the way to Damascus, Tucker is now a simpering convert to
grandchildren. His mission in life is no
longer the rationalization of American society, but instead he focuses intently
on making a tiny baby smile and hold his finger.” A.T.
(11/11)
"To Princeton or Prison” is a
caption head in Atlantic. "It
costs $37,000 a year for a student to go to Princeton University, and $44,000
per year to house an inmate at the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton,” the
piece reads. The writer adds the U.S.
has the highest incarceration rate of any country on a per capita basis, while
it is sixth in college graduates.
(11/11)
The widow of a classmate who
was featured in the December ’57 Class Notes in the PAW as a beneficiary of the
Classmates Fund wrote, "I am back on my feet, working and no longer in need of
help. My son’s case has been taken over
by the state . . . So things are looking really good for us at the moment. The Class of ’57 sure was a wonderful help
when we needed it.” She has indicated
now no need for anonymity. She is
Marguerite Vermilye Beebe, known as Rete.
Her husband was Tod. The two met
sophomore year and married shortly after graduation. He died in 1971, of cancer. (12/11)
Superwoman (and grandmother)
Janet LEHR, JAY’s wife, placed 3rd in her age and sex group in a
Columbus (OH) marathon and the same in a California state ½ Iron Man
Triathlon. She plans her 1st
full Ironman in California in July.
That includes a 2.4 mile swim in open water. Janet learned to swim last year. At the same Ironman event, Jay will do an
aquathon, which is the same swim and the 112-mile bike race but not the 26-mile
run, he having ruined his knees some time ago.
On his 75th birthday, he won an aquathon for his age/sex
group. (12/11)
TONY FLETCHER has passed the
50-year mark working in a NYC law firm.
He specializes in trademark litigation, counseling and prosecution. (12/11)
"Jews in Germany, 1743-1933”
is the title of BOB COE’s latest course at the Osher Life-long Learning
Institute associated with American University in Washington, D.C. He has taught history at
OLLI for six years. (12/11)
Two weeks to 22 years is the
age-spread of JACK MARTINSON’s seven grandchildren, he reported. (12/11)
"I’m not quite as busy as I
was during the 24 years I was in elected public office [New York State and
City], but for now it’s quite enough,” JAY GOLDIN says. By "it,” he means Goldin Associates LLC,
which is into business workouts, interim management and restructuring. "We have teams, at the moment, working on company
restructurings in New Mexico, California, New York . . . I myself am preparing
expert reports/testimony for clients in connection with the bankruptcy of
Jefferson County, Alabama; the asset recovery efforts of the Madoff trustee and
for a group of large international banks relating to an insurance company
restructuring.” (2/12)
JOHN WERT reports a pleasant
dinner with TOM WILLIAMS and PETE COLHOUN, and then partnering with CHARLEY
GREATHOUSE in a golf tournament. (2/12)
The purpose of the Northern
New Jersey Community Foundation, MIKE SHANNON’s creation, is to bring together the mayors, city
managers, town administrators and school superintendents of six municipalities
to collaborate, be more effective and optimize resources on such projects as,
their first, solar energy. Mike’s "overarching
life interest,” he says is design. The
foundation, he says, "can be interpreted as a social design innovation.” (3/12)
DICK ROBBINS spotted in the NY
Times a review of a new restaurant opened by Carol and WIN KULOK, this time
in Queens and specializing in Mexican cooking.
Two others they own are French cafes in Manhattan. Manhattan real estate is Win’s principal
business. (3/12)
The latest class marriage is
that of BUD CANADAY. The latest class
wife is the former Katy Martin, a retired RN and the widow of a long-time
friend of Bud’s. The wedding occurred in
Bud’s town home in Park City UT. Among attendees were PHIL and Martha
SULLIVAN, who live nearby. The newlyweds
continued their celebration in Vail CO at the home of FRED and Lynne DEMING
where TED and Delle JONES and CHARLIE and Teresa HAUSER joined the
festivities. A week later they saw
CHARLIE again at the Masters Ski Racing National Championships in Park City
where he won a gold and a bronze medal, giving him the overall championship of
his (our) age group. Charlie began
racing five years ago. (4/12)
"One of the leading
securities lawyers in the world,” is how one of his law partners described
ARBIE THALACKER at a memorial service and their firm’s office. The partner substantiated that remark. JIM CONNER, WRIGHT ELLIOTT and NICK MURPHY,
all roommates with Arbie and remarkably close friends thereafter, told tales of
their lives with Arbie. Deborah, Arbie’s
widow, said the event felt like the wedding they never had, they having decided
to "elope.” In fact, 18 years ago, their
first date, for lunch, she said, was in that room, which used to be the
partners’ dining room. They met at a
Buddhist function, she being a "newly minted” Buddhist then. (4/12)
Your secretary included in
his master’s thesis a chapter on FRED BORSCH’s interpretation of the bodily
resurrection of Christ. (4/12)
Retired professor of clinical
surgery TOM DAILEY plays the violin
thrice a week, with three chamber music groups, and practices in between. (4/12)
