Class Notes January/February 2004

Class Notes January/February 2004

Upcoming events. Hockey Dinner at Mory’s followed by Bulldogs vs. Brown at the Rink on Saturday, February 7, organized by Tony Dunn and Jeff Miller. Northwest mini reunion, September 17-19, 2004, in Oregon, in anticipation of the Lewis & Clark bicentennial, organized by Carl Farrington, Mal Harris, Ed Newbegin, and Page Stockwell. If you’d like to join this list and help, please let Carl or me know. Words to live by. Writing in his Class column in the September/October YAM, Dr. Alfred Cossidente ’27, said: “Readers out there, please do not take 100 years to learn to cherish classmates. Keep in touch…” He celebrated his one-hundredth birthday in September. Thank to Larry Lawrence for pointing out Dr. Cossidente’s column, which bears reading in its entirety. Bryce Appleton co-chaired long range planning for the economic development of Gunnison County, CO, and heard differing views on ski area development. He’s currently leading an effort to establish a county office for resource efficiency to save energy and money and create jobs. Dalia and Bob Baker’s daughter, Jennifer, and son-in-law, Jarmo, have moved from Cambridge, MA to Oxford where she will be Deputy Director of the Faculty of Law and he has joined a consulting firm, Oxford Analytica. Having retired after 36 years in advertising, Cissie and Peter Barnett remained in Paris, where he has a small business and is an adjunct associate professor of communications at the American University of Paris and a trustee of The American School of Paris, which he attended 50 years ago. Son Peter is a senior at the University of Denver and a U.S. Marine. Carol and Bill Cole attended their daughter Katie’s graduation from Yale in May. They look forward to the arrivals of the YAM with particular interest, since Katie is the ’03 Class secretary. Brian Cowell has completed three years as political officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Rio de Janeiro and assumed similar responsibilities at our Embassy in Santo Domingo, accompanied by his wife, Karen, and son, Isaac. Their older son, Matthew, is a freshman at McDaniel College and their daughter, Barbara, has presented them with a grandson, Jeremy. Congratulations to Ed Cox, who is to wed Carole Ingram in January. Carole is an English widow whom Ed met in Sicily. They will live in London. Best wishes to the happy couple! Casey Dwyer retired from his law firm, Shearman & Sterling, in April and will be a volunteer in the New York City public schools in 2003-04. Casey said that he wants to do something useful and challenging in retirement but that finding such a niche proved unexpectedly difficult. Seth Hoyt’s daughter, Sky, married Charlie Wustman in Stonington, CT in September, in a “glorious event,” says Seth, witnessed by Butlers, Inghams, Prestons, Schencks and Trotmans. Gretchen and Mike Harrison have two teenagers “getting ready for college – maybe eager to follow older (and ancient) brother and sister to Yale. Keeps us young and broke.” The Harrisons are also the first to sign up for our September ’04 mini-reunion in Portland, near Mike’s hometown. They’ve also graciously offered to host a San Francisco-area gathering at their ranch on the coast, two hours north of the city, at a date to be determined. Bob Heil has become a trustee of the Sierra Club Foundation, in addition to his fundraising efforts and membership on its National Advisory Council. Bob finds his work fascinating and points out that the Sierra Club was founded by John Muir in 1892 and is the oldest environmental organization in the country. It’s looking for a couple of new trustees, particularly from the Northeast and Southern California. If you’re interested, call (510-531-4472) or email Bob. It was great to see Ed McCarthy’s nephew and namesake starting as a freshman offensive lineman for the Bulldog eleven in their defeat of Columbia in October. Dick Pearce directed “The Road to Memphis” about the musical odyssey of musician B.B. King, a segment of the acclaimed PBS series, “The Blues,” which aired on September 30. Deborah and Earl Potter are off to the Middle East, the Himalayas and Southeast Asia, after having opened a Five & Dime General Store in San Antonio. They invite inquiries from anyone seeking one in their town. Barry Preston is involved in the conversion of an old mill to a mixed-use structure (including a corporate headquarters) in Providence. Barry says it’s a new and challenging experience. Trevor Price spent Halloween trick-or-treating with Meghan and Sara, his nine-year old twins, to the envy of us empty nesters. Kent Reinker married Rowena Blume in Hawaii in October. They live in San Antonio where Kent is a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon on the faculty of the University of Texas Health Sciences Center. Kent just concluded his service as president of the Western Orthopaedic Association. Best wishes to the new couple! With Caesarian succinctness, Rich Wojciechowski reported, “Retired. Moved to the hills. Enjoying life.” Sadly, I report the passing of Rodger Knaus on November 28, 2002. Rodger leaves his wife Virginia Finch, 2939 Van Ness St., NW, Apt. 1221, Washington, DC 20008. I have no further information.