Class Notes January/February 2005

Class Notes January/February 2005

Upcoming events. Hockey night, Yale vs. Harvard, Saturday, January 29. Tony Dunn and Jeff Miller have reserved a room at Mory’s and a limited number of tickets to the Whale. You should have received reservation information and forms in the mail. Fortieth Reunion: June 2-5 chaired by Carl Farrington and Bob Leich. Carl and Bob are looking for ideas and volunteers to make this our best one. Sign up to help and mark your calendars now. Thanks to Bob Leich, as usual, for arranging a fine Class Dinner for us at the Yale Club of New York City on October 29. We did have a bit of a surprise when our scheduled speaker informed us at about 5 p.m. that he would be unable to appear because of a suspension of train service from New Haven. The good news was that John Schenck cheerfully leapt into the breach and moved us with his readings of several of his poems, which his wife Holly had delivered to the Yale Club in the nick of time. “Thank you, John,” has never been uttered with greater conviction by Bob and me. Dave Biegelsen wrote “I’m sure I speak for all the 50 or so attendees when I thank the Portland mini-reunion organizers, Carl Farrington, Dodd Fischer, Mal Harris, Ed Newbegin and Page Stockwell. They organized and orchestrated the event with such skill that the many aspects and activities ran smoothly, were fascinating, and still allowed much time for seeing old friends and making new ones. Visiting the sites that the Corps of Discovery encountered 200 years ago and being regaled by a local historian and author (who had the habit of looking like Richard Gere!) was both edifying and exciting. Driving by Dave Roscoe’s alma mater ‘Star of the Sea Prep’ and hearing about his childhood was charming. Snow ball fights at Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood, readings by class authors (in both senses of the phrase) Robin Cody and Bob Leich, and just delightful camaraderie, made a gathering that will be very hard to match. So thanks to all involved in making this such a fine event.” Jim DeLano retired from the Permanente Medical Group in 1993 and opened a solo psychiatry consulting practice in San Francisco’s financial district. On September 4, Terry Ellsworth celebrated his first anniversary of sobriety. He wants his classmates to share in the happiness that this and his relationship with God have brought him. He is retired and lives four minutes from the ocean on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Rob Fates’ older son, Miles, was a football captain at San Diego State and received the President’s Award for Excellence in Academics and Athletics his senior year. Rob’s younger son, Timmy, was a member of Cal-Berkeley’s National Championship club lacrosse team and president of his fraternity. Chips off the old block. John Leo has edited Working Sites, Texts, Territories and Cultural Capital in American Cultures, a collection of essays touching upon such issues as economic globalization. Ken O’Sullivan’s son, Sean, a Princeton grad and Naval aviator, married Elizabeth Hogan on September 4. Gary Roberts was cited in the 19 September Sunday New York Times for his genealogical research that revealed President Bush and Senator Kerry to be ninth cousins twice removed, in addition to some more remote relationships. In August, Jay Rhodes was a member of a U.S. delegation to Ukraine sent to observe preparations for presidential elections to be held in October, part of an effort to see that the voting is fair and open. “Fascinating country, fascinating process,” said Jay. Grandchildren #4 and #5 – by different Rhodes offspring – are also due in October. Page Stockwell’s son, Alex, graduated from the University of Virginia this summer, the first UVA student to complete an undergraduate major in cinematography, to be followed by a fifth year fellowship in Charlottesville. Of course, Page blazed new academic trails of his own while at Yale, in addition to being the Davenport College limbo champ. He’s taken that athleticism to the tennis court. Page’s seniors doubles team won its sectional tournament and will compete next year in the nationals in Kansas City. Rev. Dr. Terry Smith died August 27 from injuries caused by falling from a ladder while working on his new home in Hallowell, Maine. After Yale, Terry graduated from Gordon Divinity School and Andover Newton Seminary. He married Tina, his high school sweetheart, and pursued his ministry in Michigan, Massachusetts and Connecticut before becoming pastor of Old South Congregational Church in Hallowell. Terry was an accomplished musician, painter and novelist. He is survived by Tina; his son, Michael; daughter Heidi; father Clyde; two sisters and several nieces and nephews. Recently a classmate sent me some interesting news and was understandably disappointed when it didn’t appear here. Actually, I never received it. I’m grateful whenever anyone takes the time to send me material, and I use everything I get. So, if you send stuff and it doesn’t appear, I didn’t get it. Please resend it. Also, have in mind that there can be a four month delay between the time I submit an item to the YAM and its publication – even longer if I exceed my word count and the item gets deferred to the subsequent issue. Send news!