Class Notes May/June 2002

Class Notes May/June 2002

Upcoming:  Class Dinner, September 27, at the Yale Club of New York City, chaired by Bob Leich, with former Fed Governor Larry Meyer our speaker. Thanks to Tony Dunn and Jeff Miller for organizing our hockey night this year. Here’s Tony’s report: “On March 2nd, nearly 30 of our ’65 brethren and sistern (?) gathered at Mory’s to dine and be serenaded by the Spizzwinks prior to heading to the Whale. The ensuing clash with the Brown Bruins was both thrilling and crucial to Yale’s playoff hopes. Having prevailed over Harvard the previous evening to continue a three game winning streak, our scholar athletes netted the winning goal in the waning minutes to secure the final playoff berth … and have the unenviable task of facing Cornell (winner of the ECAC) at Ithaca in the first round. Simply put, an enjoyable and memorable evening in every way.” Bob Leich forwarded me a January 29 Wall Street Journal article by a former U.S. Marine officer, Francis West, describing his return to Vietnam, 400 miles north of Saigon, where he served as part of joint USMC-local militia patrols. On this trip, Mr. West was accompanied by “Charlie Benoit, who also (worked) in the village and who speaks flawless Vietnamese.” The article reports that Charlie and Mr. West were both remembered and welcomed by the villagers. Judy and Peter Conze saw the crew races at Henley, with subsequent stops at Wimbledon and Cambridge. After returning home to Providence, they were visited by Susanne and Jeff Miller and took in the (away) Yale-Brown hockey game. David Karrick is a new grandfather. Aidan Karrick Perkinson was born on February 1, 2001. Nice going, grandpa. John Luttrell wrote: “I would really like to hear from any classmates who have changed careers in the past 5 years, and especially from any who have made a truly radical move, such as, from the nonprofit to the for-profit sector. After 33 years in the church business, I have decided to drop that and pursue something I should have done years ago. I have enrolled at the Alliance Francaise in Manhattan (end of third quarter of study just approaching!). I am good at languages – French being the latest acquisition – and will try to start a new career in travel planning and/or international trade, particularly in wine and foods. How about it, guys? Anybody have pearls of wisdom to share? Fortunately, my wife and I will spend a month in France this year, for the second time in three years, and I hope to return with much better grasp of how the EECe deals with export issues, especially foodstuffs.” Steve Rockmore was fortuitously sighted by yours truly in the Montrose, CO airport in February, while I was looking for a newspaper. Steve was there helping a friend with a project on the mountain in Telluride, although his real estate consulting business is concentrated in New York City, Miami, and San Francisco. Virginia and Randy Totten and Mary and Saint Tucker returned from a tour of New Zealand in late February. Randy practices securities law and Saint practices oncology in Richmond. Anne and Tony Vanderwarker have moved from Chicago, where Tony was creative director and vice chairman of an advertising firm and Anne was an interior decorator, to a farm outside Charlottesville. With the last of their four children in college, Tony plans to write novels, and Anne designs folk art chairs. Their new home, which they designed with the help of an architect, won Metropolitan Home magazine’s 2002 Home of the Year contest, which Tony entered on a lark. When I reported Dave Barry’s death in the April notes, I did not have survivor information. Dave is survived by his wife, Gracia, a son, Christopher, and daughter, Jennifer, a granddaughter, two brothers, and his parents. A thought for Memorial Day. The National Aircraft Carrier Museum is located on the Yorktown (CV10) anchored in Charleston, SC harbor. (Suzanne and I visited it in March). On the flight deck are examples of the airplanes that flew from her, including an A-4 Skyhawk. Next to the A-4 is a plaque memorializing the names of the Skyhawk pilots who did not return from their missions over Vietnam. Among the names is Lt. (j.g.) Fredric Knapp. Thank you, Woody. AYA. Marne Obernauer reports that the AYA has two new delegates-at-large from our class: Dennis Cross and Mal Harris. Congratulations, fellows. Groundhog Day. I’m not sure how I managed it, but somehow our December notes appeared again in the February YAM. (Nobody seemed to notice.) Thanks to my editor, Ellen Cole, and the YAM for arranging for the insertion of the errant February notes into the March YAM at the last minute before press time. Send news, please.