Class Notes May/June 2002

Class Notes May/June 2002

Bill Appicelli has become executive director of Connecticut Heart Group, P.C., a large and respected (I know this from my recent years in New Haven) cardiology practice with six offices in the metropolitan area. Bill was previously in senior hospital management and, before that, with a mobile medical equipment company headed by Ab Lawrence. Bill’s oldest daughter, Mary Kate, works at the Centers for Disease Control, most recently on the anthrax problem. Rod “Donut” Drake’s CIP Management, LLC, has a new address and telephone number, 660 Madison Ave., 15th Floor, New York, NY 10021, (212) 207-8650. Joel Katz has won a six-month fellowship from the American Academy in Rome, which he will serve from September through March. The Rome Prize is awarded annually to about 30 fellows in the humanities. Joel will have the opportunity to explore graphic, cartographic, notational and photographic issues that have interested him while at his day job running Joel Katz Design Associates in Philadelphia. Wife Trish, a fashion consultant, and son, Ben, are also looking forward to their stay in Rome. After almost 30 years in Connecticut, Beth and Modie Moore have moved to Escondido, CA. Betty Lee and Steve Payne have three grandsons, qualifying them currently for second place in the hotly contested Most Grandsons Race. Their son, Carter, and his wife, Ann, have two little boys in Charlotte and their daughter, Anne, and her husband, Will, have a three-month-old in Los Angeles. Marshall Bell attended the latter’s baptism and entertained all at the post-service lunch. Betty Lee and Steve will be at the Kentucky Derby with Mary and Bob Rounsavall and Stephanie and Dave Williams. In her teens, Betty Lee was the prettiest girl and head cheerleader in her class at St. Catherine’s School in Richmond, VA. You can never tell where Kyle Pruett will turn up next. On the opera stage? On a television talk show? In the New York Times Book Review? This time it was in the April 22 issue of Sports Illustrated (not on the cover), quoting passages from his book, Fatherneed: Why Father Care is as Essential as Mother Care for Your Child. John Shattuck will receive an honorary degree from the University of Rhode Island at its May commencement exercises. John Leo nominated John and served on URI’s honorary degree committee. Congratulations to John Shattuck on this well deserved recognition and to John the Lion on his good work. George Walton reports that his son, Ted, married Elizabeth Ann Eberman in October and practices criminal law in Louisville. Daughter Sarah is a librarian at Portland Elementary School, also in Louisville. Ron Wilmore will receive the Distinguished Alumnus Award from The Hopkins School in New Haven in 2003. Given that Hopkins is the second oldest secondary institution of learning in America (after Boston Latin; Hopkins was established before Yale was a glint in Eli’s eye), it has quite a few alumni and alumnae to pick from. This is a reflection of Ron’s continuing legendary status as a student and athlete at Hopkins and a tribute to his life-long, selfless service to humanity at Northwest Settlement House in Washington, D.C. Some time ago, I asked whether the prices of our five-year Reunions in New Haven, our Class dinners in New York City, or our gatherings elsewhere deter attendance. There was no response then, but I have a feeling that this may be changing. If you have any thoughts, I’d be grateful for them, and they will help our classmates who plan these functions. If you’re a Class Council member and have changed your email address, please give the new one to Suzanne and me. This will help us a lot. Thanks to the honors bestowed on Joel, John, and Ron, we’re ending the academic year 2001-2002 with a bang and not a whimper. Thanks again to my YAM editor, Ellen Cole. A good and healthy summer to all. Please send news.