Class Notes July/August 2004

Class Notes July/August 2004

Upcoming events. Oregon mini reunion September 16-19, in anticipation of the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial, organized by Carl Farrington, Dodd Fischer, Mal Harris, Ed Newbegin and Page Stockwell. Join your classmates in reflecting on the Corps of Discovery’s historic achievement in a spectacular setting. Class Dinner. Friday, October 29 at the Yale Club of New York City, chaired by Bob Leich. Our guest speaker will be Professor John Gaddis, who teaches Grand Strategy, one of the most popular undergraduate courses at Yale. Tony Dunn and Bill DuRoss are working to restore the Yale Rugby Club to the glory of its Golden Era (1962-1965). Old ruggers who’d like to learn more or help should contact Tony or Bill, write Yale Rugby, P.O. Box 208216, New Haven 06510 or visit www.yale.edu/rugby. Dave Hawkins was quoted in the March 6 New York Times, criticizing the Bush administration’s air pollution policies: “They are packaging this as a pollution cut, but in fact it is a pollution delay imposed on a program that the Clean Air Act requires to go faster.” Dave is a lawyer and senior official at the Natural Resources Defense Council in Washington. Alan Dickson is a first-time grandfather, with the arrival of Ethan James Dickson, born to Sean and Lisa Dickson of Camarillo, CA on February 5. John Ferguson writes, “Have been practicing neurosurgery in Springfield, MO for 26 years now, having raised 3 daughters, and have entered the realm of grandparenthood. Love golf, skiing and grandkids! – and good health!” Bill Lynch is retired and loving it. Last November, he attended his younger son’s wedding in Maui. His older son and daughter-in-law are expecting their first child in August. Milestones for Sue and Joe Pugliese: Joe’s retired, they’ve sold their home of 32 years in Lewisburg, PA, and are renting while building a new home nearby, overlooking the Susquehanna River. Daughter Martha is studying jewelry design at the Fashion Institute of New York, where she lives with her husband, Alex. Son Doug (a former Naval aviator) is now a managing director at Bear Stearns in London, where he lives with his wife Maggie. Best of all, daughter Anna and her husband Richard presented Sue and Joe with their first grandchild, Benjamin Joseph Seltz. The Puglieses’ address until late spring or early summer is 654 Pheasant Ridge Rd., Lewisburg, PA 17837, and thereafter will be 284 Gundy Farm Lane, Lewisburg, PA 17837, with telephone numbers and email addresses unchanged. Gary Roberts is Senior Research Scholar at the New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston. According to the March 14 Boston Globe, he “stands in the front ranks of Boston’s most colorful characters you’ve never heard of. He is preternaturally judgmental and his opinions carry the kick of sinus-clearing wasabi mustard.” The article went on to describe Gary as “a superb genealogist. The man’s expertise is breathtaking…” Thanks to Jim Wood and Jeff Miller for spotting this testimonial. Edmund Rogers has retired and is a student again, having enrolled in the D. Litt program at Drew University. Dave Roscoe is back at work with RiskMetrics Group, “a terrific young company in Manhattan that is out to change the world and have fun along the way.” Linda’s and Dave’s two children are married and living in the NY-NJ-CT area, so there is plenty of time to enjoy family, including their first grandchild. The Roscoes have a second home in Spring Island, SC, which they hope to see more of. “Life is good,” says Dave. Sharon and Bill Schwarze’s two daughters got married last year. Gretchen is a vascular surgeon at the University of Chicago, and Kristin is preparing to return to Africa to put her master’s degree in public health to work there. Sharon and Bill are still working, caring for their mothers and sharing in the lives of their daughters, keeping “us young and on our toes.” “Landon and Missy Sitting in a Tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!” read a highway billboard in South Carolina commemorating Missy and Lanny Thorne’s twenty-fifth wedding anniversary along with a heart-shaped picture of the couple. Congratulations! Sadly, I report the passing of Bill Henderson. At Yale, Hendo was well liked and a fine football player (remember his electrifying kickoff return against Harvard junior year?), but after graduation, he suffered from mental illness. Bill and his family considered Yale the high point of his life. Contributions should be sent to the Memorials Program at P.O. Box 2038, New Haven, CT 06510, noting that the donation is for financial aid in memory of William Henderson. The recent YAM article about President Brewster and Chaplain Coffin probably brought Dave Byers to the minds of those who knew him. Dave was Assistant Chaplain during our days at Yale and touched many lives positively, including mine. He ferried Suzanne and me to the altar 37 years ago. He also taught me this valuable lesson: when I finally got around to thanking him for the happiness (and children and grandchildren) that might not have been but for his wise counsel, it was too late. He had died. This is the last column for the 2003-04 year. Have a great summer. We’ll be back in the fall.