8 Jul 2011

Perennial off-year reunion chairman BILL OS BORNE orchestrated this year's 61St. Among the highlights were a Friday evening dinner in the Professors' Lounge at Fine Hall, DAVE BILLINGTON's award from the Committee on
Academic Programming for Alumni for his contribution to education, and the P-rade, where marshals STU DUNCAN, HENRY POWSNER, and CHARLIE ROSE helped control the ranks. Others present were: ABBOTTS, OGARDUS, CAMPBELL, COHN, CRONHEIM, DIPPEL, ERDMAN, BILL HAYNES, LAMASON, MINTON, MCALPIN, RIVINUS, and BILL andFRED SCHLUTER.

STEVE ZIMMERMAN reports that 59 people have already signed up for our "Going Back" mini Sept. 28-0ct. 1 on campus. What a great opportunity to experience the campus during the academic year, to hear firsthand from
professors without the anxietyof ensuing quizzes, to cheer for the Tigers as they take on Columbia, and, of course, to enjoy the camaraderie that '50 always generates when it gathers.

QUINN BARTON continues to serve as historian and archivist at his "other alma mater:' The Bolles School in Jacksonville, Fla. No doubt he will check on Princeton women's soccer this fall as one of the team's talented new-
comers is Bolles graduate, Gabrielle Ragazzo. Gabrielle will continue Bolles' athletic presence as another of its alums, Rachel Blum 11, all-Ivy first team golfer, just graduated.

In a letter responding to a March 2, 2011, PAW article on improving schools, Charles Smith '76 described the successful Santa Fe community-based organization led by BILL CARSON, which supplies general support.to two elementary schools. The wide-ranging support includes books, dictionaries, and atlases for the students; volunteer role models, mentors, and tutors; and affiliation With a health center and a family center. The results, Smith wrote, are improvement in staff morale, increased parental involvement, and better academic performance.

JOHN ANDERSON died at his home in Terrace Park, Ohio, May 2.

1 Jun 2011

The word "blog" isn't found in the Webster Colllegiate Dictionary of our college days. In fact, its definition today includes "website" and "online," which we probably have associated with spiders. A "blog" is a website con-
taining an online personal journal with reflections, comments, etc., provided by the writer. One such writer is ROLANO MINDA, who has initiated a monthly blog, The Retirement Dance. It's free! Subscribe as www.retirement-dance.corn.

When your scribe recently came across a copy of the 25th issue of "Carmina Princetonia, The Princeton Song Book" copyrighted in 1940, I was surprised to find that ROY WELCH's father, then head of the music department, had written the forward. He astutely wrote: "In singing familiar words and melodies one recaptures the happiest memories of one's life." In responding to an offer of the copy for their archives, Mudd Library staffers said that they had a run of Carminas, only missing No. 12 from 1906, but would dearly like
to have the missing issue. Must be one on someone's attic.

By error - human, that is - the recent Class Notes reported that Anne ROBINSON was living in Nashville. No so - she was just visiting her son there. Anne still is living in New Orleans and wrote: "If anyone in the class is
ever down this way, I'd love to see them." We fondly remember our ninth mini that she and "TIZO" hosted in New Orleans in 1992.

We had recently reported encouraging news about GUTHRIE SPEERS' rehab from heart surgery. Unfortunately, it was premature since Guthrie died at Massachusetts General Hospital April 17· We lost another classmate
when STEVE POST died April 6 in St. Louis.

11 May 2011

GOING BACK: Among the many highlights of our "Going Back" mini on campus Sept. 28- Oct. 1, will be seeing BLAIR MACDONALD and his
new bride, who plan to be there. Blair married Keith Hollins of Memphis, a widow and friend of many years, on March 18.

BACK IN MARCH: FRED SEElEY called from his Cape Cod home that he and his wife, Barea, acquired over 10 years ago. Fred still keeps busy, but at his own pace, serving on several boards and dispensing financial advice he acquired during the many years he worked for J. Henry Schroder Banking Corp. in New York.

BACK TO SCHOOL: JIM CALDWELL is bowling and golfing again after three months spent on the injured reserve to get a pace- maker. Jim also is back at school, taking an American history course at a community college near his Maryland home. As the course moved into the 1930S and '40s, Jim became a
living reference, since his fellow students,' ages 19 to 35, and his teacher - much Jim's junior - were not born until decades there- after.

THINKING BACK: When your scribe watched Tucker Shanley '13 score the win ning goal in the fourth overtime to beat Brown 5-4 in the second longest game in Princeton lacrosse history, he thought the name Shanley must have a 1950 connection. Sure enough. Tucker's great uncle is our classmate, RICK SHANLEY. And like Rick, Tucker considers fly-fishing in Pennsylvania a great
pastime. Rick has lived in Florida since he retired as a criminal prosecutor for the US Department of Justice.

A call from his brother informed us that NICOLAS OREAMUNO died Feb. 1 at his home in Costa Rica. We also learned that ED HOUSE died
Feb. 13 in Trenton.

27 Apr 2011

As of last month, BILL AHRENS completed the second of two consecutive four-year terms on the Indian River Shores (Fla.) Council. With term limits, he says that he is now out of politics, leaving issues concerning water supply and distribution to the newly elected council members. Bill reported that he is joined in the Princeton Club of Vero Beach by five other classmates: BILL FLAMMER, JOHN LEWIS, BRAD POSTELL, WALLY WALLACE, and DICK WEGHORN. At a recent black-tie dinner-dance for the Princeton, Harvard, Yale, and Dartmouth clubs, he noted, "Some of us have trouble walking ...
but we sure can dance!"

Last Halloween was no fun for GUTHRIE SPEERS. He was rushed from his local New Hampshire hospital to Massachusetts General Hospital for 12 hours of emergency open- heart surgery. The good news is that he is making slow but steady progress in rehab.

BOB KELLEY is bouncing back after a couple of bypasses and a new aortic valve. Somehow he learned the valve was labeled "bovine" and came from California, which he guesses makes him part Holstein now. No, Bob, you
are still all 'Tiger."

And did you know that our class had a presence north of the Arctic Circle during the Christmas season? Your scribe and wife Garie spent 13 days - seven above the circle- plying the coastline of Norway on a freighter. There were some sunless days, occasional Northern Lights, and festive holiday celebrations onboard and in coastal communities.

We received word that NICOLAS OREAMUNO died Feb. 1 in his native Costa Rica. ED HOUSE died Feb. 13 in Trenton after a recurrence of cancer. Our condolences go to JIM GARVEY, whose wife of 56 years, Blair, died in January.

6 Apr 2011

CHARLIE ROSE, our man about campus and webmeister, lamented that only three classmates - BILL DIPPEL, JOE HOLMAN, and BILL OSBORNE -
were with him at the Alumni Day. Joe was there with his son, Jeff '74. Dottie Pershing, widow of our late classmate, HUGH PERSHING, attended the Service of Remembrance, at which Charlie represented '50.

KEITH LORING wrote from Texas that he is going into his 15th year as a co-founder and leader in three prostate-cancer support groups, and to report his new avocation: stand-up comedy. He boasts a repertoire of more than 200 memorized jokes. At our age, that's one way to keep the memory sharp.
Keith is open for bookings.

HUGH MORGAN and Ann had a fine visit with Anne Robinson, widow of "Tizo" ROBINSON, in Nashville, where she now lives. The Robinsons' youngest son, Will, lives in Nashville, where he is a successful songwriter. Hugh . also caught up with VADEN LACKEY, but was unsuccessful in convincing him to come along on a trip to the Far East in February.

BILL WINTERS apologized for missing our 60th because his grandson and namesake graduated from high school that weekend. He added that he has our "Going Back" campus mini on his calendar for this fall (Sept. 28· Oct. 1).

Our "Going Back" mini prompted a look at our senior poll, in which 'The Desert Island Companion" vote caught your scribe's attention. The results: a tie between Liz Taylor and "my gal," followed by Ruth Roman and Ava
Gardner. "My wife" got five votes. Other choices included a case of beer, a good dog, a good book, Lassie, the Bible, a TV set, a radio transmitter and, of all things, The Harvard Classics. Remember your vote? Now, 60 some
years wiser, what would your vote be today?

23 Mar 2011

Class president BILL HAYNES is now rehabbing from a knee operation. One would expect knee operations for footballers like GEORGE SELLA and KARL GRUBER, but for a varsity swimmer? Your scribe was remiss in not reporting
that DON WEST had a knee replacement several years ago. When his class dues were received this year (Thank you, Don!) without any news, we assumed he has been back at full speed for some time.

CATCHING UP WITH CLASS MDs: BILL WINTERS is still "very" active in his cardiology practice, as chief education officer of the Methodist Hospital in Houston and as editor of Methodist Debakey Cardiovascular Journal. With a trip a few years ago to Beirut and fly-fishing around the world, he writes that
he has "no time to grow old."

CRAIG WALLACE's daughter, Pam '92, wrote that Craig now is living near her in Colorado Springs. After retirement, he lived in the DC area for over a decade. Craig is one of '50'S two admirals. He became a rear admiral when called to Washington by Surgeon General C. Everett Koop to serve as assistant surgeon general. Previously, he had set up health units under Johns Hopkins' auspices in Ethiopia and Egypt. Our other admiral, the
late JIMMY LIPSCOMB, was a rear admiral in the Coast Guard.

After retiring from the U. of Texas Southwestern Medical School in 1988, JIM MARKS soon returned to do additional research until 2008. He and his wife, Susan, still reside in Dallas. Besides his MD status, DICK SHARRETT
serves as a trustee of the Pennington (N.J.) School. BILL KORNFELD continues to spend 12 hours daily in his solo psychiatry practice in
Kentucky.

We have learned that JOHN COOK died Jan. 23. HUGH KING sent the sad news that his wife, Billie, died last December 29, after suffering a
massive brain hemorrhage.

2 Mar 2011

This may not qualify for the Guinness Book of World Records, but certainly is a record for our class: Three months after his 85th birthday last April, ROLAND MINDA got an online ordination as a Universal Life Church minis-
ter and officiated at his god-daughter's wedding in Baltimore. Later in the year, he and Merle traveled to Morocco, staying with a friend who incidentally is the American ambassador there. Merle continues her travel- writing, some of which you travelers may find in the Delta's SKY magazine.

When Betts and BILL CAMPBELL recently moved to Waverly Heights, a retirement community near Philadelphia, they added to '50S presence there. Already in residence were CHARLIE JOHNSON, BILL FLAMMER, and WALLY WALLACE.

As I noted sometime ago, an assemblage of gers is called a streak or an ambush. Since I assume that their streaking days are long gone, it must be an ambush that VADEN FlTTON describes when he meets JOE GREEN, DAVE
CRAFTS, JIM GARVEY, and BEN LAWRENCE for lunch every few months. With three of the ambush being ex-Procter & Gamble guys, Vaden con-
fided that he washes with Ivory Soap on those days. (You remember, the stuff that is 99 44/100% pure and floats.)

KEN UNDERWOOD, now a retired architect, claims he has spent more time in jail than most inmates during the 20 years that his career niche was prison design. He has taken to apartment living in New Jersey, where he is learning to cook while ministering to his wife, Barbara, whose mobility has been im-
paired by heart problems. Ken has kept in touch with his roommate, GEORGE KENNEDY, who lives in Colorado after retiring from the classics department at the University of North Carolina.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR: '50S first "Going Back" mini will be on campus Sept. 28-0ct. 1.

9 Feb 2011

From BILL KRAMER came news that he and Bette had a wonderful three-week trip to Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos late last year. Three years ago they moved from Richmond to DC, where they are now taking
full advantage of the cultural and adult educational opportunities the city offers.

Our sympathy goes to BOB ROTH, who wrote that his wife of 60 years, Jean, died last November. This remembrance that accompanied Bob's note certainly deserves space in this column: Walking across the campus in
the fall of 1950 to the stadium for the Cornell game, he and Jean passed three Cornell undergraduates, one of whom remarked, "How do these Princeton guys get such pretty girls?" Without missing a step, Jean turned and waved her left hand at him while saying, 'This one married her!"

We also extend our sympathy to JACK SHEPHERD whose wife, Rosemarie, died last June. They, like the Roths, were married for 60 years.

JOHN NORTHROP left Princeton in 1949 to work, and then to serve in the 82nd Airborne (12 jumps). He went on to graduate Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia in 1954, but with his class-dues wrote, "Even though I did not grad-
uate with the Class of '50, I still think of myself as a '50!" Thanks, John.

In a note last fall from DAVE BINGHAM's wife, Beverly, in Northampton, Mass., she wrote that as the song goes, they "don't get around much anymore." Unfortunately, Dave's Ahlzeirner's, first diagnosed more than four
years ago, is slowing him down. We have missed them both at our last two reunions.

We were saddened to learn that JAMIESON "JAMIE" MATTHIAS died in California Nov. 8, 2010, and PETER DODD died in British Columbia
Nov. 25,2010.

19 Jan 2011

Happy 2011!  It may be Year 4708 for the Chinese, but for us it's Year 65, marking the years since most of us entered Princeton.  Some of our WWII classmates started earlier but returned from wartime service to join the
Class of 1950. In our Nassau Herald, about a quarter of our 782 class members listed military service prior to 1946.

STEVE ZIMMERMAN and CHARLIE ROSE want you to reserve Sept. 28-0ct. 1 to be in Tiger Town for our 27th mini-reunion. As co-chairmen, they have blocked out rooms (at a reasonable rate) in the Nassau Inn and are planning a unique on-campus experience that concludes with the Columbia game. Let's plan on rooting on the Tigers to a better gridiron outcome than in the past two years. Flashback: Princeton only met Columbia once during our
years. In 1948, the Tigers won 16-14 on a field goal by Frank Reichel '51 with 71 seconds left in the game.

Una and GUS FLEISCHMANN have been among the traveling crowd. Last spring, they cruised the Norwegian fjords from Bergen to far above the Arctic Circle. OICK WEGHORN, who resides in the warm comfort of Vero Beach,
Fla., spent three weeks in Zakopane, the ski capital of eastern Europe, which he describes as a beautiful, booming, small town in the Tatra Mountains of southeast Poland. His wife, Janina, has a small hotel at the base of a ski lift there. In June, BILL AHRENS traveled to France and Morocco. In September, TONY REYNOLDS took off for a cruise around the boot of Italy. Tony also reported that during the summer he had visited with JACK WILSON in
San Diego.

Staying stateside, BILL LUCAS, still an active partner in the family business and involved with several profit and not-far-profit boards in LA, spent a good part of the summer at his other home - the one on Martha's Vineyard.
BLAIR MCDONALD stopped by to visit JACK MAXWELL, who was summering in Maine. After Reunions, your scribe and wife Garie first
hosted Tish and DAVID MILLER, then MaryJne and DICK MENTZINGER, at the Perry summer home in Rockport, Mass. Two-and-a-quarter- pound lobsters, freshly trapped in the At lantic by a lobsterman neighbor, were
featured meals. Dave also had a "fried-clam fix" at a local eatery, a meal not part of the cuisine of his hometown, Little Rock, Ark.

WHARTON SHOBER, who now makes his home in West Palm Beach, Fla., has authored an other spy thriller, Israel Threatened. Based on his 10 year residence in Saudi Arabia, Whartie describes it as "a merry romp through
Middle Eastern politics, money, and sex."

BOB BROWN came home in October after a knee infection prompted four operations, and subsequently, four months of rehab. After all this he is trying to adjust to a stiff leg that resulted from a steel rod cemented in place. We
hope that it will not be too long before Bob is back training for senior triathlons.

This is the first time your scribe has received a note from a Georgia Tech alum. Accompanying a class-dues remittance, Don Jones (Tech '47) wrote that 34 years ago he married Ann, the widow of ERNEST "BICK"
WRIGHT. Together, they now have six children, 10 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. To quote from Dan's note, "Princeton and we have been very happy together ... thoroughly enjoy PAW ... please keep it coming."

It was sad to learn of the loss of two classmates. JOE MCDONOUGH died in Palo Alto, Calif., Oct. 22, 2010, and JOE HOOPER died in Balti more Oct. 24.

8 Dec 10

It's show time again for BILL BROWN with another musical on the boards. You might remember that Bill wrote the libretto for The Wiz. a version of The Wizard of Oz that featured a black cast, and for which he was a Tony Award nominee. This time, it's the libretto for Twist, which moves the Dickens' novel, Oliver Twist, from 1850 London to 1928 New Orleans. Twist, the orphan in Bill's book is the son of a black father and a white mother, whose travails in Prohibition time are enacted on stage with a multiracial cast.   The show opened at Atlanta's Alliance Theatre on Sept. 15. Incidentally, The Wiz is due
back on Broadway in 2011.

Still in good voice, JOHN ANDERSON sent news from Ohio that a senior singing society he organized has grown to 50 members. They sing at retirement and nursing homes throughout the year. From the F6 Ranch in Texas, DAVE AKERS wrote that he has a granddaughter at Princeton who is now a senior. And from the Garden State, ERIC STOCHHOLM reported that
after a career of practicing law in New Jersey, he retired in 2005 and lives in Short Hills, where he has resided since 1933.

A few weeks after this date, actually Dec. 24, Beverly and GENE WEINSTOCK will celebrate their 60th anniversary. Gene proposed to Beverly under Blair Arch on Valentine's Day 1950, describing it as " the smartest and best thing I ever did." They have three children and nine grandchildren.

News was received that DOUG DYNE died June 7. Of those classmates with whom we lost contact after they left Princeton, we have learned through a genealogy search that JOHN HARPER died in 1968; ERNEST WILLIS died Oct. 13, 2004; EDWIN ROBINSON died Nov. 22, 2006; and JOHN DULHAGEN died March 2, 2008.

17 Nov 10

When JIM BILLINGTON became the Librarian of Congress in 1984, announcement of a plan to preserve "tweets" might well have
suggested a program to collect birdcalls. Fast-forward to early this year when, in fact, the library did announce a plan to archive tweets. Not bird calls, mind you, but text-based Internet postings of up to 140 characters on the Twitter website, which en ables users to send and read other users' mes-
sages. Initiated in 2006, over 65 million tweets were posted daily during June. (Your scribe's reaction: Hey guys, I just got comfortable with e-mail.)
Jim explained, 'The Twitter digital archive has extraordinary potential for research into our contemporary way of life. This information provides detailed evidence about how technology-based social networks form and
evolve over time. The collection also documents a remarkable range of social trends. Anyone who wants to understand how an ever-broadening public is using social media to engage in an ongoing debate regarding social and cultural issues will have need of this material."

JOHN SCOTT one of six classmates who reside in the United Kingdom, wrote that STIRLING CARPENTER has been a neuropathologist for nine years at a hospital in Porto, Portugal. His wife of 11 years, Ligia, is a neurologist at the
same hospital. Their 8-year-old son, Simon, undoubtedly is our youngest class offspring.

Along with his class dues, GEORGE BAILEY reported that he and Yvonne recently had luncheon with Elizabeth and John Scott. With a 3-year-old grandson he described as "great fun," George said he and his wife
"enjoy London more than ever."

One of '50'S best athletes, WALT ARMSTRONG, who played four years of varsity basketball and baseball, and was captain of the 1950 baseball team, died in Kennett Square, Pa., Sept. 12.

3 Nov 2010

What better tribute to our 60th than from WILL RIVINUS who wrote, "Reunions were so successful that I followed up two weeks later with a quadruple cardiac bypass, and am now (late August) almost fully recovered."

With 339 classmates representing an 84.1 % class participation in AG, '50 posted the highest participation of any class with more than 138 members. We were topped only by '34 (100% from 10 members) and '42 (89.1%
from 138 members). Among those who deserve kudos for our success are: BILL DIPPEL, who led the campaign; HANK RENTSCHLER and his special gifts solicitors, Ouida DAVIS, who was responsible for our associates; and ROB VAN VRANKEN, our honorary classmate, who was our University liaison. By the way, Bill is looking for some volunteers to take the places of regional solicitors who have retired.

Had a long telephone conversation last spring with TONY SYLVESTER, who lives in Kitty Hawk, N.C. He was calling about the death of his four-year roommate, BILL BARRY. Tony has given up his website but still writes editorials for The Coastland Times in Manteo, N.C., which covers the northern Outer Banks. Tony spent a good deal of his career in radio, including working in DC and owning a radio station in Mifflinburg, Pa. Unfortunately, his
wife, Eda, is essentially bedridden.

Did you catch the photo of three classmates in PAW's Sept. 22 "From the Archives" (page 49)?  Impeccable in their 1948 band uniforms were the late ART LEIDHEISER and AD GOBLE, and . RALPH CARDELLO who lives in Morristown, N. J.

Sad to learn that ED FOLK died in Newtown, Pa., July 3; JIM DOTY in Oswego, N.Y., July 14; HUGH PERSHING in Hingham, Mass., Sept. 2.

13 Oct 2010

Having recently renewed his "poetic license," and recalling Don Stauffer's lectures, your scribe felt free to paraphrase Shakespeare to lead in this column: 'The good that men do lives after them."

NICK CANADAY's son sent the news that Seattle's Downtown Emergency Service Center has named its newest supportive housing facility for mentally challenged men and women Canaday House in honor of our classmate, Nicholas Canaday, who died in 2003. Canaday House will include 83 studio
units of affordable housing, supportive serv ices, community space, and an outdoor gar den - with 25 apartments reserved for disabled veterans. In 1987, following his third Fulbright Senior Lectureship appoinment, Nick retired to Seattle, where he was socially active and volunteered at Seattle's largest homeless shelter.

Though WALKER MCKINNEY majored in eco nomics, he loved the life sciences and made several outright gifts to Princeton in these areas. Upon his death in 2000, a trust and previous endowment, as well as funds from a
supporting organization in his name, were combined to create the Walker McKinney '50 Life Sciences Fellowship. Today, the income from this endowment fund provides fellow ships for graduate students who conduct research in the life sciences, and in the Institute for Integrative Genomics. The Fund has supported 20 graduate students since it was created: seven in neuroscience, eight in molecular biology, and five in chemistry.

Soon after our 60th in Princeton, Lela and JACK BOGARDUS celebrated another 60th. This one, in Barcelona, was their 60th wedding anniversary. Also 60th attendees, Ci and JOHN MINTON, returned to their new home in Rich mond, Virginia, having relocated from their longtime residence in St. Louis.

We mark the passing of two classmates: HENRY SAILER on June 22, and HARRY WEBER on July 22. Our sympathy goes to JEREMY MAIN, whose wife of 54 years, Patricia, died in March.

22 Sep 2010

It's early August as your scribe prepares the first of 14 Class Notes columns for the next academic year. Our 60th is history and, as CHARLIE ROSE noted, "It gives me pause when I realize that '50 is the senior (oldest) class being asked to take part in this year's class of ficers' orientation session."

REUNION WRAP-UP. It was good to see Dolores and JOHN HUTTON at Reunions. They celebrated their 50th a year ago in July. With them was their oldest son, John '82, who teaches at Salem (N.C.) College. He has just
published his third children's book. John's colorful gouache of our class assembling for the P-rade was carried in the PAW's July 7 Re unions issue (page 5), but check out a much larger image and exclusive reunion photos on
our web page.

DAN GOLDEN literally "Cleared the Track" to come to the 60th. Dan traveled by rail from Boston's South Station to New York's Penn Station, then to Princeton Junction and, finally, to Princeton on the Dinky.

At our Thursday evening dinner, we welcomed LYDIA OSBORNE as an honorary classmate. Lydia is a cousin of Bill OSBORNE and shares with him a Princeton legacy dating back to the early 1800s. We are grateful for her help in handling class affairs as the assistant director and office manager at Maclean House.

We missed our loyal classmate, JOE ZANG, who wrote, " I have a condition that prevents me from walking. The medical term is stenosis of the spinal column. I am otherwise OK. The only problem is, I cannot get to the reunion this year or in five years."

Bill CHRISTISON died in New Mexico on June 13. NORM ROGERS died in South Carolina June 18. Belatedly, we have learned that PAUL HOFFLUND's wife, Anne, died Jan. 5, and that JOE HOLMAN's wife, Jean, died Jan. 20.

7 Jul 2010

Our outgoing president, AL ABBOTTS, observed at our Friday, May 28, dinner that we probably gave no thought when assembled at FitzRandolph Gate for commencement on June 13, 1950, that soon thereafter the Class of 1890 would be assembling there for its 60th Reunion.  No doubt, members of the
Class of 2010 gave no thought to their 60th in 2070 as they cheered us at the P-rade.

About a quarter of our surviving class - 96 classmates - enjoyed perfect weather on a campus greatly changed since we graduated but still recognizable. They were: AARON, ABBOTTS, ADAMS, AUBREY, BANCROFT, BEATY, BIGGS, DAVE BILLINGTON, JIM BILLINGTON; BOGARDUS, BRALLA,
BROTHERTON, BOB BROWN, CALDWELL, CAMPBELL, CAR SON, CHACE, CHRISTENSEN, COHN, COLBY, COLWELL, CRONHEIM, DIPPEL, DUNCAN, EFFRON, ELSEN, ERDMAN, FEINER, FISHER, FITTON, FLAMMER, FLEISCHMANN, FORD, FOX, FRIEND, GARVEY, GILBERT, GOLDBERG, GOLDEN, JOE GREEN, WALLY GREEN, GUTENKUNST, HALSEY, HAYNES,
HOFFLUND, HOPKINS, HOSKINS, HUTTON, INGERSOLL, CHARLIE JOHNSON, STAN JOHNSON, JORDAN, KELLY, KING, KIRK, LAMASON, LAWRENCE, LLOYD, LOWRIE, MACLEAN, MAIN, MCALPIN, MCINTOSH, MENTZINGER, MILLER, MINDA, MINTON, MOBERLY, MORGAN, BILL NIXON, BO NIXON, OSBORNE, PAINE, PERRY, PEYSER, PIVIROTTO, POWSNER, RAYMOND, READ, RIVINUS, ROBINSON, ROSE, RUBENSTEIN, SAUNDERS, BILL SCHLUTER, FRED SCHLUTER, SELLA, SHEPHERD, SPEERS, STAATS·WEST· OVER, STEVENS, WALLACE, WITTREICH, WOOD, and ZIM·
MERMAN. Also, we were joined by associates Joan BUCHANAN and Ann EDWARDS, and associ ates now wives of classmates: Jean FOX, Terri
FLAMMER, Phoebe Ballard FORD, and Georgia Van Cleve COLWELL.

The memorial service on Friday, thought fully planned by three of our clergy - Dave McAlpin, Bill Haynes, and Guthrie Speers - had its solemn moments as the roll of classmates deceased since our 55th was read and its uplifting moments as Guthrie's homily, "Many Mansions," put into perspective the
lives of our departed classmates and the promises the future holds for us.

Kudos to Bill Haynes and his reunion committee, whose work began last year. Recognition is due Patti and Ralph Moberly whose trip from Hawaii was the longest. Thanks to another Patti, Bob Cronheim's daughter, whose nsemble played at Thursday's dinner.

And while many classmates brought "kin and kids," none came close to matching the Dave and Jim Billington clan of 34· One of the many campus offerings was the Saturday Symposium on Scholarship by Students of David P. Billington on the Occasion of His Retirement (1960-2010). During the
day-long symposium, 11 former students described their technical achievements and rec ollections of Dave's influence on their careers.

One of the best one-two running combinations in Princeton cross country history was on hand in the persons of Stan Johnson and Ron Wittreich. While both passed up the alumni 3.1-mile Princeton University Reunions Run Saturday morning, Ron was honored with the Larry Ellis Award for his track
performance, interest in track, and successful career. Ron once ran against Larry in his junior year when the two were anchormen on medley relay teams at the Penn Relays. Ron remembers, ironically, that Larry edged him out to take second place for Syracuse.

We were honored at several dinners and in the P-rade by Alicia and John Nash *50, guests of Charlie Rose. John, who earned his doctorate from Princeton, is now a senior research mathematician still working in his
Fine Hall office on monetary exchange theory. More often, he is recognized from A Beautiful Mind.

We ate well: 862 meals at our five repasts. Wine and beer consumption is confidential class information, but there were no drinking-age incidents, since we octogenarians had been issued the University's alcohol-approval
wristband.

2 June 2010

Your scribe is always pleased when an item in the notes prompts a response from a long- silent classmate. LEON GOLDMAN wrote that he was amazed to see his name in the recent Class Notes, honored as one of two class- mates wise enough to live in Idaho. (A far cry from the Bronx, where he went to high
school.) Leon and his wife, Linda, have had a home in Sun Valley for over 40 years, full- time since his retirement as chief of head and neck surgery at the Kaiser Foundation Hospi tal in Bellflower, Calif. Leon still enjoys skiing, hiking, and tennis in what he describes as "a beautiful area."

Kathleen and BILL CHRISTISON bring a personal and pictorial perspective to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories in the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem. In their recently published book, Palestine in Pieces,
they argue that Israel's long-term intention is to fragment the occupied territories so that any sustainable presence in the land by Pales tinians as a nation will be negated. They are also concerned that the present administra-
tion is not boldly addressing this issue. Both are former CIA political analysts, having retired in 1979, and now live in Santa Fe.

BILL TAYLOR and wife Helga visited with BOB TYLER, one of Bill's roommates, last November at his Palm City, Fla., condo. Bill reports that
Bob is doing well, taking advantage of the ac tivities, social events, and excellent food. Bob's daughter and family live nearby.

We learned recently that JIM LINDSAY died in New York Jan. 14, 2009·

12 May 2010

On occasions when Tigers assemble, their gathering is known as a "streak" or "ambush".  Palm Springs, Calif, was the scene of such a gathering when JOHN COLWELL and Georgia Van Cleve were married there Feb 14.  Not only was it Valentine's Day but it was also the first day of the Chinese Year of the Tiger!  Other Tigers in the "streak" -- or if you prefer, "ambush"-- were Georgia's children, Peter '80 and his wife Andrea '80; Robert '82; Sally '84; Emory '87; and granddaughter Sarah '12.

BOB STEVENS, who remarried in 2007 three years after the death of his first wife, keeps busy in North Andover, Mass., writing local and family histories, summering in New Hampshire, and traveling.  Bob is undoubtedly the only classmate who claims to be living in his great-great grandfather's home.

Adrienne and JACK MAXWELL continue to travel, visiting Seoul, South Korea, last spring, where he had not been since the war in the early '50s.  They then went to China, which brought the countries Jack has visited to more than 90.  London has become a future travel destination as Jack's son is transferring there.

TONY REYNOLDS volunteered, "No news is good news, except for the class secretary." Regardless, he did provide news that he and his wife, Lynne, have occupied themselves with local travel in California, and to New York and Italy.  Tony also reported talking recently with fellow Californians GEORGE FRENCH and BEN WREN.

"MIKE" VIALLS died in his native South Aftica on March 24.  Our sympathy goes to VADEN FITTON, whose wife, Grace, died March 30.

28 April 2010

Most MDs seem to keep practicing until they "just faed away" but not "Fax" CONQUEST.  He retired in 1985 after 22 years in general surgery in Richmond.  Then he prusued his life long interest in poetry, publishing a volume of his collected poems in 1994.  On a CD released this month by Jackie Frost and Troupe, the lyricist for two songs, "take Me Home Yeocomico" and "OVirginia!" is none other than H. FAIRFAX Conquest.  (Yeomocmico? A river in northeastern Virginia.)

BOB ROTH has given up swimming in the local Masters program to better take care of his wife, Jean, who has very limited use of her left side.  Bob, who took up Masters swimming when knee and ankle problems cut short his running and walking regimes, volunteered that it probably was time, since his best swimming year was 2002.

When checking in from Victoria, British Columbia, with treasurer JOE GREEN, PETER DODD inquired about Joe's downsizing experience.  Seems Peter is considering such a move.  Your scribe was remiss in not reporting earlier that Peter's son, Dan '93, made him the grandfather of twin boys, Jesse and Logan.  Jesse was named for a relative, Jesse Carter, whose Princeton class preceded Dan's by 100 years.  Carter was a professor of Latin at Princeton.  He was an emissary of the American Red Cross and died on the Italian front in 1917.

News reached us that BILL JOHNSON died in Maryland Feb.12 and DICK PRENTISS died in Alabama Feb. 27.  Our thoughts are with CHARLIE BRUMBACK, whose wife, Mary, Died last Sept.

7 April 2010

We caught up with SCOTT REED one of two classmates who live in Idaho. (LEON GOLDMAN is the other.)  Scott and Mary Lou, his wife of 56 years, live in Boise. His son, Bruce '82, was a domestic-policy adviser for Bill Clinton, and now heads the Democratic Leadership Council in DC. His daughter, Tara, is a biology professor at the U. of Wisconsin in Green Bay.  When asked what he was doing now, he responded, "I am still practicing law, having no retirement skills."

From TED FRIEND came this note: "After having a day dream about DICK BLANCHFIELD, my math-major friend who passed away in 1955, I called his old roommate, ART THOMAS a, retired Central Michigan U. professor. Art is
recovering from a triple bypass and a stroke but is optimistic about recovery."

MAC MACLEAN' name may not appear on the Discovery Channel, but two of his boats, the fishing vessels, Eagle II and Sea Hawk, are featured in a reality series on sword fishing in North America, mostly on the Grand Banks off Newfoundland last September through November.

In November, across the Atlantic at Buckingham Palace, Angus MacDonald, the son of TEX LAMASON's wife, Nancy, was invested with an Order of the British Empire.

We mark with sadness the deaths of four classmates: BILL BARRYon Jan. 9; PEARCE BROWN lNG,Jan. 14; ED HAWKINSJan. 15; and BOB WAKEFIELD Feb 4.
Our sympathy goes to BILL DIPPEL,whose wife of 57 years, Lucina, died suddenly Jan. 22.

17 March 2010

GEORGE AND THE BEAR:

Last October while hiking in Glacier Park, GEORGE ZABRISKIE and his brother, Sandy '52, came upon a grizzly bear chomping on grass about 10 or 15 feet away. Fortunately, George lived to report that she was more inter -  ested in getting ready for winter than in partaking in some vintage tiger meat. Or was it that the bear knew that George had celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary in June, and respected family values? (George failed to mention how he determined the grizzly's gender, but we will take his word for it.)

FRAN AND THE PIG:

One does not picture FRAN WOOD as being bored, but he wrote that "just to avoid boredom," he and his physician experts elected to replace his  malformed aortic cardiac valve last October with a porcine (pig) valve. After a six-day hospital stay, he returned home to patiently await his breastbone (sternum) to heal so he could support his elderly muscular activities such as
fly-fishing and holding binoculars when bird watching. At last report, Fran was doing well, but "boared" in a new way.

JACK AND THE 'COPTER:

Calling upon his experience as a top executive at Sikorsky Aircraft, JACK MCKENNA has completed a book due out in June on the Sikorsky SKYCRANE Helicopter. The helicopter was Igor Sikorsky's last and most radical design, and, despite skeptics, met his expectations of creating new military and commercial applications. It first flew in 1961. Many are still flying worldwide today.

We share with BILL DIPPEL the loss of his
wife, Lucina, who died Jan. 22.

24 February 2010

GOING BACK (from Florida): From St. Petersburg, BILLWALLACE first enjoyed last year's reunion dinner, then took in all the graduation events as his grandson graduated with the Class of 2009. From Jacksonville, QUINN BARTON came back during a Thanksgiving visit to his son in  NYC, checking out his old dorm, Foulke Hall (Entry 1), ------ and his club, Cloister Inn, neither of which he had seen for many years. However, bucking this trend, JIM MCCLAVE is staying put in Stuart, "enjoying the Golden Years," and HARRY MOOREhas left West Virginia to winter in Longboat Key.

ROY WELCH'swife of 62 years, Connie, died in September 2008. He wrote that it took a while, but he is now able to enjoy living in Stone Ridge, a new life-care facility in Mystic, Conn. TED MELDAH whose wife Joyce died last April, has moved to Homestead Hills, a senior community in Winston Salem, N.C., where he finds the lifestyle to his liking.

RETURNS ARE IN: Having received no nominating petitions for class officers, president AL ABBOTTSdeclared the proposed slate of officers will take office the "Sunday of the class major-reunion week, for a term of five
years" (Constitution Art. IV, Sec. 1). Officers will be: BILLHAYNES president; CHARLIE ROSE, vice president; BILL DIPPEL vice president, AG; KEN PERRY secretary; and JIM WALLACE tre asurer.

REID HEUER died June 15, 2009, in Blacksburg, Va. HALE ANDREWS died Dec. 7, 2009, in Berkeley Springs, W. Va.

3 February 2010

GIVE ME AN ''F'': For 1950'S '''50 is 60 in '10" reunion. Where els e could you parade around in orange and black with a lot of guys in their 80S and not be considered senile?

GIVE ME AN "I": For PAUL IN GERSOLL, who received the Bryn Mawr Hospital Foundation's Gerhard Award last November for dedication to the hospital through "advocacy, philanthropy, leadership, and service." A month earlier, Paul and his wife, Eleanor, celebrated 50 (plus 8) years of marriage.

GIVE ME AN "F": For GUS FLEISCHMANN, who sent the news below that provided the "Y" to complete "FIFTY."Gus and his wife, Una, are"still going strong" after 50 (plus 8) years.

GIVE ME A "T': For BILL TOMLINSON, who still sings bit parts with the Diablo Theatre Company in the SF Bay area, where he and Mary, his wife of 50 (plus 7) years, have lived since the early '50s. Bill's singing career goes back farther, at least to glee clubs at Episcopal Academy and Princeton.

GIVE ME A "Y": For the Yosemite Fund, which recently profiled Lillian and JON LOVELACE to honor them for giving the time, talent, and financial resources that facilitated the fund's early high-country projects: trail repair, wilderness restoration, and reintroduction of peregrine falcons and bighorn sheep. Jon also introduced the fund to his company,  The Capital Group, which has become an active corporate steward of the park. Our kudos to Lillian and John, who have been together 50 (plus 9) years.

Fifty! Fifty! Fifty!

13 January 2010

Chairman BIll HAYNES and his committee are "clearing the tracks" for our return to Old Nassau. Our '50 is 60 in '10 reunion will be May 27-30, 2010.
Be there!

Meanwhile, news from the hinterlands trickles in with class dues. HANK BIRD is now a landlubber, having given up rowing after over 60 years on the water. At last report, he was still active in the Maine Rowing Association, Habitat for Humanity, and his local neighborhood, and has nine grandchildren. Hank reported that he had a good visit with ED LAWRENCE and Ed's wife, Millie. No doubt Hank and Ed reminisced about their rowing days with the 150-pound crew on Lake Carnegie.

The other LAWRENCE in our class, BEN, is still enjoying summers at his lake cottage in Michigan, but lamented that the lake was not swimmable about half the summer ~ since his minimum entry temperature is 73 degrees.  Ben's fellow chemical engineer, RALPH CARDELLO, continues to live the quiet life in New Jersey. Visiting his children - a daughter in Virginia, a son (Class of '84) in California, and now eight grandchildren -_ requires a bit of travel.

Our 24-17 win over Yale November should have delighted FRED DANFORTH, who lives in New Haven and perennially writes that he has to suffer the "arrogant Yalies."

BIll INGERSOll died in Arizona Oct. 9, 2009. BOB SELLERS died in North Carolina Oct. 24, 2009. Our sympathy goes to JACK FARMER, whose wife of 50 years, Aurilla, died last summer.

9 December 2009

It's a new gig for both Merle and ROLAND MINDA. They are now appearing
once or twice a month on a program called "Showcase Minnesota" on the NBC TV affiliate in Minneapolis, immediately after The TODAY Show. Merle will be a travel contributor and Roland will be a senior contributor, reporting on senior-related topics. In September, Merle presented a segment titled "Foreign Travel - Packing a Small Bag," and Roland had a segment titled "Roland Minda's Favorite Senior Gadgets." Now that's an intriguing subject for us seniors. Any favorites come to mind?

TED FRIEND's son, Tom, is a senior writer for ESPN.com and ESPN, The Magazine. One of his latest articles was a poignant story about gold medal Olympians Al Joyner and his wife, Florence "Flo [o" Griffith, who died prematurely in 1998.

While at our mini-reunion in Milwaukee, Joan and GLENN SILER recounted their summer trip from Vancouver to Anchorage, Ala., with their three sons and wives (sans grandchildren).  A highlight was witnessing calving of the spectacular Huber Glacier. Incidentally, Glenn was among the 19 classmates at graduation who listed the St. Louis area as their residence. The Silers now live near St. Louis in Eureka.

ALAN KIRK made a trip to Tuscany in late May. He wrote that he is "keeping fit, busy, and happy- and playing loads of golf."

DID YOU KNOW THAT ... JIM BILLING TON entered his 23rd year as Librarian of Congress Sept. 14. His tenure is the fourth longest of the 13 librarians; the first appointed by the president in 1800 .

Our class has two admirals: CRAIG WALLACE who served as assistant  surgeon general,  and the late JIMMY LIPSCOMB while in the Coast Guard Reserve.

The late PHIL KUNHARD prepared the first dummy copies of PEOPLE magazine.

BARKER GUMMERE died in Newtown, Pa., Sept. 29,2009.

15 November 2009

WEST COAST NEWS. TONY REYNOLDS, whose career has been in personal financial planning, reported that he is still working. Part time, that is. His wife, Lynne, is director of alumni relations for the Stanford School of Business. Happily for them, their twin grandchildren live about an hour from their Menlo
Park (Calif.) home.

Mary and "BO" LINDSAY have a longer trip from their Pacific Grove (Calif.) home to visit their offspring in western Washington State. This summer they combined a family visit with a stopover in Seattle for a day to visit with Bunny and FRAN WOOD and Natalie and BERNIE ADAMS, who were spending time away from Colorado with the Woods.

CLASS 2010 ELECTION NOTICE. Our nominating committee slate of officers is: WILLIAM F.HAYNES JR., president; CHARLES H. ROSE, vice president; WILLIAM A. DIPPEL, vice president, AG; R. KENNETH PERRY, secretary; and JAMES C. WALLACE, treasurer. Nominating petitions for any office must be signed by at least 20 classmates, have a nominee's signed consent to serve if elected, and be mailed before Dec. 16, 2009, to president ALFRED ABBOTTS, 15 Meadow Lakes Q3-U,Hightstown, NJ 08520. nominees for president and vice president must be class members. Nominees for other offices may be classmates, associates, and spouses. If no petitions are received, the slate of officers is elected. If any petition is accepted, the executive committee will determine the election procedure for contested offices.

STAN PLENINGER, our lone Alaskan classmate, died in Anchorage Aug. 29, 2009. DICK GAMBLE, a member of the executive committee, died in Boston Oct. 6, 2009. DON FISHER, an honorary classmate and founder of The Gap, died in California Sept. 27, 2009. We extend our sympathy to BOB BROWN,
whose wife of almost 57 years, Sally, died Sept. 29, 2009·

November 4, 2009
“Oh, East is East, and West is West,” but the twain, in this case 54, did meet in Milwaukee Sept. 23-26. They came from 16 states and Canada for a “mini,” our 26th off-campus reunion.
Deeann GUTENKUNST with husband CHARLIE and Aline and JIM WALLACE had Milwaukee primed for us. An orange and black Harley motor bike was on display in the lobby of our Intercontinental headquarters, and orange was the hotel motif. At Ten Chimneys, the Alfred Lunt-Lynn Fontanne home, the host greeted us with unbounded enthusiasm, explaining that she had not been with so many Tigers since a student at Ripon (Wis.) High School, whose mascot was a tiger with colors orange and black.
Since motorcycle history was foreign to us, the Harley-Davidson museum was an unexpected learning experience. However, DICK FORD had some foreknowledge as photos of Harley’s replacement parts for its catalog and its promotional photography are products of his son’s Midcoast Studio. Viewing the bikes, LEW BANCROFT recalled that he rode a motorcycle to work, much to the consternation of his safety-minded employer in Wilmington, DuPont.
No Milwaukee visit would be complete without a brewery tour, and, of course, sampling. Ours was at Sprecher Brewing Co., Milwaukee’s original microbrewery. We later learned that the grandfather of “DUTCH” PRIOLEAU’s wife, Diane, was once the largest hops grower in the world.
Bird watcher FRAN WOOD, quick on the draw with his binoculars, spotted a Double-crested Cormorant on the lake cruise.
At Saturday evening cocktails, high up in the University Club and overlooking Lake Michigan, we viewed the ethereal opening of the art museum’sBrise Soleil (aka “wings”) and considered it an appropriate salute and “auf wiedersehen” to the Class of ’50.
Class webmeister CHARLIE ROSE has downloaded photos from Milwaukee to our Web site. (See address above.)
The class has memorials in this issue.

October 21 , 2009
We well remember our Baltimore mini when Ellie Kelly’s niece-in-law, Janet Marie Smith, described her work as Red Sox vice president and architect responsible for modernizing Fenway Park, major-league baseball’s oldest stadium. This June, Ellie and “BO” KELLY and two of their grandchildren not only received a VIP tour of Smith’s product, but Ellie’s 80th birthday was recognized on the Fenway screen in front of a sold-out Red Sox crowd.
Bo also reported that he saw CAREY MATTHIESSEN while on Fisher Island off the Connecticut coast. Carey is an eminent authority on oysters, and once had a thriving oyster nursery in a pond just below the Kellys’ island home. Bo “nostalgically” recalled that at one time Carey put some dye in the Kelly sanitary system to make certain it was not contaminating his pond.
DICK PRENTISS’ last publication, written as an undergraduate, was about Father Charles Coughlin, a political activist in the ’30s, whose weekly radio program was carried on 130 stations.
Now, many years later, and after a career in law and dedication to his Palm Beach Society Band, Dick is seeking a publisher for a novel. Drawing upon his residences in both NYC and Palm Beach, Fla., and his love of tennis, he writes about a lovely divorcee who leaves her Fifth Avenue penthouse “to try her luck “at a wealthy Florida tennis and golf club. All that Dick will reveal is that she “finds more than success.”
DAVE BILLINGTON, formally known at Princeton as the Gordon Y.S. Wu Professor of Engineering, was the honored recipient of the 2008 distinguished award of merit from the American Council of Engineering Companies.
News reached us that KEN SAMUELS died in Texas, Aug. 25, 2009, and “BOGEY” TAILER died in West Palm Beach Aug. 30, 2009.

October 7, 2009
The bells were ringing in Greenwich, Conn., June 6, when Phoebe Ballard and DICK FORD were married. Dick cites our 24th mini- reunion in Minneapolis in 2007 as the catalyst for their union. Phoebe and Dick now join Jean and SID FOX, whose romance also began at a mini-reunion. Representing ’50 at the wedding festivities were Lela and JACK BOGARDUS.
JOHN SCOTT reported from his home in London that he had talked with CHARLIE SLACK in Perth, Australia. Charlie is chairman of the board for the Perth’s drug-rehabilitation program and was recently invited to join the board of Tabor Bible College after completing a theology course there. Charlie and his wife, Sue, continue as co-pastors of the Greenwood Christian Fellowship in a small town of 300 some 200 miles north of Perth.
One of John’s London compatriots, GEORGE BAILEY, wrote earlier in the year that his “life was very full,” especially as he and his wife, Yvonne, enjoy their first grandchild, who is now 3.
CHARLIE SWIFT has moved to Eufaula, Ala., the hometown of his wife, Donna, in the southeastern part of the state. Their home is on Lake Eufaula, a lake with 640 miles of shoreline and known as “The Big Bass Capital of the World.” In recent years they have traveled to China and India, and they plan to return next year to Australia, where Charlie has some family and lived in the late ’80s.
At last report, MACKNIGHT BLACK was still in Virginia breeding and raising Airedales. Last year he sold a litter of 10.
JIM BRALLA sent news that JOHN LINCOLN died in New Hampshire Aug. 1, 2009.

Recently PAW asked if any of our classmates were authors whose books had been made into movies. A survey came up dry. However, the question prompted Bill Dippel to volunteer that he once slept in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Princeton room in Little Hall.
Our sympathy goes to WHARTIE SHOBER, whose wife, Sandra, died in February. Attending her funeral in London were classmates and UK residents, JOHN SCOTT and COLUMBUS O’DONNELL. Whartie will be moving from London to West Palm Beach, Fla. 
We will miss ROD EDWARDS, who died May 5 at his Bay Head, N.J., home. Rod was our class president from 2000-05 and a stalwart of our class in many ways.

September 23, 2009
Could it be that most of us began our Princeton journey 63 years ago, and that next May we will mark our graduation in 1950 with our 60th reunion?
FRED KNIGHT and RICHARD RHAME paid tribute to two of our classmates in recent notes. Fred wrote that he has not participated in AG, since he and his wife favor local charities. However, this year he was making an AG gift to honor PETE BUCHANAN who “was a classmate at Deerfield, a gifted Princetonian, and a good friend.” Fred, better known to us as “Snuffy” while an undergraduate, retired from business in 1994 but still teaches communications at Eastern New Mexico U. He and Carol will celebrate their 47th anniversary this December.
Richard, whose undergraduate monikers were “Raymer” and “Rick,” is a urologist in Alexandria, Va. With his AG gift, he recounted the 17 years classmate GEORGE RIESZ was his patient, during which they “became good friends and I developed a great respect for his [George’s] courage, energy, and good humor.”
Two of Richard’s roommates were heard from earlier this year. JOHN BROTHERTON, who is in his 22nd year of retirement from Exxon, reported a phone conversation with JIM CAFIERO that evoked reminiscences of their 1955 tiger hunt in India. John added that the hunt was unsuccessful, which, considering the tiger’s endangered status today, was a fortunate outcome.
In May, our class was represented at the 134th Annual Princeton Club of St. Louis Dinner by JOHN GOESSLING, Cici and JOHN MINTON, class associate Georgia Van Cleve with JOHN COLWELL, and your scribe with wife Garie. (The club was founded in 1875, 21 years before the University officially became Princeton.)
We will miss the following four classmates who died in recent months: JACK STONE, May 15; ALLEN DALEY, June 1; AL GALLUP, June 22; and AL NICHOLSON, July 18.

July 15, 2009
Our 59th is now history, and reunion chairman BILL HAYNES has plans well under way for our 60th next May. Of course, there will be a warm-up in Milwaukee this fall when our 26th mini takes place Sept. 23-27. 
Our Princeton stringer, BILL OSBORNE, who also doubles as off-year reunion chairman, reported that there were 45 attendees at Friday’s class dinner in Fine Hall Tower. At the dinner or seen elsewhere on campus during Reunions with wife, friend, or singly were: ABBOTTS, BEATY, DAVE BILLINGTON, BOGARDUS, CAMPBELL, CHASE, CHRISTENSEN, COHN, DIPPEL, DUNCAN, ERDMAN, FISHER, FREEMAN, HAYNES, LAMASON, LOWMAN, MCALPIN, MINTON, OSBORNE, POWSNER, RENTSCHLER, RIVINUS, JACK ROBINSON, ROSE, BILL and FRED SCHLUTER, SHEPHERD, STAATS-WESTOVER, and BILL WALLACE. Bill, no doubt, checked out the environs where his two grandchildren, William ’09 and Sara ’12, are studying. 
The world has been well represented by the recipients of the scholarship Ricky and PAUL DIDISHEIM established three years ago. Pictured here (l-r) between Paul and Ricky at a February luncheon at Prospect are Hyeon-Ju Ryoo ’11 of Seoul, Quzhao Hu ’12 of Nanjing, and Namita Biala ’10 of London. Each received the scholarship for their freshman year. Paul also reports that he plays tennis several times a week, and he and Ricky relish the activities of their three children and six grandchildren. 
Another tennis player, MIKE TURNER, is on the court three or four times a week, and despite a variety of medical ailments, is enjoying life. 
News came from Kentucky that BO NIXON and his son, Ted ’74, were inducted into the Louisville Business Hall of Fame in March. Those of us who attended our 23rd mini-reunion in Louisville that Bo orchestrated know first-hand the respect he has in that community. There to bask in Bo’s glory were Grace and VADEN FITTON and Aline and JIM WALLACE. After the ceremony, joined by Bo’s daughter, Edie ’79, they retired to the bar for a round of stingers — the traditional drink they have enjoyed through many years of traveling and partying together.
Early this year BO KELLY spent a few hours with Dave Billington at a Princeton Art Museum exhibit on Felix Candela’s sculptural buildings. The exhibition coincided with the publication of a book on Candela by Marcia Garlock and Dave. Mary. We extend our sympathy to Mary; his sons, Peter '75, Christopher, and Brian; and his grandchildren.

June 10, 2009
The Alumni Council awarded the 1898 Trophy for the 2007-08 academic year to our class for the highest percentage of members attending a gathering during the year between Reunions. The award recognized the 11.9% of class members who attended our 25th mini-reunion in Baltimore in April 2007. Kudos again to the Baltimore committee — Ellie and BO KELLY, PAS MITCHELL, LUKE HOPKINS, and BILL GILBERT.
Our 26th mini is less than four months away. Plan on being in Milwaukee Sept. 23-27 when Deeann Gutenkunst and committee have arranged, as class president AL ABBOTTS describes, a “wonder-filled event.”
Mention of Wisconsin reminds your scribe of one of the 32 Princetons he and his wife visited in 1996. Princeton, Wisconsin, is a town of about 1,500, 75 miles northwest of Milwaukee. It was the home of the Princeton Brewing Company, which thrived before Prohibition and whose product, Tiger Brew, was known locally for its “flavor and head” and was advertised as “the beer with a purr.” A painted head of a generously bewhiskered tiger, the company’s logo, dominated the front of the brick building that once housed the brewery. One of the locals recounted that her father, who drove a horse-drawn beer wagon, would report how kegs of Tiger Brew sustained Polish wedding celebrations for days. Unfortunately, the brewery’s revival after Prohibition was short lived.
JACK AULD wrote from St. Louis that he is on his third pacemaker after a quadruple bypass in 1991, but is “physically quite fit except for vision.” Downsizing from a five-bedroom home is in his plans. Jack, who attended Grover Cleveland High School in St. Louis, recalled meeting Mrs. Cleveland as a freshman at Princeton and sitting next to Einstein one evening at Princeton Playhouse.
FRED GREGORY died in Indiana March 29. GRAHAM “DOC” SHANLEY died in Spain March 30. 

May 13, 2009
It may surprise some of the younger set that the invention Alexander Graham Bell patented in 1876 is still an effective way to communicate. KEITH LORING suggests a phone call to him if anyone wants information about prostate cancer. You can reach him at 512-868-3337 or e-mail lorings2@aol.com. 
As a non-physician, prostate cancer survivor, and cofounder/facilitator of several support groups, Keith has gathered extensive material about this disease and made national connections during the 13 years he has aided men. Keith lives in the Sun City Active Adult Retirement Community in Georgetown, Texas, but makes no mention of “actively” using his Terrace Club softball-pitching prowess there. 
JACK SHEPHERD phoned to inquire whether Nobel Prize winner John Nash *50 (A Beautiful Mind) and resident Princeton mathematician and economist, whom he recently met, had any connection with our class. (Graduate school at the same time.) Jack has been retired for 20 years, after peddling securities for many years at Goldman Sachs. He is doing well in Tenafly, N.J.
BOB MCKINLEY reported that JOHN LOWMAN sounded fine during a recent phone conversation. Bob added that he was in “pretty good shape,” but has curtailed the extensive traveling that he and his wife had done in the past.
A phone call following an e-mail from ALLEN DALEY found him in California. Sadly, Allen’s wife, “Canoe,” died suddenly from a stroke last March. Allen, who is fighting Alzheimer’s, has moved from Delaware to an assisted-living community in Morgana, Calif., to be near his son, Tom ’75.
FOR THE RECORD: LEN PALIN wants all to know that he has no relatives in Alaska. He continues his pastoral ministry in Monarch Beach, Calif. BILL AHRENS is in his second, four-year term as councilman in Indian River Shores, Fla.
News arrived from North Carolina that ADDISON “AD” GOBLE died March 18.

REMINDER: Warm-up for the 60th by coming to Old Nassau for our 59th. BILL OSBORNE has arranged our class dinner for Friday evening, May 29, in the professors’ lounge atop Fine Hall. Saturday meals will be available at ’49’s 60th headquarters at Forbes College. Attend the 59th and double up by coming to Milwaukee for our 26th mini-reunion Sept. 23-27 (see Web site).
And did you know that minis can be catalysts? So reports DICK FORD, with the news that he and Phoebe Ballard are engaged. Dick cited our 24th Mini in Minneapolis in September 2007 as the catalyst for their romance. (Recollection is that some earlier minis “catalyzed” the romance of Jean and SID FOX.) Dick and Phoebe were in Minneapolis in January for the opening of Henry V at the Guthrie Theatre. Dick’s son, Rick, who is a member of The Acting Company based in NYC, played five parts in the play, which is now on a 26-city tour. Dick and Phoebe also had dinner with Merle and ROLAND MINDA. Merle is bouncing back from a hip replacement. Roland still has his weekly TV show, Strictly Seniors.
CHARLIE ROSE recently discovered that “BARK” GUMMERE was a townhouse-community neighbor in Newtown, Pa. Bark, whose career was in banking, has remained single and has lived in Newtown for the past 25 years. He still researches electric railways, especially the bygone trolley system of his native Trenton area.
We note the passing of two classmates. BOB PEARCE died Aug. 1, 2008, and RALPH MCGILL died Feb. 12, 2009. Another sad note: JOE TILT’s widow, Judy, was killed in a car crash in California last Memorial Day. It was a second tragedy for the Tilt family, as Joe was killed in a car accident in 1997. 

While we normally report the loss of a classmate with a brief notice at the close of Class Notes, an exception is in order. Class stalwart "PETE" BUCHANAN died in Beverly,Mass., Feb. 9 from complications of prostate cancer. The class owes a great deal to Pete, who was a longtime member of the executive committee, class secretary for 15 years, a one-term AGchairman, a memory bank: of class history, the initiator of the tradition of class minireunions, an organizer of four '50 minis (in Newburyport, Mass., in DC, and two in Salem, Mass.), and a source of guidance for organizers of our other 21 minis. We will miss Pete.

Last fall there was a mini of sorts when JOHN SPEED and AL SHANDS  traveled from Louisville to Tigertown to join BILL HAYNES and DAVE BlLLINGTON at the welcoming celebration for the Rev. Paul Jeanes, a former Louisville resident, who became the new rector at Trinity Church in  Princeton. It was Princeton day at the White House Dec. to when Librarian of Congress JIM BILLINGTON and two other Princetonians received the Presidential Citizens Medal. The medal, awarded in recognition of exemplary deeds of service to the nation, is one of the highest honors a president can confer on a civilian. Also honored with Jim were Princeton's McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence Robert George and Teach for America founder Wendy Kopp '89.

North Carolina is now horne to two classmates. After almost 50 years in Princeton, Betty and DICK MCCLELLAND moved to Charlotte. This brings them nearer their three sons and their families, whose count comes to 17 McClellands. Cynthia and BILL BERNART have moved south from Virginia to Raleigh, likewise to be closer to their children.

18 March 09

1950 IN THE MEDICALWORLD: JOHN COLWELL was awarded South Carolina's highest civilian honor, The Order of the Palmetto, by Gov.Mark Sanford in December. John was recognized as an outstanding physician and a leader in the medical community and for his dedication to the cause of diabetes research, patient care, and education. Later in December, Medical U. of South Carolina trustees designated the school's diabetes research center as The John A. Colwell Diabetes Research Center. John is a past president of the American Diabetes Association and a master of the American College of Physicians.

DICK SHARRETT, a cardiologist, presented a paper titled "Facilitation of the Development of Resiliency Heart Care Systems in the United States" at the 61St annual meeting of the Gerontological Society in November. Dick noted that his first professional paper, which was co-authored, was published in 1957.

Bill WINTERS reported from Texas that he survived Hurricane Ike with minimal damage. Bill is still practicing cardiovascular medicine, and is editor of the Journal of the Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center and chief of the Methodist Hospital Education Institute.

"HEW" RYAN, a psychiatrist, traveled from Alabama to attend his 50th reunion at the Rochester School of Medicine last year. He suggested that he and wife Valerie had better come to Princeton for our 59th so they would
be able to recognize classmates at the 60th.  Not a bad idea. Reunion dates: May 29-30.

Bill KORNFELD, also a psychiatrist, wrote from Kentucky that "after three years of hard effort, I am finally divorced, and very happy, working hard, and in pretty good health."

We have lost two classmates. Medical researcher DUNCAN MCCULLOCH died in Hanover, Pa., Jan. 20, and BOB PERLEY died at his home
in Westfield, N.J., Jan. 26.

4 March 09

What do a recycling station, a pipe organ, and a weekly radio program have in common?
Answer: The Class of '50

According to an article in the Morgan (W.Va.)Messenger: "Cars and trucks
were lined up to mark the opening of Morgan County's permanent recycle center Monday, Dec. I5." Specifically, it was the Charles R. Biggs Recycling Center, named for CHARLIE BIGGS. Charlie and his wife, Margaret, have promoted recycling over the 13 years they have lived in the county. He undertook design and construction supervision of the center. It took $75,000 in cash and in-kind donations to prepare the site, install receptacles, and put the finishing touches on the two-acre facility.

CHARLIE KRIGBAUM, university organist and professor in Yale's School of Music until 1995, also has his name on something. He was honored last year by having a new Taylor and Boody mean-tone pipe organ named for him. The organ is in the Yale Divinity School. Charlie wrote that it is "one of very few in such an early temperament."  (Your musically naive scribe consulted his church organist for clarlflcatlon.)  Charlie added, "Wonderful for pre-Bach music.

Last October, Little Rock, Ark., TV station KLR broadcast a five-minute interview with DAVID MILLER to mark the 25th anniversary of the syndicated weekly radio jazz program he produces. Swingin' Down The Lane with David Miller is now carried on 50 National Public Radio stations plus a station in Hamburg, Germany.  Ironically, the program has been running far longer than the "Big Band" era, which is one of its main features. And to think, the program is rooted in David's boyhood in Elizabeth, N.J.,where he saved his nickels and dimes to purchase 78 rpm recordings of popular music.

11 February 09

Couldn't help noticing a 'Tiger" award for an item in recent Class of '75 notes
recognizing Doug Schutte. He is Virginia's top blood donor, having given platelets 328 times by Reunions. Congratulations, Doug, but let the record show that our own CHARLIE ROSE was 50 donations better - having given
372 times by Reunions. In addition, Charlie has given 183 units of whole blood.  When Charlie was recently honored with the first-ever New Jersey Blood Services Lifetime Platelet Donation Award, he recounted his first donation. "I started with whole blood at Princeton, where I was given
a shot of whiskey afterward. Who cared if I was underage," he said. Reflecting on the award, he mused, "Since they analyze my blood chemistry every two weeks, perhaps they know something that I don't. You know,
like the Academy Awards where each year there is a lifetime award for someone who they expect may not be around the next year."

STAN PLENINGiER is our only classmate who resides in Alaska. He recently called seeking his roommate JOE GREEN's number. Stan has lived in Alaska since 1975. He has cut back on his law practice and now is directing his
energies toward developing a retirement community on land he acquired many years ago. It's choice property with lake frontage and easy highway access north of Anchorage, and not far from Wasilla. So if you believe
Sarah Palin, it also might have a good view of Russia.

BOB SCHELLNG is one of our four classmates who live in Canada. Bob took Sylvie, his wife and tennis fanatic, to the French Open last June to celebrate her birthday. Prudently, he quantified Sylvie's birthday only as "significant."

We lost two classmates at the close of 8 BOB PRICE died Dec. 3 and GENE NOBLES died Dec. 22.

28 January 09

Mark your 2009 calendar for two class reunions: Our next mini-reunion will be in Milwaukee Sept. 23-26, where CHARLIE GUTENKUNST's wife, Deeann, is forging ahead with plans for an influx of classmates for our 26th mini. BILL OSBORNE off-year reunion expertise continues to hold him in good stead as he shapes plans for our 59th during Reunions weekend, May 28-31. Both will be great warm-ups for our 60th in 2010, which the Chinese presciently designated as the Year of the Tiger, as they did for 1950, our graduation year.
TRAVELIN'TIGERS: Last August, Joan and GLENN SILER visited Russia, where they "enjoyed an interesting and challenging holiday." Starting in Moscow, they boarded a riverboat for an eight-day cruise up the Baltic waterway to St. Petersburg with its Hermitage and Peter the Great's Palace. They ended their trip in Stockholm. 

DON WEST did not tell us - but we have pictorial evidence - that he was in Europe last fall. HANK RENTSCHLER sent a photo of his sister, Liz, and Don in Dresden last October. All Hank learned from his sister was that they had met Don at breakfast. 

Thyrza and GEORGE ZABRISKIE traveled last summer from their Montana horne to the Zabriskie family house in Hancock Point, Maine, for their annual sojourn there. All 12 members of the Zabriskie family branch were present for the first time in 10 years. 

Ann and BILL LUCAS celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Dec. 19.  They continue to travel from their LA home to summer in Martha's Vineyard. The Vineyard population swelled last summer as the Lucases' four children
and their spouses and nine grandchildren joined them. Bill continues in the family investment business, with nonprofit organizations in education, the arts, and Third World development, and on the advisory council of Princeton's Department of Art and Archaeology.

Joyce and TED MELDAHL have had a full year of experiencing the medical system, but were able to fit in an Elderhostel stay, a trip to North Carolina mountains, and a cruise on the Danube. Ted noted that more recent travels
have been of a "rehab" nature to hospitals in South Carolina. He is most complimentary of the "competence, dedication, and just plain caring" they found in so many people in the medical world. This is especially reassuring
as they address Joyce's heart problems.

Maybe at this very time RUSS KIRBY, onetime Princeton swimmer, is soaking up the sun on a beach. Russ left the chill of his Minnesota home in December for six months in Hawaii. He added that he now has a new heart valve - the pig variety. Hope this doesn't ruin his appetite at a traditional luau.

BUT SOME STAY HOME FOR GOOD REASON: Gloria and RALPH CARDELLO welcomed home one of their eight grandchildren, a grandson who returned in October from the war in Afghanistan. They are living a "quiet life" in New Jersey, where two of their daughters living nearby keep tabs on
them. That's harder lately since Ralph has fully recovered from 2007 back surgery. Their other two children live in Virginia and California.

We extend sympathy to two classmates who have lost their lifelong spouses: ROBERT FORREST, whose wife of 60 years, Jean, died Sept. 11; and STUART HAYES, whose wife of almost 59 years, Louise, died Oct. l.

News of the death of two classmates has reached us. Bill STEVENSON died Oct. 9 and SAMUEL ROBINSON, affectionately known as"Tizo," died Nov. 10.

17 December 08

I recently heard from BEN LAWRENCE who was trying to catch up with his roommate, JOHN MINTON.  He enjoys summers at his Lake Michigan cottage, and now is back in his Ohio home for the winter, where his voice bolsters the church choir.  John just celebrated both his 80th birthday and completion of radiation treatments for prostate cancer. He still plays tennis several times a week in St. Louis, and is contemplating retirement next year. In Richmond, maybe.

In case you missed them, recent editions of PAW carried two letters with '50 authorship. The Sept. 24 edition ran a thoughtful letter from John Minton on attacking alcohol abuse. The Oct. 8 issue printed a letter from HARLEY FUNK'swife, "Petey," that revisited life and travails of married WWIl veterans and their wives who resided in "The Project."

It has been a busy and rewarding time for Pablo Debenedetti, the Class of 1950 Professor in Engineering and Applied Sciences. On July 1, Professor Debenedetti assumed the position of vice dean of the engineering school. On Class Day he won the School of Engineering and Applied Science Distinguished Teacher Award, and at Commencement, he received the President's Award for Distinguished Teaching.

With a dearth of news until the class dues start flowing to treasurer JOE GREEN space permits tribute to our previous eight class secretaries.
In order since 1950, they are: PETE ERDMAN, JOEL NIXON, EV FRANK, DON COHN, BOB READ, STU DUNCAN PETE BUCHANAN and SID FOX- with Pete and Sid covering the class beat for 30 years by alternating every five years. Faced with a news shortage, one scribe (name withheld) chronicled the doings of a fictitious classmate he created, much to the consternation
of PAW's editors.

EDWARD   'DOUGH" HOLYOKE former chief surgeon at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, died Sept. 29 in Sandy Pond, near Oswego, N.Y.

19 November 2008

The saying goes that "old soldiers just fade away." This is not true of some teachers, especially two classmates who reside in Princeton. Bill HAYNES has retired from office practice, but still teaches third-year medical students using cardiology case studies. He also conducts seminars about healing, faith, and prayers based on personal experiences recounted in the book he co-authored, Is There a God in Health Care?

DAVE BILLINGTON, Princeton professor of civil and environmental engineering, was quoted in the E-Quad News as saying, "Equations are only part of engineering .... I don't consider engineers educated unless they learn something about history." To this end, he continues to teach two cross-disciplinary courses - "Structures and the Urban Environment" and "Engineering in the Modern World." Two hundred or more students sign up for each course in which Dave's lectures illustrate that engineering is intricately connected to economics and politics, to history and art. The News described his lectures as "entirely given from memory, but as enthusiastically as if for the first time."

In September, Dave's brother, JIM BilLINGTON, began his 21st year as the 13th Librarian of Congress. Since Congress authorized it in 1800, the library has greatly broadened its outreach, as exemplified this year when Jim named children's book author Jon Scieszka as the country's first national ambassador for young people's literature, a kind of children's-book version of the library's poet laureate.

There was a time when "hip" referred to a mindset, but now that we have "aged" ... oops, cancel that ... "matured," it more likely brings to mind a body part. Point in hand:

SID FOX had his left hip replaced in August, to go along with his right one done nine years ago. "Hip" again, he and Jean were off on a Columbia River cruise in October.

News came from Maryland that HOWARD COHEN died Oct. 2.

5 November 2008

We trust that when you read thls Column, written in late September, meaningful action will be under way to address the financial crisis. And surely it will bear the mark of Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. Bernanke has said that many of his actions are based on his study of the Great Depression while at Princeton. So where does the Class of '50 fit into this scenario? Here is what I gleaned from HANK RENTSCHLER:

Going back to our 25th, there was pressure to give all our memorial insurance to AG. BILL MARITZ and JACK WILSON led the resistance to this proposal and succeeded in establishing a class fund for the economics department. Since then, on an annual basis, fund income has been used by the Financial Research Center for collecting data that have been the underpinning of economic studies such as Bernanke's. Thus our class action in 1975 has manifested itself in the "nation's service" 33 years later.

After leading our class to 71.3% participation in last year's AG, chairman BILL DIPPEL writes, " I am sure our classmates will be astonished to learn that in spite of the financial meltdown, it will be business as usual in the AG department, and they can expect to see my first letter in mid-November."

JIM CALDWELL is enjoying his retirement from Westinghouse in Maryland with time aplenty to pare some strokes from his golf handicap. BOB CRONHEIM is still working as a Realtor/developer in New Jersey. Even though his grandson qualified for this year's US Amateur Golf Tournament, Bob's golfing friends often remind him that his grandson's talent obviously was not inherited from his grandfather.

After a long struggle with Parkinson's, JOHN CORNOG died in Connecticut July 26, 2008.

22 October 2008

SIDNEY VAN DEN BERGH joined previously recognized astronomers such as Edwin Hubble when he was awarded the 2008 Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal. This annual award, dating back to 1898, is the Astronomical Society of the Pacific's most prestigious award for lifetime achievement in astronomy. Sidney is now researcher emeritus of Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in British Columbia.

There is much more than most of us envision when looking skyward, as attested by Sidney's distinguished work on galaxies and their stellar content. His fundamental work has included contributions to studies of local group galaxies, dwarf galaxies, and galactic morphology. He has added significantly to the understanding of the extra-galactic distance scale, globular and open star clusters, supernovae, and metal abundances and chemical evolution of the universe. All of which brings to mind Plato's observation:

"Astronomy compels the soul to look up, and leads us from this world to another."

The previous column sadly noted the death of GEORGE RIESZ, chairman of Planned Giving for our class. The 1746 Society recognizes those classmates or spouses who have made gifts to the University in the form of an annuity. After the death of a donor, the gift goes to a University program that the donor designated. Our class now has 48 society members (including some who are deceased) and a fund value of over $4 million.

ERNIE RUBENSTEIN wrote that he and DON COHN attended the memorial service for SHELDON ElSEN's wife, Gerri. She died Aug. 15 from multiple sclerosis. Despite being diagnosed with MS in her early 20S, Gerri led a happy and extremely productive life. Our thoughts are with Sheldon and his family.

News arrived that ROBERT BAIRD died in New Jersey Aug. 22, 2008, and BARRY VROMAN died in Maine Aug. 24, 2008.

8 Oct 2008

No, this is not Lawrence of Arabia (he went to Oxford). Rather, it is WHORTON "ED" SHOBER, who just published his third novel, Royal Sands. Ed lived and worked in Saudi Arabia for 10 years, participating in the still-secret negotiations for an Iraqi oil pipeline over Saudi territory and a maintenance contract for Saudi helicopter gunships. He co-founded and was CEO of Saudi Arabia's first and largest hospital management company. Ed Withheld publication of this "page-turning plot of Royal skullduggery and intrigue" for 18 years to avoid any quesition of breaking confidentiality and trust.

Ed is part of Our London contingent that routinely gets together. The latest gathering reported by JOHN SCOTT was with COLUMBUS O'DONNELL, Ed, and their wives at a reception by William Polk Carey '52 in Spencer House, St. James. JOHN wrote that hundreds partook of endless Veuve Clicquot, canapes, and caviar, while a string quartet and harpist played Mozart divertimenti. Not too shabby!

If homegrown crime is more to your liking, ROLAND MINDA's wife, Merle, recently co­authored Famous Crimes: Stories of Law & Order in Minnesota, which begins with the St. Paul gangster era in the 1930S, when John Dillinger and Ma Barker were safely holed up there. We 2007 mini-reuners vividly recall the stories of the St. Paul gangsters during one of Our city tours.

We have lost a dedicated classmate. GEORGE RIESZ, who led our Planned Giving in recent years, died Aug. 23, 2008, after an 18-year fight with cancer.

24 Sep 2008

Sixty-two years ago the Class of '50 entered Princeton as the first truly post-World War II class. Our ages ranged from 16 to the early 30s. Our number, now officially set at 782, was swelled by veterans who opted for their graduation year instead of their acceptance year. WWII veterans constitute over one­quarter of our class roster.

Speaking of veterans, TONY FRYER, who served in the Navy, reported that earlier this year he and wife, Angeline, took a Pacific theater cruise from Auckland to Osaka, stopping off at such bitterly contested islands as Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Tony was the first Japanese consulate general in Buffalo, acting in that honorary post for 22 years. He now dabbles in the travel business.

Another seagoing tiger was BO NIXON. He and his wife, Edie, sailed on the first leg of the maiden voyage of the Queen Victoria from NYC to LA via the Panama Canal. Eva and DON COHN sent them off in proper New York fashion with a bon voyage dinner.

STEVE HALLIDAY, also a Navy veteran, is now in his 51st year with Renite. His family business, founded in 1932, manufactures lubricants and other products used in the hot forming of glass and metalworking.

The summer has brought some sad news.

ROGG COLLINS died May 17,2008. DAVID POOR died June 11. ORVILLE "JACK" ANDERSON died July 15· In seeking the whereabouts of a Peddie classmate, AL ABBOTTS learned that RAYMOND LAST died Oct. 12, 1996.

On another sad note, SID FOX reported the death of David Humphreys, our "class baby" and son of our late classmate, ART HUMPHREYS, July 25, 2008. David was the husband of Sid's daughter, Lydia '81, and Sid's godson.

16 July 2008

58 AND COUNTING: Marking 58 years since graduation,Sl classmates, wives, and guests gathered for a class dinner in Fine Hall Tower Friday night of Reunions weekend. Classmates present were: ABBOTTS, BEATY, DAVE BILLINGTON, BOGARDUS, CAMPBELL, CARSON (all the way from Santa Fe), CHACE, CHRISTENSEN, CRONHElM, DIPPEL, DUNCAN, EDWARDS, ERDMAN, FISHER, FREEMAN, HAYNES, LAMASON, MCALPIN, MINTON, OSBORNE, RENTSCHLER, RIVINUS, ROSE, BILL and FRED SCHLUTER, and STAATS-WESTOVER. Kudos to dinner chairman BILL OSBORNE

On the Saturday of our Baltimore mini, an event honoring a classmate was taking place in Baltimore County. That was the Benjamin H. Murray. Memorial Steeplechase race. "Laddie" is one of Princeton's most highly decorated war heroes. He was awarded the Navy Cross, the nation's second-highest military honor, for" extraordinary heroism as a forward outpost commander" in the Korean War. On the night of March 26, 1953, he suffered severe wounds while exposing himself to rally his men and repulse a fierce enemy attack. Laddie went on to be an outstanding rider on the Maryland point-to-point circuit. Unfortunately, he died prematurely in 1964, perhaps in part from the trauma of his Korean War wounds. PETE ARMSTRONG, whom we lost in March 2007, had written that he was no more than 2,000 yards away from Laddie that night. Pete added, "If you were an infantryman as I was, you might as well have been 100 miles away. The world of an infantry platoon commander is a very narrow one. I never learned about Laddie's award for months thereafter."

Class president Al Abbotts and others attended the annual luncheon at Prospect House in April for undergraduates who were recipients of the 11 scholarships associated with our class. Al described the group as "diverse, intelligent, and sociable." In March, Ricky and PAUL DIDISHEIM had lunch with Hyeon-Ju Ryoo '11, who benefited from their scholarship. The class scholarship, 50's Fund 2000, has grown to a market value of $824,000 with income of S36,000.

BOB STEVENS just shared the news with us that he married Anne Adams March 10, 2007. Bob's first wife, Nancy, died in 2004. He and the new Mrs. Stevens are residing in Andover, Mass.

Apologies to JEREMY MAIN for belatedly reporting that last October he was among members of the Time-Life Alumni Society who spent three days in DC. He wrote that the highlight of the trip was lunch at the Library of Congress, where his roommate, librarian JIM BilLINGTON, "held us spellbound with a brilliant, soaring talk on libraries, reading, education, digitizing, and other subjects within his vast grasp."

After completing his training regimen at the Baltimore mini, BOB BROWN drove back to his other home in North Carolina to compete in the annual Sun City Hilton Head Triathlon. Bob finished first in the over-80 division. Not surprisingly, he noted that he faced fewer competitors than he did last year when he was in the 75-80-year-old division.

TIGER BITS: At last report, DICK PRENTISS was looking for a literary agent for his novel. Leah and JOE MCDONOUGH are still enjoying retirement in Palo Alto, especially with family living in California. Bette and Bill KRAMER have moved from Richmond to DC with plans to keep their minds stimulated by the many cultural, political, and athletic opportunities the nation's capital provides. Earlier this year, Betty and STEVE ZIMMERMAN sat with Allison and DAVE WilSON at the big Pacific Life Open professional tennis tournament, as they have for the last 10 years.

JACK CRITES died March 15,20°7. Our sym­pathy goes to PETER DE ROETTH, whose wife, Lisa, died in early April.

1 June 2008

Although the calico cat is Maryland's official cat, the tiger's orange and black was a far greater presence in Baltimore April 16-20, when '50 gathered by the inner harbor for its 25th mini-reunion.

PETE BUCHANAN, archivist of mini data, announced that of the 106 attendees, 54 were classmates.  Three first-timers, MACK BLACK, JIM EARL, and TOM PAINE, brought the total of classmates attending at least one mini to 255.  Associates Phoebe BALLARD, Virginia CRAWFORD, and Ouida DAVIS graced the group.  Missed were Baltimoreans, CAMMY SLACK and JOE HOOPER whose health precluded their attendance.

BO and Ellie KELLY, with PAS MITCHELL, LUKE HOPKINS and BILL GILBERT, skillfully orchestrated a full schedule of sightseeing, events, and dining.  Just some of the highlights were: a Naval Academy visit with a private recital on the chapel's 15,000-pipe organ and lunch at the officer's club, where an ESPN commentator/Navy sailing coach dramatically traced the history of competitive sailing: a breakfast cruise of Baltimore Harbor well after "dawn's early light"; and a lecture on genomes by Pas' on, Dr. Braxton Mitchell '78, in the U. of Maryland's historic Anatomic Theatre.

Did you know that Maryland's history is intertwined with the Class of 1950?  Two of the state's most prestigious institutions were founded by members of classmates' families:  BO KELLY's grandfather was a founder of Johns Hopkins Hospital and LEW BANCROFT's great-uncle was founder of the Naval Academy.

The Saturday evening dinner with Sen. Paul Sarbanes '54 as honored guest climaxed the reunion.  Honorary classmate BOB MILNE, fresh from Tokyo, provided dinner music, and afterward Joan and Addie "cut the rug" to the applause of their mates, AL ABBOTTS and JACK ROBINSON, and the assembled.

Reports (unconfirmed) are that a few loitered in the city on Sunday to get a final Maryland crab cake.

May 14, 2008

REPORTS FROM OUR EAST COAST STRINGERS. From New Hampshire: GUTHRIE SPEERS sent a January clipping from the Rappahannock (Va.) News. A front-page headline proclaimed Linda and Bill DIETEL the county's "2007 Citizens of the Year." As a friend said, "The Dietels have been involved with practically every major initiative in the county that is concerned with education, self­help, and community service." Among the accolades, Bill was described as an "eloquent and charismatic speaker" who last year urged a full auditorium to support a school budget that he felt critical for the system's continued improvement.

Linda and Bill coauthored The Board Chairman Handbook, which has become a standard in the nonprofit community since it was published in 2001. They also run their own philanthropic fund. Bill's activities are not limited to Rappahannock County. He is chairman of the board of GuideStar International, a London organization that promotes charitable giving, and president of NYC and LA foundations.

From Pennsylvania: CHARLIE ROSE wired that Princeton resident BOB STAATS-WESTOVER was acknowledged by the author of New Jersey Graveyard and Gravestone Inscriptions Locators - Mercer County for his graciousness in producing the fine, computer-rendered maps for this series.

From Delaware: Bill DIPPEl sent a release that the U. of Chicago Press has published the Hard Road West. The book was written by South Carolinian TED MElDAHl's son, Keith, who is a professor of geology and oceanography at Mira Costa (Calif.) College. It is described as "an amazing book ... which opens up a whole new dimension of the California Gold Rush." Wrote another reviewer, "Fans of John McPhee '53 will find many familiar pleasures in Hard Road West."

Three classmates have left our ranks. JOHN MAY died March 23, 2008; TOM DUNN died March 25, 2008; and FRANK EWING died Sept. 1, 2004. We regret that the date reported for the death of DAVE JORDAN's wife, Bess, was in error. It was Feb. 6, 2008, not 2007.

April 23,2008

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"PDQ" (but not what you think).

"P" FOR PRINCETON REUNIONS:

Celebrate our 58th at the class dinner in the Professors' Lounge atop Fine Hall Tower Friday, May 30.

"0" FOR DOCTORS: HEWITT RYAN was recently elected chief of staff at Bryce Hospital in Tuscaloosa, Ala., one of the psychiatric hospitals Dorothea Dix help found before the Civil War. The hospital was almost burned down during that conflict by Croxton's Raiders. Fortunately for Hewitt, Dr. Peter Bryce talked Gen. Croxton out of torching it. Familywise, Valorie and Hewlitt's four children and three grandchildren are "spread to the four winds."

LANSE HOSKINS claims he is enjoying life in the "slower lane." He is teaching medical students 12 weeks this year, seeing patients half a day each week at Cleveland (Ohio) VA Medical Center, and continuing research in his lab. What was the faster lane like?

At last report, HANK Betts is working every day at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. Hank retired three years ago as its president/ CEO; then, as its chairman, after a $93 million fundraising campaign. He also works with six other organizations dealing with disability, and has worked for better rehabilitation for severely disabled veterans from the war. With Mayor Richard Daley and civic leaders, Hank helped assemble a dynamic approach to the employment of the disabled.

Sadly, the medical community lost a member when ED SCHOTT died Feb. 13, 2008.

"Q" FOR QUANDARY: BOB CRONHEIM writes that his grandson and namesake is one of the best amateur golfers in the New York metro area. With him now playing NO.1 at Cornell, the Big Red has moved up to top­rated Ivy men's golf team, surpassing Princeton and Yale, which have dominated in recent years. Laments Bob, "When Princeton and Cornell are in the same tournament, what's a loyal alum to do?"

April 2, 2008

NO GRASS GROWING UNDER THESE TIGER FEET. BOB SCHElLING spent three weeks in Italy last fall to celebrate his 80th birthday. While visiting wellknown locales such as Siena, Assisi, and Verona, he learned quickly that "cinque minutes could be from five minutes to five hours, 500 meters could be up to five miles, and everything is uphill."

Three days after the Minneapolis mini that they hosted, Merle and ROLAND MINDA flew to Venice. Soon thereafter they went to New Zealand and Australia. Roland commented that traveling like this is "the challenge of being married to a 13-years­younger bride who is disconcertingly vibrant. It does require the senior partner to keep up or be left in the dust," he says.

JOHN MAXWELL took time out from consulting and serving on five nonprofit boards to cruise the Mediterranean from Nice to Athens with Adrienne last fall. About the same time, Nell and ROGER SMITH were sailing on the Rhone and Saone rivers in France and tacked on five days in Paris.

Perennial travelers Maggie and GEORGE RIESZ made two trips: in spring to Brazil and the Amazon; in fall on a Norwegian coastal ship from Bergen around the North Cape and back. Seta and JOHN NORTHROP found exploring the Galapagos Islands on an eight-cabin motor sailor a delight for nature lovers.

Your scribe and his wife, Garie, took an ecological tour of Costa Rica and a passage through the Panama Canal this February.

Last June, along with JULIE BUXTON's widow, Anne, we represented '50 on a Princeton Journeys trip to Siberia's Kamchatka Peninsula that featured 17 zodiac landings to study birds, animals, geology, and archaeolo gy on this sparsely populated land.

News reached us that BILL WELBON died Feb. 5,2008, and JAY REESE died Feb. 7, 2008. Our sympathy goes to DAVE JORDAN, whose wife, Bess, died Feb. 6, 2007.

March 19, 2008

Gloucester , Mass. , America 's oldest seaport and a town we visited during our 22nd mini­reunion, has a new mayor, ALAN KIRK's daughter-in-Iaw, Carolyn. Elected last November, she, like mayors of most old cities, faces an urban "perfect storm." In the case of Gloucester , this has been spawned by budget deficits, a depressed fishing industry, and a crumbling infrastructure. Carolyn's husband, Bill, and two other Kirk offspring live in the Gloucester area, so Alan has a good reason to visit the Bay State . However, this did not preclude a trip he and wife Joan took to Egypt last March, and his ongoing efforts to shoot his age on the links.

STEVE ZIMMERMAN's son-in-law, Gil Reavill, has two recent publications. The first, Aftermath, Inc., deals with a bona fide company that cleans up gore at crime scenes. Probably not bedtime reading, since it has been described as "violence on steroids." The second book, which Reavill co-authored with Tiki Barber, is Tiki, about the retired New York Giants running back and now TV personality.

JOHN GOESSlING, who has joined the ranks of great-grandfathers, still goes to his office daily, That is, when he is not traveling or duck and dove hunting with his two dogs, a Labrador and an English setter.

And speaking of dogs, MACKNIGHT BLACK wrote that his Airedale bitch, Wildwood's New Yorker of Armack, won her AKC championship last June. He was explicit that this item could be used if needed for filler, "but please not sandwiched between breaking news that one classmate has won a Nobel and another will receive 'brain surgeon of the year' recognition." Thus, it is a fitting close for this column.

March 5, 2008

TIGER TREASURES: All our classmates are treasures in their own right, but Georgia and BILL CARSON are officially included among Santa Fe's Living Treasures. And rightfully so. In 1997 they started a volunteer literacy program in a public K-6 school with 90%, low-income students. Today, there are 85 volunteers helping in two schools. The program has expanded to provide physical education, health-care support, and books, and has touched almost 20,000 youngsters. Bill is also chairman of the city's children and youth commission.

TIGER PREPPIES, IN THE BEST SENSE: Belatedly, we report that the Pennington (N.J.) School honored DICK SHARRETT in October 2006 with isTower Award. This award is the schoo\"s highest recognition for long and faithful service. Bill attended Pennington from the second grade until his graduation in 1946. He is now on its board of trustees.

BILL FLAMMER sustains his lifelong commitment to Loomis Chaffee, where he is midway through his second term on its board of trustees. This still leaves him time for interests in the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks.

TIGER MINISTERS: LEN PALIN continues to minister on the pastoral staff of South Shores Church in California. CHARLIE SLACK, our most distant classmate, continues to pastor a Christian fellowship in a tiny western Australia fishing village 300 kilometers north of Perth.

ROWLAND ROBERTS died Jan. 1, 2008. We extend condolences to JOHN COLWELL, whose wife, Jane, died Dee. 6, 2007, and to Connie and ROY WELCH, whose daughter, Alyson, died Nov. 12, 2007.

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