Class Note 1949
Class treasurer Bob Rooke checked in from Morristown, New Jersey, with word that thank-you letters have been received from recipients of our class gifts: Tucker Foundation ($2,000); Friends of Figure Skating ($2,000); Outing Club freshman trip ($1,000); and Athletic Sponsor Program ($1,000).
Quent Kopp is spending our tax dollars on a much larger scale as a member of the California High Speed Rail Commission, which he helped create in 1992 as a state senator. California is receiving the first $2.5 billion of an estimated eventual $40 to $60 billion for trains that are expected to reach 220 miles per hour between L.A. and San Francisco. Quent hopes to see the San Francisco-San Jose segment operative within five years. Thanks to Jay Urstadt for sending along two clippings about Quent, realizing that Quent “is too shy and modest to do this” on his own.
Paul Woodberry gave up the winter cold of Hanover for a home across the street from his five grandchildren in Dallas. He’s now a contender, along with Slade Gorton, for attending the most grandchildren’s athletic events. Paul, who always has been a quick mover and shaker, ran in 26 races last year, ranging from three to nine miles, setting a record for the fastest 81-year-old in one of them. He missed our 60th because of a trip to Italy and Ireland.
Tom Swartz says he’s feeling okay and is still active in the Dartmouth Club of Suburban New Jersey.
Warren Ornstein died of cancer on Christmas Day. His wife, Marlyn, told me he was a fighter to the last. Ornie made his mark as a 145-pound guard on the 1945 football team along with Ray Truncellito and the late Joe Sullivan and Brud Becker. Once from Cleveland, Ohio, always from Cleveland, where he was an attorney with Forest City Enterprises. The class sends its sympathy to Marlyn.
Our condolences to Tom Towler, whose lovely and lively wife, Sue, passed away in December. Tom and Sue, Bruce Crawford and my wife, Vi, and I have had a close friendship in Sarasota, Florida, during the winter months for about 20 years.
—John Adler, 530 Old Post Road 3, Greenwich, CT 06830; (203) 622-9069; (203) 629-4865 (fax)
