The column is drafted at an awkward time (late August), which leaves us anticipating the Class Officer Weekend and our 65th reunion, both in September. Treasurer Joe Kurey received a note from a student-athlete who was accepted for the class of 2016. Kayden Cooke, a volleyball player from Dallas, was able to visit the campus as a result of our contribution to the Athletic Sponsor Program. Treasurer Kurey also submitted his annual financial report indicating that our assets have dropped sharply and that those paying class dues dropped from 222 (187 members and 35 widows) in 2010-11 to 186 (157 members and 29 widows) in 2011-12. The drop is due in no small part to the deaths of a number of classmates. A result will be to cut back our class support of various college programs; but support will be maintained for the resident’s intern program.


Don Shed notes having served for 27 years as a volunteer chapter manager for his local Red Cross in Georgia. He also served as a national disaster instructor for the Red Cross. He retired from his business of making routed and sandblasted signs and also after eight years with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Department of Outdoor Reclamation. 


The sympathy of the class is extended to families and friends of classmates who died recently: George F. Benoit, D.M.D., December 18, 2011; Richard C. Conroy, M.D., June 21; Roman C. Stanley, April 17; and John P. Wildman, July 7.


Keep in touch.


—Donald Page, 21 Alva St., East Greenbush, NY 12061; (518) 477-4768