Although he formally retired in 1994, Jerry Wensinger still has anoffice at Wesleyan University, where he was the Taft Professor of German Language and Literature and also a professor of humanities. He has continued to translate numerous books, mostly in art history, from German to English. Every other year he attends and submits articles in English and German to a literary symposium in Austria. With his godson-in-law he founded the Candlewood Farm (where he lives) Arts Foundation, which offers architectural seminars and classical music concerts specializing in guitar works. When I spoke with him he was attending a performance that evening with musicians from Holland and China. Jerry tends a large vegetable garden and works on his 100-acre property, which is a mixed blessing, as he had just come down with a case of poison ivy. He has set up a conservation easement for his land so that it will remain in its present state and not be developed. He said he has enjoyed his life and considers himself lucky and happy.

Melvin and Helen Neisloss are doing well except that his travel is curtailed by arthritic knees and they missed their niece’s wedding in Portugal this year. Coincidentally, two of their three daughters, Emily ’81 and Liz ’83, were at Dartmouth together with our daughter, Abby ’82. (Except for one in Washington, D.C., our four daughters are about 260 miles away, and we are moving to New Jersey to be near family.) Their daughters are scattered, their house is too big, and they plan to downsize. While based in Boston, Liz has traveled mostly in the Far East with her husband, David Grubman ’83, for his work with AIG and Amazon. He loves to sail and at this writing was held up by the weather in the Bering Sea on the way to Anchorage, Alaska, in his 47-foot boat. Liz, writing under her surname, has been an award-winning correspondent for CNN since 1990, covering assignments in India, Singapore, and internationally generally. For many years she was the executive producer and occasional host of its global issues program, Diplomatic License.

—Dave Kurr, 4281 Indian Field Road, Clinton, NY 13323; (781) 801-6716; djkurr@verizon.net