Class Note 1949
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In the November-December DAM I mentioned that Sue and Tom Towler had moved 22 times in 57 years of marriage and asked if anyone could top that, especially with the same wife. Well Jack Martin creamed that with 34 moves during 53 years of marriage. As a construction engineer Jack and his family lived and worked on every continent except Antarctica (“too cold there”). His oldest daughter attended 10 different schools in five countries, while his youngest attended “only” eight schools. Ten years ago Jack retired to Ocala, Florida, and now limits most of his traveling to cruises, where he and his wife, Mickey, “can visit many locations and pack and unpack only once.”
Gene Miller, another of the 49 ’49ers who matriculated in March 1945, is living comfortably, happily and healthily on the north shore of Long Island, New York. His “army of offspring includes five children, 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.” As a result of Bob Weber’s reemergence after 63 years (see March-April DAM), Gene and Bob have reestablished contact. They can reminisce about moving their fellow freshmen’s furniture onto the front lawn of Wheeler Hall. That couldn’t happen today with dorms locked up and coat hangers prohibited for nefarious purposes.
Gene’s freshman roommate was Dave VanTassel, who passed away 10 years ago. I had a memorable dinner at their home in Cleveland, Ohio, with Dave and his wife, Helen, about 15 years ago, when Dave chaired the history department at Case Western Reserve University and edited the Encyclopedia of Cleveland.
Condolences go to the families of three more classmates. Andrew Kelsey of White Springs, Virginia, died on September 25, 2009, of a stroke. Sandy was a retired Foreign Service officer. John McIlwraith died on May 12, 2009, in Carmel, Indiana. John spent his career in marketing with Dow Chemical. Dick Hyman died on December 27, 2009, in Scottsdale, Arizona. Dick lived in North Haven, Connecticut, and retired as regional manager for financial services firm Drexel Burnham Lambert. His young son and mine had a memorable no-decision pillow fight in Richardson Hall at our 15th reunion.
—John Adler, 530 Old Post Road 3, Greenwich, CT 06830; (203) 622-9069; (203) 629-4865 (fax)
July - Aug 2010
In the November-December DAM I mentioned that Sue and Tom Towler had moved 22 times in 57 years of marriage and asked if anyone could top that, especially with the same wife. Well Jack Martin creamed that with 34 moves during 53 years of marriage. As a construction engineer Jack and his family lived and worked on every continent except Antarctica (“too cold there”). His oldest daughter attended 10 different schools in five countries, while his youngest attended “only” eight schools. Ten years ago Jack retired to Ocala, Florida, and now limits most of his traveling to cruises, where he and his wife, Mickey, “can visit many locations and pack and unpack only once.”
Gene Miller, another of the 49 ’49ers who matriculated in March 1945, is living comfortably, happily and healthily on the north shore of Long Island, New York. His “army of offspring includes five children, 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.” As a result of Bob Weber’s reemergence after 63 years (see March-April DAM), Gene and Bob have reestablished contact. They can reminisce about moving their fellow freshmen’s furniture onto the front lawn of Wheeler Hall. That couldn’t happen today with dorms locked up and coat hangers prohibited for nefarious purposes.
Gene’s freshman roommate was Dave VanTassel, who passed away 10 years ago. I had a memorable dinner at their home in Cleveland, Ohio, with Dave and his wife, Helen, about 15 years ago, when Dave chaired the history department at Case Western Reserve University and edited the Encyclopedia of Cleveland.
Condolences go to the families of three more classmates. Andrew Kelsey of White Springs, Virginia, died on September 25, 2009, of a stroke. Sandy was a retired Foreign Service officer. John McIlwraith died on May 12, 2009, in Carmel, Indiana. John spent his career in marketing with Dow Chemical. Dick Hyman died on December 27, 2009, in Scottsdale, Arizona. Dick lived in North Haven, Connecticut, and retired as regional manager for financial services firm Drexel Burnham Lambert. His young son and mine had a memorable no-decision pillow fight in Richardson Hall at our 15th reunion.
—John Adler, 530 Old Post Road 3, Greenwich, CT 06830; (203) 622-9069; (203) 629-4865 (fax)