Class Note 1949
Issue
Nov - Dec 2016
John Stearns sounded pretty chipper and is holding his COPD at bay in his Georges Mills, New Hampshire, residence. He hopes to see the Big Green in action this fall. John and Winnie broke bread with Anne and George Hartmann several months ago.
Bill Ballard has been living in Daytona Beach, Florida, for four years with a soulmate he met after Nomi passed away. He has severe glaucoma and she has macular degeneration, so they watch “lots of lousy TV” as best they can.
Jane and Clarke Church spend their summers in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and winters in Vero Beach, Florida. Clarke finished the second of his two books about his long career at Procter & Gamble: Prime Time Odyssey and From Scranton to Moscow in 42 Years. Primarily written for his family, you can get them through Amazon. Clarke is on a walker, so no more golf.
San Francisco’s ethics commission was excoriated as a “sleeping watchdog” in a civil grand jury report. Maybe it will wake up with “the legendarily cantankerous” Quent Kopp as its newest member. “Kopp can sniff out a rat better than any terrier,” according to the commission vice chairman. Quent has been called a lot of things in his time but a “sniffer” appears to be new.
Louis Arthur Buie Jr. died on May 11 near Edina, Minnesota, where he lived. Bud took his medical training at Dartmouth, the University of Minnesota and the Mayo Clinic and was chief of staff and of surgery at Fairview Hospital in Minneapolis. He literally was an ace golfer with eight holes-in-one. Bud leaves his wife, Joann, three sons and two daughters.
Thomas John Sheehan died on May 24 at his home in Gainesville, Florida. Tom received his Ph.D. from Cornell and spent 37 years doing research and teaching horticulture at the University of Florida. As our class’s “flower child,” he became a world-renowned expert on orchids and received all sorts of recognition and honors, including as a consultant to the UN on cut flower production. Tom is survived by his son, Thomas, and his daughter, Marian.
—John Adler, 1623 Pelican Cove Road, BA123, Sarasota, FL 34231; (203) 622-9069; (941) 966-2943 (fax)
Bill Ballard has been living in Daytona Beach, Florida, for four years with a soulmate he met after Nomi passed away. He has severe glaucoma and she has macular degeneration, so they watch “lots of lousy TV” as best they can.
Jane and Clarke Church spend their summers in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and winters in Vero Beach, Florida. Clarke finished the second of his two books about his long career at Procter & Gamble: Prime Time Odyssey and From Scranton to Moscow in 42 Years. Primarily written for his family, you can get them through Amazon. Clarke is on a walker, so no more golf.
San Francisco’s ethics commission was excoriated as a “sleeping watchdog” in a civil grand jury report. Maybe it will wake up with “the legendarily cantankerous” Quent Kopp as its newest member. “Kopp can sniff out a rat better than any terrier,” according to the commission vice chairman. Quent has been called a lot of things in his time but a “sniffer” appears to be new.
Louis Arthur Buie Jr. died on May 11 near Edina, Minnesota, where he lived. Bud took his medical training at Dartmouth, the University of Minnesota and the Mayo Clinic and was chief of staff and of surgery at Fairview Hospital in Minneapolis. He literally was an ace golfer with eight holes-in-one. Bud leaves his wife, Joann, three sons and two daughters.
Thomas John Sheehan died on May 24 at his home in Gainesville, Florida. Tom received his Ph.D. from Cornell and spent 37 years doing research and teaching horticulture at the University of Florida. As our class’s “flower child,” he became a world-renowned expert on orchids and received all sorts of recognition and honors, including as a consultant to the UN on cut flower production. Tom is survived by his son, Thomas, and his daughter, Marian.
—John Adler, 1623 Pelican Cove Road, BA123, Sarasota, FL 34231; (203) 622-9069; (941) 966-2943 (fax)