Class Note 1949
May - Jun 2012
Happy camper Bob Barnaby, almost 90, “has no aches or pains, takes no pills and has all six children living near him in the Atlanta area.” Bob got in on the ground floor of an industrial flooring company, figuring that it was better to sell 50 floors of a building than one roof (his other alternative). He attributes his long life to drinking with customers until he retired, when he quit cold turkey. He remembers partnering with our late classmate Elliot Baritz on the debating team, and going to the nationals.
Three more updates from Jay Urstadt’s telephone mini-reunion last October: Deke Jackson in San Francisco still plays golf and does a little merger-acquisition work; he is retired from investment banking and skiing in Europe. Bud Hughes spent his career in the mutual fund business and is living in a retirement home in Gladwynne, Pennsylvania. Tommy Swartz, who braved the ups and downs of the infants’ wear and diaper business, still plays golf and goes bowling around Chatham, New Jersey.
Richard F. Waddey died on September 26, 2011, in Nashville, Tennessee, where he lived. At the peak of his career Dick was considered the world’s foremost authority on underwater defense systems and worked closely with top-level defense and intelligence officials. Dick is survived by his son and two stepsons, to whom the class sends its condolences.
Robert C. Kendall died on August 27, 2011, in Beekman, New York, where he lived. Bob spent most of his career at IBM, specializing in management of computer program productivity. The class sends it condolences to his wife, Gay, and his three children.
Dr. John Hartwig died on November 14, 2011, in Minneapolis, where he lived. Jack graduated from Dartmouth Medical School and finished his medical education at the University of Minnesota. He specialized in treating cervical spine injuries. The class sends its sympathy to his wife, Mary, three daughters and two sons, including Steven ’88.
Dr. Lester M. Felton Jr. died on December 11, 2011, at his home on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Les graduated from Cornell Medical School and practiced urological surgery in his hometown of Worcester, Massachusetts, before retiring to Hilton Head. The class sends its condolences to his three children.
—John Adler, 1623 Pelican Cove Road, BA123, Sarasota, FL 34231; (203) 622-9069; (941) 966-2943 (fax)