Class Note 1951
An unexpected benefit of restrictive social distancing regulations: Some of us non-techy troglodytes have been inspired to experiment with Zoom and Skype as a way to stay in touch. Jack Giegerich and Al Brout, with crucial help from their daughters, have arranged virtual meetings with several members of our class executive committee. Among those often on the line: Jack Weingarten, Mike Choukas, Henry Nachman, Herb Knight, and Bill Leffler.
Because of restrictions on travel, our class leaders have canceled the mini-reunion originally planned for this August in Hanover. They are now focusing on our 70th reunion, scheduled for September 10-11, 2021, putting together plans for this last-hurrah gathering of our class. A nice bonus for ’51s attending: free rooms at the Hanover Inn!
I have used Zoom (and phone) to connect with about 20 classmates in recent days. Hands-down winner of the Quarantine of the Month Award was Dick Eitel. He took 10 family members to his cabin near Big Sky, Montana, for a weekend of skiing. They were still stuck there a month later! An avid skier, Dick also took up tennis at age 60 and now regularly competes in—and often wins—several masters tournaments a year (singles and doubles).
Katie Pfaff, Pinky’s widow, is a wonderful contributor to her Stamford, Connecticut, community. She serves as a surrogate grandmother to a Syrian family sponsored by her church; she is a dispatcher and driver for Friends in Service Here, helping low-income seniors get to medical appointments; and she reads to an elderly blind man.
Several of our classmates have experienced illness recently and would welcome calls from friends. They include Tom Barnett, Don Dworken, Bob Fox, Dick Kahn, Pete Martin, Mo Monahan, and Marr Mullen. I’d be glad to provide contact information for them or any other friends from our undergraduate days that you’d like to reach.
We have lost six more members of the ’51 family: Jim Asker,Margaret Cohen (wife of Marshall), Chuck Fitzsimmons, Bill Friedlander, Jane Miller (Tyke’s wife), and Lori Trolle, whose husband, Tom,died just a month earlier.
—Pete Henderson, 450 Davis St., Evanston, IL 60201; (847) 905-0635; pandjhenderson@gmail.com
