Class Note 1958
Nothing like springtime in Hanover, as I was reminded on a mid-April visit. One afternoon I am sitting in shorts in New Hope enjoying 85-degree weather. Two days later in Hanover it is snowing as six of us joined Lenita and Ray Robbins at their home for lunch and reunion planning. Larry Weltin, Dave Bradley, Frank Gould, Ralph Manuel, Andy Thomas and I had to sweep three inches of it from our windshields. Hanover was still cloaked in white when I left the next afternoon—listening to the Masters on Bloomberg Radio, my heater at full blast.
Andy, with Nathalie, was headed to Harvard the next day, where since 1899 her family, the Wendells, has presented a cash award to the returning sophomore with the highest GPA. Andy’s been quite the traveler this year. Earlier they vacationed a winter week in Hawaii, where they lunched with Paul Wysard (retired from the Punahou School)and Jerry Manne (headed for a wedding in New Zealand) and their wives. During St. Paddies Day week Andy and 11 American golfing buddies flew to Malaga, Spain, for their annual Ryder Cup-style matches with a dozen Irishmen. “We lost by one point on a technicality,” he says. (Golf rules are tough!) But Andy did win a smooch from a lady who admired his golf shirt, which bore the invitation: “Kiss me. I’m Irish.” In May the Thomases were headed for a Dartmouth cruise from Barcelona to Lisbon.
On my way home from Hanover in April I was invited by Henry Hof to visit “The House of Hof” in Hasbrouck Heights in north Jersey. Henry, I can report, is in fine fettle. A crunching handshake attests to his upper body strength, and his sense of humor has certainly not deserted him. He begins his days with “The Old Gray Lady”—The New York Times, that is—then wheels himself adroitly into his state-of-the-art computer room. We share common interests in wordsmithing and investing. His wife, Sally, whom he met when they worked at the United Nations years ago, fed us a magnificent quiche Lorraine for lunch.
Frank Gado, who kindly contributed two classmate tributes to the memorial service booklet for the 55th reunion, has since notified me of the death of Hank Reilly in Burlington, Vermont, on April 21. Hank had become an avid painter in recent years and kept in touch with supportive Delta Kappa Epsilon pals. Another passing is that of Walter Anyan on February 16. He taught pediatrics for many years at Yale Medical School, specializing in adolescent medicine.
Charlie Pierce, the memorial service chair, and David Glendinning join me in thanking Frank and the other contributors, including Jim Crawford, Ward Burian, Jack Gundy, Nick Stevens, George Haines, Jim Meeker, Art Lindenauer, Joel Portugal, Linc Mitchell, Mark Gilmore, Mike Wygant, Henry Hof, Gersh Abraham, Ron Zwart, Mel Alperin, Bill Hartley, Harv Wilson, Ralph Manuel and Tryg Myhren,plus the widows of John Whiteley (Kim), Bill Bahrenberg (Sue) and Harry Dodds (Barbara) and Joe Kabat’s son Charlie.
—Steve Quickel, 65 Chapel Road, New Hope, PA 18938; swquickel@comcast.net
