Class Note 1958
Issue
September-October 2020
This was written in June, just after the latest Sound & Fury, but I’ll try to keep it as fresh as I can when you read it in August.
Today brought an email from Larry Hampton alerting us that Forbes (my former stomping ground) has designated Portugal’s Algarve (his and Helga’s longtime stopping ground) as the No. 1 place to live after the pandemic. We knew Larry was bright, and this proves it. Forbes cited chapter and verse—year-round sunshine, low-cost healthcare, great beaches, lots of golf courses, affordable cost of living. Says Larry: “You can live in the Algarve very comfortably indeed on $30,000 a year and less elsewhere in Portugal where prices are even lower.” Forbes’ second and third choices are Mazatlan, Mexico, and Cayo, Belize.
Tryg Myhren weighed in with upbeat thoughts: “Terrific newsletter. You and the contributors kept me turning the pages. I’m particularly sad about all of the fellows who died from the virus. But so many good ’58s are still alive.” We’ve had three Covid-19 victims: Brad Hubert, Ev Lindgren, and Arnold Tenenbaum (plus wife Lorlee, lost five days later to the virus). Also missing from our ranks since the last DAM are Frank Blatz, former mayor of Plainfield, New Jersey, in riotous times; Bob Rosenberg, a productive physician-biophysicist whose seminal work on the blood thinner heparin saved lives; Phillip McClanahan, whose no-load mutual funds benefitted clients of a large investment firm; Harvey Bloom, an Oregon physician who sent five kids to Dartmouth, classes ’87 through ’95; Mike Margulies, a linguist who was fluent in five languages, pianist, and pilot; and Rick Martin, a man of divine inclinations who roamed the world with his guitar seeking elusive peace.
Finally, this tongue-in-cheek note from Ron Zwart in late June: “Thanks for continuing to publish the Sound & Fury—the glue that holds the class of ’58 together—including your ‘In Memoriam’ section with touching tributes to the classmates we have lost. With no disrespect to the deceased, and seeking pardon for the pun, have you thought of retitling this section ‘The Quickel and the Dead?’ ”
—Steve Quickel, 411 North Middletown Road, Apt. F-310, Media, PA 19063; steve58@quickel.net
Today brought an email from Larry Hampton alerting us that Forbes (my former stomping ground) has designated Portugal’s Algarve (his and Helga’s longtime stopping ground) as the No. 1 place to live after the pandemic. We knew Larry was bright, and this proves it. Forbes cited chapter and verse—year-round sunshine, low-cost healthcare, great beaches, lots of golf courses, affordable cost of living. Says Larry: “You can live in the Algarve very comfortably indeed on $30,000 a year and less elsewhere in Portugal where prices are even lower.” Forbes’ second and third choices are Mazatlan, Mexico, and Cayo, Belize.
Tryg Myhren weighed in with upbeat thoughts: “Terrific newsletter. You and the contributors kept me turning the pages. I’m particularly sad about all of the fellows who died from the virus. But so many good ’58s are still alive.” We’ve had three Covid-19 victims: Brad Hubert, Ev Lindgren, and Arnold Tenenbaum (plus wife Lorlee, lost five days later to the virus). Also missing from our ranks since the last DAM are Frank Blatz, former mayor of Plainfield, New Jersey, in riotous times; Bob Rosenberg, a productive physician-biophysicist whose seminal work on the blood thinner heparin saved lives; Phillip McClanahan, whose no-load mutual funds benefitted clients of a large investment firm; Harvey Bloom, an Oregon physician who sent five kids to Dartmouth, classes ’87 through ’95; Mike Margulies, a linguist who was fluent in five languages, pianist, and pilot; and Rick Martin, a man of divine inclinations who roamed the world with his guitar seeking elusive peace.
Finally, this tongue-in-cheek note from Ron Zwart in late June: “Thanks for continuing to publish the Sound & Fury—the glue that holds the class of ’58 together—including your ‘In Memoriam’ section with touching tributes to the classmates we have lost. With no disrespect to the deceased, and seeking pardon for the pun, have you thought of retitling this section ‘The Quickel and the Dead?’ ”
—Steve Quickel, 411 North Middletown Road, Apt. F-310, Media, PA 19063; steve58@quickel.net