At a time when our college faces great change and the world is roiled by bald-faced Russian aggression, when the U.S. Supreme Court is roiled by politics and an historic nomination, and as our political differences rend civil discourse, the matters affecting our class mostly fade in relative importance. But these turmoils cannot overshadow the continuing loss of classmates. In recent weeks we have been informed of the deaths of Peter Heegaard, a stalwart of the Minneapolis scene, and Joe Blake, the Barrett Cup winner at graduation and an icon in the Denver area. After a lengthy pause, Rob Goodell has stepped up and agreed to be the class necrologist. Through time, obituaries for classmates who have died since Steve Quickel’s last efforts will appear in future editions of The Sound & Fury. There’s sparse news from classmates themselves. John Voll writes, “I have been keeping busy doing some academic reviews and research. It is really fascinating to compare world affairs now with the world that we were studying in the 1950s.” Indeed! Christine writing for Ben Fuller shares, “Ben goes to the gym three mornings a week and tries to walk about three miles in our neighborhood on the other two or three mornings. He sees other retired professors there and enjoys getting out of the house. For us, life is good and we are most grateful.” A note from Joel Potash with the subject “overcoming paltry” shares the news, “My wife, Sandra Hurd, and I commissioned an opera based on the life of a Black folk singer, Libba Cotton. It was performed in the fall at the Tucker Missionary Baptist Church in Syracuse, New York, and will be making the rounds of colleges in upstate New York. We hope to support a recording soon.” We have word that our 65th reunion will be the weekend of September 15-17, 2023, and will be headquartered at the Hanover Inn. Nearer term our fall mini will be September 30 to October 2 with Penn football and rooms blocked at the Courtyard by Marriott. Reserve early!

—John Trimble, 2735 Golfside Court, Naples, FL 34110; jtrim99@comcast.net