Class Note 1959
Issue
You will remember that we have covered the Winter Olympics and the arts in our most recent columns. We continue.
Carlos Plummer’s meeting with Walt Disney at the 1960 Winter Olympics was just one highlight for Carlos. He also supervised building the Olympic Tower with all the participating countries’ shields. His instruction of the Air Force airmen inflating balloons to be released at the opening ceremony was slowed a bit when he taught them how to inhale helium and change their voices. And his 15 minutes of fame passed without his being called to perform as the standby torch carrier.
Following coverage in the last DAM of Michael Stern’s son, Mark ’85, we add coverage on his daughter, Ricki ’87. Both have impressive film careers. Ricki co-directed, wrote the screenplay and was executive director of a documentary screened last January at the U.S. Documentary Competition at Sundance: Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work. She has won awards at this film festival in the past for Trials of Daryl Hannah and The Devil Came on Horseback. She grew up making Super 8 films with Mark. For Ricki, “storytelling always starts with character,” of which her dad has a full complement.
Jerry Cott’s daughter Susan is general manager of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, a position that includes responsibility for all operations. She advises the music director on programming. Jerry surmises that having classical music playing whenever he was home was a motivation for Susan.
Last year Bob Worthington formed a movie production company and made a professional documentary film titled Combat Advisors in Vietnam. It is based on his experiences from 1966-69 as a special operations combat advisor to Vietnamese units.
At Dartmouth Bob worked as a commercial artist for a couple of advertising agencies in Hanover and produced many illustrations for the Outing Club.
Some travel news from Bob Hedley and Bob Ogg. Barbara and Bob Hedley last October celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a trip to China with their three children and their seven grandchildren. Bob says, “It was a whirlwind Indiana Jones-inspired trip into the Land of the Dragon,” during which they entered the Forbidden City, among many other adventures. The award for this month for covering the most classmates in a trip goes to Bob Ogg. He and Mary tried to escape the cold of Canada by going to Florida in March. The temperatures followed them down South for one of the coldest winters in many years as our many snowbird and resident classmates know. So it was all Bob’s fault. They visited with Tina and Bill Colehower in Boca Grande, ran in to Read Heydt, who is overseeing a major addition to St. Andrews Episcopal Church in town and dined with Lou Gerber at his acclaimed Waterside Café, Harbor Town, South Carolina, which is now managed by Lou’s daughter. Lou has operated the cafe for 24 years.
—Allan Munro, 675 Main St., New London, NH 03257; (603) 526-2176; amunro1@comcast.net
Sept - Oct 2010
You will remember that we have covered the Winter Olympics and the arts in our most recent columns. We continue.
Carlos Plummer’s meeting with Walt Disney at the 1960 Winter Olympics was just one highlight for Carlos. He also supervised building the Olympic Tower with all the participating countries’ shields. His instruction of the Air Force airmen inflating balloons to be released at the opening ceremony was slowed a bit when he taught them how to inhale helium and change their voices. And his 15 minutes of fame passed without his being called to perform as the standby torch carrier.
Following coverage in the last DAM of Michael Stern’s son, Mark ’85, we add coverage on his daughter, Ricki ’87. Both have impressive film careers. Ricki co-directed, wrote the screenplay and was executive director of a documentary screened last January at the U.S. Documentary Competition at Sundance: Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work. She has won awards at this film festival in the past for Trials of Daryl Hannah and The Devil Came on Horseback. She grew up making Super 8 films with Mark. For Ricki, “storytelling always starts with character,” of which her dad has a full complement.
Jerry Cott’s daughter Susan is general manager of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, a position that includes responsibility for all operations. She advises the music director on programming. Jerry surmises that having classical music playing whenever he was home was a motivation for Susan.
Last year Bob Worthington formed a movie production company and made a professional documentary film titled Combat Advisors in Vietnam. It is based on his experiences from 1966-69 as a special operations combat advisor to Vietnamese units.
At Dartmouth Bob worked as a commercial artist for a couple of advertising agencies in Hanover and produced many illustrations for the Outing Club.
Some travel news from Bob Hedley and Bob Ogg. Barbara and Bob Hedley last October celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a trip to China with their three children and their seven grandchildren. Bob says, “It was a whirlwind Indiana Jones-inspired trip into the Land of the Dragon,” during which they entered the Forbidden City, among many other adventures. The award for this month for covering the most classmates in a trip goes to Bob Ogg. He and Mary tried to escape the cold of Canada by going to Florida in March. The temperatures followed them down South for one of the coldest winters in many years as our many snowbird and resident classmates know. So it was all Bob’s fault. They visited with Tina and Bill Colehower in Boca Grande, ran in to Read Heydt, who is overseeing a major addition to St. Andrews Episcopal Church in town and dined with Lou Gerber at his acclaimed Waterside Café, Harbor Town, South Carolina, which is now managed by Lou’s daughter. Lou has operated the cafe for 24 years.
—Allan Munro, 675 Main St., New London, NH 03257; (603) 526-2176; amunro1@comcast.net