Class Note 1959
Issue
Jan - Feb 2018
About 750 men matriculated in the autumn of 1955 and a few others may by some other path have attended the College and become identified as ’59s. Of those, there are about 530 classmates still living. With very few exceptions, our living classmates are substantially retired from the careers they once pursued. Bob Josephsberg is one of those rare classmates who continue to ply their trade, which in Bob’s case is as an active partner of a Miami-based law firm specializing in complex litigation throughout the nation. Although his working hours are no longer at the prodigious level they once were, Bob still pursues his passion for representing clients on a full-time basis. He has long been recognized as a premier trial attorney and recently received awards for his commitment to the ethical practice of law and for lifetime achievement.
During the recent autumn months a series of natural disasters have struck, beginning with several powerful hurricanes followed by, as these notes are being prepared, wildfires north of San Francisco. Of the many locations affected, the ones with the largest concentrations of ’59s are Florida and the Sonoma and Napa regions of California. Although more than 40 of our classmates identify as Floridians, about half of them are not year-round residents. Year-round Floridians Carol and John Towle evacuated Miami Beach and were with their daughter in the Gainesville area when Hurricane Maria came ashore. Doreen and Lee Othon,also now year-round Floridians, heeded advice to evacuate their quarters and sheltered in place at Shell Point, south of Fort Myers. After two days in the shelter they returned to find their house dry and otherwise unharmed. Of the six or so classmates who live in the area swept by wildfires in northern California, Stephanie and Joe LaVigna seem to have been most affected, being forced to evacuate their house for several days, although, as of this writing, the house survived the fires without substantial damage other than a pervasive smell of smoke. A full account of their wildfire experience can be found on the class website.
—Dick Hoehn, 845 Union St., Marshfield, MA 02050; (781) 834-4113; rhoehn@choate.com
During the recent autumn months a series of natural disasters have struck, beginning with several powerful hurricanes followed by, as these notes are being prepared, wildfires north of San Francisco. Of the many locations affected, the ones with the largest concentrations of ’59s are Florida and the Sonoma and Napa regions of California. Although more than 40 of our classmates identify as Floridians, about half of them are not year-round residents. Year-round Floridians Carol and John Towle evacuated Miami Beach and were with their daughter in the Gainesville area when Hurricane Maria came ashore. Doreen and Lee Othon,also now year-round Floridians, heeded advice to evacuate their quarters and sheltered in place at Shell Point, south of Fort Myers. After two days in the shelter they returned to find their house dry and otherwise unharmed. Of the six or so classmates who live in the area swept by wildfires in northern California, Stephanie and Joe LaVigna seem to have been most affected, being forced to evacuate their house for several days, although, as of this writing, the house survived the fires without substantial damage other than a pervasive smell of smoke. A full account of their wildfire experience can be found on the class website.
—Dick Hoehn, 845 Union St., Marshfield, MA 02050; (781) 834-4113; rhoehn@choate.com