“And I am the queen of Romania,” announced Dorothy Parker in a mild put-down years ago. But she didn’t count on Ernie Latham’sbook, Timeless and Transitory, a gem of essays about Romania and chock full of stuff you never would have known. Fascinating people are those Romanians. 


Then comes Jack Sommer’sbook letting us know about his think tank, Changepoints Institute, a strategic innovator for positive change. Look it up at changepointsinstitute.wordpress.com.


Meanwhile, your correspondent, a co-founder of the Ethan Allen Institute in Vermont, celebrated its 20th anniversary with Denny Goodman and Tuck ’61 and class of ’60 friend Hatch Holland joining in.


Contributions to political and artistic endeavors also included a presentation in Norwich, Vermont, by Nick Muller on “The Regeneration of the Artist,” about Frank Lloyd Wright’s post-age-65 incredible decades of achievement.


Sadly, Brad Palmer, Russell Brooks and David Lodge passed away this year. 


When this is published, the Seattle caper will be done with so here is a plea via this column to all who took photos to have a neighborhood 12-year-old burn a CD of the photos for you and send it to Denny at 473 Hanover Center Road, Etna, NH 03750.


Although not retired, Mike Heitner enjoys keeping up with some of our classmates in the New York City area. He adds, “My wife, Susie, and I spend lots of quality time with Gail and Gus Leach during winters in Whistler, British Columbia. We would love to see more skiing classmates out there at this spectacular resort. I continue to think about retiring, but the excitement and fun of my law practice is difficult to abandon. Susie and I do find time to sail the Truelove on Lake Champlain and to ski regularly at Stowe, Vermont, interrupted by an annual winter trip to Whistler, but the real joyful time is spent with our grandsons Santiago and Matias, whose parents have now returned to Washington, D.C., after seven years in Buenos Aires.”


Paul Cantor’s investment management firm continues to thrive. Both of his children are figures in New York City entertainment life but have also produced grandchildren for Paul and Helaine to enjoy. His son Steven is a successful documentary film producer and daughter Carolyn is a noted off-Broadway director.


Richard Fishbein is enjoying retirement, but staying quite active with the Polytechnic Institute of NYU.


Thanks to guidance from his professional photographer son, Danny Rosen is now a serious amateur photographer.


Roger Zissu is a prominent intellectual property attorney, still litigating major cases in the field.


Gil Stone, a Greenwich Village habitué, is a proud, healthy and happy grandpa grinning through his magnificent silver beard.


Bill Batt writes from Indianapolis, Indiana, occasionally, updating us on the careers of his son and daughter.


Dorla and Tom Brock are burning up the golf course at Spruce Peak in Stowe, where they maintain a beautiful home for the enjoyment of their large family.


—John M. Mitchell,300 Grove St., 14, Rutland, VT 05701; jmm00033@comcast.net