Class Note 1960
Issue
Congratulations to all classmates participating in the “AT [Appalachian Trail] In a Day” event sponsored by the Outing Club. Known walkers in New Jersey, coordinated by Walt Daniels, included Dick Griggs, Allyn and Bob Colyer and Don Stoddard. Dick had some trouble on the trail explaining to hikers that the Outing Club had nothing to do with sexual preferences! Steve Gell helped things along in Virginia. Jim Gallagher and Jack Sommer were contacted too late to trek in the North Carolina section.
Some classmates delay retirement indefinitely. This describes Loren Jacobson of Santa Fe, New Mexico. After a 20-year career in the Air Force and then retirement from the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Loren began and continues teaching physics and other esoteric subjects at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro. He balances this by singing in the Los Alamos Choral Society, with a solo scheduled for their January production. Linda Goodman Jacobson stays active in academia as ethno-historian for the Museum of New Mexico’s office of archeological studies.
Wow! Carmella and Hank McCourt recently celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary. They serve as Eucharistic ministers at their local Catholic church in Brockton, Massachusetts. Hank retired some years ago from a long career in private and public finance with a stint as assistant treasurer of the Howard Johnson Corp.
Mike Daley can still be found in Bridgton, Maine. He has retired as a private insurance broker. While active he set up health and dental insurance programs for state teachers and other employees. Writing poetry and ocean sailing have played major roles in retaining his equilibrium. Several years ago he and Faye spent six weeks sailing from Rockport to Charleston, South Carolina, for his son’s wedding. They see a good deal of Lloyd Lawrence and his wife. Lloyd started at Dartmouth but his NROTC contract forced him to transfer to the University of Pennsylvania for the balance of his college years. Fortunately for us, he chooses to attend our class functions.
In October Ginny and Dana Johnson hit the airways first flying to San Francisco for a friend’s wedding and then on to Lake Havasu, Arizona, to visit their son and perhaps view the transplanted London Bridge.
Kathy and Seth Strickland seem to fly in opposite directions, he east to London for business matters and she west to Denver on family matters. But, they do fly south together to John’s Island, Florida, and are expected to jointly head north for our 50th reunion.
Regarding our 50th reunion, I trust everyone is making plans to be in Hanover in June. If finding a lost classmate helps convince both of you to attend, let me know who you seek and I will supply an address.
—Spencer Morgan, 315 Inverness Court, Flat Rock, NC 28731; (828) 696-9641; smorgan863@aol.com
Jan - Feb 2010
Congratulations to all classmates participating in the “AT [Appalachian Trail] In a Day” event sponsored by the Outing Club. Known walkers in New Jersey, coordinated by Walt Daniels, included Dick Griggs, Allyn and Bob Colyer and Don Stoddard. Dick had some trouble on the trail explaining to hikers that the Outing Club had nothing to do with sexual preferences! Steve Gell helped things along in Virginia. Jim Gallagher and Jack Sommer were contacted too late to trek in the North Carolina section.
Some classmates delay retirement indefinitely. This describes Loren Jacobson of Santa Fe, New Mexico. After a 20-year career in the Air Force and then retirement from the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Loren began and continues teaching physics and other esoteric subjects at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro. He balances this by singing in the Los Alamos Choral Society, with a solo scheduled for their January production. Linda Goodman Jacobson stays active in academia as ethno-historian for the Museum of New Mexico’s office of archeological studies.
Wow! Carmella and Hank McCourt recently celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary. They serve as Eucharistic ministers at their local Catholic church in Brockton, Massachusetts. Hank retired some years ago from a long career in private and public finance with a stint as assistant treasurer of the Howard Johnson Corp.
Mike Daley can still be found in Bridgton, Maine. He has retired as a private insurance broker. While active he set up health and dental insurance programs for state teachers and other employees. Writing poetry and ocean sailing have played major roles in retaining his equilibrium. Several years ago he and Faye spent six weeks sailing from Rockport to Charleston, South Carolina, for his son’s wedding. They see a good deal of Lloyd Lawrence and his wife. Lloyd started at Dartmouth but his NROTC contract forced him to transfer to the University of Pennsylvania for the balance of his college years. Fortunately for us, he chooses to attend our class functions.
In October Ginny and Dana Johnson hit the airways first flying to San Francisco for a friend’s wedding and then on to Lake Havasu, Arizona, to visit their son and perhaps view the transplanted London Bridge.
Kathy and Seth Strickland seem to fly in opposite directions, he east to London for business matters and she west to Denver on family matters. But, they do fly south together to John’s Island, Florida, and are expected to jointly head north for our 50th reunion.
Regarding our 50th reunion, I trust everyone is making plans to be in Hanover in June. If finding a lost classmate helps convince both of you to attend, let me know who you seek and I will supply an address.
—Spencer Morgan, 315 Inverness Court, Flat Rock, NC 28731; (828) 696-9641; smorgan863@aol.com