Art La France and his wife celebrated their anniversary along the Rhine as far as Strasbourg, with stays in Basel and Zurich and Konstanz. They set it up and flew with their bikes on British Air. Wonderful bike paths, people, scenery, food, museums, and courses—chiefly Shakespeare, which he also teaches in Oregon (this fall: Two Gentlemen, Merchant and Lear). One daughter, a physician like his wife, married in Maine in October; the other, with a 4-year-old, teaches theater and social issues at community college. They all got together for the Fourth of July and saw the Sox play the Mariners in Seattle. His health is holding and he just began shopping for a hearing aid and, oh, his knee replacements are great. Finally, he hopes to reunion soon.

Bob Farmer passed away. He was born the same day as your correspondent, in 1938. He was our class president as an undergraduate and distinguished himself as a fund raiser for U.S. presidential candidates.

Thomas A. Hickey Drive in Joliet, Illinois, was named for him. Tom’s lifelong heart weakness was assaulted by four different cancers that were each isolated. But they won. “The Northwestern docs wanted to write up his unique case, but Tom would not agree unless he was younger, taller, had more hair and was better at golf,” reported Gene Kohn.Rest in peace, Tom.

Bob Brown signs in from Florida to report concerning the gala 80th birthday celebration of a lot of class members in February on 6, 7, and 8, 2018, as follows: “I went to the website and bought tickets for all events! Now I just need to get there. It’s a long drive to and from Tallahassee, but I have a son and family conveniently located in Jupiter, Florida, which is about midway, so I guess I’ll use the bash as a convenient excuse to catch up with them! See you in February!

—John M. Mitchell, 300 Grove St., Rutland, VT 05701; (802) 775-3716; john00033@comcast.net