Thanks to Rick Roesch and FaceTime, I was able to participate in our Homecoming class meeting and suggest that we try to use a video connection for future meetings, which would allow any or all of our classmates to enjoy from afar. Thirty-seven classmates plus 29 partners attended. Bob Kenerson introduced Sarrah-ann L. Allen ’23 our Class of 1960 Scholar from Saint Catherine, Jamaica, who addressed the class and told of her plan to pursue neuroscience as a neurosurgeon. Her demeanor was poised and charming and we can take pride in our contribution to her path. Bob Boye was awarded the Class of 1960 President’s Award and well deserved for service from football to class secretary to publishing not one but two editions of Musings. David Greenstein wrote, “I’ve been retired for the last couple of years, still a New Yorker after having lived in France, Africa, and Australia, where I taught at high schools and universities. I have also worked for several nongovernmental organizations, including two years as director of technical assistance to a World Bank project in Cameroon. I was the director of an international commercial picture agency for 12 years. In the interstices I have worked as a sculptor’s assistant, a surveyor’s assistant, a beach cleaner, and an encyclopedia editor. To keep myself from vegetating in retirement, I’ve been taking courses in screenwriting and adapting a Joseph Conrad short story. I had originally undertaken this project with the notion that it would be ideal for Harvey Weinstein. My bad. My greatest stroke of luck was spotting Ann Prival at a crafts fair and falling in love at first sight. We were together for 36 years until her death from lymphoma. Our daughter, Bibi, her husband, Conrad Wells, and my grandchildren, Lena and Simon, are a continuous joy. I’ve been a Democratic socialist for about as long as Bernie Sanders, though registered as a Democrat to vote in primaries. I majored in philosophy at Dartmouth, expecting to learn the important truths of life. Here’s one: If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans.”

We hope many or most are planning to be with us for our big 60th reunion June 15 to 18. If you haven’t already, please return the recently mailed “intentions” postcard informing us of your early thinking so we can budget. Formal registration opens in March.

—Sid Goldman, 97 Bay Drive, Key West, FL 33040-6114; (305) 745-3645; sidgoldman@gmail.com