Thanks to heroic efforts by Bob Hager and his pals we are planning a festive, delayed 60th reunion to be independently organized by our class, provided that the pandemic continues to fade away and that the College plans a traditional Homecoming. The dates, October 8-11, coincide with Columbus Day Weekend, the huge bonfire, football against Yale, and the peak of spectacular fall foliage. Registration will open mid-to-late summer. We have blocked rooms at the Hanover-Lebanon Courtyard Marriott and also at the Hilton Garden Inn. Watch for developing details on our class website as well as mailings and emails. Alan Zients’ son, Jeff, is our new Covid czar or at least was at the time of this writing. Let’s hope he is successful in bringing an end to this disaster. Alan is still practicing psychoanalysis and with Ronda has 10 grandkids. Alex ter Weele’s new book has been published. We Escaped: A Family’s Flight from Holland during World War Two is a great adventure story, the true narrative of a family that is part of the rapidly fading “Greatest Generation,” and an important reminder of the history and horror that was WW II. The book plunges the reader into the extraordinary escape by an ordinary couple and their children from the Netherlands with Hitler’s Gestapo in hot pursuit—the song and dance of The Sound of Music seasoned with the terror of war. Perhaps a companion piece would include Sid Goldman’s New Guinea Diary: A Doctor’s Tale from WWII. This transcribed personal diary of Sid’s father mixes hopes, longings, and loneliness with the everyday hardships, humor, and tragedy of life in a remote duty station at the height of the war. George Liebmann, a self-described iconoclast, has authored Vox Clamantis in Deserto. This is a collection of 110 short op-ed articles written during a 25-year period encompassing the Clinton, Bush Jr., Obama, and Trump administrations. Included are a few longer pieces on welfare, reapportionment, Palestine, and civil rights consent decrees. All three books are available on Amazon and other sites.

—Sid Goldman, 78575 Avenida Ultimo, La Quinta, CA 92253; (305) 849-0475; sidgoldman@gmail.com