Have you ever felt the urge to visit faraway places, lands populated by starkly foreign peoples, to experience firsthand the thrill of new (to you, at least) events? More particularly, have you ever acted upon such an urge, and in the process circumnavigated the world in the compact space of the time between end-of-junior-year final exams and the start of senior year? It can be done, and Bill Roth has published a memoir of that now-distant time when he made such a trip. Bill confided only in Dean Thad, and with a friend from Harvard departed to hitchhike around the world “in search of a mystery lady.”


Many “interesting adventures” ensued and have been recorded by Bill and his friend in I Can’t Believe We’re Still Alive. The purpose of the book is to record their adventures, thereby proving to the authors and their progeny that “the tales we have been telling are actually true.” And, yes, they did find the mystery lady as well as return to campus in time to start senior year. Interested classmates can obtain access to this self-published memoir by contacting Bill using the address data provided for him in the current Alumni Today directory. You should find it to be an engaging read.


Sandy Apgar continues to do good works for the public-private partnerships that benefit and improve diverse segments of our population. Lately he has worked with leading Maryland state officials to increase the use of these partnerships in the nation’s capital area involving infrastructures and public services. Keep it up, Sandy. The politicians need all the help they can get from available experts of every sort.


The College office of alumni records has circulated notice of the death, late last year, of ’62 classmate Samuel B. Ulrich at his home in Vermont.


—Denny Barnes, 17007 Barn Ridge Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20906; (301) 460-4523; dnbarnes62@verizon.net