Class Note 1962
Issue
September-October 2020
Welcome to life in the time of Covid-19.
Zaida and Peter Knight in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: “We’re in good health, sheltering in place above Copacabana Beach in our gilded cage with dawn outings to walk on the beach. When the water is not too rough, I go paddleboarding.”
Susan and Peter Brink, back in Norwich, Vermont, managed to avoid being stranded in Cape Town, South Africa, in March by switching airlines, returning to Boston via Dubai. Four days later South Africa was totally locked down.
Carl Herbold, Claremont, California, reports the state lockdown forced postponement of their move to a retirement community. In addition to walking the dog for an hour daily, Carl keeps a journal of the “plague experience” for his granddaughter and the archives of the local historical society, of which Carl is a past president.
Neil Drobny retired from Ohio State in May after a rewarding 16-year second career as an academic. Betty and Neil are downsizing for a move in July to Schoolcraft, Michigan, where they will enjoy lakeside living and proximity to Western Michigan University.
Bonnie and David French relocated to a continuing care retirement center in Dover, New Hampshire.
Dick Brooks in Quechee, Vermont: “Staying at home to avoid the Covid-19 infection, I have become more keenly aware of Mother Nature. Myrna and I take our dog for a walk along Dewey’s Pond in Quechee nearly every day where we see Canada geese and ducklings, red-winged blackbirds and waterside plants, flowers, and trees. With the iPhone app Picture This I can identify just about every plant or tree. We also spot a black bear occasionally.” Dick reports “a very strange empty feeling” pervades Hanover and the Green these days.
I regret to report our first loss to Covid-19, John D. (“Sparky”) Ryder, who died May 1. John E. Mann lost a hard-fought battle with leukemia on June 4. Charlie Gaillard,former CEO of General Mills, died of pancreatic cancer on June 14. General Thomas S. (“Tom”) Moorman Jr., former vice chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, died on June 18.
—David L. Smith, RR4 Box 225B4, Galveston, TX 77554; (775) 870-2354; david@davidlsmith.com
Zaida and Peter Knight in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: “We’re in good health, sheltering in place above Copacabana Beach in our gilded cage with dawn outings to walk on the beach. When the water is not too rough, I go paddleboarding.”
Susan and Peter Brink, back in Norwich, Vermont, managed to avoid being stranded in Cape Town, South Africa, in March by switching airlines, returning to Boston via Dubai. Four days later South Africa was totally locked down.
Carl Herbold, Claremont, California, reports the state lockdown forced postponement of their move to a retirement community. In addition to walking the dog for an hour daily, Carl keeps a journal of the “plague experience” for his granddaughter and the archives of the local historical society, of which Carl is a past president.
Neil Drobny retired from Ohio State in May after a rewarding 16-year second career as an academic. Betty and Neil are downsizing for a move in July to Schoolcraft, Michigan, where they will enjoy lakeside living and proximity to Western Michigan University.
Bonnie and David French relocated to a continuing care retirement center in Dover, New Hampshire.
Dick Brooks in Quechee, Vermont: “Staying at home to avoid the Covid-19 infection, I have become more keenly aware of Mother Nature. Myrna and I take our dog for a walk along Dewey’s Pond in Quechee nearly every day where we see Canada geese and ducklings, red-winged blackbirds and waterside plants, flowers, and trees. With the iPhone app Picture This I can identify just about every plant or tree. We also spot a black bear occasionally.” Dick reports “a very strange empty feeling” pervades Hanover and the Green these days.
I regret to report our first loss to Covid-19, John D. (“Sparky”) Ryder, who died May 1. John E. Mann lost a hard-fought battle with leukemia on June 4. Charlie Gaillard,former CEO of General Mills, died of pancreatic cancer on June 14. General Thomas S. (“Tom”) Moorman Jr., former vice chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, died on June 18.
—David L. Smith, RR4 Box 225B4, Galveston, TX 77554; (775) 870-2354; david@davidlsmith.com