Class Note 1962
Issue
November-December 2024
After an epic career on the road, Superman Colin Harley finally hung up his helmet and leathers, parting with his tricked-out Hog, beloved Harley-Davidson motorcycle—the last of 20 bikes he has owned. Having survived one crash, he decided to quit “while I was ahead of the game.” And what a game: 400,000 miles—equivalent to 16 trips around the world—mostly in the western United States, plus Sunday rides in Connecticut every week. Oh, and riding in 20 different countries, including six weeks in the Andes mountains through four countries. Our mild-mannered tax lawyer retired in 2006 to his native South Carolina, having served as president of a large motorcycle club. Badass!
Traveling ’62s: In late July Ross Burkhardt and his partner Elaine Osterhout visited Tim Hankins and Mary Nutt in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. They enjoyed Tim’s guitar renditions of three songs during a jam session with 12 other musicians in nearby Bristol. Ross and Elaine then drove to Westport, Massachusetts, to visit Renee and Ben Vogel. A highlight of that visit was a trip to the Whaling Museum in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Arja and Alan Rapoport met up in Helsinki last July with Bryna and Carl Herbold, who were enroute from Norway to Sweden. Tessa and Henry Goldsmith head to London this fall.
Congratulations to Manuel Buchwald, M.D., on the publication of his book, Camila Boldsky.
We have 24 classmates and wives booked for our class of ’62 85th birthday celebration April 27 to May 1, 2025, in San Antonio, Texas. Book by the end of October to guarantee a seat on the San Antonio tour. Contact class co-tripmeister Tom Komarek at tckomarek@aol.com for more information.
Our thoughts and prayers for Al Huck’s recovery go out to Pat and the family following emergency cranial surgery for a subdural hematoma.
I regret to report the deaths of Robert “Chip” K. Simpson of Alexandria, Virginia, on November 20, 2023; Michael F. Myers of Cleveland on May 30; Carl Jaeger of Redding, Connecticut, on June 29; and Carl H. Funke Jr. of Montclair, New Jersey, on August 18.
—David L. Smith, 1810 Columbine Pl., Sun City Center, FL; (775) 870-2354; david@davidlsmith.com
Traveling ’62s: In late July Ross Burkhardt and his partner Elaine Osterhout visited Tim Hankins and Mary Nutt in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. They enjoyed Tim’s guitar renditions of three songs during a jam session with 12 other musicians in nearby Bristol. Ross and Elaine then drove to Westport, Massachusetts, to visit Renee and Ben Vogel. A highlight of that visit was a trip to the Whaling Museum in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Arja and Alan Rapoport met up in Helsinki last July with Bryna and Carl Herbold, who were enroute from Norway to Sweden. Tessa and Henry Goldsmith head to London this fall.
Congratulations to Manuel Buchwald, M.D., on the publication of his book, Camila Boldsky.
We have 24 classmates and wives booked for our class of ’62 85th birthday celebration April 27 to May 1, 2025, in San Antonio, Texas. Book by the end of October to guarantee a seat on the San Antonio tour. Contact class co-tripmeister Tom Komarek at tckomarek@aol.com for more information.
Our thoughts and prayers for Al Huck’s recovery go out to Pat and the family following emergency cranial surgery for a subdural hematoma.
I regret to report the deaths of Robert “Chip” K. Simpson of Alexandria, Virginia, on November 20, 2023; Michael F. Myers of Cleveland on May 30; Carl Jaeger of Redding, Connecticut, on June 29; and Carl H. Funke Jr. of Montclair, New Jersey, on August 18.
—David L. Smith, 1810 Columbine Pl., Sun City Center, FL; (775) 870-2354; david@davidlsmith.com