Class Note 1963
Issue
Harris Aaronson runs a busy law firm in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, but his second passion is collecting antique cameras. Currently he is refurbishing an 1880 piece. While the Berkshires, including theater and dance, have not escaped the economic downturn, Harris is seeing a lot of real estate activity from investors looking for safer bets and second home and retiree buyers. Doris and Harris have two children, Jack, who heads the Aaronson Group, a New York internet marketing firm, and Tracey, mother of a 5-year-old, who lives near Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Harris has bumped into John Moscartolo, an artist and gallery owner who has worked in the Berkshires.
Keel Jones retired from corporate finance at Aetna and is now treasurer of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, which has its own set of challenges. He and Penny live in Villanova. Laura, Karen (she’s in London) and Susan all have families and five children between them.
Tom MacCary, one of our two known Shakespeare experts (Tom Berger is the other), is working on a book exploring Shakespeare’s use of Aristotle in his works. “It is difficult to prove,” says Cambridge-trained Tom MacCary because there is no certainty Shakespeare had access to a great library and he did not have much knowledge of Greek or Latin, which Tom has. However, there is a theory Shakespeare had family connections in the English midlands and that he went there to do his reading. An English professor and teacher at Hofstra University on Long Island since 1964, Tom is particularly interested in Shakespeare’s use of classical sources. Tom’s last book on Hamlet argues the question whether that play is truly a tragedy or really theological and about eternal damnation, since Shakespeare was raised a Catholic. Tom lives in Manhattan and is currently single with two children and four grandchildren. Margaret followed in dad’s footsteps and runs a Shakespearian theatrical company in SoHo called the Clubbed Thumb. Toby is a lawyer in Los Angeles.
Rick Braddock, chairman and CEO, has led a turnaround at FreshDirect, the New York online food delivery service whose core customers number around 35,000, according to Crain’s New York Business. Rick focused on building customer loyalty and has reduced the number of complaints by one half, Crain’s reported. He also instituted a “favorites” program to encourage more spending and a new customer communications program. If this keeps up, Fresh Direct may try out Boston or Philadelphia before the year is out, Rick told Crain’s.
More from the Big Apple: Brooklynite Frank Wohl made it to Broadway to see God of Carnage. Diamond merchant Adam Heyman stopped in to a farewell reception for outgoing President Wright at the Roosevelt Hotel. Adam Berkowitz ’93, son of Dick Berkowitz, was named managing editor for the Internet at the New York Daily News.
If you can, try to make the ’63 mini-reunion October 23-25 in Hanover. It is going to be a great one. Contact Sam Cabot at scabot@cabotfamily.com or (978) 927 2333 for information on schedules, lodging and activities.
—Harry Zlokower, 60 Madison Ave., Suite 910, New York, NY 10010; (212) 447-9292; harry@zlokower.com
Sept - Oct 2009
Harris Aaronson runs a busy law firm in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, but his second passion is collecting antique cameras. Currently he is refurbishing an 1880 piece. While the Berkshires, including theater and dance, have not escaped the economic downturn, Harris is seeing a lot of real estate activity from investors looking for safer bets and second home and retiree buyers. Doris and Harris have two children, Jack, who heads the Aaronson Group, a New York internet marketing firm, and Tracey, mother of a 5-year-old, who lives near Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Harris has bumped into John Moscartolo, an artist and gallery owner who has worked in the Berkshires.
Keel Jones retired from corporate finance at Aetna and is now treasurer of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, which has its own set of challenges. He and Penny live in Villanova. Laura, Karen (she’s in London) and Susan all have families and five children between them.
Tom MacCary, one of our two known Shakespeare experts (Tom Berger is the other), is working on a book exploring Shakespeare’s use of Aristotle in his works. “It is difficult to prove,” says Cambridge-trained Tom MacCary because there is no certainty Shakespeare had access to a great library and he did not have much knowledge of Greek or Latin, which Tom has. However, there is a theory Shakespeare had family connections in the English midlands and that he went there to do his reading. An English professor and teacher at Hofstra University on Long Island since 1964, Tom is particularly interested in Shakespeare’s use of classical sources. Tom’s last book on Hamlet argues the question whether that play is truly a tragedy or really theological and about eternal damnation, since Shakespeare was raised a Catholic. Tom lives in Manhattan and is currently single with two children and four grandchildren. Margaret followed in dad’s footsteps and runs a Shakespearian theatrical company in SoHo called the Clubbed Thumb. Toby is a lawyer in Los Angeles.
Rick Braddock, chairman and CEO, has led a turnaround at FreshDirect, the New York online food delivery service whose core customers number around 35,000, according to Crain’s New York Business. Rick focused on building customer loyalty and has reduced the number of complaints by one half, Crain’s reported. He also instituted a “favorites” program to encourage more spending and a new customer communications program. If this keeps up, Fresh Direct may try out Boston or Philadelphia before the year is out, Rick told Crain’s.
More from the Big Apple: Brooklynite Frank Wohl made it to Broadway to see God of Carnage. Diamond merchant Adam Heyman stopped in to a farewell reception for outgoing President Wright at the Roosevelt Hotel. Adam Berkowitz ’93, son of Dick Berkowitz, was named managing editor for the Internet at the New York Daily News.
If you can, try to make the ’63 mini-reunion October 23-25 in Hanover. It is going to be a great one. Contact Sam Cabot at scabot@cabotfamily.com or (978) 927 2333 for information on schedules, lodging and activities.
—Harry Zlokower, 60 Madison Ave., Suite 910, New York, NY 10010; (212) 447-9292; harry@zlokower.com