Accolades for class lawyers: Bob Wagstaff published Terror Detentions and the Rule of Law: US and UK Perspectives (Oxford University Press, 2014), an outgrowth of his Oxford doctoral thesis. The book alleges President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair failed to protect the human rights of individuals suspected of terrorist activity after 9/11. “Outrages happened before in war on an individual basis, but it’s never been official policy,” Bob told the University of Kansas Law Magazine, referring to a policy of torturing prisoners and detainment at Guantanamo without charge. Bob earned his University of Kansas law degree in 1966 and, after a stint in Kansas, moved to Alaska and opened an office in Fairbanks. He now maintains his office in Anchorage, Alaska.


New York criminal lawyer Frank Wohl received the Federal Bar Council’s Seymour Award for public service by a private law practitioner. The award is named after Whitney North Seymour, a prominent lawyer and father of Dean Thaddeus Seymour. Jerry Uram, partner and former practice group chair in the New York City law firm of Davis & Gilbert, was included for the fifth straight year in the Best Lawyers in America guide.


Jerry Ashworth of Cape Neddick, Massachusetts, may be best known for winning a gold medal on the U.S. 4-by-100-meter relay team in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. He is also an experienced sailor. I caught up with him by phone as he was sitting on a pavement outside a U-Haul waiting for a trailer hitch to tow his old boat collection. Retired for 11 years from General Metals & Smelting Co., Jerry has sailed during his life from Maine to Bermuda. He celebrated his 49th wedding anniversary with Jeanne in July. The couple has two sons and four grandchildren.


Bruce Nichols, Northfield, Illinois, recalls laughingly how back in 1988 he learned of his appointment as chair of our 25th reunion. “I read about it in the newsletter,” he said. Bruce is retired 10 years now from a 40-year career in commercial and investment banking in New York City and Chicago. He spends two or three months in Florida and likes reading, golf and volunteering. He and Penny have two children and two grandchildren.


There still may be time to reserve for the three-day class mini-reunion, March 3-5, hosted by Johannes and Lynne von Trapp at the Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, Vermont. There will be opportunity for cross-country skiing and snowshoeing at the lodge and downhill skiing at nearby Mount Mansfield. For rates and availability, call or email Tom Perry (603) 298-6034, a.thomas.perry@gmail.com, for info.


On the volunteer front: Ed Mazer assists the College with class websites. Tom Perry has been promoted to co-chair of ’63 mini-reunions. Mike and Jeanne Prince rode in July in the 33rd Annual Prouty Century Bike Ride and Fitness Walk for the Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire. 


I regret to report the deaths of Jeff Fletcher, Michael Geller and Luke Edgar.


—Harry Zlokower, 60 Madison Ave., Suite 1010, New York City, NY 10010; (212) 447-9292; harry@zlokower.com