Class Note 1963
Issue
Jul - Aug 2017
Bob Reynolds, who celebrated his 76th birthday celebration with grandchildren in February, might very well have taken a spin in his 1929 Model A Ford Speedster or 1938 Ford Convertible Sedan, antique cars he has restored and drives on the beautiful park roads of hometown Morristown, New Jersey. The Sedan is one of the few from the 1930s with rollup windows rather than side curtains. Bob and Tibbie, who celebrated their 55th anniversary last December, are proud of their granddaughters, who live with them, one a senior at Morristown High School and the other a senior at Drew University, where she will graduate with honors in psychology.
Erroll Miller braved below-freezing weather in mid-March to make his weekly bridge game at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he once taught estate planning and “Questioning the Criminal Justice System.” Days later Erroll, a Harvard-trained lawyer, was on his way to a 24-day trip to Australia and New Zealand.
Arnie Katz, retired chief of otolaryngology at State University of New York at Stony Brook, now sees patients with post-traumatic stress disorder weekly on a volunteer basis at the Northport VA Medical Center on Long Island, teaches a course on his passion, “Classic Films and Modern Myths” at the Stony Brook OLLI chapter and is writing a book about his studies and career in medicine. Arnie still manages to find time to serve as commander of his local American Legion Post. He recently took time off for a trip to Manhattan with wife Honey to see Bette Midler in Hello, Dolly!
John Merrow, who shared news via email with dozens of friends about a “botched biopsy” of the prostate that landed him in the emergency room in a life-threatening situation, tweeted a month later that he is “feeling much better and very happy to be on the right side of the grass.” John, retired education correspondent at PBS, keeps his audiences aware of his strong views on everything from education to juvenile detention centers to the state of journalism in America on his blog, themerrowreport.com. John’s biopsy turned out to be negative. He advises patients in the same situation to insist on an MRI before undergoing a biopsy.
New York’s iconic Big Apple Circus, founded 40 years ago by Paul Binder, won a new lease on life in February after having to cancel (for the first time in its history) its 2016-17 season. Compass Partners, a Sarasota, Florida-based investment firm, announced it acquired the circus for $1.3 million and plans to reopen at Lincoln Center featuring high-wire artist Nik Wallenda, whose family, the Flying Wallendas, was a circus favorite. Paul retired from management and ringmaster duties a while back, serving as consultant and writing a popular book about the circus. These days he performs old favorites, show tunes with discourse at New York’s Metropolitan Room and other venues.
—Harry Zlokower, 190 Amity St., Brooklyn, NY 11201; (917) 541-8162; harry@zlokower.com
Erroll Miller braved below-freezing weather in mid-March to make his weekly bridge game at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he once taught estate planning and “Questioning the Criminal Justice System.” Days later Erroll, a Harvard-trained lawyer, was on his way to a 24-day trip to Australia and New Zealand.
Arnie Katz, retired chief of otolaryngology at State University of New York at Stony Brook, now sees patients with post-traumatic stress disorder weekly on a volunteer basis at the Northport VA Medical Center on Long Island, teaches a course on his passion, “Classic Films and Modern Myths” at the Stony Brook OLLI chapter and is writing a book about his studies and career in medicine. Arnie still manages to find time to serve as commander of his local American Legion Post. He recently took time off for a trip to Manhattan with wife Honey to see Bette Midler in Hello, Dolly!
John Merrow, who shared news via email with dozens of friends about a “botched biopsy” of the prostate that landed him in the emergency room in a life-threatening situation, tweeted a month later that he is “feeling much better and very happy to be on the right side of the grass.” John, retired education correspondent at PBS, keeps his audiences aware of his strong views on everything from education to juvenile detention centers to the state of journalism in America on his blog, themerrowreport.com. John’s biopsy turned out to be negative. He advises patients in the same situation to insist on an MRI before undergoing a biopsy.
New York’s iconic Big Apple Circus, founded 40 years ago by Paul Binder, won a new lease on life in February after having to cancel (for the first time in its history) its 2016-17 season. Compass Partners, a Sarasota, Florida-based investment firm, announced it acquired the circus for $1.3 million and plans to reopen at Lincoln Center featuring high-wire artist Nik Wallenda, whose family, the Flying Wallendas, was a circus favorite. Paul retired from management and ringmaster duties a while back, serving as consultant and writing a popular book about the circus. These days he performs old favorites, show tunes with discourse at New York’s Metropolitan Room and other venues.
—Harry Zlokower, 190 Amity St., Brooklyn, NY 11201; (917) 541-8162; harry@zlokower.com