Class Note 1963
Issue
May-June 2022
Hawaiian-bred surfer Ash Hartwell credits teaching skiing to his career in education. He met wife Trish in the Peace Corps. Ash ran an Upward Bound program in Washington, D.C., while studying sociology and African American literature at Howard University. He earned his doctorate in international education from University of Massachusetts (UMass) and with Trish and three kids returned to Africa for 25 years in Uganda, Lesotho, Botswana, and Egypt. In Washington in 1992, Ash was full-time consultant for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), then moved to Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1998 to teach education at UMass and consult. He retired in 2019 and advises Ph.D. students and consults on education and at USAID. Oh yes, Ash still teaches skiing.
Frank deSerio is finishing his first book, Insights of Successful Artists, about Avio Galleries Inc., an art consulting business he ran with Monica in Luray, Virginia. Two projects are “Joy Ideas,” essays on joy in daily lives, and an art installer app. Frank hasa Harvard master’s degree in architecture and served in Vietnam. After closing his business, he became a designer, architect, and consultant. The couple resides in Shenandoah, Virginia.
Jack Smith served in the Air Force before graduating in 1968. He moved from a public relations position to freelance writing, making his mark at The Robb Report, an iconic luxury lifestyle magazine where, in 1995, he launched the popular “Connoisseur at Large” column. Jack appeared regularly in The New York Times, Town & Country, Chicago Tribune, GQ, and M. Learn more at jackthewriter.net. Jack and wife Randy have two children. These days he writes for Inside Dunwoody, a retirement community publication in Newton Center, Pennsylvania.
Developer Dick Friedman completed a hotel in Reykjavik, Iceland. Jeff Nothnagle took a polar plunge to raise money for Special Olympics. Jim Page is among 155 past and present alumni Winter Olympics competitors. Mike Prince and Chuck Wessendorf plan the class mini-reunion October 28-29. I regret to report the passing of former class president Dick Berkowitz, class webmaster Terry Russell, Ted Cutler, and Mark Horwich. Obituaries by Tige Harris appear in the magazine online edition.
—Harry Zlokower, 190 Amity St., Brooklyn, NY 11201; (917) 541-8162; harry@zlokower.com
Frank deSerio is finishing his first book, Insights of Successful Artists, about Avio Galleries Inc., an art consulting business he ran with Monica in Luray, Virginia. Two projects are “Joy Ideas,” essays on joy in daily lives, and an art installer app. Frank hasa Harvard master’s degree in architecture and served in Vietnam. After closing his business, he became a designer, architect, and consultant. The couple resides in Shenandoah, Virginia.
Jack Smith served in the Air Force before graduating in 1968. He moved from a public relations position to freelance writing, making his mark at The Robb Report, an iconic luxury lifestyle magazine where, in 1995, he launched the popular “Connoisseur at Large” column. Jack appeared regularly in The New York Times, Town & Country, Chicago Tribune, GQ, and M. Learn more at jackthewriter.net. Jack and wife Randy have two children. These days he writes for Inside Dunwoody, a retirement community publication in Newton Center, Pennsylvania.
Developer Dick Friedman completed a hotel in Reykjavik, Iceland. Jeff Nothnagle took a polar plunge to raise money for Special Olympics. Jim Page is among 155 past and present alumni Winter Olympics competitors. Mike Prince and Chuck Wessendorf plan the class mini-reunion October 28-29. I regret to report the passing of former class president Dick Berkowitz, class webmaster Terry Russell, Ted Cutler, and Mark Horwich. Obituaries by Tige Harris appear in the magazine online edition.
—Harry Zlokower, 190 Amity St., Brooklyn, NY 11201; (917) 541-8162; harry@zlokower.com