This month three classmates share what they’ve been doing in recent decades.

Ed Gringas writes: “Jennifer and I have been blessed with good health and the fact that our four children—none of whom had a date at our wedding 19 years ago—are now all happily married and have blessed us with seven beautiful grandchildren—now ages 10 to 14. Jennifer, who grew up in Hawaii, has a Washington license plate, Tutu7X.” (“Tutu” is “grandmother” in Hawaiian.)

“We are still following the sun—relocating twice a year from Seattle to Palm Desert, California, with six months in each location—37 moves and counting. I continue to enjoy my business of the past 30 years of finding and managing the sending of administrative computer work to developing countries so that young English speakers with college degrees can have meaningful employment without having to leave their families and country. My passion for travel has given me a lot of enjoyment and understanding, including, for example, a 10-day trip to North Korea. However, after visiting 173 of the 193 United Nations member countries, problems such as ISIS, Ebola, and political chaos have made me consider replacing this bucket list item with one less dangerous and more easily achievable.”

Ed Brazil writes: “I am semi-retired, living in Seffner, Florida, in an RV park adjacent to a waterski lakes site that opened in 1978. I have one daughter, age 43, one grandson, age 5 3/4. I was divorced way back, both parents are deceased, and I have one cat.

“Before Florida I lived in Laconia, New Hampshire, and worked winters until 2011 at a ski area doing timing and calculations for school races, beer leagues, and a recreational ski and snowboard race program. I worked at a Vermont machine tool company from 1969 to 1980 and worked from 1984 to 2003 as the technical controller for the water ski pro tour—surveying-type stuff, jump distance measuring, etc. My health items: two fake hips, prostate cancer (cured 2002), and a bad back from years of water ski jumping.”

Harry Bartel lives in Fort Worth, Texas, with his wife of 53 years—Scottie (Wellesley ’66). They have two sons: Christopher ’94, who is married with three children, and George, who is unmarried and lives in Taos, New Mexico, where Harry and Scottie have a second home. Harry still practices tax, corporate, and estate planning law full-time with his law firm in Fort Worth, Texas.

He has served on a bank board, the board of a publicly traded insurance company, and several foundations and as a trustee of Austin College. Scottie taught Spanish for 23 years and has been vice president of the Van Cliburn Foundation for 30-plus years. He and Scottie travel quite a bit out of the country, spend time in Taos and on Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire, where son Chris has a summer home.

A reminder that our 55th reunion is June 10-13 in Hanover. Please plan to visit with our classmates. Dave Hewitt is heading up the ’64 team planning a terrific event.

—Harvey Tettlebaum, 56295 Little Moniteau Road, California, MO 65018; (573) 761-1107; dartsecy64@gmail.com