Class Note 1966
Issue
September-October 2024
In the March-April column we mentioned a few classmates who had already celebrated 50 years of marriage. Since then, other classmates have let us know how proud they too are to be in the Golden Anniversary Club.
Margah and Tom Lipps, a managing director at UBS Financial Services, celebrated their 54th anniversary last March in Mexico. They met at the Harvard Club of Boston in December 1968, when Tom was at Harvard Law and Margah, whose brother Brian is a ’60, was an undergraduate at Boston University. “We have,” Tom reports, “been soulmates ever since.”
Carol (Green Mountain ’66) and Steve Nash met on a blind date senior year, married in 1969, and have had “a fantastic life together.” Steve worked at and ran art museums around the country for decades before they settled in Palm Springs, California, close to their two children and five grandchildren in nearby Los Angeles.
Susi and Peter Orbanowski, owners of the Old Greenwich (Connecticut) Tennis Academy, were married 52 years ago this coming September 7, after, Peter recalls, “I was successful in coaxing her to leave her beautiful (native) Switzerland.”
Marcy and George Valley met at the University of Chicago in 1967 while Marcy was an undergraduate chemistry major and George a Ph.D. candidate in physics. They celebrated their 50th in 2019. Living in L.A., Marcy is now retired but George still works as a senior scientist at The Aerospace Corp. on problems related to the national space programs.
My neighbors Robbie and Andy Seidman married in August 1971, a year to the day after meeting on a blind date. Their two children and four grandkids all live near their home in White Plains, New York. Andy’s retired from his general counsel position at a commercial real estate firm. Robbie continues as a social worker and therapist.
Any other 50-plus-year marriages? Let us know.
Our sympathies to the family and friends of four recently deceased classmates: marketing executive Miles Hoffman, New Hampshire insurance and financial consultant Albert Jones, Georgia lawyer John Shiver, and French professor Tom Vosteen. More on each in the online DAM.
—Larry Geiger, 93 Greenridge Ave., White Plains, NY 10605; (914) 860-4945; lgeiger@aol.com
Margah and Tom Lipps, a managing director at UBS Financial Services, celebrated their 54th anniversary last March in Mexico. They met at the Harvard Club of Boston in December 1968, when Tom was at Harvard Law and Margah, whose brother Brian is a ’60, was an undergraduate at Boston University. “We have,” Tom reports, “been soulmates ever since.”
Carol (Green Mountain ’66) and Steve Nash met on a blind date senior year, married in 1969, and have had “a fantastic life together.” Steve worked at and ran art museums around the country for decades before they settled in Palm Springs, California, close to their two children and five grandchildren in nearby Los Angeles.
Susi and Peter Orbanowski, owners of the Old Greenwich (Connecticut) Tennis Academy, were married 52 years ago this coming September 7, after, Peter recalls, “I was successful in coaxing her to leave her beautiful (native) Switzerland.”
Marcy and George Valley met at the University of Chicago in 1967 while Marcy was an undergraduate chemistry major and George a Ph.D. candidate in physics. They celebrated their 50th in 2019. Living in L.A., Marcy is now retired but George still works as a senior scientist at The Aerospace Corp. on problems related to the national space programs.
My neighbors Robbie and Andy Seidman married in August 1971, a year to the day after meeting on a blind date. Their two children and four grandkids all live near their home in White Plains, New York. Andy’s retired from his general counsel position at a commercial real estate firm. Robbie continues as a social worker and therapist.
Any other 50-plus-year marriages? Let us know.
Our sympathies to the family and friends of four recently deceased classmates: marketing executive Miles Hoffman, New Hampshire insurance and financial consultant Albert Jones, Georgia lawyer John Shiver, and French professor Tom Vosteen. More on each in the online DAM.
—Larry Geiger, 93 Greenridge Ave., White Plains, NY 10605; (914) 860-4945; lgeiger@aol.com