Happy holidays to all. Fall 2010 has had a focus on mini-reunions, actual and planned for. Early October saw two gatherings in Hanover, for Class Officers Weekend and then during Columbus Day Weekend. Ron Weiss, Dave Peck, Ed Heald, Bill Rich, Joe Nathan Wright, Bear Everett, Dave Gang, Pete Fahey, Dave Walden, John Engelman, Jim Lawrie and Gerry Bell were at one or both weekends, in person or by phone. One major decision made: the 65th birthday party/mini-reunion for the class will be held in Williamsburg, Virginia, during the weekend of September 15 through 18. Mark that weekend down now! We are working on a block of rooms at the Colonial Williamsburg Inn. A smaller mini-reunion during Columbus Day: Mark Waterhouse and Leslie Cosgrove met Diane and David Peck at the Cambridge House Brewpub in Granby, Connecticut, for several pints. A Texas mini-reunion was held on October 16 at Adele and Dan Hedges’award-winning “green” home in Houston. Dana and Jim Johnson, Margaret and Randy McElrath, Lola and Joe Nathan Wright, Bear Everett, Gregg Cerveny (from the development office), Gail and Joe Adams ’70 (the architect, and a former Aire) and Bill Rich by phone. This, and future, mini-reunions have a theme beside fellowship: ramping up to our 50th reunion gift. This Texas mini-reunion saw the grand premier of a video about the freshman trips, which the class wishes to endow. The class has commissioned Molly Bode at the College to develop the video. Watch for a link on the class website; it is terrific.


The second annual class golf trip/mini-reunion to Bandon (Oregon) Dunes took place October 31 through November 5. Signed up were Ed Heald, John Blair, Jim Noyes, Dick Olson, Joe Grasson, Jerry Rinehart, Rick Dolsky, Warren Connelly, Bill Adler, Bill Kolasky, Mike Lenehan and Dana Waterman.By the way, the Bandon Dunes location is featured in a book called Lost Balls, the cover of which shows the fourth hole at Pacific Dunes.Looking ahead to future golf events: Do not worry that this is only for scratch golfers. Ed reports the handicaps vary between 2.7 and 26.4. Lost ball counts are in the same ballpark. Total headcount, with guests, was 22. This new event is coming to rival the ski trips! The next of which will be held March 5 through 12 at Big Mountain in Montana. Plenty of time to sign up. Tom Okarma’s firm Geron made the news: the first FDA-approved clinical trial of human embryonic stem cells in human patients. The stem cells, developed by Geron, were injected into a spinal cord injury patient in the hope that the cells would grow into replacement spinal tissue to repair the injury. The study will take place at seven facilities around the country. Next executive committee meeting: January 22 in Newton, Massachusetts, at Ed Heald’s office. Everyone always invited! Let any of us know.


—David Peck, 157 Sandwich Road, Plymouth, MA 02360-2503; (508) 746-5894; david.peck@ childrens.harvard.edu