Class Note 1968
Issue
Two days before the magazine’s deadline I arrived back from 10 days in Texas for a nephew’s wedding and travel around San Antonio and the Hill Country. And no waiting news. So I tried for the first time our class listserv, and lo, heard from 17 classmates, with overflowing news that will nourish more than one column or be forwarded off to the newsletter editor, who has fewer word limitations. More of you guys should join up to the listserv! Bart Palmer shared poignant news: This past July a group ’68 Tau Epsilon Phi brothers met on Webster Avenue to dedicate a tree and plaque to departed brothers Dave Sobel and Dave Sigelman. In attendance along with Bart: the Rev. Richard Farrand, Jim Frey, Dave Effron, Dick Wiebusch, Dave Irwin, Rick Richter, Jack Hopke and Bob Tannenwald. Tony Dambrava wrote from Redmond, Washington, where he and Susan Miller have a horse farm called the Up and Up Farm. Not too far from Rick Pabst’s horse farm in Buckley—they see each other from time to time. Tony is doing some community theater and is planning voice lessons to warm up the pipes to get back into singing. He invites classmates to drop in at the farm. Allen Ackerman reported that during this past year he has climbed Half Dome in Yosemite, with his son Sam, done a triathlon in Chicago, had two delightful dinners with Eric Lieberman in New York City and built a snowfort with his grandson in Newport, Rhode Island. And is in training for a half marathon in Austin. Allen is keeping the travel agents (or Internet sites) busy. Eric Jones wrote, “What blizzards? What snow?” In 75-degree sunny California life is comfortable, except for his continuing need to do his three-days-a-week dialysis. Eric Hatch reported a year with some financial stress, as the refinancing crisis affected the studio building he owns and he had to sublet his studio to others. He still does photo refinishing and other artistic endeavors, including a recent paid gig to Maui. This summer he had a chance to see Greg Marshall, Cedric Kam and Dennis Donohue and shared a favorite picture “Dennis Takes a Bath,” in which a properly outfitted fisherman Dennis took an unintended dip. Cliff Groen did indeed retire, as rumored earlier, after 16 years with the International Finance Corp. He and his wife, Marti, sold their first home in Arlington, Virginia, in only 10 days and are in their second home in Quechee, Vermont, with three cats, while they look for a replacement first home/apartment in New York City. They plan to split their time between the Big City and the Hill Country. More to come in future columns; hope this column finds everyone well this mid-winter.
—David Peck, 157 Sandwich Road, Plymouth, MA 02360-2503; (508) 746-5894; david.peck@childrens.harvard.edu
Mar - Apr 2010
Two days before the magazine’s deadline I arrived back from 10 days in Texas for a nephew’s wedding and travel around San Antonio and the Hill Country. And no waiting news. So I tried for the first time our class listserv, and lo, heard from 17 classmates, with overflowing news that will nourish more than one column or be forwarded off to the newsletter editor, who has fewer word limitations. More of you guys should join up to the listserv! Bart Palmer shared poignant news: This past July a group ’68 Tau Epsilon Phi brothers met on Webster Avenue to dedicate a tree and plaque to departed brothers Dave Sobel and Dave Sigelman. In attendance along with Bart: the Rev. Richard Farrand, Jim Frey, Dave Effron, Dick Wiebusch, Dave Irwin, Rick Richter, Jack Hopke and Bob Tannenwald. Tony Dambrava wrote from Redmond, Washington, where he and Susan Miller have a horse farm called the Up and Up Farm. Not too far from Rick Pabst’s horse farm in Buckley—they see each other from time to time. Tony is doing some community theater and is planning voice lessons to warm up the pipes to get back into singing. He invites classmates to drop in at the farm. Allen Ackerman reported that during this past year he has climbed Half Dome in Yosemite, with his son Sam, done a triathlon in Chicago, had two delightful dinners with Eric Lieberman in New York City and built a snowfort with his grandson in Newport, Rhode Island. And is in training for a half marathon in Austin. Allen is keeping the travel agents (or Internet sites) busy. Eric Jones wrote, “What blizzards? What snow?” In 75-degree sunny California life is comfortable, except for his continuing need to do his three-days-a-week dialysis. Eric Hatch reported a year with some financial stress, as the refinancing crisis affected the studio building he owns and he had to sublet his studio to others. He still does photo refinishing and other artistic endeavors, including a recent paid gig to Maui. This summer he had a chance to see Greg Marshall, Cedric Kam and Dennis Donohue and shared a favorite picture “Dennis Takes a Bath,” in which a properly outfitted fisherman Dennis took an unintended dip. Cliff Groen did indeed retire, as rumored earlier, after 16 years with the International Finance Corp. He and his wife, Marti, sold their first home in Arlington, Virginia, in only 10 days and are in their second home in Quechee, Vermont, with three cats, while they look for a replacement first home/apartment in New York City. They plan to split their time between the Big City and the Hill Country. More to come in future columns; hope this column finds everyone well this mid-winter.
—David Peck, 157 Sandwich Road, Plymouth, MA 02360-2503; (508) 746-5894; david.peck@childrens.harvard.edu