Class Note 1968
A happy fall to all. As your read this both our class 65th birthday in Williamsburg, Virginia, and mini-reunion in Hanover will be history. Watch for full coverage in the class newsletter. The e-mailbox has been pretty full since the last column: Frank Molloy shared news that he had run across an original Eleazar Wheelock letter at an auction. He bought it, had it authenticated by the College’s Special Collections and then donated the letter to the College. Nice going, Frank! Bob Haslach has authored a new black-and-white illustrated children’s book called Rowley’s Very Fine Day. He performed quality control by testing it on granddaughter Emilia Humphery (age 18 months) and his standard poodle, Rowley. Both approved the book for general readers. Phil Freedman spends part of his year at Copper Mountain in Colorado, doing emergency medicine at a clinic he helped found in 1979. During the last 12 years he has also been working on cruise ships as a physician. He prefers the smaller ships, and currently works with Lindblad/National Geographic; this coming winter he’ll be with them in Costa Rica and Panama. Check out expeditions.com. Noel Augustyn wrote with assorted reminiscences. He was last in Hanover in October 2010, when he was joined by Norm Davis, Skip Small and Bob Thomas, representing the class at a reunion of the undefeated 1965 Ivy League champion and Lambert Trophy winner. During the same weekend visit he saw Greg Marshall, with whom he roomed at Stanford in 1969, along with Tom Okarma.Their rent back then was $60 per month each. Noel also noted that he and wife Ann see Bev and John Pfeiffer from time to time in Washington, D.C. No retirement yet for Noel, as three more years of tuition payments to Boston College for daughter Catherine still lie ahead. Son Matt went to Notre Dame and is now in law school at Catholic University in Washington; daughter Monica recently graduated from Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles. Bob Block wrote to share a glimpse of life’s passages. Both of his parents passed away in the past year, one at age 90, the other at 91. At the other end of the spectrum is grandson Micah, age 14 months, an irrepressible walker, runner and talker. Micah is the son of Bob’s elder daughter, Alexandra. And grandson Skyler, 3 months old, is the son of Jessa Block Barnard ’02 and Justin Barnard ’02. Bob has just relinquished his on-call beeper after 37 years of emergency room availability and anxiety, although he does plan to work a few more years. Wife Lora continues in her career as a college admissions consultant. For some interactive activity, check out the class website for the auction of Frank Couper’s memorabilia. And finally, belated, sad news from Denver: John Mitchell Weigel passed away last October from pancreatic cancer. Watch for the obituary on the alumni magazine website. And as always, how about some more news?
—David Peck, 157 Sandwich Road, Plymouth, MA 02360-2503; (508) 746-5894; david.peck@ childrens.harvard.edu
