Class Note 1970
Issue
November-December 2023
This column is inspired by Christmas. The first two contributors are classmates named Chris. I couldn’t resist including Marc Jolicoeur, since his last name translates to “jolly heart.”
Chris Yule even has a surname that fits the season. He writes: “My real estate development business has been successful, focusing on historic preservation with a twist of energy conservation. We also converted four buildings into New England’s largest indoor sports complex, which hosts kids’ events. As a hobby in 1990 I took up building and flying helicopters and joined the world of experimental aircraft builders at their annual fly-in at Dodsonville, Ohio. [See class e-newsletter for photos of the ’copters.]
“My son, Alex, is now part of the San Francisco tech community, working in geography and mapping. He also does volunteer work for indigenous tribes in the Amazon. My daughter, Michaela ’10, works for a telehealth psych services company. During her stint at Dartmouth she studied Arabic and traveled to the Middle East.”
Chris Nintzel checks in from Seal Rock, Oregon: “With an NROTC graduation from college, I spent 22 years in the Navy. Upon retirement I began a new set of jobs in both retail and wholesale operations, which lasted from 1993 to 2014. Almost all these years were spent in Hawaii and Oregon.”
We also lost a Chris earlier this year. Chris Chesser died unexpectedly in February. He had a successful career in the entertainment business in Los Angeles, first in international sales at Columbia Pictures. He then became general manager of the American Film Institute. He moved to the production side at Marble Arch and became head of production at Filmways. As a production executive he supervised The Great Santini, Arthur, Caddy Shack, and On Golden Pond.
Marc Jolicoeurwrites, “Jackie and I have been homebound in Illinois since Covid. We moved here to be with daughter Jennifer Segal ’97, son-in-law Jeremy ’97, and two grandsons. It was Chicago or Shanghai, where son Peter ’95 and wife Hua Chen live with two other grandsons. Unfortunately, with the advent of Covid, our visas were canceled by the Chinese government, and with their restrictions, we couldn’t visit China and my family couldn’t visit here.
“Sadly, our daughter lost a brave three-year battle with pancreatic cancer in October 2022, so we help our son-in-law with our grandsons. My last half-marathon was more than two years ago, but Jackie and I have a 4-mile circuit we fast walk every day.”
Since this column is the last in 2023, happy, healthy ’24!
—Stuart Zuckerman, P.O. Box 85, Bridgehampton, NY 11932; (917) 559-0063; stuartz@gmail.com
Chris Yule even has a surname that fits the season. He writes: “My real estate development business has been successful, focusing on historic preservation with a twist of energy conservation. We also converted four buildings into New England’s largest indoor sports complex, which hosts kids’ events. As a hobby in 1990 I took up building and flying helicopters and joined the world of experimental aircraft builders at their annual fly-in at Dodsonville, Ohio. [See class e-newsletter for photos of the ’copters.]
“My son, Alex, is now part of the San Francisco tech community, working in geography and mapping. He also does volunteer work for indigenous tribes in the Amazon. My daughter, Michaela ’10, works for a telehealth psych services company. During her stint at Dartmouth she studied Arabic and traveled to the Middle East.”
Chris Nintzel checks in from Seal Rock, Oregon: “With an NROTC graduation from college, I spent 22 years in the Navy. Upon retirement I began a new set of jobs in both retail and wholesale operations, which lasted from 1993 to 2014. Almost all these years were spent in Hawaii and Oregon.”
We also lost a Chris earlier this year. Chris Chesser died unexpectedly in February. He had a successful career in the entertainment business in Los Angeles, first in international sales at Columbia Pictures. He then became general manager of the American Film Institute. He moved to the production side at Marble Arch and became head of production at Filmways. As a production executive he supervised The Great Santini, Arthur, Caddy Shack, and On Golden Pond.
Marc Jolicoeurwrites, “Jackie and I have been homebound in Illinois since Covid. We moved here to be with daughter Jennifer Segal ’97, son-in-law Jeremy ’97, and two grandsons. It was Chicago or Shanghai, where son Peter ’95 and wife Hua Chen live with two other grandsons. Unfortunately, with the advent of Covid, our visas were canceled by the Chinese government, and with their restrictions, we couldn’t visit China and my family couldn’t visit here.
“Sadly, our daughter lost a brave three-year battle with pancreatic cancer in October 2022, so we help our son-in-law with our grandsons. My last half-marathon was more than two years ago, but Jackie and I have a 4-mile circuit we fast walk every day.”
Since this column is the last in 2023, happy, healthy ’24!
—Stuart Zuckerman, P.O. Box 85, Bridgehampton, NY 11932; (917) 559-0063; stuartz@gmail.com