I had a great visit this past month from Rich Crandall, who was in the area visiting his oldest daughter Christina, mother to his grandkids, ages 9 and 6. Rich writes, “Now in my eighth year of retirement and still trying to figure out what I want to do when I grow up.” Rich is a longtime cyclist, so we went out for a good spin while he was here. His major emphasis of his “fun-employment” is establishing adult relationships with his adult children, taking care of his farm in North Carolina and keeping in physical and mental shape. His spouse of 32 years, Maggie, is a minister at a Missionary Baptist Church and preaches in Spanish every Sunday afternoon at Butner Federal Correctional Facility, the new home for Bernie Madoff. Daughter Kate lives in Denver and son Wells lives in Williamsburg, Virginia, working at life after law school and Bar Exam. Tom DeMarco writes “I have recently been appointed medical director of the Richard A. Henson Cancer Institute in Salisbury, Maryland, and continue to work part time in my urology practice with Mark Edney, DMS ’98. I completed my second Newport Bermuda Ocean Yacht Race on Regatta with Ken Kennerly ’87. No trophy, but enjoyed many dark ’n’ stormys. Anne and I have a new granddaughter and hope to get up to Hanover this fall. Anyone passing through the eastern shore of Maryland is welcome to call. Michael Fay, whom I almost always ran into while attending Alumni Council meetings during my three-year stint as your class rep, writes that he won’t make the next Alumni Council meeting; it’s one week from Homecoming, which he expects to attend to watch his youngest, Christopher, run around the bonfire with the rest of the ’16s. A good friend and fellow Psi U Gerry Hills ’68 is organizing a CarniVail-style reunion of sailors and adventure lovers in the Virgin Islands next May 12 through May 21—nine nights on charter sailboats for the price of seven, three couples per boat. Gerry is hoping for five or more boats. No sailing experience necessary and very inexpensive. For more info contact Gerry at stjohncaptain@aol.com. This could be the beginning of a great new tradition. Some sad news from the halls of Psi U—long-time house advisor Bob Kaiser ’39 passed away August 23. As a classmate of my dad, Bill Webster, I first met Bob and his wife, Ev (an adopted member of our class), at their 25th reunion in 1964. Bob and Ev were the devoted advisors to Psi U from 1965 on, when he returned to Hanover to head up the bequest department. They were surrogate parents to two generations of “Uies,” spanning almost 50 years, and kept my old house out of (most) trouble. Bob and Ev are probably responsible for keeping the house out of the College’s hands and becoming “Line Five” at Thayer Hall. Bob was a brilliant man and left a lasting legacy at the College. I feel privileged to have helped him and his family, along with about 25 brothers from Psi U, celebrate his 95th birthday in May. 


—Pete Webster, 17 Woodbridge St., South Hadley, MA 01075; weebs71@gmail.com