Class Note 1975
Issue
Jul - Aug 2017
This must be the graduation issue, and I question why I did not take more shop classes at Dartmouth. It would have helped with my weekend project of repairing the rotten wood on my garden shed and then painting it. Thankfully, I at least completed the task before the summer heat of Texas. Speaking of Texas, I had a delightful conversation with State Sen. Kel Seliger. Kel represents the 31st District, which incudes the Panhandle of Texas all the way to Permian Basin—oil country. He has been doing a great job in the Texas Senate, where he follows his own instincts and gut intuition rather than the party line. Seems like the people of the 31st are very well represented. Kel travels around the state and I hope to catch him on a swing to Houston.
I also received a very welcome note from one of my fellow Fayerweather compatriots. Mark Sheehan writes, “It’s been a while, about 50 years maybe [well not that long, Mark!], and if your memory needs some jogging I’m the guy you sold your waterbed to lo those many years ago. I am a doctor and I work in the clinic at Johnson Space Center (JSC). I’ve been here for seven and half years now. Prior to coming to Johnson I was a flight surgeon in the Air Force for 20 years.”
Although the JSC is a giant bureaucracy, Mark says that there is an undeniable excitement to working for NASA; he has met four people who walked on the moon.
Mark also attended Homecoming last year and was pleased to run into Lon Cross and Chris Peich while there.
And on news from the high seas, Rich Lane and Rick Black together with their respective spouses, Mary and Anne, joined 26 other guests on a Dartmouth alumni cruise aboard Safari Explorer cruising the islands of Hawaii, Molokai, Maui and Lanai at the end of February and the beginning of March. Rick says it was an unbelievable trip with dramatic whale sightings; snorkeling with local fish and sea turtles; exposure to a Hawaiian family living off the grid and practicing the native culture; scrumptious food, drinks and camaraderie; a 2.5-mile hike through a rain forest to a spectacular waterfall; and a final native dinner off the boat at an old sugar mill complete with Hawaiian entertainment. Professor Ron Edsforth gave two lectures on the history of Hawaii, and two experts were on hand to discuss marine life and native culture. Now that is the way to go to school!
Vox clamantis in Teja.
—Stephen D. Gray, 3627 Ave. M, Galveston, TX 77550; (650) 302-8739; fratergray@gmail.com
I also received a very welcome note from one of my fellow Fayerweather compatriots. Mark Sheehan writes, “It’s been a while, about 50 years maybe [well not that long, Mark!], and if your memory needs some jogging I’m the guy you sold your waterbed to lo those many years ago. I am a doctor and I work in the clinic at Johnson Space Center (JSC). I’ve been here for seven and half years now. Prior to coming to Johnson I was a flight surgeon in the Air Force for 20 years.”
Although the JSC is a giant bureaucracy, Mark says that there is an undeniable excitement to working for NASA; he has met four people who walked on the moon.
Mark also attended Homecoming last year and was pleased to run into Lon Cross and Chris Peich while there.
And on news from the high seas, Rich Lane and Rick Black together with their respective spouses, Mary and Anne, joined 26 other guests on a Dartmouth alumni cruise aboard Safari Explorer cruising the islands of Hawaii, Molokai, Maui and Lanai at the end of February and the beginning of March. Rick says it was an unbelievable trip with dramatic whale sightings; snorkeling with local fish and sea turtles; exposure to a Hawaiian family living off the grid and practicing the native culture; scrumptious food, drinks and camaraderie; a 2.5-mile hike through a rain forest to a spectacular waterfall; and a final native dinner off the boat at an old sugar mill complete with Hawaiian entertainment. Professor Ron Edsforth gave two lectures on the history of Hawaii, and two experts were on hand to discuss marine life and native culture. Now that is the way to go to school!
Vox clamantis in Teja.
—Stephen D. Gray, 3627 Ave. M, Galveston, TX 77550; (650) 302-8739; fratergray@gmail.com