Class Note 1975
Issue
May - Jun 2019
This month there is news from the four corners (the “girdled earth”) of our great country. First, Eliza and I have just completed the first weekend of Mardi Gras here in Galveston, Texas, with Peter Castle and his wife, Deb. They came down to this temperate area from a cold and barren Connecticut. The sight of this crowd lunging for beads thrown from the floats must have been hysterical; thankfully, no pictures.
And this from Bob “Action” Jackson in San Diego. “I am now officially retired from both my Navy and civilian careers, happily living in San Diego with my beautiful wife of 30 years, Bobbi. I am having lots of fun with my three young grandkids, with a fourth on the way in a couple months. My five boys are doing well, some in San Diego and some in Illinois. My oldest made a radical career change out of engineering and construction management to law enforcement, and is now a sergeant with the Illinois State Police.”
Bob retired from the Navy as a captain in the Civil Engineer Corps, where he was commodore of the First Naval Construction Regiment, responsible for all Pacific-based Seabees (approximately 4,000 Seabees and 23 units) during Operation Iraqi Freedom. The man is a double retiree, now retired from Sempra Energy as the general manager and director of engineering and construction, responsible for the $1.8-billion Sunrise Powerlink 230-500-kilovolt transmission line. Bob welcomes visitors to San Diego and hopes to make it to the 50th.
Back to the center of the country, and we find our newest Facebook page member Suzanne Metzel (which brings us to 105 members), who has chucked the lawyer’s life and is an accomplished photographer. Check out her portfolio at www.suzannemetzel.com—there is some very interesting material. She has a truly interesting story and apparently a very talented gymnastic daughter.
Finally, I bumped into (not literally) Jeff Barndt at a local (Houston) gathering of Dartmouth graduates celebrating Daniel Webster’s birthday. Our prior contact was on the golf course some time ago, during which I perfected my strip-mining techniques. As I recall, Jeff won the day. The most recent gathering was a fitting one in this year celebrating 250 years of Dartmouth College and the renewed interest in the Dartmouth College case. See you at reunion.
Vox clamantis in Tejas.
—Stephen D. Gray, 3627 Avenue M, Galveston, TX 77550; (650) 302-8739; fratergray@gmail.com
And this from Bob “Action” Jackson in San Diego. “I am now officially retired from both my Navy and civilian careers, happily living in San Diego with my beautiful wife of 30 years, Bobbi. I am having lots of fun with my three young grandkids, with a fourth on the way in a couple months. My five boys are doing well, some in San Diego and some in Illinois. My oldest made a radical career change out of engineering and construction management to law enforcement, and is now a sergeant with the Illinois State Police.”
Bob retired from the Navy as a captain in the Civil Engineer Corps, where he was commodore of the First Naval Construction Regiment, responsible for all Pacific-based Seabees (approximately 4,000 Seabees and 23 units) during Operation Iraqi Freedom. The man is a double retiree, now retired from Sempra Energy as the general manager and director of engineering and construction, responsible for the $1.8-billion Sunrise Powerlink 230-500-kilovolt transmission line. Bob welcomes visitors to San Diego and hopes to make it to the 50th.
Back to the center of the country, and we find our newest Facebook page member Suzanne Metzel (which brings us to 105 members), who has chucked the lawyer’s life and is an accomplished photographer. Check out her portfolio at www.suzannemetzel.com—there is some very interesting material. She has a truly interesting story and apparently a very talented gymnastic daughter.
Finally, I bumped into (not literally) Jeff Barndt at a local (Houston) gathering of Dartmouth graduates celebrating Daniel Webster’s birthday. Our prior contact was on the golf course some time ago, during which I perfected my strip-mining techniques. As I recall, Jeff won the day. The most recent gathering was a fitting one in this year celebrating 250 years of Dartmouth College and the renewed interest in the Dartmouth College case. See you at reunion.
Vox clamantis in Tejas.
—Stephen D. Gray, 3627 Avenue M, Galveston, TX 77550; (650) 302-8739; fratergray@gmail.com