Class Note 1975
Issue
May-June 2024
So my musings about our move to Florida struck paydirt. Al Markman does indeed reside here and opted to give me a call. He and Wendy are doing well in the Naples area. I understand he has been known to play a round of golf now and again. I always thought of Al as one of those burly, forest-dwelling men and I was pleased to learn that he still makes the trek to the family cabin in northern Minnesota periodically.
I was also pleasantly surprised to learn that Kevin Kelley and his wife, Ann, are residents of Ocala as well. Like us, they moved from the north country, Illinois, in their case. I am not sure Galveston, Texas, is the north, but we are originally from New England. We met for lunch at a local restaurant at the Ocala airport, which is equidistant from their home and ours. We covered a lot of conversational ground since we had not seen each other since perhaps the 10th reunion. Eliza and I look forward to more opportunities to connect with the Kelleys.
We were also contacted by Marty Jenkins andhis wife, Sue, who still live in New Hampshire. However, they are nomads on occasion and had planned a camping trip to our neck of the woods. Meals seem to be the constant in my connections with classmates, so we all met at the Bonefish Grill near the Villages in Florida. That’s another story waiting to happen. Marty and Sue apparently hit the road annually (and maybe more), traveling to various parts of the country, but I think the southern swing is one of their primary targets. Marty, Sue, Eliza, and I reminisced at some length since Marty and I were both members of Zeta Psi and dating our respective spouses throughout undergraduate years.
Now this from Ross McKinney: “You seemed to be desperate for mail, so I’ll pass along that I retired in November after seven years as chief scientific officer for the Association of American Medical Schools. It’s the organization that represents medical schools and academic health systems in Washington, so I spent most of my time working on policy issues related to how the government funds research and the regulations it imposes on medical research. It was a great job, but I’m happy to be retired. Before that I spent 37 years at Duke doing pediatric infectious diseases research and practice, including 10 years as the director of the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, and History of Medicine. Now I’m doing regular birding in the Durham-Chapel Hill area of North Carolina, visiting with my grandkids (four who live within a 5-mile radius), and traveling with my wife, Holly. Next up, New Zealand.”
Send us a postcard, Ross! By the way, 50th reunion planning is in full swing. Put it in your calendar.
Vox clamantis in Florida.
—Stephen D. Gray, P.O. Box 771918, Ocala, FL 34477; (650) 302-8739; fratergray@gmail.com
I was also pleasantly surprised to learn that Kevin Kelley and his wife, Ann, are residents of Ocala as well. Like us, they moved from the north country, Illinois, in their case. I am not sure Galveston, Texas, is the north, but we are originally from New England. We met for lunch at a local restaurant at the Ocala airport, which is equidistant from their home and ours. We covered a lot of conversational ground since we had not seen each other since perhaps the 10th reunion. Eliza and I look forward to more opportunities to connect with the Kelleys.
We were also contacted by Marty Jenkins andhis wife, Sue, who still live in New Hampshire. However, they are nomads on occasion and had planned a camping trip to our neck of the woods. Meals seem to be the constant in my connections with classmates, so we all met at the Bonefish Grill near the Villages in Florida. That’s another story waiting to happen. Marty and Sue apparently hit the road annually (and maybe more), traveling to various parts of the country, but I think the southern swing is one of their primary targets. Marty, Sue, Eliza, and I reminisced at some length since Marty and I were both members of Zeta Psi and dating our respective spouses throughout undergraduate years.
Now this from Ross McKinney: “You seemed to be desperate for mail, so I’ll pass along that I retired in November after seven years as chief scientific officer for the Association of American Medical Schools. It’s the organization that represents medical schools and academic health systems in Washington, so I spent most of my time working on policy issues related to how the government funds research and the regulations it imposes on medical research. It was a great job, but I’m happy to be retired. Before that I spent 37 years at Duke doing pediatric infectious diseases research and practice, including 10 years as the director of the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, and History of Medicine. Now I’m doing regular birding in the Durham-Chapel Hill area of North Carolina, visiting with my grandkids (four who live within a 5-mile radius), and traveling with my wife, Holly. Next up, New Zealand.”
Send us a postcard, Ross! By the way, 50th reunion planning is in full swing. Put it in your calendar.
Vox clamantis in Florida.
—Stephen D. Gray, P.O. Box 771918, Ocala, FL 34477; (650) 302-8739; fratergray@gmail.com