Class Note 1976
Greetings! I’m sure you’re all well into summer by now and enjoying time with families. By now you will have received the last issue of DAM that included the feature highlighting artwork by alumni artists. It included a painting by Julia Miner of a house in Stonington, Maine. For those of you who didn’t catch it on the class of ’76 Facebook page, it turns out that unbeknownst to her while she was painting it, it is actually now owned by classmate Tim Rieser.
I don’t have the count now of how many class of ’76 legacies graduated this year, but I’m sure everyone was well entertained at the annual celebration at the home of Judy and Tom Csatari.
News comes again from N.Y.C., via the Facebook page, where David Fuller and Judith Jurosz are producing artistic directors of Theater 2020. They were preparing for May’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. David, playing Bottom, had his ears done for the performance.
Once again news was slow (being generous here) so I tried to get a few classmates to reach out to their circles of friends. Nessa Flax offered to reach out to Grant Huber and Nils Rosenquist,but they chose to remain incommunicado.
I asked Dave Clark what was going on in St. Louis, Missouri. He and his wife, Margaret, had dinner with John and Laurie Haffenreffer recently. John and Laurie are among the ranks of classmates with grandchildren (I know there are many) with two. According to Clarkie, one of John’s gifts to his grandson was a white demolition car with green stripes on it, somewhat similar to equipment that was used to clear snow piles on Webster Avenue close to 40 years ago and was not owned by B&G. Clarkie is looking forward to becoming a grandfather for the first time this October. At the risk of shutting down a future source of news, I won’t give Clarkie any suggestions for grandchild gifts. He and John were asking about tracking down Greg Cronin, so, Greg, don’t be surprised if you get a call.
As I’m sitting here writing this I’m watching the end of the original Longest Yard, which made me think of Dave Gillin wearing his “Mean Machine” prop shirt from the actual set of the movie. Dave, give me an update of what’s going on.
It looks like the Josselyns will be settling in Noblesville, Indiana, just north of Indianapolis. If you’re passing through, look us up using either the cell number below or the e-mail address. We’re hoping to see all the folks coming to the Big Green football team’s season opener here at Butler in Indianapolis on September 21 at 6 p.m.
Ending on a sad note, I have to pass on news of Jonathan Deevy’spassing. There is an obituary on the DAM website prepared by his brother Will ’74. Jon played tennis, squash and rugby and graduated with honors and will be missed by those who knew him.
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—Jay Josselyn, 106 Yukon Lane, Chapel Hill, NC 27514; (919) 452-3928; jayjosselyn@hotmail.com
