Greetings! As I sit here putting this issue’s column together I don’t have the results of the Homecoming game vs. Harvard as it’s a night game later tonight, but I did see Mary Kay Beach’sbonfire picture from Friday night (on the class of ’76 Facebook page) and receive reports from Andy Gettinger that the class of ’76 was well represented at the Homecoming festivities, so I at least know that part of the weekend went well. Martha Beattie, VP of alumni affairs, greeted alumni and families of all classes, and later in the weekend after a class meeting at Tom and Judy Csatari’shouse there was also a reunion of our classmates attending as well as other ’70s classes.


That being said, happy holidays to all of our classmates and families. The timing of the deadline for the issue and your receiving it is such that although you are receiving the issue during the holidays, I’m writing it here at the end of October. Again, news is slim, but I did hear from Taze Shepard that he “has been elected president of the Huntsville-Madison (Alabama) County Bar Association, whose 700 members are private-practice attorneys, corporate counsel, district attorneys and judges throughout the greater Huntsville area. Shepard is also a member of the Huntsville Committee of 100 and a graduate of Leadership Huntsville Class 25.” Congratulations to Taze for that honor.


While I don’t receive much news, at least the reports are going to Martha Hennessey so she can continue with her periodic newsletters, which are available online, as well as in print. Martha’s done a terrific job of putting out several newsletters a year. Between the class of ’76 newsletter and our Facebook page, there is no shortage of information available to the class. Nessa Flax has been a frequent contributor to the Facebook page and has had the good fortune to be in the Upper Valley through fall and was able to see what foliage there was earlier in October. I managed to get to northern Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine around the middle of October and by the time I got there the trees were bare. So much for timing.


Another frequent contributor to the Facebook page has been David Fuller, keeping the Facebook crew up to date with his thespian pursuits in N.Y.C. Most recently he has been playing the “Old Duke” in Dukus by Alter Kacyzne at the Brick Theatre in Brooklyn. Check the Facebook page for more information about upcoming productions. It looked like this was playing through October 28. I’m sure he’ll be involved in other productions, as well.


Keep the news flowing either to Martha, the Facebook page or to me. One way or another we’ll get it out to you. Again, happy and safe holidays to you and your families. Be safe and enjoy.


—Jay Josselyn, 106 Yukon Lane, Chapel Hill, NC 27514; (919) 493-7814; jayjosselyn@hotmail.com