Class Note 1978
Issue
Sept - Oct 2015
Your class secretary has been involved for some time in researching and telling the story of a WW II deception unit known as the Ghost Army. Many ’78s got drawn into the vortex of Ghost Army events this spring.
Barbara Moses hosted a New York party to celebrate the publication of the new book The Ghost Army of World War II. She teaches legal ethics and directs the constitutional and civil litigation clinic at Seton Hall Law School. “Third-year law students under my supervision represent indigent clients, at no charge, in a variety of civil rights-oriented litigation. Meanwhile, on the home front, Matt and I now have two teenagers in the house, only one of whom has green hair at the moment.”Peter Hirshberg and Neil McCarthy were among those attending that party. Neil reports that he is still practicing law—boutique style—in N.Y.C. as counsel to Chehebar Deveney & Phillips, focusing on real estate litigation, commercial break-ups and battles with the city government. “On the political side, running for office is in my past (did it twice in the 1990s in a effort to win a congressional seat), but I am writing my own blog, which shows up in The Huffington Post (for the liberals), EpicTimes (for the conservatives) and neils3ds.blogspot.com (for anyone who wants the private feed).” Christine Hughes and Helen Lukash joined usfor a similar party in Lexington, Massachusetts.Soon thereafter Chris and her fiancé, Sterling, jetted off to Paris to visit the class of ’78’s most famous balcony (among other sites).
Thanks to the generous support of Rick Kimball and his wife, Kathryn, we staged a Ghost Army art exhibit at the Salmagundi Art Club in New York. Both Mark Germano and Steve Damron made the opening. Steve’s update: “I moved to New York in November to work at the Social Edge, an accidental social media startup that counts the upcoming Broadway musical Allegiance (George Takei, Lea Salonga) as its parent, also to take advantage of the publishing industry in New York, as I work on my second novel, Trans Librarian Saves Planet.”
Anne Bagamery (owner of the above-mentioned balcony)helped arrange a Ghost Army event at the American Library in Paris. And then there’s the amazing Rep. Annie Kuster D-NH, who has introduced bipartisan legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the unit. (Other members of the ’78 caucus may be joining that effort shortly.) Thanks to all of you who have lent your support to this decade-long project, which (for better or worse) shows no sign of winding down any time soon. Next stop: Hollywood! (Seriously. Google it!)
A late six-word entry from John Foote: “Happy boy, busy man, almost grandfather.”
Just before deadline I received word that Jim Nolan succumbed to liver cancer on Father’s Day. He is survived by his wife, Anita, daughter Kellyn and sons Thomas and Bennett. Our condolences go out to the Nolan family.
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—Rick Beyer, 34 Outlook Drive, Lexington, MA 02421; rick@rickbeyer.net
Barbara Moses hosted a New York party to celebrate the publication of the new book The Ghost Army of World War II. She teaches legal ethics and directs the constitutional and civil litigation clinic at Seton Hall Law School. “Third-year law students under my supervision represent indigent clients, at no charge, in a variety of civil rights-oriented litigation. Meanwhile, on the home front, Matt and I now have two teenagers in the house, only one of whom has green hair at the moment.”Peter Hirshberg and Neil McCarthy were among those attending that party. Neil reports that he is still practicing law—boutique style—in N.Y.C. as counsel to Chehebar Deveney & Phillips, focusing on real estate litigation, commercial break-ups and battles with the city government. “On the political side, running for office is in my past (did it twice in the 1990s in a effort to win a congressional seat), but I am writing my own blog, which shows up in The Huffington Post (for the liberals), EpicTimes (for the conservatives) and neils3ds.blogspot.com (for anyone who wants the private feed).” Christine Hughes and Helen Lukash joined usfor a similar party in Lexington, Massachusetts.Soon thereafter Chris and her fiancé, Sterling, jetted off to Paris to visit the class of ’78’s most famous balcony (among other sites).
Thanks to the generous support of Rick Kimball and his wife, Kathryn, we staged a Ghost Army art exhibit at the Salmagundi Art Club in New York. Both Mark Germano and Steve Damron made the opening. Steve’s update: “I moved to New York in November to work at the Social Edge, an accidental social media startup that counts the upcoming Broadway musical Allegiance (George Takei, Lea Salonga) as its parent, also to take advantage of the publishing industry in New York, as I work on my second novel, Trans Librarian Saves Planet.”
Anne Bagamery (owner of the above-mentioned balcony)helped arrange a Ghost Army event at the American Library in Paris. And then there’s the amazing Rep. Annie Kuster D-NH, who has introduced bipartisan legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the unit. (Other members of the ’78 caucus may be joining that effort shortly.) Thanks to all of you who have lent your support to this decade-long project, which (for better or worse) shows no sign of winding down any time soon. Next stop: Hollywood! (Seriously. Google it!)
A late six-word entry from John Foote: “Happy boy, busy man, almost grandfather.”
Just before deadline I received word that Jim Nolan succumbed to liver cancer on Father’s Day. He is survived by his wife, Anita, daughter Kellyn and sons Thomas and Bennett. Our condolences go out to the Nolan family.
Send news!
—Rick Beyer, 34 Outlook Drive, Lexington, MA 02421; rick@rickbeyer.net