I’m up in Hanover the night before my son Jake ’15 and the Dartmouth men’s lacrosse team play their season opener against Colgate University. It’s somewhat disconcerting to be staying at 17 Rope Ferry Road without Debbie and Bill Mitchell or classmates present. So you can all keep me company in spirit now as I write this column, and join me in wishing Bill’s father, Jerry ’51, a speedy recovery from his recent open-heart surgery!


I just got off the phone with Jeffrey “J-Free” Boylan, our big-hearted brother in Nevada City, California. Jeff shared the following to ring in the New Year: “Five days into 2013—so far so good! Maggie and I were blessed with another magical white Christmas holiday, which provided me with a well-deserved respite from my new job at the county court school. We enroll students who have run afoul of the law and tend to be high on things other than the learning curve. Every day presents new challenges, none of which are for the faint of heart. I’m fortunate to work with a compassionate, dedicated team that has brought new rewards and fulfillment to my life.”


Leticia “Missy” Devlin wrote from Singapore with news of her growing family: “My husband, Roy, daughter Tisha and I are back from a week in Rawai Phuket, Thailand, during Chinese New Year. While Tisha learned to kitesurf we relaxed on a tropical island, reading, swimming and hanging out at the beach. Tisha, a copywriter specializing in digital news, will be leaving for N.Y.C. soon, so this was a nice family send-off. Please keep her in mind if you know of any agencies in need! I am staying out of trouble as the chief marketing officer of NUS Business School, Singapore’s highly regarded national university. Any classmates who love dogs (we just acquired our third Yorkie, Daphne) and want to visit, we have a guest room available that Roy may redecorate in green and white given the number of legacy children we have hosted through the years!”


Closer to home, Dave “Wils” Wilson—whose wife, Myra, worked with me at Sports Illustrated (SI) years ago—checked in from Rowayton, Connecticut: “Still working for myself after 25-plus years in the finance arena. Myra left SI in 2001 but is still involved in golf journalism. Our twins are juniors at Stanford University. Cameron plays on the golf and squash teams and competed in the U.S. Open last year at the Olympic Club in San Francisco; his sister McKenzie is on the sailing team. Both are enjoying Stanford tremendously.”


It is with a heavy heart that I bring you sad news of the passing of our dear classmate Robin Smith Jurado on New Year’s Day. Robin leaves behind her loving husband, Ray Gerald Jurado, children Joshua Henry Jurado and Marina Rose Jurado, father Charles Wharton Smith, mother Ellen Robinson David and sister Tina McGerald Smith. Our heartfelt condolences go out to the family.


—Stanley Weil, 15 Peck Road, Mt. Kisco, NY 10549; (917) 428-0852; stanno79@gmail.com