Welcome back to me! After a brief hiatus of 25 years, I’m back as one of your class secretaries. Before you rush to cancel your subscription to the alumni magazine, there is a glimmer of hope. Juliet (Aires) Giglio and I will be sharing the responsibilities, so only half of the columns will come from me. Juliet is a great partner in this. She and I came up with some ground rules for the column, which I will share with you, the gentle reader. In order to avoid duplicating news, we have decided to divide things up. This is how it will work: I will tell the unvarnished truth, and Juliet’s column will be filled with innuendo, half-truths and complete fabrications. Simple to remember. Eric equals truth. Juliet equals not truth. As an example, remember all that stuff she said in the last column about the people who made up that excellent reunion band? Well, those guys are in prison. Every one of them. 


Speaking of reunion, the signature drink Naked on Occom Pond was designed and built by Kelly (Freeman) Wilson. In addition to cocktail design, Kelly recently began work as a docent at the Getty Villa in Malibu, California. I plan on visiting the villa and maybe making off with a statue or something. I won’t get caught. I know a docent.


Bob Lucic is an attorney outside of Boston. As I think he described it during reunion, his work as an environmental lawyer involves burying large quantities of heavy metals in various landfills around New England. Bob gets up to Hanover fairly often, which doesn’t bode well for the environmental health of the College. He is quite successful and his car has this funny glow about it. “Just don’t sit in the back seat” is his motto.


John Gilstrap works at Empire State Development, where he helps develop the business climate around New York State. He is also deeply involved in the organic farming community in New York. I suspect that John spends a fair amount of time digging up the stuff that Lucic just buried. Circle of life.


When not working as clerk of court for a trial court in New Hampshire, Julie (Walden) Howard competes in eventing, which is the “triathalon of the horse world,” on a retired thoroughbred racehorse. In a show of support I attempted to place a $20 bet on Julie and horse to show in the fifth at Belmont last Saturday. Apparently, this is some type of equestrian faux pas.


Phil Ferneau is a professor at Tuck. I’ll just let that one sink in for a moment. The Tuck website even has a box that says, “Professor Ferneau.” You can click on it and everything. He has as many letters after his name as there are in his last name. He teaches the popular “From Fraternity House Manager to Venture Capital Tycoon” seminar at Tuck. 


Well, that does it for this month. Remember, Eric equals truth, Juliet equals not truth.


—Eric Grubman, 2 Fox Den Way, Woodbridge, CT 06525; (203) 710-7933; grubman@sbcglobal.net; Juliet Aires Giglio, 4915 Bentbrook Drive, Manlius, NY 13104; (315) 682-5501; julietgiglio@gmail.com