Class Note 1951
Issue
May-June 2022
Charlie Russell is stepping down after five wonderful years as editor of our ’51 Fables newsletter. He volunteered when we really needed help and has entertained us with a blend of news, reminiscence, humor, poetry, and provocative opinion pieces. He and his partner, Peggy Reed, widow of Howie, are simplifying their lives. We say many thanks to you both and well done!
I was just short of my 17th birthday when I arrived on campus for our freshman year. It was something of a surprise that the College had teamed me up with a couple of returning veterans, Tom Brown and Bob Leavitt, as roommates. Our Middle Mass dorm room became a gathering space for veterans. Doc Ridlon and Ben Bidwell especially come to mind. It was a special group and an eye-opening part of this pea-green freshman’s liberal arts experience. Blake Ireland lived just down the hall. It was fun to connect with him by phone recently. He was in the midst of sorting through hundreds of wildlife photographs taken by him and his late wife, Anne, on seven trips to Africa, mostly to Botswana. Blake lives in Lexington, Massachusetts, when he’s not spending time with family at a longtime summer cottage near Squam Lake, New Hampshire.
“’51 Cares” continues to foster outreach to classmates who are experiencing tough times, in whatever form. Among those who would welcome a call or note are Berl Bernhard, Jack Giegerich, Bob Hopkins, Peirce McKee,and Loye Miller. I’d be glad to provide addresses. Howard Glickstein, honored recently with our “Spirit of ’51” Award, isn’t slowing down. He teaches, lectures, and works in law school clinics occasionally and is just back from sunning in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Next up: Dubai for the World Expo in the United Arab Emirates. On the way he will revisit his favorite three-star Michelin restaurants in France.
With sadness we report the recent deaths of Fumiko Halloran (widow of Dick), Joan Hopkins (wife of Bob), Nate Jacobson, Sam Sparhawk, and Joe Yukica, an adopted member of our class and Dartmouth’s head football coach from 1978 to 1986.
—Pete Henderson, 450 Davis St., Evanston, IL 60201; (847) 905-0635; pandjhenderson@gmail.com
I was just short of my 17th birthday when I arrived on campus for our freshman year. It was something of a surprise that the College had teamed me up with a couple of returning veterans, Tom Brown and Bob Leavitt, as roommates. Our Middle Mass dorm room became a gathering space for veterans. Doc Ridlon and Ben Bidwell especially come to mind. It was a special group and an eye-opening part of this pea-green freshman’s liberal arts experience. Blake Ireland lived just down the hall. It was fun to connect with him by phone recently. He was in the midst of sorting through hundreds of wildlife photographs taken by him and his late wife, Anne, on seven trips to Africa, mostly to Botswana. Blake lives in Lexington, Massachusetts, when he’s not spending time with family at a longtime summer cottage near Squam Lake, New Hampshire.
“’51 Cares” continues to foster outreach to classmates who are experiencing tough times, in whatever form. Among those who would welcome a call or note are Berl Bernhard, Jack Giegerich, Bob Hopkins, Peirce McKee,and Loye Miller. I’d be glad to provide addresses. Howard Glickstein, honored recently with our “Spirit of ’51” Award, isn’t slowing down. He teaches, lectures, and works in law school clinics occasionally and is just back from sunning in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Next up: Dubai for the World Expo in the United Arab Emirates. On the way he will revisit his favorite three-star Michelin restaurants in France.
With sadness we report the recent deaths of Fumiko Halloran (widow of Dick), Joan Hopkins (wife of Bob), Nate Jacobson, Sam Sparhawk, and Joe Yukica, an adopted member of our class and Dartmouth’s head football coach from 1978 to 1986.
—Pete Henderson, 450 Davis St., Evanston, IL 60201; (847) 905-0635; pandjhenderson@gmail.com