At this point all of you have received the disappointing news from our president Tom Adams and vice president Jack Howard of the cancelled plans for a 2012 mini-reunion in Hanover. Only a few classmates expressed an interest this year following e-mails to all class members and direct phone calls to attendees of the last mini in 2010.


A conference call has been scheduled for 11:30 EST Saturday morning, October 27, to serve as a class meeting. Call in phone number is 1-760-569-9000; PIN number 488857#. Call Jack at (315) 255-1710 for questions.


The first results of optional 1946 mini-reunion dates for the fall of 2013 show a willingness to attend the mini for the September 28 Holy Cross game (10 classmates); the October 12 Yale game (three); the October 28 Homecoming Columbia game (five). Those who still want a mini in the future: 10.


Thaddeus Bell (V-12 program) has written a memoir, Probing the Ocean for Submarines: A History of the SQS-26 Long-Ranging Sonar. He was assigned the task of coming up with a new design for a destroyer submarine-detection sonar during the early years of the Cold War. This sonar has become the standard installation for Navy destroyers.


Sadly, I report the deaths of five of our classmates, all of whom served in the military and later achieved success in their business careers and, more importantly, as dedicated family members. James Thomas Kelley, Louis Jackson Van Orden Jr., Ray F. Armstrong, Joseph Batista Vitalini, Joseph Cornelius Kearney and Alfred S. Lilly Jr. Condolences to their families.


—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 1160 Fifth Ave., #105, New York City, NY 10029; (212) 772 1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com