Bill Gould reports he is still seeing patients and doing clinical teaching at Stanford Medical School, having recently returned from a self-imposed sabbatical in Florence, Italy. Besides his medical practice, Bill has found time to write novels that have been published. His first novel, A Little Score To Settle, is a tale of suspense about a man’s search for his father. His second novel (recently published) is Three Boys Like You, a story of a complicated boyhood friendship and how it changed during 30 years. Either Amazon or Barns & Noble will be happy to provide you with a copy. 


Pete Kenyon has announced the new class of 1954 internships: Michelle Shanker ’12 is the recipient of the George F. Murdoch’54 Tucker Foundation Internship; Anna Villarruel ’12 is the recipient of the John F. Reilly ’54 Rockefeller Center Internship; Guilia Siccardo ’12 is the recipient of the Joseph E. Mesics ’54 Dickey Center Internship; and Francisco Hererra ’13 is the recipient of the Irvin M. Herrman ’54 Dartmouth Partners in Community Service (Tucker) Internship.


As we write this column we are on the fifth class of 1954 overseas trip—this time to the Italian Lake District at Lake Como. Participating are Ellie and Walt Anderson, Barbara and Don Berlin, Kit and Bob Dean, Anne and Rick Hartman, Carol and Steve Mullins, Rosemarie and Bill Murane, Carol and Harry Robinson, Joan and Jim Tofias and Cynthia Sunderland and Garry Zwart. Also joining the trip for a few days was Yngvar Hvistendahl, who had lead a group (the Deans, the Tofias and the Robinsons) on a trip through Switzerland before joining us at Lake Como. Also prior to the trip the Mullins toured Russia, Ukraine, Moldavia and Belarus while the Muranes spent several days in Milan. After the trip the Berlins and Hartmans spent time in Switzerland visiting Geneva and Meiringen.


The first day of the trip was spent on a walking tour of the city of Como followed by a boat trip around the lake. During successive days we attended cooking classes and learned all about art restoration, toured Lake Maggiore by boat and visited Milan, where we saw DaVinci’s The Last Supper.


Sadly we report the passing of classmates Sky Grey and Jack Christie. 


—Don Berlin, 7 Hamilton Drive, Washington Valley, Morristown, NJ 07960-3311; (973) 267-8122; berlin1954@aol.com