For a number of years our annual mini-reunions have enjoyed John Hatheway and Judy Cross’s hospitality for Thursday night cocktails and munchies at John’s lovely Hanover home. A big thank you from all of us and we’ll miss it this year since you and Judy now reside in Kendal at Hanover. They spent five weeks this year at the Rancho Mirage Country Club in Palm Springs, California, and enjoyed golf at their course and elsewhere, great shopping, and picturesque sightseeing. Their highlight was two days visiting the annual March Indian Wells tennis tournament, which is probably the biggest tour event in the United States after the Open. With the weather guaranteed, it sounds worth trying. John and I both went to work in 1950 after graduating from Tuck. My starting salary was something less than $4,000 and, as I recall, was a couple of hundred bucks more than his at Young & Rubicon (Y&R). John got some raises and stayed with Y&R until retiring in 1989. He particularly enjoyed his last four years expanding the San Francisco office as executive vice president responsible for West Coast operations.


John Van Raalte visited his grandson at State University of New York, Binghamton, and spent some time with the Dartmouth tennis team, which was playing there. My old teammate expounded on how hard they hit the ball and predicted a great season, which prognostication came to pass. They missed a tie for the Ivy League title in a tough 4-3 loss to Harvard on the last match of the season. Remarkable to be in contention. John visited another grandchild in Los Angeles and took him to the La Brea Tar Pits, which are described on the Internet as “one of the richest sources of mammal fossils in the world, including 60 different species such as sabre tooth cats (i.e. tigers) and mastodons.” Fortunately, John was not interred. He is still a working stiff handling clients in a crazy stock market.


—Dave Kurr, 4281 Indian Field Road, Clinton, NY 13323; (315) 853-3582; djkurr@verizon.net