Our mini-reunion at the Yale Homecoming weekend is now a pleasant memory. Forty-sixers proudly led the parade up Main Street to the bonfire the night before the game, October 11. 


All of us attended our class meeting led by our vice president Jack Howard the following morning, when we discussed plans for our 70th reunion in the fall of 2016 and other class business.


Milt Cooper arranged a tailgate party at the Thompson hockey rink parking lot prior to the game. The College kindly subsidized the catering expenses.


Our guest speaker at our Saturday night class banquet was Jennifer Casey, director of class activities with alumni relations, who spoke to us about the College’s role in supporting our 70th reunion.


Just spoke to “Chip” Coleman, who is coping admirably with health issues. Chip reminisced about his classmates, his family of six children and his active days in his fully packed and exciting political and judicial life. 


Hank Parker, who lives in Kendal in Hanover, represented our class at Walt Snickenberger’s graveside services on October 3 at Pine Knolls Cemetery in Hanover. There were 11 members of the family, sons Walter and Tom and a three-man Marine Corps delegation. His wife, Mary, a member of the clergy, conducted the services.


Our sympathies to the families of the following deceased classmates: Robert John Simonsen May 3, Navy V-12, class agent (1991-2013), certified public accountant with Peat Marwick Mitchell Co.; Newell Willard Rogers May 24, Navy V-12, owned two tanneries that sold premium leather to clients across the nation; Harold Stanley Frank June 30, Navy V-12, Tuck Business School, former CEO of Bradlee’s Department Stores followed by Jordan Marsh Department Stores; Tom Charles July 7, fellow DuPont employee with Jack Howard.


A newsletter will follow with photographs and highlights of the mini-reunion. 


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