Greetings, fellow ’70s. As I write this in the waning days of 2013 I’m hoping that more of you will resolve to send news I can use in the new year.


Geoff Scott is still on the run. His farewell tour on the 100-mile circuit is now in its second year. According to the Scott family Christmas letter, Geoff completed the Western States 100 Run despite temperatures higher than 100 degrees, and earned the award for oldest finisher. Heck, when the thermometer hits triple digits I (and I assume most of you) don’t go outside. “Oldest finisher” is a mantle to be worn proudly! On a separate note Geoff and Caroline welcomed their second grandchild just prior to Christmas.


Word from the District of Columbia is that Jeff Eagan has been elected president of the National Treasury Employees Union, Chapter 213. In that role he represents 2,000 employees at the U.S. Department of Energy. With issues such as sequestration, furloughs and government shutdowns I’m sure Jeff has found plenty to keep him busy. In our 25th reunion book Jeff noted that, “I have fought for social change since graduation, building coalitions, passing reform legislation and electing progressive candidates to office.” Jeff, it sounds as if you are still at it.


On a sad note, from our nation’s capital I just learned of the untimely death of Jack Wimsatt on Christmas Day in D.C. The class extends its sympathies to Jack’s family. There will be an obituary in a future online edition of this magazine.


With too much time on my hands (from not having enough class news to write about) I went through the 1970 class list and realized there are, at a minimum, 451 of you whom I have never met and likely know nothing about. And we spent four years together in Hanover? So if only 10 percent of you send news it will fuel this column for at least the next year. I hope those columns can help rekindle a friendship or two.


It’s 10 p.m., do you know where the ’wich man is?


—Bill Wilson, 304 Highlands Bluffs Drive, Cary, NC 27518; wilson8689@aol.com