Who says we’re slowing down? Joe Caldwell (Manlius, New York) celebrated his 85th birthday by starting a new business with his son! It is an offshoot of Joe’s long-established Caldwell Gallery in Manlius. Located in a Hudson, New York, storefront, the new venture will emphasize contemporary art. Peirce McKee’s (Orinda, California) 85th birthday was held at Trader Vic’s, where guests wore aloha shirts and shorts.


Marshall Cohen lives in Los Angeles, where he is university professor emeritus and dean emeritus at the University of Southern California College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. He is founding editor of the Journal of Philosophy and Public Affairs, coeditor of Film Theory and Criticism, now in its eighth edition, and What is Dance? (both published by Oxford University Press).


After living for 15 years in Israel Nate Jacobson (Falmouth, Massachusetts) returned to the United States in 1999. Says Nate: “We miss our life in Israel; I continue to call it home. Our lives there were exciting, interesting and full of meaning for us. In a very small way we were able to participate in the security of the country.”


John Greenwood enjoys close ties to California State University in Fullerton, his hometown. A particular interest is the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, where he created and regularly enjoys a discussion course on New Yorker articles. Reunions of his U.S. Marine Corps basic training class are also of continuing interest.


Al Schmidt (Vero Beach, Florida), who lost his wife in 2011, was married to Mary Jane Wilkinson last year. Their combined families: eight children, 16 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Al’s business career was in retailing, notably with Brooks Brothers and Bergdorf Goodman. He tried retirement, then started a catalog consulting company and still has several accounts that “make me feel important and needed.”


Ben Sykes died in April in his hometown of West Palm Beach, Florida, after a long illness. Dave Batchelder’s death and memorial service were reported in detail in our class newsletter, which he lovingly edited for more than 30 years.


—Pete Henderson, 450 Davis St., Evanston, IL 60201; (847) 905-0635; pandjhenderson@gmail.com