Sandy McDonald has devoted more than 20 years to enhancing the safety and navigability of the harbors of Darien, Connecticut, and protecting the beauty of the nearby coastline. He chaired the Darien Advisory Commission on Coastal Waters and has been a leader in the Noroton Yacht Club, Darien Boat Club, Fairfield County Commodores Association, Darien Sail and Power Squadron and Connecticut Boating Council.


In recognition of his remarkable commitment and leadership, Sandy’s hometown of Darien proclaimed September 4, 2014, as Sandy McDonald Day.


Ralph Watkins and his wife, Barbara Massoff, are also water lovers. They divide their year between two oceans, at Westhampton Beach, New York, and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. “Mexico is an especially happy place for us,” they report. “The sky is always blue, the food is delicious, everyone smiles. There’s lots to like about the ‘mañana’ mindset!”


Cherie and Bob Moore are active volunteers in Jackson, Michigan. Both are teachers and tutors of grade-schoolers in Jackson’s Winners Walk Tall program.


Also busy in retirement: Dick Terry (Arlington, Massachusetts). After many years in compensation management at Polaroid Corp. he now draws on that experience as a volunteer consultant to not-for-profit organizations in the Boston area, under the auspices of the Harvard Business School. Dick sings with the Mystic Chorale and serves on the board of Common Cause Massachusetts.


It is always a treat for Jean and me when ’51 classmates come through Evanston, Illinois, and stop for a visit. The latest: Patria and John Hoskins. They have moved off of the family farm and live nearby in Gahanna, Ohio.


Marr Mullen (Mercer Island, Washington) recently unearthed photos and clippings describing his days on the Dartmouth crew. In our sophomore year six of the nine crew members were ’51s: John Lewis, Guido Rahr, Andy Timmerman, Pete Krehbiel, Jack Lotz and Marr. Most of the members of that crew went on to row in the 1950 Henley Regatta in England.


And Andy Pincus (Lenox, Massachusetts) is still active as a music critic, covering Boston Symphony concerts and other programs at Tanglewood, about which he has written three books.


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