Class Note 1955
Issue
Nov - Dec 2015
Here are further notes on our glorious 60th reunion.
Monday afternoon Joe Kagle entertained with his poem centering on Robert Frost and football. Jud Hale offered details on his expulsion at the hands of Dean McDonald and later explained how the dean helped him re-enter. Jere Daniell described his journey from northernmost Maine to a Harvard postgraduate degree, for which he thanks Dartmouth. Nick Kotz and Lynmar Brock read, with emotions only the writer can muster, excerpts from their recent publications.
Tuesday brought a symposium, moderated by Leon Martel, on a potpourri of “Great Issues”: Bill Lenderking on security threats, Alan Murray on income inequality andNick Kotz on seemingly everything else. Nick illustrated his point that “progress comes in spurts, spurred by events” with the spurt of 1960s-era anti-discrimination laws, and looks for an event to revolutionize education. Alan’s slide presentation helped his pitch for Thomas Piketty’s book, Capital in the Twenty-First Century. At that evening’s dinner Marty Aronson stole the show with his remarks as the self-styled “reliever from the bullpen,” subbing for Jud Hale, who was unavoidably absent.
Wednesday’s sunshine made the DOC House a perfect spot for outdoor lunch. Then indoors for a healthcare symposium overseen by Dick Hastings and presented by Peter Fishbein, Dick Roberts and Gordie Russell.A handout set forth a recommended adult immunization schedule that, if followed appropriately, may get some of us back for our 65th.
Rauner Library displayed ’55 memorabilia. One of the items shown was a classmate’s “Strong” aptitude test results. Who among us remembers taking such a test (much less the results) as part of our initiation to the College?
At Betty Brady’srequest, I phoned my brother Phi Delts to see who was coming. Only Hod Symes, with his wife, Mabel, made it, but the phone calls caught me up with Dean Allard, Tom Calloway, Bob Lenker, Lou Miano, Jay Olson, Roy Pfeil, Jack Porvasnik and Jud Snyder.
Sadly, we report the deaths of William R. Carter Jr., Theodore Ely Jr. and Milo R. White Jr.
—Gale Roberson, 3140 Sprucewood Road, Wilmette, IL 60091; (847) 251-3125; galeroberson@sbcglobal.net
Monday afternoon Joe Kagle entertained with his poem centering on Robert Frost and football. Jud Hale offered details on his expulsion at the hands of Dean McDonald and later explained how the dean helped him re-enter. Jere Daniell described his journey from northernmost Maine to a Harvard postgraduate degree, for which he thanks Dartmouth. Nick Kotz and Lynmar Brock read, with emotions only the writer can muster, excerpts from their recent publications.
Tuesday brought a symposium, moderated by Leon Martel, on a potpourri of “Great Issues”: Bill Lenderking on security threats, Alan Murray on income inequality andNick Kotz on seemingly everything else. Nick illustrated his point that “progress comes in spurts, spurred by events” with the spurt of 1960s-era anti-discrimination laws, and looks for an event to revolutionize education. Alan’s slide presentation helped his pitch for Thomas Piketty’s book, Capital in the Twenty-First Century. At that evening’s dinner Marty Aronson stole the show with his remarks as the self-styled “reliever from the bullpen,” subbing for Jud Hale, who was unavoidably absent.
Wednesday’s sunshine made the DOC House a perfect spot for outdoor lunch. Then indoors for a healthcare symposium overseen by Dick Hastings and presented by Peter Fishbein, Dick Roberts and Gordie Russell.A handout set forth a recommended adult immunization schedule that, if followed appropriately, may get some of us back for our 65th.
Rauner Library displayed ’55 memorabilia. One of the items shown was a classmate’s “Strong” aptitude test results. Who among us remembers taking such a test (much less the results) as part of our initiation to the College?
At Betty Brady’srequest, I phoned my brother Phi Delts to see who was coming. Only Hod Symes, with his wife, Mabel, made it, but the phone calls caught me up with Dean Allard, Tom Calloway, Bob Lenker, Lou Miano, Jay Olson, Roy Pfeil, Jack Porvasnik and Jud Snyder.
Sadly, we report the deaths of William R. Carter Jr., Theodore Ely Jr. and Milo R. White Jr.
—Gale Roberson, 3140 Sprucewood Road, Wilmette, IL 60091; (847) 251-3125; galeroberson@sbcglobal.net