John Hatheway,John Jr.and Judy Cross attended the graduation of John’s grandson, Patrick, at Hobart and William Smith colleges, located in the heart of the Finger Lakes in upstate New York. Judy has been a trustee and vice chairwoman of the board of trustees of William Smith and was previously given an honorary doctor of humane letters degree by Hobart, which enabled her to wear a “beautiful orange, purple and white hood.” Following his father’s footsteps, Patrick majored in architecture, and Hobart professors set up an interview in Rome so he could take an intensive course in Italian and continue his studies next year in Italy, where his girlfriend will also be located. Tom Byrnes ’55, who represents classes on the Alumni Council that graduated 55 years or more ago, commented about the spring council meeting that, “Both the administration and trustees are strongly behind the new plan for residential housing and expressed confidence that it would significantly improve the social life on campus by providing a four-year home for students.” While not negative, Tom wondered if it might lead “to more pressure on the Greek organizations or affinity housing to disband.” He observed, “The College’s firm commitment to diversity and inclusion was quite evident in both committee and plenary meetings, almost to the exclusion of other desirable considerations.” John VanRaalte,one of our fittest alumni, had some chest pains April 19 and went to see his doctor, who checked him out on the treadmill. John promptly had a severe heart attack and was rushed by ambulance to the nearby White Plains, New York, hospital, where he was immediately operated on and had four stents implanted. He was then transferred to the Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, one of the finest in the country and specializing in heart care, where he spent 10 days for evaluation and treatment. At this writing, he’s doing well and is active as the treasurer of his condo and writing all of the checks. Another fit athlete, Lanny Brisbane, is back in form and was planning to play in the tennis seniors 90 and over nationals with a possible No. 1 seeding.

—Dave Kurr, 4281 Indian Field Road, Clinton, NY 13323; (315) 853-3582; djkurr@verizon.net