Class Notes
I am dashing off this column on August 28 just as Hurricane Irene is about to crash into lower Manhattan. My first hurricane happened in 1938. We first learned of its existence when the wind nearly blew us away. The damage was severe.
There’s lots of news for this column, but quite a bit of it is about things that didn’t happen.
I hope you have read Cul Modisette’s bio in our 50th yearbook as I suggested in the last column. As promised, here’s more about Cul.
On February 5 Frank Gilroy was presented with the Ian McLellan Hunter Award for Lifetime Achievement in Writing by the Writer’s Guild of America East.
Pete Nottage writes from Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, that he and Lois are living in the house that they built in 1958. How many of us can say that? In that period, they have watched everything grow up around them—including their kids.
A massive mea culpa for the misinformation that I dealt to you in the last ’50 column. Jim Birney did not resign and Ray DeVoe is not our new CEO. My sincere apologies.
Ivy League football on television in Florida? It’s a rarity! But it happened on November 13.
Do you remember Edward “Ned” Weir? I do not—but he was a member of our class as evidenced on page 203 of the 1950 Aegis.
As promised in my last column, more about Cul Modisette: After 20 years as an advertising and public relations executive Cul changed course and opened an outdoor sports business devoted to self-propelled ecology sports requiring
A postcard from Jim Birney informs me that he and Bobbie have moved to the assisted living section of their development. Time marches inexorably on, Jim.
A long note from Jacques Harlow provided me with news about the mini-reunion in early October. It was attended by approximately 15 classmates and their wives/significant others.