Once again class news is dominated by our upcoming 65th reunion. Registration packages have been distributed and returns are being sent to alumni relations electronically and by U.S. Postal Service.
In the absence of an outpouring of class-specific news, I’ll correct misinformation provided earlier this year and speak to the class of 1958 65th reunion. Two months ago we published dates provided by alumni relations that now turn out to be wrong.
There’s been another resounding silence from the 424 of us who remained as of June 30. So you won’t read many ’58 names below. Since these notes were written in late August and won’t be read until late October, currency is of the least importance.
Gathering news for the DAM column is like snatching tidbits from a gale! We reach out but only occasionally succeed in picking something from the wind.
The secretary’s mailbox has been empty and begging for incoming mail! Three of us—Bill Allyn, Gersh Abraham,and Skip Coggin—have dealt with Covid breakthrough infections successfully.
You realize that you’ve reached a new pinnacle in the life when a submission (actually a missed submission) to DAM is acknowledged as follows from class gadfly Frank Gado: “Your November-December Class Notes piece in DAM
After missing the deadline for the last DAM column, I tattooed future submission dates on my forearm. Nonetheless, the flow of class news to this interim scribe has been paltry, so please feed me even if it’s just scraps from your banquet.