May - Jun 2014
I was delighted to run into Ben Stutz at the N.Y.C. bat mitzvah of Barbara Moses and Matt Grayson’s daughter Lizzie.
Class Notes
I was delighted to run into Ben Stutz at the N.Y.C. bat mitzvah of Barbara Moses and Matt Grayson’s daughter Lizzie.
Word of yet another classmate gone too soon. John Hugus of Wausau, Wisconsin, passed away in October after a 17-year battle with multiple myeloma.
Leading off with news of the class of ’78 TNG—that’s “The Next Generation” for those of you who have failed to watch enough Star Trek re-reruns.
Fellow, ’78s: We had a record-breaking 35th reunion in June, with 262 alumni (plus guests) returning to Hanover. That demolished the record for a 35th set by the class of ’77, with a mere 171 alumni attending.
Most important! Mark your calendars: Our 35th reunion will be June 14-16, 2013. In Hanover. Be there.
Now that I am back inside the Beltway, I am reconnecting with friends old and new. Watched the Washington Nationals trounce the Florida Marlins on a beautiful Sunday in early May with Gerry Widdicombe and his brother Toby.
It has been a quiet summer here in northern Virginia—earthquakes, hurricanes, and that’s not even counting what happened in Congress.
Dear classmates, this will reach you in late April. I hope, wherever you are, the birds are singing, the flowers are in bloom, trees are budding out and your favorite baseball team is beating the pants off the competition.
Alessandra Gelmi writes: “Just wanted to alert you to my most recently published book, Amazing Graces: An Anthology of Washington Women Fiction Writers, release date January 8.
Jim Friedlich and Rob Portman, who met as ’shmen in Butterfield Hall, got together for breakfast in New York City in December.
Planning continues for our 35th reunion—“The Tapestry of Our Lives”—June 13-16.