Class Note 1968
Our electronic mailbox has been quite full, in particular our class listserv. Please join us (and Facebook and LinkedIn) to keep the news coming. Arnie Resnicoff shared happy news: His daughter Malka was married last September in Washington, D.C., in the shadow of the Washington Monument. Arnie was the presiding rabbi in addition to being the proud father.
Busy despite retirement, Arnie delivered the invocation at the presidential signing ceremony for the repeal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. He has a cameo role in an upcoming documentary called Iranium, which warns about the danger of a nuclear-armed Iran. The cameo comes from a five-minute interview about the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing. And in March he was part of a group visiting the Air Force Academy to assess “the state of the academy.”
Bob DuPuy left Major League Baseball last November after eight years as president, and returned to his old law firm Foley and Lardner as a partner. He also is part of Evolution Media Capital, the sports investment bank of the Creative Artists Agency, and finds time to teach a legal ethics seminar at the Cornell Law School.
Jack Hopke wrote from New Orleans, where he was looking forward to the annual Tennessee Williams Literary Festival, and equally looking forward to seeing fellow fraternity brother and Renaissance man Bart Palmer and his wife, Carla. This year is the centennial of Williams’ birth, so should be well attended. As will Mardi Gras, the French Quarter Festival and the Jazz and Heritage Festival. Jack plans to interview Bart for National Public Radio affiliate WWNO. When I asked Jack how New Orleans was recovering from Katrina, he wrote a heartfelt and lengthy near-essay (perhaps a future article for the magazine, or a keynote speech). The conclusion: nowhere close to recovery, for hosts of reason. Watch for more on this.
Steve Reiss wrote that he and Maggi are still in Columbus, Ohio, where they are building a global motivation training and assessment company, based on a tool Steve created called the Reiss Motivation Profile. Clients include Olympic gold medalists, world champion amateur teams, public schools and private companies. Coming soon to Steve and Maggi: motivating healthcare. Which needs it.
Eric Hatch shared news that Pete Ginder is rumored to be trying to retire, but forces are not letting him. His skills as a mediator are just too strong. Pete also remains very good at handicapping college basketball and March Madness.
Greg Marshall has become the chaplain at a home hospice in Rockland, Maine. He feels he is at last doing the work he has spent 64 years preparing for.
Happy spring to everybody! Don’t forget the Alumni Fund this year.
And remember our 65th birthday party/mini-reunion to be held in Williamsburg, Virginia, during the weekend of September 15 through 18. Plan ahead, and hope you can make it.
—David Peck, 157 Sandwich Road, Plymouth, MA 02360-2503; (508) 746-5894; david.peck@ childrens.harvard.edu
