Class Notes
River Campus Undergraduate: 1960s
Reunion News
College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering classes celebrating reunions
October 19–21, 2007
Slater Society: All post-50th Reunion Classes
65th Reunion: 1942
60th Reunion: 1947
55th Reunion: 1952
50th Reunion: 1957
45th Reunion: 1962
40th Reunion: 1967
35th Reunion: 1972
30th Reunion: 1977
25th Reunion: 1982
20th Reunion: 1987
15th Reunion: 1992
10th Reunion: 1997
5th Reunion: 2002
More about Meliora Weekend
1960
Jerry (J. B.) Post writes that he has written
a short piece on
“fabulous and fantastic” places for the forthcoming Oxford
Companion to Exploration, and he has written the introduction to Maps
in Popular Culture, forthcoming from the University of Texas Press. “Exact
titles and dates of publication remain a mystery,” Jerry noted last fall.
. . . Howard Silbersher writes that he has been
practicing family dentistry in Bucks County, Pa., since 1972. Last September,
he volunteered to provide dental services to Hurricane Katrina victims in New
Orleans, because many dental offices there had not reopened. “This was
an experience that was physically demanding and spiritually uplifting. The
clinic was opened by Operation Blessing, an organization that specializes in
disaster relief around the world. I saw many patients each day and I did what
I could for them, mainly extractions and relief from their pain. The people
of Operation Blessing were very helpful and supportive. It was a great experience.”
1965
Ron Epp writes that he has retired as library
director at Southern New Hampshire University and that he is writing a biography
of conservationist George Bucknam Dorr, founder of Acadia National Park. He
can be reached at eppster2@verizon.net.
1966
Gaylord (Chip) Thayer Jr. was presented with
a 2006 St. George National Award, one of the American Cancer Society’s
most prestigious honors given to volunteers. In recognizing him, the society
noted that “Chip was diagnosed with lung cancer in the summer of 2002
and one of his first post-treatment volunteer activities was to serve as a
champion for the society’s National Lung Screening Trial, contacting
the principal investigators in New England and acting as the society’s
spokesperson for the effort to enroll as many former smokers as possible into
the clinical trial.”
1967
Alice Hammond Doyle sends a photo and a report
from a reunion of suitemates of Wilder 610, the first time many of the classmates
had seen each other for 39 years. “It was a very special weekend of reminiscing,
sharing stories and experiences, laughing and talking, wining and dining, and
even some sight-seeing. Included in the joyful reunion were Judith
Milligan Andrews ’68W; Alice Hammond Doyle; Kathryn
Hendricks Erickson; Linda Lindquist Hewitt; Jeanne
Tapp Ozols ’70W (Mas); and Susan Quick
Rice ’67. Sharon Oppermann Spence ’67
was unable to attend. The group spent much of the weekend sporting blue and
gold hats that read ‘WILDER . . . than ever!’ A wild and wonderful
time was had by all.” . . . Michael Gilbert (see ’69).
1968
Bruce Bowman writes, “Finally. It took
15 marathons in 20 years, but I managed to qualify for the Boston Marathon
(by a whopping 23 seconds) at the Steamtown Marathon in Scranton, Pa., on Oct.
8.” . . . Cathy Minehan has been elected
a trustee of the MGH Institute of Health Professions, a graduate school affiliated
with Massachusetts General Hospital. The president and CEO of the Federal Reserve
Bank of Boston, she also is a University trustee. . . . Alan
Wertheimer ’74 (PhD) and former YellowJacket Mark
Waldman ’75,
’77 (MS) are two of the Bowties, a six-man, Rochester-based a cappella
group, which has released its first CD, Untied, featuring a collection
of popular and contemporary songs arranged in four-, five-, and six-part harmonies.
1969
Judith Benham has been re-elected to the board
of directors of the American Chemical Society. . . . Sara
Lonstein Gilbert writes that she was ordained as a rabbi last May. She
received “smicha” after studying for five years at the Academy
for Jewish Religion in California. Sara and her husband, lawyer Michael
Gilbert ’67, live in Denver, where Sara serves as a spiritual
leader of a small congregation and teaches in the Jewish community. . . . Lance
Villard, a legal consultant in Roswell, Ga., was selected to serve on
a national team that assessed 131 combined state and urban areas to determine
national preparedness in response to natural disasters, disease outbreaks,
or terrorist attacks. The work was part of the Department of Homeland Security’s
presidentially mandated assessment. He also contributed to the report that
was submitted to Congress. “Fond memories and special wishes to all alumni,” he notes.
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