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1941–1947
At Lafayette, Craig, of Montclair,
N.J., earned a bachelor’s in administrative
engineering. He was a
member (and president his junior
year) of Kappa Delta Rho. He
also served as vice president of his
sophomore class and was a four-year
member of the College band.
For many years he served as
fund manager of our class.
Craig served in the Navy during
World War II. He was a self-employed
sales rep with Kennedy Associates,
Upper Saddle River, N.J., a supplier
of industrial fasteners.
During his retirement years,
Craig was a member of a dance
band that played gigs in his home
area of Manchester, N.J. He was
a talented musician.
According to the March 1996
Lafayette Magazine, Craig’s brother,
Lester ’44, died in September 1995.
A sister, Caroline Sims, survives
them. Craig is also survived by a
daughter, Carole Langyei, and
a son, Alan Craig Kennedy, both
by his late first wife, Dorothy.
Our sincere sympathies to Lillian
and all of her and Craig’s loved ones.
Early this year, I received a letter
from Harold Reichard. He resides
in Heatherwood Senior Center in
Yarmouth Park, Mass. His wife,
Miriam, passed away several years
ago. As residents now own their
apartments, Hal keeps busy serving
on Heatherwood’s board of trustees,
with, as he put it, “zero pay.” Also
keeping him busy are his three
children, seven grandchildren,
and three great-grandchildren.
Hal was looking forward, with the
help of pharmaceuticals, to being 90
in April. By coincidence, Hal, your
letter reached me on Jan. 28, the day
I turned 90. The photo (see online)
shows Hal with a lady friend, who
is also a Heatherwood resident.
Together with other residents, Hal
enjoys parties and pro entertainers
who, in Hal’s own words, “try to
enliven us old coots.” Thanks for
writing, Hal.
As for me, my vision is poorer
now than it was a year ago. My
ophthalmologist could not assure
me that removing a cataract from my
right eye would enable me to see well
or to read. The macular degeneration
in both eyes would remain.
How do I manage to submit my
class column? I scribble it and dictate
it to my wife to type.
By the time anyone reads these
words, it will be July, 69 years after
we graduated. I’m reminded of the
words of a long-ago tune: “Time
waits for no one. It passes you by, just
like a river flowing out to the sea.”
Aloha until next time.
1942
Robert W.B. Johnston
7507 Glenheath
Houston, TX 77061-2823
(713) 644-4212
rwbjohn@att.net
President: Otto Alden
Greetings to the survivors of the class
of 1942, as we are at or moving into
our 90s.
Dr. Paul H. Stillman passed away
Oct. 24, 2008, in Boynton Beach,
Fla. Paul was active in the Marquis
Association and lacrosse at Lafayette.
Archie Ackroyd died Jan. 26,
2008. For 44 years, Archie was a
chemical engineer at C.F. Braun,
Alhambra, Calif. He graduated
Phi Beta Kappa and Tau Beta Pi.
If any of you have an opportunity
to visit the College or a classmate,
please send to me a photo that
can be published on the Lafayette
web site.
1943
Incoming Correspondent:
Earl Kanter, M.D.
15 S. Brunswick Ave.
Margate City, NJ 08402-2815
(609) 822-5159
eik9717@verizon.net
1944
The Rev. Robert G. Sandercock
1961 Hayes Short Lane
Colfax, NC 27235
jsandercock@triad.rr.com
A classmate from Pen Argyl (Pa.)
High School sparked my imagination
and activated my efforts to share the
bits and pieces I have gathered. He
sent a clipping from the March 20
Express Almanac that quoted from a
sermon I preached at College Hill
Presbyterian Church 50 years ago.
What a joy to be remembered.
Many of you have encouraged me
in the struggle to stay healthy. Walt
Goetz had a hip replacement in
November and is playing better golf.
He is a firm believer in retirement
communities in Florida. Richard
“Rex” Kuhn called to reassure
me about the benefits of cataract
surgery—just before my efforts to
follow the golf ball.
Glenn Landis reported on his
singing support to Presbyterians in
Overbrook, Pa., and that Lorraine
(Basil) McCabe is in a retirement
home in Bath, Pa. Barry Keen has
continued to give vocal support to
the Leopards at home games and still
finds time to enjoy Paul Tillich’s
thoughts on the Eternal Now.
You may have heard the news from
other sources, but part of any report
from 65 years of membership in the
Class of ’44 includes obituaries. Todd
Cochran’s family has notified the
College that he died May 1, 2009.
Jim Mahon of Camden, N.Y., who
served Phi Gamma Delta ably and
joyfully, died Aug. 12. Reggie
Hemingway, who enjoyed his years
in Pennsylvania at Lafayette and
Green Pond Country Club, ended his
career in Walnut Creek, Calif., Feb.
10. Robert Sherman, Alpharetta,
Ga., died Oct. 10, 2007. Each one
made a contribution to our education
at Lafayette and to the nation we
served in World War II.
1946 & 1947
Van T. Boughton Jr.
5124 Fellowship Road
Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
(908) 580-0765
vboughton@fvonline.net
1947 Fund Manager:
W. Robert Magee Sr.
Had an email from Fred Magley ’46,
who now lives in Canandaigua, N.Y.
Under the wartime accelerated
program, Fred says he actually
graduated in early 1945. He went on
to Princeton Theological Seminary,
earning an M.Div. three years later. In
his career in the ministry, he has had
three pastorates, first in Ohio and the
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