31 Years at Nichols - Nichols School

Class Notes
1940
1955
Phil Mugler writes: “I turned 92 in May Tom Rumsey writes: “Still doing well except
2012, and decided to move permanently waking in a.m. with new pains (different
from East Otto, N.Y., to my Florida home every day)…trying to learn to play racquetball
in Marathon where the fishing is good year lefty, so-so. Still working selling janitorial
round!”
and paper supplies. Got to pay the bills!”
Sidney Robinson writes: “My wife, Jean,
and I are now living at Canterbury Woods
Retirement Community in Williamsville,
N.Y. Very nice!”
1943
David Howard writes: “If all goes as
planned, I’ll be at my 70 th Reunion.
1946
Bill Kinkel was invited by the American
Academy of Neuroimaging to serve as the
opening speaker at the Academy’s Annual
Meeting in Las Vegas in January 2013. Bill,
who has been teaching neuroanatomy since
1961 at the University at Buffalo School of
Medicine, is currently writing a book on the
history of neurology in Buffalo.
1949
Mick Davis writes: “Babs and I are enjoying
sunny Arizona. No snowflakes here. I
often think of my fellow classmates and my
favorite Nichols teachers. They taught me a
lot more than the subject matter. My best to
Buffalo and the great four years at Nichols!”
After 35 years in Rye, N.Y., Howard Potter
and his wife, Ellen, moved to Niantic,
Conn., where they have been living for 10
years. They have two children and three
grandchildren.
1950
Jean Kern writes: “Hello to remaining
classmates from Annapolis, Md. Call if
you’re in the area!”
1956
On March 4 and 5 in Bonita Springs, Fla.,
the Nichols Class of 1956 held their “5th
Annual Alumni Golf Championship,”
which was hosted by Tim Norbeck at the
Shadow Wood Country Club. In the finals
were the teams of Tim Norbeck and Willard
Pottle, both Hamilton College graduates,
and Bob Battel and David Laub, both
Brown University graduates. The Hamilton
team eked out a 1-up victory on the 18th
hole on the last day. Offers David, “It was a
surprise victory for the Hamilton College
twosome (Division III) over the superior
Brown University twosome (Division I) and
great credit goes to the underdogs for their
surprise victory.”
1957
Alan Nordstrom, a professor of English at
Rollins College, was named the winner of
the 2012 Society of Classical Poets Poetry
Competition. The society is a group of poets
“dedicated to the revival and proliferation
of good, new poetry that follows classical
forms.” Based in New York, the Society
holds an annual poetry competition with a
$1,000 prize.
1958
Paul TenHoopen writes: “We had a gettogether
in Vermont this past summer
with Barney Hamby ’58, Peter Regan
’58, and Hugh ’58 and Stu Johnson ’58.
[We] played a round of golf, had dinner on
Lake Champlain and had a good time. Stu
advised that he is beginning to write poetry
and gave us a few samples . . . I was going to
attack a couple [poems], but my wife advised
against that idea – ‘You know, no one has
really changed a bit.’”
Howard Saperston’s grandson, Max ’20,
is a fifth grader at Nichols, following in the
footsteps of his dad, Scott ’90; his uncle,
Howie ’89; his grandfather, Howie ’58;
and his great grandfather, Bill Franklin ’32.
1964
Bob Nichols started his own law firm in
Buffalo in 2011, Nichols and Sullivan. The
firm concentrates on personal injury law,
which is what Bob has done throughout his
career. Bob is married to Pauline (44 years)
and they have four adult children and three
grandsons.
1965
Bill Bissett and his wife, Bonnie, have
lived in Sarasota, Fl., for the past 18
years developing a residential property
management and rentals business.
Bruce Keiser writes: “I enjoy serving as
Class Agent as it gives me an opportunity
to connect with you all, both in writing and
speaking on the phone. I value that in our
48 th year away from Nichols and remind
you all that in two years we will all gather
on campus for our 50 th Reunion! Being here
will allow us to reconnect again eye to eye,
to relive our experiences as students here
and catch up on our doings out in the world
since that time.”
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