Class of '62 Reunion Survey - The Taft School

Class
of
’62
Reunion
Survey
Is
your
health:
Good
 
 
 
 
 
 
 90.9%

 40
So‐so
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4.5%
 
 2
Lousy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4.5%
 
 2
Have
you
had
a
major
health
event
(cancer,
heart
attack,
diabetes,
hip
replacement,
etc.)
Yes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 47.7%

 21
No
 
 
 
 
 
 
 52.3%

 23
Do
you
work
out
Yes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 73.8%

 31
No
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26.2%

 11
Do
you
play
golf
Yes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 50.0%

 22
No
 
 
 
 
 
 
 50.0%

 22
Other
sports
do
you
play
• Scrabble,
cribbage
• Auto
racing,
fishing,
sailing,
curling
• Fishing,
hiking,
fox
hunting,
tennis
• Ski
• None
currently
• Not
much
any
more.
Still
XC
ski
often,
Long
walks
really
• Zip
• None
• N/A
• Skiing,
cycling,
tennis,
windsurfing,
sailing
• Swimming
• Tennis,
cycle,
ski,
kayak
• Hockey
• None
• Retired
from
sports
• Tennis
• Floor
exercises
• None
• Tennis,
sailing,
biking

• Tennis,
ice‐skating,
(but
no
more
hockey),
platform
tennis,
sailing
• Sailing,
paddle
tennis
• Did
play
tennis,
but
knees
and
feet
have
given
out
• Swim,
bike,
tai
chi,
yoga
• Platform
tennis,
downhill
skiing,
kayaking
• Hunting,
fishing,
cross
country
skiing
• Don’t
• None
• Swimming,
biking
• Tennis
• Tennis
• Tennis,
baseball,
hiking,
cycling
• Walk
in
NYC
• Bike
riding
Other
diversions
• Reading,
travel,
languages
Biking,
walking,
gardening
• My
publishing
business,
reading,
collecting
car
stuff
• Travel
and
non‐profits
• Fly
fish
• Music,
listening,
playing
guitar,
singing
informally,
art:
drawing,
sketching,
charcoal
drawing,
painting
(acrylic,
water
color)
• Lots
of
yard
work
• My
1963
356
Porche,
my
grandson
• Travel,
dining,
cooking
• Walking
tours
in
Paris
• Information
technology
Photography
• Music,
computers
• Sex,
drive
fast
and
cook
• Snow
machining
• Photography
• Hiking,
walking
• Gardening….yes,
gardening
• Teaching
investments
part
time,
repairing
100
year+
house
• Piano
• Reading,
traveling
• Eat,
drink
(be
merry),
watch
drama,
read
(serious
stuff)
• Many
• Woodworking,
poker
• Travel
• Read,
garden,
shovel
snow
in
winter
(and
sometimes
summer)

• Pilgrimage
trekking,
Tai
Chi/QiGong
• Bridge
• Travel,
reading,
part‐time
work
• Farming,
aviation
• Birding,
travel
• Gardening,
movies,
cooking
• Book
club
• Reading,
sports
on
tv,
movies,
travel
• Reading,
gardening
• Hiking
• Travel,
yard
work
• Boating
What
is
your
personal
attitude
about
growing
old
Accept
it
 
 
 
 
 
 52.3%

 23
Fight
it
tooth
and
nail
 
 
 
 22.7%

 10
Not
going
to
age
 
 
 
 
 6.8%
 
 3
Never
give
it
a
thought
 
 
 
 6.8%
 
 3
I
can’t
cope
with
it
 
 
 
 
 0%
 
 0
Other
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11.4%

 5
Political
affiliation
 
 
 1962
 
 
 Today
Democratic
 
 
 
 
 34.2%
(14)
 
 47.5%
(19)
Libertarian
 
 
 
 
 




0%
 
 
 


5.0%
(2)
Socialist
 
 
 
 


















0%
 
 
 


2.5%
(1)
Republican
 
 
 
 
 48.8%
(20)
 
 15.0%
(6)
Independent
 
 
 
 
 14.6%
(6)
 
 29.3%
(12)
Other
 
 
 
 
 
 2.4%
(1)
 
 


0%
Your
current
political
orientation
Very
Conservative
 
 
 
 
 4.5%
 
 2
Moderate
Conservative
 
 
 
 25.0%

 11
Middle
of
the
road
 
 
 
 
 11.4%

 5
Moderate
liberal
 
 
 
 
 18.2%

 8
Liberal
on
social
issues
but
fiscally
conservative

 
 
 22.7%

 10
Very
liberal
 
 
 
 
 
 13.6%

 6
Radical
 
 
 
 
 
 2.3%
 
 1
Other
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2.3%
 
 1
Which
issue
facing
the
next
generation
(your
children)
concerns
you
the
most

Environment
 
 
 
 
 
 37.5%

 15
National
debt

 
 
 
 
 52.5%

 21
Terrorism
 
 
 
 
 
 12.5%

 5
Jobs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27.5%

 11
Other
• Declining
quality
of
life
• Seems
like
previous
generations
have
looked
to
help
future
generations
in
certain
ways.
Why
the
hell
can’t
we
• Socialism
• Motivation
• All
of
the
above,
plus
resource
wars
• Energy,
accommodating
to
new
technologies
(and
effect
on
economy)
• The
Right
Wing
• Declining
quality
of
education
and
public
services
Do
you
feel
there
has
been
a
decline
in
moral
values
in
the
U.S.
over
the
past
25
years
Definitely
 
 
 
 
 
 25.0%

 11
Somewhat
 
 
 
 
 
 43.2%

 19
Not
at
all
 
 
 
 
 
 22.7%

 10
Don’t
know
 
 
 
 
 
 9.1%
 
 4
If
there
has
been
a
decline,
has
it
occurred
primarily
in
(check
all
that
apply):
Personal
morals
 
 
 
 
 41.2%

 14
Business
ethics
 
 
 
 
 76.5%

 26
Social
values
 
 
 
 
 
 41.2%

 14
Government
conduct
 
 
 
 67.6%

 23
Legal
practice
 
 
 
 
 26.5%

 9
Other
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2.9%
 
 1
No
decline
 
 
 
 
 
 5.9%
 
 2
Contemplating
the
long‐term
future
of
mankind,
are

you:
Optimistic
 
 
 
 
 
 40.0%

 18
Pessimistic
 
 
 
 
 
 25.0%

 11
Neither
 
 
 
 
 
 34.1%

 15
Number
of
marriages/partnerships:
One

 
 
 
 
 
 
 61.9%

 26
Two
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26.2%

 11
Three
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9.5%
 
 4
Four
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2.4%
 
 1

Duration
of
current
marriage/partnership:
• 42
• 30
• 38
• 36
• 45
• Which
one
37
• 30
• 25
• 6
• Last
wife
–
20
• 41
• 47
• 27
• 44
until
death
in
2010
• 37
• 33
• 42
• 32
• 25
• 37
• 27
• 18
• 46
• 39
• 34
• 10
• 31
• 46
• 30
• 38
• 30
• 16
• 40
• 33
• 30
• 44

• 2
• 42
• 47
Duration
of
prior
marriage/partnership:
• 1 st 
marriage
–
5
years
(1971‐1976);
2 nd 
5
years
(1977‐1982);
3 rd 
(latest)
15
years
(1982‐1997)
• 8
• 19
• 3
• 22
• 4
• 16
• 10
• 5
years
(#1)
and
3
years
(#2)
• 3
• 12
• 4,3,3
• 13
• 5
• 17
• 3
• 10
Happiest
moment
in
50
years:
• Swimming
in
Lake
Como
after
climbing
the
Gringe
with
my
family
at
age
50
• Birth
of
first
child
• Winning
every
Major
Racing
Award
at
Pebble
Beach
&
Monterey
in
2001
• Though
limited
there
are
more
than
1
• Can’t
pick
one,
have
had
many
• Birth
of
my
daughter
Heather
(1983).
Also,
though
not
same
level
of
importance,
Grateful
Dead
concerts
at
MSG
&
Spectrum
with
step‐son
Peter
• Birth
of
our
two
kids
• All
of
retirement
• Birth
of
son
• Marriage
to
current
spouse
• Daughter’s
birth
• Successful
heart
surgery
on
my
son
• Can’t
tell
you
–
censored

• Meeting
my
wife
• Turning
26
• Today
Marrying
Mary
Shaw
in
Paris
in
1987
• Getting
married
• Surprise
birthday
event
by
children
in
NYC
for
60 th 
bday
• All
three
of
my
wedding
days
• Birth
of
daughter
• Wedding
day
• Cancer
remission
• Birth
of
children,
graduation
of
children
• Marriage
day
• Bruins
won
the
Stanley
Cup
• Too
many
to
mention
–
children,
partner,
teaching
• Marriage
• Trip
to
Italy
• Birth
of
children
• This
is
a
silly
question
Worst
Moment
in
50
years:
• None
• Oldest
child’s
serious
leg
injury
ending
her
stellar
swimming
career
• My
wife’s
debilitating
stroke
2003
• The
death
of
my
sisters
• 9/11/2001
• Death
of
my
father
(1982).
Also,
though
not
at
the
same
level
of
importance,
not
being
able
to
make
my
teaching
opportunity
work.
• Death
of
four
parents
• Divorce
• Asked
to
work
in
Dubai
or
unit
the
road
• Wife
diagnosed
with
cancer
in
1990
• When
I
lost
my
Dad
• 2
hours
later,
death
of
my
son
Realizing
you
have
a
developmentally
delayed
child
and
can’t
fix
it
• None
• 1964
collapse
of
the
Phillies
• Not
allowed
in
my
life
• Getting
laid
off
and
filing
for
divorce
in
the
same
month
• Death
of
my
second
wife,
Ann
• Getting
fired
• Murder
of
an
employee/friend
in
1983
@Waldorf
Astoria
• Financial
reversal

• Day
my
dad
died
• Ill
health
–
major
surgery
in
2011
–
constant
pressure
from
health
• Father’s
death
• My
brother‐in‐law’s
suicide
• 1972
knowing
some
POWs
weren’t
coming
home
• Death
of
a
child
• This
question
is
ridiculous
What
quality
do
you
admire
most
in
friends
Loyalty
 
 
 
 
 
 42.9%

 18
Intelligence
 
 
 
 
 
 26.2%

 11
Integrity
 
 
 
 
 
 52.4%

 22
Flattery
 
 
 
 
 
 2.4%
 
 1
Sense
of
humor
 
 
 
 
 42.9%

 18
How
do
you
principally
keep
up
with
current
events
Newspapers
 
 
 
 
 
 72.1%

 31
On‐line
 
 
 
 
 
 53.5%

 23
TV
 
 
 
 
 
 
 39.5%

 17
Radio
 
 
 
 
 
 
 39.5%

 17
Do
you
read:
The
New
York
Times

 
 
 
 48.6%

 18
Wall
Street
Journal
 
 
 
 
 59.5%

 22
USA
Today
 
 
 
 
 
 8.1%
 
 3
Local
paper
 
 
 
 
 
 75.7%

 28
All‐time
favorite
television
show:
• The
Wire
• Sopranos
• Cheers
• The
Honeymooners
•
• Nova

• Sid
Caesar’s
Show
of
Shows
• West
Wing
• The
Avengers
• Star
Trek
• Laugh‐in
• Miracle
on
Ice
• M*A*S*H
• M*A*S*H,
Archie
Bunker
• Northern
Exposure
• Hill
Street
Blues
• West
Wing
• M*A*S*H
• Cheers
• West
Wing
• M*A*S*H
• Seinfeld
• M*A*S*H
• Seinfeld
Other
Languages
Spoken:
• French,
Italian
• English
was
trouble
enough
• Spanish
• None,
a
little
French
• So
little
Spanish
it’s
a
family
joke
• Japanese
• French,
Thai
• Spanish,
French
• Some
German
• Spanish,
Chinese
• 0
• French
• French,
German
• Spanish
• Spanish
• Spanish
(but
very
rusty
due
to
little
recent
use)
• Spanish,
French
• None
• Spanish
• Spanish,
limited
French,
Italian,
Portuguese,
very
limited
Arabic,
Russian
and
Bassa
• Spanish

• None
• Spanish
• French
• Spanish
• Spanish,
French
(both
a
little)
• Passable
French
• French
and
Spanish
• French
and
Spanish
• Spanish
• French
View
of
your
personal
life
so
far:
Pleased
 
 
 
 
 
 87.8%

 36
Displeased
 
 
 
 
 
 7.3%
 
 3
Ambivalent
 
 
 
 
 
 7.3%
 
 3
View
of
your
professional
life
so
far:
Pleased
 
 
 
 
 
 88.1%

 37
Displeased
 
 
 
 
 
 2.4%
 
 1
Ambivalent
 
 
 
 
 
 11.9%

 5
What
loved
ones
have
you
lost
Father

 
 
 
 
 
 97.6%

 41
Mother
 
 
 
 
 
 83.3%

 35
Wife
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9.5%
 
 4
Child
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4.8%
 
 2
Sibling
 
 
 
 
 
 19.0%

 8
Your
favorite
place
• Italy
• India
• Nantucket
and
France

• France
• Anywhere
in
the
Rockie
Mountains
• Italy
–
hands
down,
although
France
(Paris)
and
England
are
in
there,
too
Nantucket
• Cape
Breton,
Pepperell,
Tetons
• First
tee
time
on
a
good
golf
course
• Italy
• France
• British
Virgin
Islands
• Paris
• China,
Caribbean
• Africa
• Italy
• North
Carolina
• Carmel,
CA
• Any
place
I
am
yet
to
travel
to
• Hong
Kong
(pre‐return
to
China)
• St.
Barths
• Clippinger’s
farm
• Italy
• Madrid
• Italy
• Africa
• Bermuda
• Mexico
• New
Zealand
• Bhutan
• Florence
• Central
America
• Australia
• Stowe,
VT
• Italy
• Live
aboard
dive
boat
in
Belize
• Grand
Tetons
National
Park
• Buenos
Aires
• Travel
Anyway
is
Great!
What’s
your
greatest
achievement
personally
• Completing
this
survey
–
if
I
do
• Raising
two
well
adjusted
kids
• Coming
to
terms
with
myself
• My
business
career

• Managing
over
45
years
in
marriage,
most
of
it
very
happy
and
bring
up
two
fabulous
daughters
• Writing
2
fairly
well‐structured
songs
(1
in
1997;
1
in
2003)
–
never
published,
just
for
myself
• Getting
Sheila
to
marry
me
• Teaching
math
for
37
years
• Turned
around
bankrupt
company
• Current
marriage
• Teaching
in
UK
&
France
• Navy
jet
pilot
Survival
• Earning
the
respect
of
my
children
• Being
loyal
to
friends
• Nurturing
and
supporting
my
wife
of
44
years
• Marrying
my
wife
• Surviving
• Ph.D.
in
economics
and
finance
in
5
years
while
working
part
time
• Hard
to
say
–
not
done
yet
• Surviving
to
65
professionally
and
then
retiring
• A
good
marriage
• My
family
• Survival
• Teaching/patient
care
• My
family
• My
family
• Mayo
clinic
fellowship
• 30
years
of
marriage
• Contributing
to
immigrant
justice
• Children;
high
school
teaching;
family
loyalty
(caring
for
father)
• Raised
a
great
daughter
• Getting
four
children
through
college
• Becoming
a
Marine
• Serving
50,000
meals
a
year
to
the
homeless
• The
whole
ball
of
wax
–
wife,
kids,
work,
play
Your
biggest
limitation
• Blindness
to
my
limitations
• Coping
with
learning
disability
• Procrastinating
• Language
learning
problems
• Can
be
unrealistically
optimistic

• Lack
of
self‐confidence;
procrastination.
Wish
I
had
more
of
a
spirit
of
adventure
–
being
out
there
• Just
that
• My
given
talent
• Impatience
with
liberals
• Too
many
to
catalog
• Not
being
financially
independent
• Effects
of
polio
• Can’t
remember
names
• None
• Too
many
to
share
• Not
admitting
to
any
• I
get
bored
too
easily
–
short
attention
span
• Fear
of
rejection
• I
have
become
a
little
rigid
in
my
thinking
• My
family
• Risk
averse
in
easy
times
• No
money
• Time
to
do
everything
I’ve
wanted
to
do
Impatience
• Shyness
• Sometimes
too
concrete
• Impatience
• Frustration
of
ill
health
in
adult
life
• Health
• Speaking
to
groups
Have
not
yet
grown
a
prize
winning
pumpkin
• Dropping
a
pass
in
the
end
zone
Who
is
the
most
interesting
person
you
have
met
• John
Clippinger
Father
Rob
Van
Leuven
(college
buddy,
head
of
UN
Refugee
program)
• Henry
Block
• Toots
Shor
• Tom
Gross
–
good
friend
and
Taft
class
of
1969
• John
Silber
(Boston
University’s
former
president)
• Jason
Eisenberg
• Yu
Ching‐Sum,
doyen
of
my
wife’s
family
Can’t
recall

• My
wife,
Marti
• Larry
Czonka
• Michel
Kelly,
journalist….killed
in
Irag
war
• Still
waiting
• Thomas
Watson,
Jr.
(IBM)
Bill
Sullivan/
Taft
English
teacher
• Larry
Wilson
• Martha
Graham
• No
one
you’d
know
• My
father
• My
grandfather
• Louis
Leakey
Jack
Kerouac
• Howard
Zinn
• Lifelong
friends
• Dr.
Barry
Coller
of
Rockefeller
• Robert
Page,
CPA,
LLD,
CEO
• My
uncle
• Head
Curator,

Natural
History
Museum
Jorge
Luis
Borges
Who
is
the
most
famous
person
you
have
ever
met
• Buzz
Aldrin
• Andree
Debus
III
• Bobby
Orr
• Presidents
of
Harvard
• Ronald
Reagan
• Bela
Fleck
or
Arlo
Guthrie
• Admiral
Rickover
• John
Kerry
• Mahathir
Mohammad,
Malaysian
PM
(1981‐2003)
• Senator
John
Kerry
• Rafael
Trujillo
• Dustin
Hoffman
John
Lindsey
• John
Kenneth
Galbraith
• 6
Presidents,
not
that
they
remember
• None
• George
H.
W.
Bush
• John
Wayne

• Woody
Allen
&
Alfred
Hitchcock
• Willie
Nelson
• Gen.
Black,
the
first
African
American
general
• Henry
Kissinger
• Bob
Hope
• Nixon
• William
Boyd
President
Reagan
• Sporting
personalities
–
Jack
Nicklaus,
Roger
Federer;
music

personalities
I
never
met
anyone
famous
• President
Clinton
• Bob
Dole
• US
Senator
• This
is
even
more
ridiculous
than
the
other
questions
How
has
the
recession
affected
you
A
lot
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14.0%

 6
Somewhat
 
 
 
 
 
 55.8%

 24
Not
much
 
 
 
 
 
 32.6%

 14
Do
you
have
a
second
home
Yes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 48.8%

 21
No
 
 
 
 
 
 
 51.2%

 22
What
fields
of
business
have
you
been
in
• Law
• Architecture
• Government,
writing,
publishing
• Finance
• Trading
in
the
financial
markets
• Executive
search
• Cocoa/coffee
trading;
truck
driver
for
lumberyard;
teaching;
radium
distributor
firm
–
to
medical
profession;
auditing
(IT
auditing;CPA)
for
(a)
Big
8
accounting
firm;
(b)
a
software
systems
development
and
operations
firm;
(c)
an
electrical
and
electronic
component
manufacturing
firm;
and
(d)
a
property
and
casualty
insurance
company
• Starting
community
owned
wind
power
in
NS

• Banking
–
25
years;
cracker
mftg
–
18
years
• Law
government
• Banking,
investments,
insurance
• Financial
services,
securities
investments
• Engineering
• Banking,
manufacturing
&
construction
• Banking,
construction,
B&B
• Banking
and
real
estate
• Law
• Law
• Magazine
and
now
digital
publishing
• Investment
management
• Sales
and
marketing
• Marketing,
sales,
advertising,
public
relations
• Film,
advertising,
software
• Journalism
• Education
• Insurance,
development,
window
cleaning
• Finance,
real
estate,
hotel/casino,
banking
• Wholesale
distribution
• Medicine
• Technical
side
of
tire
business,
petrochemical
polymer
business
• Medicine
• Medicine
• Luxury
retail
• Education
• Computers
&
services
• Medicine
• Many
from
data
processing
to
manufacturing
to
hotels
and
others
• Teaching,
educational
administration,
financial
services
• Retail
oil,
banking
• Publishing
–
game
industry
What
is
your
present
occupation
Fully
retired
 
 
 
 
 
 35.7%

 15
Working
full
time
in
a
paid
position
 
 33.3%

 14
Working
part‐time
in
a
paid
position
 
 31.0%

 13
If
still
working,
when
do
you
think
you’ll
retire

Between
66‐70
 
 
 
 
 25.0%

 6
Over
70
 
 
 
 
 
 50.0%

 12
Never
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25.0%

 6
If
still
working,
is
your
primary
reason
for
doing
so:
To
keep
active
 
 
 
 
 30.8%

 8
For
the
money
 
 
 
 
 23.1%

 6
Interest
in
work
 
 
 
 
 42.3%

 11
For
the
benefits
 
 
 
 
 3.8%
 
 1
If
you
haven’t
retired
yet,
what
is
your
primary
reason
Still
enjoy
working
 
 
 
 
 66.7%

 16
Not
financially
able
to
do
so

 
 
 25.0%

 6
Not
sure
what
I’d
do
if
I
retired
 
 
 8.3%
 
 2
What
did
you
do
during
the
Vietnam
War
Armed
Forces
 
 
 
 
 36.4%

 16
Peace
Corps
 
 
 
 
 
 6.8%
 
 3
Grad
or
Medical
School
 
 
 
 20.5%

 9
Conscientious
Objector
 
 
 
 0%
 
 0
Canada
 
 
 
 
 
 2.3%
 
 1
Occupational
Deferment
 
 
 
 13.6%

 6
Medical
Deferment
 
 
 
 
 20.5%

 9
Where
were
you
on
9/11/2001
• At
work
in
CT
• At
home
sitting
in
front
of
the
computer
withg
the
TV
on
in
the
background
• Trying
to
fly
off
Nantucket
(we
had
to
take
a
boat!)
• New
York
City
• 2
block
from
World
Trade
Center
• Boston
• Arriving
at
work
in
Ewing,
NJ
• Teaching
at
Lawrence
Academy
• Boston
• In
court
in
Concord,
MA
• St.
Louis
• San
Francisco
• FAA
Technical
Center
• NYC

• At
home
• Jackson,
TN
• Office
in
Cincinnati
• Brooklyn,
NY
• In
my
office
overlooking
Potomac
River
watching
plane
come
toward
our
office
building
Univ.
of
Rhode
Island,
Business
School
building
Portland,
ME
• Windsor,
CT
–
at
work
• Florida
• New
York
• NYC
Rome
• On
campus
at
Illinois
Wesleyan
University
Pierre
Hotel,
NYC
• In
the
office
• Working
• At
work
in
Houston,
TX
Evansville,
IN
• At
home
with
my
wife
and
1
son
• In
New
York
City
• Scotland
• Sydney,
Australia
• At
work
in
Westchester
County,
NY
• Upper
West
Side
NYC
• At
work
• Boston
• Denver
• At
my
desk
in
my
office
in
Jackson,
NH
Did
the
attacks
on
Sept.
11
change
your
life
Yes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 46.3%

 19
No
 
 
 
 
 
 
 53.7%

 22
If
yes,
in
what
way
• They
changed
politics,
government,
culture
Living
with
terrorism
became
a
new
reality
• Having
to
do
through
humiliating
intrusive
airline
security
because
of
a
small
bunch
of
bloodthirsty
muslims!
• PTSD
for
a
while,
but
did
recover

• Stronger
focusw
–
more
urgency
–
as
to
what’s
important.
Also,
it
had
a
profound
effect
on
my
daughter
and
profession
she
chose.
I
wanted
to
get
out
of
this
ignorant,
racist
country
• Diminished
my
regard
for
Islam
• No
–
except
it
changed
the
world
• Only
in
the
way
it
changed
the
country
and
its
mindset
• Appreciate
what
you
have
• Yes,
in
subtle
ways;
made
air
travel
a
pain;
the
realization
of
the
depth
of
hatred
and
envy
of
our
way
of
life
(sobering
to
a
generation
who
thought
the
U.S.
was
the
envy
of
the
world)
• Changed
everybody’s
• Only
as
they
changed
life
for
all
of
us.
Nothing
special
for
me.
• Friends
died
• Multiple,
but
airport
foolishness
probably
most
costly
• Opened
everyone’s
eyes
• Acutely
aware
of
world
terrorism
• Made
me
aware
of
the
lack
of
safety
in
the
U.S.
• Increased
security,
loss
of
freedom
• Too
broad
a
question
to
answer
–
the
attacks
changed
everyone
Taft
admonished
us
not
to
be
served,
but
to
serve.
On
balance
have
you
mostly:
Served
 
 
 
 
 
 79.5%

 31
Been
served
 
 
 
 
 
 20.5%

 8
What
volunteer
work
are
you
doing
• Fund
raising
for
college
Served
as
chairman
of
local
historic
district
commission
• I
serve
on
numerous
not‐for‐profit
boards
• Multiple
• Active
board
member,
Ronald
McDonald
House
of
NY
• Zip
• No
volunteer
work,
but
contributions
to
support
volunteer
work
• Helping
to
develop
community
owned
wind
power
in
rural
communities
• Director
of
alcohol/drug
rehabilitation
home
for
men
since
1990
• Some
pro
bono
legal
work
• Kiwanis
Club
• None
• Work
hard
for
families
of
my
employees
• None
now
• Arthritis
foundation,
Montessori
education

• Auctioneer
at
local
charities
• None
• None
right
now
–
work
imperatives
• Director
of
charitable
trust,
president
of
the
Glenwood
Cemetary
Association
Elder
abuse
and
alzheimer’s
care
• Coaching,
community
security
• Church,
library
• American
Heart
Association
Homeowners
Association
treasurer;
blood
donor
• None
• Naturalist
Taft
Reunion
• Active
in
immigrant
justice,
Haiti,
in
my
congregation
• Have
done‐surrogate
parent
for
troubled
youth;
co‐founded
refuge
for
troubled
youth;
sporting
coach;
Sydney
2000
Olympics;
Neighborhood
watch
• None
• Healthcare
for
city
schools;
president
of
the
NY
Allergy
&
Asthma
Society
Church
and
university
boards
and
communities
• Soup
kitchen,
local
government,
Lions
Club
Your
best
moment
at
Taft:
• The
first
10
minutes
of
our
graduation
party
• Getting
singled
out
for
writing
a
good
theme
• Graduation
• Playing
football
• Senior
play
written
by
Mayer
and
Garretson
Graduating
• Other
than
hanging
out
with
my
classmates,
getting
the
base
hit
(really
an
error)
that
drove
in
Davis
Webb
for
the
winning
run
against
Choate
• Getting
my
diploma,
after
summer
school
• Too
many
to
count
• Ice
hockey
• Varsity
Hockey
Championship
• Didn’t
really
appreciate
Taft
‘til
I
had
left
it.
Broadened
my
horizons
• Graduation
• Drinking
mai
tais
with
classmates
at
Trader
Vic’s
in
NYC
Thanksgiving
• Graduation
day
• Graduating
–
I
made
it!
Upper
Mid
Year
in
Annex
• That
last
spring
before
graduation
• Graduation
Not
being
busted
by
Watertown
cops
at
rink
tryst
UM
year

• Beating
Philly
school
boy
champion
in
wrestling
• Graduation
• Graduation
• Graduation
• Playing
on
a
championship
hockey
team
• Friends;
basketball/golf
captaincy;
monitor
• Graduation
• Winning
the
half
mile
relay
to
break
the
record
• Graduating
Catching
a
pass
&
scoring
a
touchdown
Your
worst
moment
at
Taft
• The
rest
of
our
graduation
party
• Being
told
by
Noyes
I
couldn’t
take
advance
placement
French
• The
hangover
I
had
after
Boyan
and
I
got
drunk
on
applejack
upper
mid
year
• Spanish
class
• Flunking
senior
English
midterm
by
challenging
the
premise
of
the
question
• The
first
day
returning
as
a
lower
mid
for
the
second
time
• Losing
8‐6
to
Hotchkiss
on
last
football
game
of
senior
year
–
ruining
our
hope
to
have
a
perfect
season
• Don’t
remember
• Caught
smoking
by
Neil
Curry
in
Annex
closet
• Failing
history
senior
year
• Removal
from
extra‐currics
to
help
grades,
senior
year
• Lower
mid
triple
• None
• Paul
Cruikshank
lecturing
me
about
bad
language
while
I
am

collapsed
on
ground
at
end
of
cross
country
race
• Too
numerous
to
list
• Getting
suspended
for
smoking
mid
year
• When
I
learned
I
was
going
to
have
to
repeat
lower
mid
year
• My
lower
mid
year
• The
first
day
when
I
had
to
take
a
voice
test
with
Sweats
• Loss
to
Hotchkiss
and
end
of
undefeated
season
Fall
• ‘61
• Homesick
after
Christmas
during
first
year
• Flunking
my
history
midterm
senior
year
• Lower
mid
homesickness
• First
day
• The
death
of
David
Goldberg
• Being
in
front
of
Douglas
for
multiple
infractions
• Dropping
a
pass
in
the
end
zone

What
teacher
influenced
you
the
most
• Sully
• Potter
• John
Small
and
Bill
Sullivan
• Bob
Poole,
Mr.
Sullivan
• Sullivan,
Odden
• Beezer
(Manning),
Douglas,
Small,
Adams,
Sullivan,
Reiff,
Morgan,
Tyler,
L.J.
(Lovett‐Janison),
Oscarson,
Bergen,
Snow
and
others
• Edwin
C.
Douglas,
John
Small,
Donald
Oscarson,
Lance
Odden
• Douglas,
Sullivan
• Oscarson
• Lance
Odden
• Cunningham
• Small,
Sargent,
Logan,
Lovett‐Janison,
Douglas
• Mr.
Small
• Beezer,
John
Snow
• Beezer
John
Small,
Bill
Sullivan,
Don
Oscarson
• Robert
Poole
• Douglas,
Beezer
• Bezer
Oscarson,
Joe
Cunningham,
W.E.
Sullivan,
Gil
Dunklin,
Philip
Young
• Bill
Sullivan,
Beezer
Manning,
Lance
Odden,
Al
Reiff,
and
John
Hubbell
• Taft:
Mr.
Logan
&
Mr.
Douglas;
Hamilton:
Elton
Angalda
and
Manuel
Hidalgo
Caballero;
Middlebury;
Carlos
Bisueno
and
Luke
Nolfi
Bob
Poole,
Al
Reiff,
John
Noyes
and
many
more
• Poole
• Mr.
Lovell‐Janison
• Donald
Oscarson
• Oscie
• Cunningham,
Small,
Potter
• Mssrs.
Small,
Logan,
Douglas,
Cunningham,
Dunlop,
Sargent
• Dr.
Lovett‐Janison,
Mr.
Sullivan
• Sullivan
• Al
Reiff
What
upper
classman
at
Taft
did
you
admire
and
why
• Jim
Rule,
acting
ability
• Wes
Williams,
for
being
extremely
intelligent
and
courageous,
as
the
only
black
student

• There
were
many
• Don’t
remember
any
one
• Can’t
even
remember
• Toby
Hubbard
–
hall
monitor
my
freshman
year
and
good
athlete.
Not
sure
why,
but
he
was
nice,
a
good
guy,
and
the
first
to
impress
me
in
any
way.
I
later
caught
up
with
him
in
1969‐1970,
playing
rugby
in
Boston
• Can’t
remember
if
I
admired
any
• Toby
Hubbard
–
played
hockey
with
a
chain
to
protect
dislocated
shoulder
• Can’t
recall
• Joe
Miller,
smart
and
athletic
• No
one
individual
stands
out
with
the
possible
exception
of
Nick
Norcott
–
it
took
tremendous
courage
to
be
the
only
black
in
that
school
at
that
time
• Toby
Hubbard,
his
drive,
his
energy,
athletic
ability
and
common
sense
• Sam
Crocker,
my
old
boy
• Dick
DuPont
–
panache
and
great
attitude
• None
really
• Toby
Hubbard
• Toby
Hubbard
–
great
athlete
and
great
attitude
• My
lower
mid
mentor
–
Bob
DuBois,
corridor
monitors
How
has
your
view
of
Taft
changed
since
graduation
• It’s
a
more
humane
place
now
but
probably
no
better
a
school
• Taft
has
changed
for
the
better
• It’s
a
better
school
now
• The
school
has
changed
for
the
better
• Realize
how
well
school
has
been
managed
and
able
to
effectively
compete
with
more
limited
resources
than
others
• Did
not
send
either
of
my
kids
there
• I’m
not
sure
how
to
measure
that.
I
remember
liking
it
then,
but
it
seemed
I
was
supposed
to.
I
didn’t
know
what
to
make
of
the
experience
for
a
long
time.
But
now,
especially
with
the
upcoming
reunion,
I
feel
more
in
touch,
and
I
realize
that
I’ve
missed
out
on
connecting
with
these
classmates
–
who
were
going
through
the
same
tough,
early
teenage
years
with
me.
I
remember
that
I
liked
almost
everyone
of
these
guys.
But
somehow,
I
guess
I
felt
I
needed
a
separation.
I
know
one
thing
that
hasn’t
changed
–
I
learned
from
all
–
teachers
and
classmates.
• Not
at
all
• Sure
• It
hasn’t
• More
gratitude
for
opportunities
• Declined
for
Taft
at
the
time.
Increased
for
Taft
now
• More
appreciation
of
the
“rounded
education”

• Yes
• Greatly
impressed
wit
h
how
good
it
has
become
• Unchanged.
It
was
a
training
experience
to
get
a
poor
kid
ready
for
Yale
• It
is
a
far,
far
better
place
now
–
girls
and
all
• I’ve
realized
what
a
gift
it
was
to
be
able
to
go
there
• Most
definitely
• Admire
change,
diversity
&
leadership
thru
5
decades
• I
think
it’s
a
better
school
• Greater
appreciation
• More
realistic
about
its
negative
effect
on
some
students
• I
appreciate
it
more
and
more
• Loved
it
then;
still
do
–
one
of
my
biggest
life
influences
• I
realize
that
the
strictness
of
the
school
has
helped
me
forever
in
ways
I
can’t
begin
to
say
• Not
really
• It
was
a
very
good
education
• Yes
Biggest
regret
about
your
Taft
experience
• No
girls
• Too
much
studying,
not
enough
time
spent
forming
close
relationships
with
teachers
and
classmates
• Not
getting
laid
• Because
of
injury
was
not
able
to
continue
playing
hockey
• I
didn’t
study
harder
• Not
keeping
in
touch
with
classmates
after
graduating
from
Taft.
I
don't
think
I
had
any
regrets
at
Taft,
even
though
I
sometimes
felt
as
though
I
had
a
tough
time
‐
especially
trying
to
defend
Catholicism.
I
could
have
been
more
open‐minded.
Oh,
wait!
That's
the
next
question.
Also,
there
were
no
girls!
What
the
hell!
If
I
were
to
be
honest,
I
don't
know
how
much
of
a
difference
that
would
have
made
for
me.
I
was
still
very
shy.
However,
it
may
have
yielded
some
insight
as
to
how
they
think
and
interact.
But
we're
still
from
Mars.
and
they're
still
from
Venus.
But
that
was
definitely
something
we
all
missed.
• I
was
not
verbally
talented
• No
girls
• Not
applying
myself
academically
• No
girls
• That
I
couldn’t
do
it
over
again
and
get
more
out
of
it
• Not
working
harder
• None
• Didn’t
experiment
more
academically
• That
I
didn’t
work
harder
academically
and
extracurricularly

• Not
really
applying
myself
• Not
entering
as
a
LM
• None
really
• Didn’t
participate
more
in
extra‐curricular
activities
• No
girls
• That
I
have
not
kept
in
touch
with
classmates
due
to
my
living
in
Australia
since
1969
• Didn’t
make
more
lasting
friends
• That
I
didn’t
enjoy
my
lower
middler
year
• Not
being
more
mature
when
there
• I
would
like
to
remember
more
• None
The
best
thing
about
your
Taft
experience
• Learned
to
read,
write
and
study
• Learning
about
time
management
and
self
discipline
• Growing
up
(as
much
as
one
ever
does!)
• Maturation
process
• Learning
to
live
in
a
community
and
understanding
the
importance
of
integrity
and
plain
hard
work
• I
graduated
• First,
the
many
opportunities
‐
in
studies
and
sports.
Next,
learning
to
be
more
open
minded.
I
was
slow
out
of
the
blocks
in
this
regard,
because
I
didn't
respond
so
quickly.
One
always
tries
to
protect
what
he
knows.
There
was
conflict
‐
from
which
I
ultimately
learned
more
than
I
could
have
imagined.
In
fact,
overall,
I
learned
more
than
I
could
have
imagined.
There
was
also
camaraderie
at
Taft.
Everybody
was
going
through
the
same
thing,
even
though
it
was
their
own
thing.
My
father
wrote
me
only
once
during
my
years
at
Taft
‐
in
my
freshman
year.
Basically,
he
said
at
some
point
in
our
lives
(and
that's
why
he
wanted
me
to
go
away
to
school)
we
all
have
to
learn
to
be
on
our
own,
grow,
and
live
and
work
together
with
others.
How
come
parents
really
do
get
smarter
the
older
we
get
• I
got
through
• Wonderful
preparation
for
next
level
of
experience
• Sports
• The
overall
development
and
strengths
I
gained
• Taft
gave
me
an
anchor
at
a
volatile
time
in
my
life
and
a
model
of
how
to
conduct
myself
• Graduating
• Discipline,
sense
of
purpose
• Prepared
me
for
Yale
• The
lasting
friendships
• Life
at
Taft
taught
me
to
love
learning

• Cribbage
• Saturday
PM
and
NYC
weekends
• I
was
happy
• Academic
preparation;
development
of
work
ethic
• Classmates
• Something
to
be
proud
of
• Friendships‐learning
to
live
with
other
people
for
the
first
time
• Good
education
• It
broadened
my
experience
with
those
of
other
religious
backgrounds
• Learning
to
think
objectively
• Great
education
• Too
broad
a
question
to
answer
If
you
had
it
to
do
over
again,
would
you
go
to
Taft
Yes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 82.5%

 33
No
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7.5%
 
 3
Don’t
know
 
 
 
 
 
 10.0%

 4
How
do
you
think
you’re
life
will
change
over
the
next
5‐10
years
(check
all
that
apply)
Hope
to
still
be
doing
just
what
I
am
now
 
 47.6%

 20
Expect
to
be
fully
retired
 
 
 
 21.4%

 9
Will
be
working
at
least
part‐time
 
 
 28.6%

 12
Will
be
focusing
more
on
community
and
volunteer
work
 
 
 
 
 21.4%

 9
Hope
to
travel
more
than
I
do
now
 
 
 64.3%

 27
Expect
to
move
into
a
smaller
home
 
 26.2%

 11
Will
consider
moving
to
a
retirement
community
 


 
 
 
 
 4.8%
 
 2
Expect
to
scale
back
and
“smell
the
roses”

 
7.1%
 
 3
What
causes
you
the
most
uncertainty
or
anxiety
about

the
next
5‐10
years
(Please
check
only
three)
My
health
 
 
 
 
 
 39.0%

 16
My
partner’s
health
 
 
 
 
 46.3%

 19
My
financial
well‐being
in
retirement
 
 31.7%

 13
The
happiness
of
my
children
 
 
 48.8%

 20
The
security
and
stability
of
our
country
 
 46.3%

 19
The
security
and
stability
of
the
international
Community
 
 
 
 
 
 22.0%

 9