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classmates checked in by phone or mail with news about your activities. Then you won’t be just an obit. Try me at the phone number below. Ellsworth: 203-544-8168; 1200 (fax) 1945 Bob Husselrath Apt 1217 18755 West Bernardo Dr San Diego, CA 92127-3013 Greetings from idyllic So CA, home of earthquakes, massive fires, and bleached blondes. I felt an earthquake from Baja, CA, last Sunday while sitting on the porch reading. This building, a retirement facility, is only 20 years old and built to absorb shocks. Most of the buildings around here are relatively new. Down nearer Mexico and the epicenter, the shock was greater and there was some damage, but nothing at all like Haiti. This earthquake has generated over 200 aftershocks, but we don’t feel most of them. Most of the homes damaged by the fire 2 years ago have been rebuilt. The owners say their biggest problem was not the fire but the insurance companies. The bleached blondes I can handle … figuratively. Chuck Wittig planned to attend his grandson’s graduation from Deerfield Academy in May and then the ’45 Colgate Reunion. He was going to try to get Augie Jandorek over to the reunion. Chuck says the annual snowbird mini-reunion in FL is getting smaller. The Clem Fureys, Ted Heidenreichs, and Chuck were there. Chuck still enjoys tennis a few times a week, playing with various groups including a “ladies group” — young housewives in their 40s — and some “grumpy old men.” Chuck, you’re tempting me. Al Cameron was not at the snowbird reunion. Hal Heim wrote to tell us that Al was in very bad shape, and shortly after, we learned that Al passed away on April 27. He served as class treasurer for many years. Here’s Jim Noble: “Like most people my age, I keep slipping. I’m now on my 10th year of living on oxygen 24/7. Did have a nice visit with my sister-in-law and niece last Friday. Hadn’t seen either since Roger Provost’s wake. You may remember, Fran was his wife, my wife’s sister. We have a new great-granddaughter, 4 months old. Really a pretty baby. Her mother is Lithuanian, so they’re planning on raising a bilingual child. We have several in our family: Russian/English, Spanish/English. No vacations.” Here’s Gene Ralph: “I have 6 granddaughters and 7 great-granddaughters. The great-granddaughters range from teens to less than 1 year. The granddaughters live in the following states: VT 1, CT 3, CA 1, and MA 1. Great-granddaughters: VT 4 and CA 3. This is probably more than you need; I just had to brag a bit.” Bob: 858-395-3213; husselrath@mac.com 1946 Don Schaefer 45 Lydecker St Englewood, NJ 07631-3008 When you read this, it will be summer, and the terrible winter with its heavy snows, record rains, fallen trees, power outages, and flooded basements will just be a memory. But the weather is now beautiful. Eva and Layton Clark are enjoying good health. Like all of us, they have their ups and downs. Their daughter Victoria has a PhD in psych and is working in Philly. Layt was a physicist working on satellite communications. 46 scene: Summer 2010 His machine shop and gardening are his hobbies. He still works on his own cars. He has great mechanical aptitude. I am the opposite. Anything mechanical stumps me, including most computer applications. Layt asked about Bob Orth. Bob just wrote that he caught a world-record, 224-lb Pacific sailfish while at the Tarpon Star Club in Panama. He beat the old record by 3 lbs. He hooked, landed, and released his record fish. Later, he went to Chile for fly-fishing but was caught in the earthquake in Santiago Feb 27. He didn’t get home until March 6. No fishing, but he was safe. What a life he leads! Richard Carr lives on a family farm in Rochester, MA. He lives on one end of the farm and his married daughter lives on the other end. This arrangement assures him of at least 1 good meal a week (at his daughter’s). His 5 children are spread out. One lives in NV, 1 in WI, 1 in TX, and 2 daughters in MA. Richard was a Sigma Nu and asked me to say hello to Jim Fee for him. At Colgate, Gus Wilken was his best friend; Gus passed away 4 years ago. Now, Richard’s closest friends are those who served with him in the 507th regiment of the 17th Airborne Div in WWII. They parachuted into combat from the Bulge to Berlin. Richard lost his wife, June, 7 years ago. Their hobby had been sailing. He’s in pretty good health and helps out at the local hospital and church. Ellie and John Butler are doing well. They live in Lexington, MA. After Colgate, he took grad work at Penn State and Harvard. Later, he was an administrator at both schools. John served in the Marine Corps in WWII and the Korean War. One of his granddaughters is Colgate ’04. She is now doing grad work in public health at BU. John has always had an interest in astronomy and a new world view of the story of the universe. He is fascinated by the Hubble telescope and its discoveries — deep-field photos. He says our planet is the mind of the universe. From interests in machine shops, farms, sailing, and fishing, to astronomy and the remote galaxies, the Class of ’46 certainly has been active and interested in the world in which we live. We are all doing pretty well. It’s just that old age comes at a bad time. Stay well. Don: 201-568-0309; donald.a.schaefer@verizon.net 1947 Jack Scollay Apt. 315 95 Elizabeth St Delaware, OH 43015-4312 Jack: 740-362-4035; afscollay@aol.com 1948 George F Greene Jr 36096 N Newbridge Ct Gurnee, IL 60031-4511 George: 847-856-0704; thegomar@sbcglobal.net 1949 David S. Davies 109 Barker Street Wellington, OH 44090-1132 Colgate’s alumni records office sent an e-mail that said, “We had a report that Mr Joseph Mockaitis had passed away, but … sources cannot confirm this.” A call to the last known Mockaitis number in Spring Hill, FL, was answered by a man who was asked whether he was related to Joseph Mockaitis. There was a pause. Then, “This is Moe Mockaitis.” After explanations about the reason for the call, and a reference to Mark Twain’s comment that reports of his death were exaggerated, Moe said that Colgate must have learned of the death last June of his wife, Dorothy, and somehow concluded that he also had died. “I’m in general good health except for occasional bouts with arthritis,” Moe said. “I’m getting over the shock of Dorothy’s death. I play golf twice a week, and see my 3 children, 5 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren up north twice a year.” He says he keeps his mind “bubbling” by following baseball, basketball, and football in season, and doesn’t do much driving. “I don’t trust modern medicine a whole lot.” After long periods of chemo and other medical treatments for lung cancer, he said Dorothy was declared free of cancer on May 20 and died of the disease on June 28. Marge and Robert Magee write that they have maintained an association with Esi and Richard Simons, enjoying golf outings together and making ocean cruises to AK, Baja, and most recently, in Feb, to Puerto Rico, Saint Martin, and the Bahamas. He said they had looked forward to being joined on the Caribbean cruise by Wanda and Home Lydecker, but that Home died in Jan after a struggle with a debilitating blood disease. Magee, Simons, and Lydecker were roommates at the Sigma Chi house. Bob reports that after Colgate and marriage to Marge, he spent 41 years in the building-materials business, 33 of them with Johns-Manville, ending up in Marietta, GA, and early retirement, and 8 with an Atlanta-based roofing materials distributor. Retired for good, Bob has been a volunteer rules official with the GA state golf assoc and for 10 years a volunteer at the Atlanta stop on the PGA tour. He says he has attended 20 or more Masters tourneys, mostly in a business capacity, and he and Marge belong to the GA Senior Golfers Assn that hosts 11 tourneys a year in the SW and other resorts around the country. “Since landing in GA, my son and I share Atlanta Braves season tickets with 8 other Braves devotees.” Bob mentioned that several years ago, Simons received an important award from the NYS Bar Assoc. Investigation showed that this was the Bar’s Medal for Distinguished Service, and that the atty who received it the year before Simon was Ruth Bader Ginsberg, assoc justice of the US Supreme Court. The US Marines were responsible for William Collis becoming a Colgate student and graduate. After participating in landings at Kwajalein atoll, Saipan, and Tinian, Collis says that his colonel pulled him out of the group that was training for the invasion of Iwo Jima and had him sent back to the US for officer training (he was a private 1st class). When he arrived, he was offered a chance to attend college, and Colgate was one of the options. William says that after Colgate he married twice, each time for about 10 years, without children. “The 1st divorce was my idea, and the 2nd was hers.” She sent me a certified letter announcing that we were no longer married.” He says he had cataracts removed from both eyes 20 years ago and still needs glasses only for reading. At 88 he no longer drives. A fellow Marine veteran drives him to meetings of the Marine Corps League in Troy, NY. “I think often of how important it was to drop atomic bombs on Japan. We would have lost hundreds of thousands of troops if we had invaded that country.” He says he regrets that the Japanese leaders were not tried and hung after the war. William lives in a 2-bedroom mobile home, sleeping in 1 bedroom and manufacturing ammunition in the other one, for the target practice that he enjoys. Raymond ‘Al’ Fox writes from Chattanooga, where he was in the business of owning and running carpet plants for 40 years and has been married to Shirley 58 years. They have 21 grandchildren. Al played football at Colgate, was a DU, and stayed involved in athletics after graduation, playing tackle and linebacker a couple of years in the old All-America Conf for the LI Indians and the Valley Stream Red Raiders. Out of football, Al played and officiated racquetball for 26 years. “It kept me trim,” he says. As his grandchildren grew up, he played every possible sport with them — racquetball, baseball, softball, soccer, football, and basketball. Along the way, he moved his family to Saudi Arabia for 5 years to manage a carpet factory he’d sold. Back in the US, he and his wife and other family members did construction work and real estate and then started a business involved with financial mortgages, a business they are still in but that “has been bad for 2 years.” Al says he’s fit, but feels his 83 years “like every one.” Leah Wood, Chuck Wood’s widow, writes “to set the record straight.” Chuck was a DU, which wasn’t mentioned, and he contributed to his fraternity until his last year. “Even I, as a ‘Skiddie,’ enjoyed the house parties in ’48 and ’49.” Got it, Leah, and thanks. Class pres Phil Sanford sends his treasure chest of news from classmates who keep in touch with him. Bob Gardner writes from Huntsville, Ontario, that he has joined 2 sr citizen clubs, is taking line dancing lessons, tried square dancing (awful), and motored west to see daughter Linda and granddaughter Jill in Des Moines, son Glen, daughter-in-law Nancy, and 2nd granddaughter Rebecka in Niagara Falls, and was waited on hand and foot by daughter Karen while in a hospital for a quick cancer op. Gardner also sent best wishes through Phil to “the 2 Jacks,” Babeuf and Cashin, and wished all classmates, near and far, a great 2010. Phil reported that Bob Howard has sold his Lake Saranac summer home, spent 3 weeks in Jamaica, and will travel to Slovakia in the fall. For himself, Phil reports that he is well, and that he will be capt of the USA golf team at the 12th annual Sun City Ryder Cup match in Oct. Carl Braun Jr, who played 15 years for the NY Knicks and lived the last 30 years in Stuart, FL, with wife Joan, died on Feb 10 after a long illness. Following basketball, Carl was a Wall St institutional stock broker, “and a good one,” Joan says. He and Joan had 4 daughters — Patricia, Susan, Nancy, and Carol — and 6 grandchildren. James Z Patsalos, who was 85 when he died Jan 29 in Newburgh, NY, was Colgate to the core. With wife Peggy-Ann, he had 2 daughters who graduated from Colgate, Constance ’86 and Susan Huffard ’87; other alumni relatives include a niece and nephew-in-law, Cameron ’77 and Karen Walsh MacNaughton ’77. The Patsalos’s 3rd daughter, Elizabeth, graduated from UVM. Jim was a Sigma Nu, a member of the Internatl Relations Council, and on the class gift committee ’95–’09. He was pres of Shipp & Osborn Insurance Agency and bought and sold land in Orange County. Peggy-Ann says that his health had been in decline for the last year or so. Robert F Doyle died on Oct 15, in Scottsdale, AZ. He was 86. He is survived by his 2nd wife, Elaine, having been predeceased by his 1st wife, Ida. He majored in econ at Colgate. It is not stretching a point to suggest that some classmates are dying to get mentioned in the Scene. But that’s the irrevocable way, with no chance to note an error of fact or interpretation. As you can see from what has gone on above, ’49 is large and diverse, with even a surprise or two. So, surprise someone. No one lives 80 years without having something to share. David: 440-647-5306; davidsdavies@verizon.net
1950 Bunn Rhea 383 Clearbrook Dr Avon Lake, OH 44012-3117 At this writing, Bob Lankford was having problems that would keep him from the June reunion. But retirement in Ocala apparently keeps him “busy-busy-busy.” He still hasn’t gotten together with Wally Sheer but does occasionally keep in touch with Bruce Cramer. From Woodstock, VT, Sandy Hadden wrote that he was entertained royally in Savannah recently by Cliff Heaslip and his brother Hal ’52. Alan Jolly is now in Bowling Green, KY, keeping reasonably close to his doctors in BG, Louisville, and Nashville (Vanderbilt). He reports that his brother Jim ’48 has health problems and is being watched closely over in SC. And from Bill Mayer in Dunnellon, FL, we received the following: “I have been a hospice volunteer for the past 13 years, and I highly recommend it to fellow old geezers who think they may have gotten too old to be useful.” Bill, long a familiar and enthusiastic presence in the Hospice of Marion County (FL) since 1997, started with the Speakers Bureau and moved on to become a patient support and transitions volunteer. He has volunteered at the Butterfly Festivals, Steel Horse Stampedes, Flutterbye Days, Camp Mariposa, and just about every event that supports hospice. In 2009, Bill joined a new hospice service through which volunteers can help patients write letters to leave to their families. So far, he has written 2 memoirs that will be forever cherished by the hospice families. Last Dec 2, his name was announced as the winner of the Cartwright Award, which is presented every 2 years to a member of the hospice community who has helped their mission by “embodying the hospice spirit, serving as a spokesperson and advocate, and going above and beyond to ensure that hospice services are available to all who need them.” His nomination submission read, “Bill is a remarkable role model in the diverse ways he has chosen to serve Hospice of Marion County. He has accepted assignments in a variety of settings with an open mind, kind and gentle spirit, and genuine warmth that endears him to everyone.” Bill says he hopes to stay actively involved in hospice services for years to come. Dave Wilson, who monitors our Class of 1950 Memorial Endowed Scholarship, tells us that 3 outstanding students — from the classes of ’10, ’11, and ’12 — have been announced as recipients of this year’s scholarships. This trio boasts some amazing achievements, both inside and outside the classroom; they excel as scientists and researchers, mentors and activists, artists and performers, adventurers and athletes. Our endowed scholarships make an outstanding education attainable for many grateful students. Dave Davies ’49 and Bunn Rhea teamed up for a visit to Hamilton last Jan during the Alumni Council meeting weekend. One of the highlights was a talk at the Real World luncheon by Austin Murphy ’83, sr writer for Sports Illustrated, who entertained everyone with tales of his amusing experiences as SI’s main writer for college football and while covering 3 winter Olympics. Later at the athletics committee meeting, we listened to an informative, well-received talk by Dick Biddle, head football coach — who, by the way, had just been awarded a new contract by Colgate, where he has the most wins in school history. Also attending were Howie Sutliff and John LeFevre ’41, one of the most dedicated alumni. (He looks great!) John ‘Jack’ Hathaway was apparently bit- ten by the geology bug early on and went on to do exceptional things. The son of a Class of ’20 Colgate grad and a Vassar mom, you may remember him in the Commons Club, band, flying club, ski team (co-capt), and as a geology dept teaching asst. After attending MIT (1945–47) in its Marine Engineering and Transportation Dept, he received his BA (magna cum laude with high honors in geology) from Colgate and was Phi Beta Kappa), then went on to receive his MS from the U of IL at Champaign. Jack and Ilene, his wife of 59 years, have 4 children, 12 grandchildren, and 8 step-greatgrandchildren. They have been travelers extraordinaire. With 4 round-the-world trips and cruises, they have visited more than 34 countries and all continents except Antarctica. From summer farm hand to surveyor’s asst to those teaching asst jobs at Colgate and IL, Jack progressed to geologist, US Geological Survey (1952–93). He was chief of USGS Sedimentary Petrology Lab and, after combining the fields of marine technology and geology, was founding member of the USGS marine geologic team in Woods Hole, MA. He took part in the Atlantic Margin scientific cruises 1962–85, including 2 dives in the research submersible DSRV Alvin, one in the oceanographer canyon to 1-mile depths, and a dive investigating banks in the Gulf of ME. He was chief scientist for the Atlantic Margin Coring Project, using the drilling ship Glomar Conception, and was a delegate to the NATO conf on seafloor slumping in 1980 and a member of the Deep Sea Drilling Project Data Mgmt Commission. He was chief consultant for the USGS contract to assist the Indonesian govt in the formation of their Marine Geological Institute in Bandung, W Java, while living in Indonesia 1986–89. He retired as scientist emeritus, US Geological Survey, in 1994. Along the way, Jack produced 80 scientific papers and abstracts as well as many other recognitions, among them being guest lecturer as pres of the Clay Minerals Society. On the recreational side, he has maintained continuing interests in skiing, soaring, sailing, computer graphics, and carpentry. He has earned his private pilot license with both single-engine land and glider ratings. After living in 3 other states, the Hathaways settled in Falmouth, MA, which they have called home since 1962. They also have a summer home in Martha’s Vineyard. Jack says that they’ll be traveling a lot less from now on as Ilene’s memory is taking a hit from encroaching Alzheimer’s, and he has to be concerned with a diagnosis of melanoma on his nose, which was facing an operation in April. Just a small bump in the road for this multitalented man, who in late March, “got in a beautiful day of skiing at Loon Mt, NH,” with his daughter Debbie, also a geologist with the USGS. “Better yet,” Jack says, “over 80s ski free at Loon.” There’s really not much evidence to suggest that Jack Hathaway is slowing down. Bill Miller got in touch via Facebook, saying that he and Nan are happy and healthy, that he is still involved in “Ham” radio backup communications for his county’s emergency mgr, and he’s skiing well at 85. He also stays in frequent contact with Jack Hathaway, who skied on the Colgate ski team he coached in 1951. Russ Fowler says that after 5 operations in the past 3 months, he is temporarily keeping a low profile, so, “Sorry, will be a no-show for the reunion.” Iris Sirois, wife of Ed Sirois, sent a nice e-mail saying that Ed no longer travels. He still enjoys his Texas longhorn cattle and paint horses. They are down to 5 of each on their ranch in CO. He still talks about his days at Colgate and his lifelong friends from Andrews Hall, where he once Andrew Daddio Get to know: Alex Restrepo ’12 Alex Restrepo ’12 said he has never been on a “real boat” before, other than ferries and rides at Disneyland near his hometown of Fullerton, Calif. But he’s already set his sights on joining Colgate’s sailing club next year. With this “try anything” attitude, Restrepo leads by example for other students, particularly underclassmen whom he mentors through his various roles on campus. Restrepo is a residential adviser at Andrews Hall, acting president of Brothers, ALANA ambassador, Student Government Association senator, and Latin American Student Organization treasurer. “I came to Colgate because I wanted to do something completely different — to make my college experience what I want to make of it,” he said. “I encourage a lot of first-years that if they want to do something, just do it. If it doesn’t work out, at least you tried, and hopefully you learned something along the way.” Among Restrepo’s many involvements on campus, he is a liaison for Vision, composed of campus identity group leaders, who meet to talk about their plans and new opportunities for collaboration. “The goal is to have bigger and better events and bring together different pockets of campus,” he explained. Over the past year, Restrepo has also been working with the multicultural committee in the admission office, giving prospective students his take on Colgate and what the university has to offer. “There are a lot of opportunities here to expand and grow as a person,” he said. “I always tell them, ‘Whether you decide to come to Colgate or not, this is the time in your life when you want to do everything you can so that when you look back, you have no regrets.’” Restrepo serves as a mentor not only for Colgate students, but also for high school seniors in Columbus, Ohio, whom he helps through the nonprofit organization HighRise. Founded by his older brother in conjunction with Nationwide Insurance, HighRise aids underprivileged students with the college search, application, and financial aid process. “It’s amazing to hear what these kids have gone through and to know that they still do so well in school despite all the adversity that they face,” Restrepo said. One of the students he worked with had been accepted to Colgate and at press time was seriously considering attending next year. Restrepo is volunteering with HighRise again this summer while also interning for a second year at Nationwide. Now a history major and economics minor, Restrepo changed from majoring in English after spending last summer as a finance intern with the insurance company. Although he had no background in economics, the company gave him a two-week trial internship, and Restrepo’s hard work convinced them to keep him on for the remainder of the season. “It was a great experience, and so much of it changed my path,” he said. After Colgate, Restrepo hopes to spend a few years in finance and then return to his original plan of becoming a high school history teacher. “After taking The American School as my FSEM with Professor [Barbara] Regenspan, I realized the best teachers I had in high school were the ones who went into education later in life. So I decided I wanted to do something other than education right after college.” His positive high school experience is largely what fuels him to mentor others. “The reason why I was so successful is because I received such good mentorship and, because of that, I want to give back and help people.” — Aleta Mayne News and views for the Colgate community 47
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