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CLASS NOTES19471960Joshua Evan Ray was born on June 2,2005 to Adam Ray and Sarah Levy-Ray.Proud grandfathers are Michael Ray `60and Joseph Levy `69. Great nephew toVictor Levy `67 and Robert Ray `68.Nephew to Jeremy Levy `96.1963Harry Walker of Delray, HughCummings of Fort Lauderdale and BillLayton of Jupiter had their own special1947 Florida reunion this past winter.Harry and Hugh hadn’t seen one anothersince 1947.1960Carl Zimmerman (below withHeadmaster Chris Shannon) retired fromMolson's Brewery on January 1, 2000.Since then he has been enjoying life inCaledon, Ontario. He has taken Spanishcourses and studied fine art. He haslearned how to cane and refinish chairsand enjoys looking for antiques and collectableson Saturdays. As well as remodelingand repainting his home, Carl likes toride his bike, while his wife Louise runs.He is also an avid golfer. Carl admits that"it seems that there is not enough time todo all I would like to do." By chance, theStanstead connection was made with Carlon a beach in Cuba in March 2005.After many years in the IT world, DougRobinson retired and opened a stainedglass shop in Maine. He continues torestore the 1910 bank building in which helives. For fun, Doug is a dive tender for acaptain on Pnobscot Bay where they harvestscallops in the winter and contract forvarious projects in the summer.1971William Robinson (above right) cools offin Tibet on the East Rongbuk Glacierenroute up the north side of Mt. Everest .Bill climbed to the North Col of Everestwhile on vacation this May.1976Stanstead alumnus signs book deal withSt. Martin’s Press in New York. CharlesHodgson has been collecting words andstories about words for years, in particularwords about the human body. Forinstance why is the elbow called theelbow? What’s the name of that bumpthat almost covers your ear hole? How did“cold feet” ever come to mean “second8thoughts”? Now he has assembled theanswers into a book called CarnalKnowledge: A Playful Dictionary of HumanParts and Trivia due for publication nextyear. Charles has also begun an “almostdaily” podcast talking about words andtheir histories. It’s called “podictionary”and can be seen and heard athttp://www.podictionary.com1980Mitchell Kotansky graduated universityas an engineer and worked for a few yearsin project management in real estateconstruction.Fifteen years agoMitch stoppedpractising as anengineer andbegan his careeras a sculptornever lookingback. He writes,“The kind of sculpture I create is mainlyfigurative with some works that are moreexpressive or textural, but always dealingwith the figure.” Mitch now works exclusivelyfrom his studio on his own works aswell as commissions. He also gives privatelessons to students.