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1958
Dick Murphy ’58 and Luda
Murphy B’60, ’61 celebrated
their golden anniversary
on July 29 with their
daughter, Julie, and Luda’s
sister, Helen Block, during a
memorable two-week vacation
in St. John, U.S. Virgin
Islands. The Murphys continue
to lead active lives in
Leisure World, a retirement
community in Silver Spring,
Md.
1959
In March, Nicholas Platt
’59 of New York City began
advising the Philadelphia
Orchestra on a long-term
strategy to develop operational
links to China’s provinces.
His relationship with
the orchestra began in 1973,
when he helped Eugene
Ormandy lead his musicians
on a historic first tour of
China. His 2010 memoir,
China Boys, is now widely
available as an ebook.
1961
Myra Barron ’61 of Washington,
D.C., celebrated two
milestones in June: her 50th
SAIS reunion and her 50th
wedding anniversary. She
celebrated the latter with
her husband, three children
and their spouses, and seven
grandchildren.
Having retired from
careers in both the U.S.
Air Force and as a technical
documentation writer,
Lincoln Beaumont Jr. ’61
of Omaha, Neb., enjoys
time with his family, including
his son, Tom, and his
granddaughter Bailey.
Retired U.S. Foreign
Service officer and former
USAID employee Robert
Chamberlain ’61 resides in
Washington, D.C.
Talbott Huey ’61 recently
retired from 20 years as the
Asian studies librarian at
Michigan State University
and enjoys life in Baltimore
and Washington, D.C.
William (Bill) Jennette ’61
has been a part-time contractor
with the U.S. Department
of State’s International
Visitor Leadership Program
since 2000. He lives in
Arlington, Va.
Retired from his civil service
career since 1985, Carol
Members of the class of 1961 gathered for a luncheon at SAIS
in Washington, D.C., in April to celebrate the 50th anniversary
of their graduation. Attendees included Barclay Ward ’61,
Joan Steves Ward B’58, ’61, William Jennette B’61, ’61, Carol
Thomas ’61, Talbott Huey ’61, Ludmilla Murphy B’60, ’61, Robert
Chamberlain B’60, ’61 and Wilbur Wright ’61.
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Thomas ’61 has since been
involved in numerous singing
groups and community
organizations and enjoys
his six grandchildren. He
resides in Reston, Va.
Barclay Ward ’61 and
Joan Steves Ward B’58, ’61
divide their time between
Vermont and Washington,
D.C. Barclay, now semiretired,
consults for the U.S.
Department of State and the
Brookhaven National Laboratory,
for whom he is working
on a textbook focused
on nuclear nonproliferation
and safeguards. In the summer
of 2011, the couple
went on a cruise through the
Baltic Sea with a JHU alumni
group.
1963
Fred A. Kahn ’63 was the
subject of an article on the
Nixon Foundation website
in September 2010. The
article credited him as a pioneer
for his proposal for U.S.
presidential election debates,
which led to the first one in
1960 between Vice President
Richard Nixon and Senator
John F. Kennedy.
Roberta Cohen Korn
B’62, ’63 is retired but
remains a nonresident senior
fellow at the Brookings Institution
in Washington, D.C.,
specializing in human rights
and humanitarian issues. In
July she published an article
on hunger in North Korea.
She is also a senior associate
at Georgetown University’s
Institute for the Study of
International Migration and
an adjunct associate professor
at American University’s
Washington College of Law.
1964
Since June 2007, Les Janka
’64 has been living in
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with
his wife, Michele. Janka is
working as president for
Quincy International LLC,
an international business
development and government
relations consulting
group. He was elected chairman
of the American Business
Group of Riyadh in
May.
Ronald Shelp ’64 of New
York writes a weekly blog
for Forbes called “Greenberg
Watch,” based on his
best-seller Fallen Giant:
The Amazing Story of Hank
Greenberg and the History of
AIG (2009). In the fall, Shelp
began working as executive
producer on a documentary
with Cannes Film Festival
winner Mike Walter and
director Neal Slavin.
1967
Theodore A. Delvoie B’67,
’67 is enjoying retirement.
He is very active in
volunteer work, and in
September, he took a trip
to Santiago de Compostela,
Spain.
1968
James C. Cason ’68 was
elected mayor of Coral
Gables, Fla., in April. He will
serve a two-year term.
Despite the distances
between their residences in
Israel, Japan and the United
States, four good friends who
last met at SAIS 43 years ago
had their reunion in May.
Shmuel Limone ’68,
Shoichiro Odagaki ’69,
Thomas Magstadt ’68,
Ph.D. ’72 and Kent
Harrington ’68, along with
their spouses, vacationed
together in Savannah, Ga.
Planning is under way for
another reunion in 2012 in
Tel Aviv, Israel.