Red & Gray Magazine: Focus on Service Learning - The Fessenden ...

CLASS NOTES1959Bill Gatchellwgatchel@maine.rr.comPeter Parsonspvkp2@msn.com1960—Mark your calendar for your 50th reunionon Friday, October 29, 2010!Kenneth Morse ’60 (kenmorse@entrepreneurshipventures.com) writes, “I amnow taking time off from MIT to write abook about entrepreneurs who have startedexciting new companies FAR from SiliconValley or Route 128. The working title isMaking it Happen Globally. Each chapter isabout an entrepreneur who saw an opportunity,took the plunge, and over a 20+ year period,built a great, global firm.” Kenneth alsoreports, “I volunteer for MIT, HBS, andNobles and I am currently President of theQuissett Association. In the past I was on theVestry for St. Andrews Episcopal Church inWellesley, MA.” (November 2009)1961Dick Brickleyrlbrickleyjr@yahoo.comBob HoyeRHoye@TROJungBrannen.comBenjamin Fox ’61 (benjamin.fox3@verizon.net) writes, “I teach GED (adult highschool equivalency) to people from many differentcountries in addition to the UnitedStates. I also teach math at Bunker HillCommunity College and OhrenbergerCommunity Center. It is exciting and fun tobring the benefits of education to people whoneed it to get decent jobs, advocate for themselves,and live in good health ... I’m stilldancing, rollerblading and skiing.”(November 2009)1962Edmund DeSantisedmunddesantis@metrocast.comJim Parker ’62 (jparker@processinstrumentation.com) and wife Kathe are celebratingthe arrival of their first grandchild,Yvonne Rose Parker, on December 30, 2009.Jim also writes, “We would like to thank allthe people who supported the Parker BoysGolf Outing on October 15, 2009, to benefitthe Parker Boys’ Scholarship Fund atFessenden. We were able to raise over$40,000 for the scholarship. Kathe and I feelblessed by all the support that we get for theScholarship Fund.” (November 2009)Kathe and Jim Parker ’62 enjoy their first grandchild,Yvonne Rose Parker.Correction from last issue: Pedro Mogollon Velez ’62(director@eluniversal. com.co) should have beenlisted as second from the left.1963Fletcher Chamberlin ’63 (fchamberlin_2000@yahoo.com) writes, “Remarried in2007 to Linda Johnson and moved to Bend, abit of heaven in Central Oregon. My job asTreasurer and Investor Relations Director ofFEI Company (a $600 million global nanotechnologyequipment company) is inHillsboro, near Portland, so I commute weeklyto a small apartment near the office. I havethree grown children, all making their way(and paying their way) in the world. Firstgrandchild was born in August 2009. I amcurrently a Rotary member and was previouslyon the board of the Catlin Gabel School inPortland, the Portland Community CollegeFoundation and Saturday Academy.”(November 2009)1964Paul DiMaggiopdimaggio@dvc500.com1965John Motleyjndmotley@aol.comBaird Brightman, Ph.D. ’65 (bb@wklf.com)helps people succeed at work and master theircareer. He also teaches at Harvard’s Officeof Executive Education and has authorednumerous books and articles includingTransforming Health Care: Action Strategiesfor Health Care Leaders. (October 2009)David Leavitt ’65 (levi111@verizon.net)retired at fifty in Palm Beach, Florida, andhas sportfished largely in this hemisphere,earning a world record and several tournamentwins. He is treasurer for an organizationthat cares for homeless cats and mentorsbreeders of the Olde English Bulldogge, abreed of dog he created in the 1970s. Foreight years, David was elected TownshipSupervisor and a member of the PlanningCommission. In addition, he was served onthe Zoning Hearing Board for four years. Inthe past, he provided a foster home for fightingPit Bull dogs for a number of years underthe Chester County SPCA in PA. (November2009)1966Ed Howlandedhowlandco@aol.comHank Keenehank@edsonintl.com22 w w w . f e s s e n d e n . o r g