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graduate newsthe National Advisory Councilon Innovation and Entrepreneurship(NACIE) in Washington toprepare a report to the Presidentand the Secretary of Commerceon the future of advanced additivemanufacturing in the United Statesand how to respond to the globalcompetition. Ken shares, “It is notas glamorous as it sounds. Wepay for our own airfare and hotelcosts, and fork out $20 for a plateof chicken in the White House cafeteria.But the other volunteers arefar more important personalitiesthan me and fun to work with.”Frank Reece is thrilled to reportthe addition of Elizabeth RoseReece to the family. “‘Lily’ arrivedin August 2012 and is alreadybringing first-grandchild levels ofjoy. She is truly a delight and confirmsthe advice often attributed toMark Twain: ‘Have your grandchildrenfirst.’ New parents Tom Reeceand his wife, Jessica, live rightaround the corner in Cambridge,as does [Aunt] Bettina Reece, sothere is lots of family activity to fillsparse idle time.When not grandmothering,Sam continues to enjoy servingas the director of enrollmentmanagement at Tenacre CountryDay School in Wellesley—a feederschool to Nobles! She suggestsyou send all your grandchildren toTenacre! As for me, I love my workat the Tower Hill Botanic Garden,where I have served as the interimexecutive director for the past year.When successful, I will be lookingfor a new ‘interim’ managementgig, so keep me in mind. I can onlyplay so much golf, and I thrivewhen helping to transform not-forprofitorganizations. Can’t wait tosee the gang at our 50th!”Top: B. Wolbach ’64 with his family,(from left) B., Brandy, AudenSkye andSusan. Wolbach suggests viewing thisfamily photo with 3-D glasses fromyour local cineplex. Right: John Martinez’66 in his newly restored 1984 VanDusen Ltwt.Steen Rydahl writes from Denmark,“I retired from Her Majesty’sservice a year ago, and I enjoythe freedom, though it took sometime before I stopped thinking thatI had to ‘perform and achieve.’Casper, our oldest son, lives only600 meters from us. He and hiswife are both doctors, and thereare plenty of opportunities for meto fetch, bring, and look after theirthree kids (4, 7 and 10 years old).There’s never a dull moment. I considerthat to be a privilege, a gift.I listen to music a lot (and I stillsing), and we love to travel. Karenis still working, but she mightretire at the end of the year. Twicea week I have a gym class, and Iride my bike all over the city. Wehave gone skiing in Italy the past15 years for a week. Karen caughta severe pneumonia recently, sowe’ll skip this year. I miss talking inEnglish—my ability is waning—butwe are hoping to join the class inMay next year.”William “B.” Wolbach writes,“Brandy and I were blessed with ahealthy son in September of 2011.AudenSkye Wolbach is 17 monthsold (as of February), and he keepsme active, chasing him around thehouse and playground. Both myparents have died since our lastreunion, so having a toddler in mylife couldn’t have come at a bettertime—surprising as that mightseem. AudenSkye is 33 yearsyounger than his youngest siblingand four years younger than theyoungest of his four nieces andnephews.Unlike Marlon Brando in TheGodfather, I have not yet put myselfout to pasture in my vegetablegarden. Hopefully, as we approachour 50th reunion, you all are keepingAlzheimer’s at bay with mentaland physical exercise of somesort that pleases you enough tomaintain your contentment.”Dick Grossman writes, “We’vebeen camping in our RV for nearlyfour months, most of it in placesthat aren’t particularly Internetfriendly, like the Mexican border.We’re currently in the Evergladesbut just got phone service. I’ll behappy to make a gift, as always,once I get back to New Hampshire,and I hope to make the reunionnext year, as I’ve missed so manyof them.”1966Class CorrespondentJohn MartinezOffice: 214-688-0244Cell: 214-675-7543johnmartin@artdallas.comJohn Martin writes, “Thanks toGo Pro, a miniature video recorderfixed to the stern, I can just sendmy coach, who is in Philly, recordsfor review. Things that would havebeen impossible a little whileago are now pretty easy. If somerowing coach comments on theanomaly with my port oar, tell ’emI rigged around it by shortening theinboard a half-centimeter. It wascausing me fits with my point.”Pat Grant Jr. ’66 writes, “After34 years in Lexington, Susie andI are moving to Topsfield, Mass.,to be close to our daughter, herhusband and our two granddaughters(ages 2 and 3). We are very52 Nobles spring 2013