Fall 2018 Alumni Bulletin

Alumni Notes & News
’47
Class Secretary: Henry
Woodbridge, tkdw2817
@charter.net
Woody Woodbridge writes,
“No news from Pomfret except
for wishing Middlesex well in its
search for a new leader.”
Rich Allen is still at the golf
game, planning to compete in the
2019 National 90s Tournaments.
Rich, please keep us informed,
as you have a built-in cheering
section.
Susie and Eliot Clarke are
moving their permanent home to
Boca Grande, FL, where the family
has had many years’ experience.
The beautiful farm and gardens in
Millbrook, NY, will be maintained
for seasonal use.
Tom Bancroft has joined many
of our friends walking with new
joints, having recently had a hip
replacement. All seems to be going
well. There is a possibility that due
to the fact that Tom’s late brother
Bill ’49 has a grandson entering
Middlesex this fall, the Bancroft
family holds the record for numbers
participating at Middlesex. And it
is a great record in so many ways.
’51
Class Secretary: Renny Little,
renlittle@comcast.net
Reg Anderson reports that Maury
Hammond visited him in Grafton
and on Cape Cod last August.
Tom Bisbee will be at Fox
Hill Village in Westwood during
the winters starting this year.
Gilly Gilmore writes that he
is “still breathing.”
John Amory is celebrating
58 years as a realtor with CBRE, a
worldwide commercial real estate
firm in Phoenix, AZ. “In 2005, the
Scottsdale/Paradise Valley was no
longer an area where one could
ride a horse off property without
trailing some distance. Our quality
of life was over…thus the move to
Wickenburg, AZ, a town located
28 MIDDLESEX fall 2018
about 50 miles northeast of
Phoenix, where we have more
space for our ranch and can enjoy
a clean area and magnificent views.
I can still be at my office in Phoenix
about an hour-plus drive away.”
John is active on the trails and
economic commissions in the
town of Wickenburg. “Andy
Anderson visits from time to
time and we travel to La Jolla and
Montecito, California, to visit our
daughters. Our son is involved in
the thoroughbred racing industry,
living in Kentucky. It’s always a
thrill to attend the Kentucky
Derby and the Breeders Cup.”
’54
Class Secretary: Frank Hegner,
cfhegner@aol.com
Dick Fox says he hits balls once
or twice a week and plays 18 holes
from time to time but isn’t thrilled
with his score. He attended this
year’s reunion and says the School’s
new facilities are magnificent.
Sam Greeley has just finished
building a new computer to use
with Photoshop, his perennial
pastime. He says he walks four
to five miles every day while listening
to books. He and Leah plan to
spend a month in Brooklin, ME,
with his sister.
Frank Hegner, his brother,
Lee ’57, and Chan Young ’55
(down from Steamboat Springs
for the occasion) lunched with
Paul Harrison, Middlesex’s Senior
Master, in downtown Denver and
were updated about the School’s
students, new facilities, endowment,
and events. Frank still
does volunteer work with the Boy
Scouts as a unit commissioner and
is still working on his book about
a prolific but unheralded Denver
architect.
George Krumbhaar was caught
up with on Cape Cod and reported
that he and Lee had just visited the
Finger Lakes District in central
New York State and Quebec City,
where the wines are “prolific and
tasty.”
Frank Hegner ’54, Chan Young ’55, and Lee Hegner ’57 joined
Middlesex’s Senior Master Paul Harrison for lunch in Denver, CO,
last July.
John Leatherbee’s son
Charley runs a division of Skanska,
a large construction company headquartered
in Sweden, which just
completed a unique, curved building
on the Boston waterfront.
John plays golf and sails every
week and still sings first tenor
with an all-men’s group.
Bill Locke stays at his summer
place on Cape Cod until October 1,
when he moves to his winter home
in Hingham, MA. He enjoyed his
60th reunion at Middlebury.
Phil Ness is contemplating
what to do with his magnificent
book collection: give parts of it
to the School, to the Greenwich
Library, etc. He’s overcome a
bout of double pneumonia.
Fred Parsons says he and Kanda
are “still into cruises.” Their next
excursion will be New England
and Maritime Canada.
Charlie Stalford reports he’s
three years out from cancer surgeries
and now only gets an annual
checkup. He works out at a gym
five to six days per week lifting
weights. His 12-year old granddaughter
(who is 6’0” or 6’1”) set
the Virginia State 50-yard breast
stroke record last summer.
Bob Tyler reports that he’s
working on a Second Amendment
project to try to show that States
and Feds ought to be able to do a
lot better in restricting gun sales.
His grandson Guthrie plays in the
Herndon, VA, high school band,
which has been invited by the
French to play at WWII invasion
anniversary festivities. The reason:
The U.S.S. Herndon was assigned
to cruise the English Channel
to draw German fire in order to
disclose where German guns were
hidden. Bob says he enjoys tinkering
with his ‘37 Chevy pickup.
Phil Vancil is reading Too Big
to Fail and says he talks to Ness
several times per week. He treks
to Newport from time to time to
keep up to date with his oceanracing
grandson.
Jock Winchester sends cheers
and his best to old friends in ’54.
’55
Class Secretary: Piers Curry,
pierscurry@aol.com
Newly appointed Class Secretary
Piers Curry is a trustee and officer
of Community Preparatory School
in Providence, RI, a retired CPA
(Ernst & Young), and a retired vice
commodore of the Rhode Island
Yacht Club. He just downsized
from a house on the Providence
River to an inland apartment (very
painful, he notes) and is flipping
houses to keep busy. On March 31,
2018, Rusty Robb, Tom Piper,
Kay and Bill DeFord and Barbara
and Piers Curry attended Reggie
Johnston’s memorial service
and luncheon in Concord.