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Alan Ackerman
Johanna Adamczyk
Tom Agnew
John C.T. Alexander
John W. Alexander, Jr.
Jay Baker
Lester Baum
Mark Bazrod
Bruce Beckert
Peter Berman
Leo Bretter
Edie Brooks
Frank Brown
Marvin Brown
Bob Butera
LOOK WHO’S COMING TO THE REUNION
The people whose names appear below have indicated that they would like to help and/or are planning to attend. If your name isn’t on this
list it should be! E-mail any committee chair, whose addresses are listed in this issue, to appear on the updated list in the second newsletter.
John Cahill
Joanne Chertok
Jon Cohen
Tom Collins
Rose Sarah Cooperman
Bruce Crocco
Joseph Culhane
Joan Sprecher Cushman
Walter Danchak
Mary Lou Denney
Nick DiCroce
John Dugan
Anthony Dutton
Sara Edelson
Adrienne Sacks Ellis
Tom Fant
Ralph Finerman
Grenville Foote
Jay Frank
Steve Freidberg
Richard Gerber
Charles Haering
Jim Heffernen
Billy Hoffman
Tony Jannetta
Mike Libien
Mickey Littman
Burton Mirsky
Ted Moock
Dan Moskowitz
Stanley Moss
Art Nalven
Suzanne Newmann
Skip Rawson
Rona Ross
Paul Rubenstein
Don Ruddy
Adrian Schmidhauser
Jim Siegel
Alan Simon
Sanford Simon
Tom Simonton
Jacqueline Slifka
Stephen Spielberg
Audrey Stein-Merves
Jack St. John
Tom Stoner
Joe Sturgis
Ted Thomte
Bud Weidknecht
James Wilson
Myles Wilson
King Wright
Janice Yelland
Lee Zeidman
Leon Zelby
reunion

Dear Classmates
is a pleasure to report that planning for our 50th Reunion got off to an enthusiastic start and has been gaining
momentum ever since. Beginning last Spring, we’ve had a series of meetings involving an increasing number of
classmates who are helping to plan an exciting program, with the keen guidance of Penn’s Alumni Relations
staff. If you’re inspired to help or if you have an idea, send Frank Brown or me an email.
As you’ll see from the Program page of this newsletter, we’ll have activities for all kinds of interests, from golf to a
special tour of an exhibit of the works of Andrew Wyeth at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. There will also be
plenty of time for you to catch up with classmates at the Hospitality Suite or elsewhere.
Our Class Gift has an ambitious goal of $1.850 million, primarily to support financial aid and scholarships. See the
Class Gift article for details, including information about endowing a scholarship. You can also contribute to a fund
to commemorate the trolleys that were so much of our Penn experience—see details elsewhere in this issue.
The weekend to reserve is May 12-15, 2006. It will be a fun time to see old friends, reminisce about great and
glorious times at Penn and observe a much-changed campus and city skyline.
Especially if it’s been awhile since you’ve been back to Penn, you should plan to come to our 50th Reunion. It will
be a grand and very memorable weekend, I promise you.
I look forward to seeing you next May 12-15. 1956It
John C.T. Alexander, W’56
Class President
P.S. We are scheduled to have class officer elections during
the reunion. Frank G. "Bud" Weidknecht, C’56, has
agreed to chair the Nominating Committee for class officers.
Offices to be filled are: President, Male & Female Vice
Presidents, Secretary & Treasurer. Email your
nominations to Bud at weidknechtredhen@aol.com.
JOHN C.T. ALEXANDER, W’56, JIM WILSON, W’56, AND FRANK
BROWN, C’56, CHECK OUT ALUMNI WEEKEND 2005 TO GET
SOME IDEAS FOR YOUR UPCOMING REUNION!
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A MESSAGE FROM THE
REUNION CHAIRPERSON
Dear Classmates:
Here Are 5 Ways YOU Can Get Ready for ’56’s 50 th :
1. Save the dates: Friday, May 12 - Monday, May 15, 2006.
Plan now to ensure that family and other events can be
scheduled so they won’t prevent you from coming. Email
me (fbrown@cbsa.copper-brass.org) if you plan to attend
so we can include you in our list of classmates who are
expected in our next newsletter.
Another date to save: Saturday, November 5, 2005, when
the Class of ’56 will have a special section at the
“Skimmers & Scones” Class brunch to be held at the
University Museum before the Penn-Princeton game. You’ll
receive a separate email invitation, and you can register for
the event though the Homecoming Guide found in the
September/October issue of the Gazette.
2. Call your friends in the Class to encourage them to plan
to come to the Reunion. Coordinate your schedule with
theirs.
3. Get involved—join your classmates on a reunion
committee: Program, Class Gift, Attendance, and/or
Communications. E-mail John C.T. Alexander, ’56 Class
President, at jctalexander@bee.net or Frank Brown,
Reunion Chair, at fbrown@cbsa.copper-brass.org.
4. Make airline and hotel reservations as soon as possible –
the University’s Commencement will be held on Monday,
May 15 so it’s essential to reserve now to get the best
selection and possibly favorable rates. See details elsewhere
in this issue.
5. Send news of yourself and your family for the second
pre-reunion Class Newsletter by e-mailing John W.
Alexander, Jr., Editor, at jalexande2@comcast.net.
Do we have your e-mail address? If not, send it to one of
the people whose email addresses are listed above to ensure
that you stay up-to-date on reunion news!
Remember, we can’t spell Reunion without U!
R. Franklin Brown, Jr., C’56
Reunion Chair
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FALL 2005
THE CLASS GIFT
Our 50th Reunion Class Gift goal is $1.850
million:
$1.6 million or more for at least 16 new
endowed scholarships. Individual classmates
may wish to endow their own scholarships—
which would count toward our goal. As an
incentive, there is a challenge program for
first-time scholarship donors (such as a ’56
classmate starting an endowment in honor of
our 50th). The donor would give $67,000
in payments up to 5 years and it would be
matched with $33,000 donated by a
University Trustee or other major donor, for
a total gift value of $100,000. These
individual undergraduate scholarships create
perpetual endowments that support
deserving Penn students in the name of these
donors. (See the letter from classmate Ted
Moock reproduced in this newsletter.)
$125,000 to increase the Class of 1956
Endowed Scholarship. Past newsletters have
detailed the gratitude expressed by our
current scholarship holders, both of the
Class of 2006, Aarif Rassiwalla and Carolyn
Schogol.
$125,000 to the Penn Fund, which supports
undergraduate education in a number of
ways: special academic initiatives, classroom
and residential enhancements, student life
and more than 50% which goes directly to
financial aid.
For further details on how you can support the
University through the Class Gift, contact Scott
Reynolds at (215) 898-9503 or Lisa McClatchy
at (215) 898-8445 or (800) 237-2655.

Homecoming Brunch
Saturday, November 5, 2005
10:30 am – Noon
University Museum
We plan to start the Reunion Countdown this Fall at this FREE
event for all classes, to be held at 10:30 am at the University Museum.
The Class of ’56 will take over the Chinese Rotunda. Look for your
email invitation, and register by returning the Reply Form in the
Homecoming Guide.
Look for your email invitation in March 2006, with final details on the
weekend and a reply form to register!
Friday, May 12, 2006
Hospitality Suite
Drop by our room in Houston Hall for a cup of coffee or a soft drink
to meet and mingle with classmates. This is an excellent “first stop” for
anyone returning to campus!
Andrew Wyeth: Memory and Magic
Philadelphia Museum of Art
We will enjoy a lecture and tour of this major retrospective exhibition
of seven decades of work by Andrew Wyeth, one of America’s most
recognized and beloved artists. Full details on how to participate will be
in the next newsletter.
Golden Reunion Celebration
Reception & Dinner
Loews Philadelphia Hotel (Formerly the PSFS Building)
1200 Market Street, Philadelphia
Our reunion dinner will be held at Loews Hotel, known to architecture
buffs as the PSFS Building by architects Howe and Lescaze. When it
was completed in
1932, this building
was hailed as the
most significant
structure of its
time, “a summation
of European
Modernism.” While
PSFS—the
Philadelphia Saving
Fund Society—is
PRE-REUNION &REUNION SCHEDULE
(as of September 2005)
PRE-REUNION EVENTS
New York Cocktails/
Penn-Columbia Basketball Game
Friday, February 17, 2006
REUNION EVENTS – MAY 12-15, 2006
Join New York area ’56 classmates at The Penn Club before the
Penn-Columbia basketball game, and then proceed uptown for the
game. All New York area classmates will receive invitations with
additional information.
long gone, the building has undergone a multi-million dollar
renovation to become Loews Philadelphia Hotel.
Cocktails will be held in the Regency Foyer followed by a gourmet
dinner in the Regency Ballroom. A choice of entrees will be offered, so
there will be appropriate meals for all types of special needs.
Saturday, May 13, 2006
Association of Alumnae Coffee Hour
The Association of Alumnae will honor the women of the Class
of 1956.
Parade of Classes and Picnic
We’ll enjoy a Picnic lunch in our 50 th Reunion tent, then assemble to
don our costumes and receive our assignments for 1956’s reunion
parade, which President CT Alexander predicts will be a blockbuster.
Saturday night will be free for your informal reunions with friends or
groups.
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Class Brunch
Monday, May 15, 2006
Commencement
Reunion Accommodations
The Reunion Committee has chosen Loews Philadelphia Hotel
as the preferred hotel for the reunion. For reservations, call Loews at
(215) 627-1200. Remember, rooms fill up quickly, so please make
your reservations soon!
If you wish to stay elsewhere, contact Destination Penn at
215-898-9319, or visit www.destinationpenn.com for hotel
options throughout the city.
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HELP THE CLASS OF ’56 REMEMBER THE TROLLEYS!
At our 45 th Reunion in 2001 a group of classmates noted the fact that our senior year was the last year that the old trolleys—Routes
11, 34 and 37—ran up and down Woodland Avenue and Locust Street and felt we should commemorate them in some tangible way.
The trolleys were a part of our Penn experience for all of us: some of us rode them, all of us dodged them and on occasion they were
involved in some exciting escapades that are better left undescribed.
Since our last reunion, the class officers have been considering various ways to remember the trolleys. One idea proposed by
University Architect Charles Newman and his staff is that a replica of a Peter Witt trolley (see illustration) be created and
incorporated into the entrance to the SEPTA subway-surface line at 37th and Spruce Streets. SEPTA has agreed. This trolley replica
would cost approximately $175,000—less than 10 percent of our total class gift. It would be a permanent reminder of both the
trolleys and of the Class of ’56, and visitors to the campus could pose inside for photographs.
Another proposal is to have something less elaborate, perhaps a bas relief of a trolley incorporated into a bench or a plaque, which
would require less funds.
Which alternative will be chosen will depend on how much classmates contribute. Contributors of $100 or more will receive a
certificate and major donors will be commemorated on whatever is done.
The University has asked us to raise funds for the trolley separately from the rest of the Class Gift. If enough funds have not been
raised by the time of our 50th reunion, we will abandon the idea of commemorating the trolleys and shift whatever funds are raised
to the Class of ’56 Scholarship Fund.
If you like the idea of commemorating the trolleys, you can keep it on track by sending your tax-deductible contribution—marked
“Trolleys”- by using the coupon below.
Mail to:
The Penn Fund
Franklin Building
3451 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Here is my contribution to the Class of ’56 Trolley project.
(Make checks payable to the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania)
____ Motorperson ($1000 or more)
____ Conductor ($500 or more)
____ Passenger ($250 or more)
____ Straphanger ($100 or more)
Name (as you wish it to appear)______________________________
Address_________________________________________________
City________________________________State______ZIP_______
Please cut out and mail with contribution.
THE TROLLEYS!
HERE IS A RENDERING OF THE PROPOSED CLASS OF ’56
TROLLEY, TECHNICALLY A PETER WITT TROLLEY. NOTE THAT
THE ROUTE NUMBER IS ’56.

REFLECTIONS ON RETURNING FOR OUR 50 TH
By Daniel B. Moskowitz, W’56
With the 50 th Reunion approaching, I dug my ’56 Record out of the dusty corner at the bottom of a bookshelf and indulged in an
orgy of reminiscence. And boy, does it bring back that watershed Janus-like year, when we had one eye on the future – job interviews,
grad school applications, and the like – and one on repeating all the joys of the previous three years and packing in as many new ones
as the days would hold!
Here’s a fraternity party, a snowball fight, a coed trying to shave a balloon with a straight razor at the Campus Chest carnival, chapel in
that unbelievable Irvine, the Ivy Ball, the University's first-ever co-ed intramural swim meet, a guy intensely working in a library carrel
(yes, studying was a big part of the experience too), and a sunny Skimmer Day in an era when the girls wore shorts to a picnic but the
guys wore ties and jackets. The pictures remind us of the heart-touching “Our Town” from the Penn Players and the merriment of
Mask & Wig, for which Bill Link and Dick Levinson concocted a send-up of silent-film Hollywood in “Vamp Till Ready” (years
before Carol Burnett took pretty much the same idea and title to Broadway). Myra Singer presiding over the Bennett Club, the haven
for Penn women in those sex-segregated days. (Wharton’s first BSEcon to a woman was awarded at our graduation.). There’s Bruce
Dern running his heart out racking up a 1:57 half mile, with that long hair that led to him and Penn parting ways. There’s Zack
Bowen at the piano in the Scales Society pictures, long before he became the country’s foremost Joyce scholar. And there’s Jimmy
DePreist with his baton in the middle of the band picture, a prelude to his leading most of the world’s major symphony orchestras.
WXPN, the DP and the Pennsylvania News; the Highball, the Triangle, the Pennsylvania Literary Review. And all those clubs
tapping into our enthusiasms for stamp collecting, or watching foreign movies, or playing chess, or going on hikes, or getting ready
for law school.
Another section reminds us how much sports were a bonding interest for the whole campus –especially when beating Princeton’s
football team, but even when bowing to more powerful gridiron foes like Army, Navy, and Notre Dame. We glowed with pride at John
Haines’s world record 60-yard dash at the National AAU indoor track meet and at our world-class crew, but found another sort of
pride in the valor of the squash team captained by Bill Gruber, which kept swinging despite scoring not a single point in any of its six
matches. And the yearbook reminds us that in the years before Title IX was ever thought of, Penn fielded ten intramural women’s
sports teams, with the volleyball crew chalking up victory in 80 percent of their games. We had lots to cheer about!
And after all, those four years were about learning, too, discovering exciting new ideas and new abilities within ourselves. The Record
portraits of the professors not only bring back the pleasures and agonies of their classes, but impress now – as I, at least, did not
appreciate then – the wide range of styles and heritage the Penn faculty included. The patrician Middle European hauteur of Robert
Strausz-Hupé jumps off the page, as does the twinkly teddy bear charm of Otakar Odiozilik. Elizabeth Fowler’s intensity made us
realize that ethics was a matter to approach with logic and seriousness. G. Holmes Perkins, who insisted that architecture and city
planning had to go hand in hand. Economics giants Almarin Phillips and Irving Kravis when they were junior faculty members.
Loren Eisley and Carleton Coon unlocked the wonders of anthropology for the whole country, but were right here on campus for us.
But the most memory-triggering pages of all are those 76 pages of head shots of classmates, the ones who have become lifelong friends
and who never could have been that young, the ones with whom we shared so much but somehow have lost touch with over the years,
even the ones we don’t remember but – given their activities and ours – we must have known, and the ones whose paths never seem to
have crossed ours. What it comes down to is that it is these folks who made our Penn years the Penn years we still cherish. It is the
hope of seeing so many of them again that drives us to circle May 12-15 on our 2006 calendars and vow to be there then to join the
Class of ’56 back on campus.
LET YOUR FINGERS DO THE WALKING…
And check out the Class of 1956’s online website!
The general class site can be found at http://www.alumni.upenn.edu/class/1956.html.
We will also have a Reunion-specific website in November set up to post all of the latest news. You can find that
in a few weeks at http://www.alumni.upenn.edu/class/1956/onlinereunion.html!
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Dear Penn 1956 Classmates,
At the request of our 1956 Fiftieth Reunion Planning Committee, I have been asked to share with you my thoughts and
experiences in making an Endowed Scholarship donation to Penn this year in honor of our fiftieth reunion. I am pleased
to do this, but first a confession.
Despite my long held conviction that a Penn education is extremely valuable to its graduates, over the past 50 years I have
been an embarrassingly small contributor to Penn. There are many reasons for this but the fact remains – I haven’t pulled
my weight. The reasons aren’t important.
What is important is the realization I have had that there would be no better opportunity than now to show Penn how
much I appreciate the education I received there. Fifty year reunions are typically among the best for meaningful
financial contributions to any university. So I said to myself, “if not now, when?”
The reasons to consider making a substantial scholarship donation at this time are many. I’ll skip over the obvious ones
but instead, let me cite two reasons which I’ll label “less known” ones.
The first is the most important. During my research on Penn’s scholarship endowment fund and its procedures, I was
amazed to learn that Penn is severely underendowed for undergraduate financial aid and scholarships. In fact, Penn ranks
last among the eight Ivy League schools in endowment as a source of scholarships. The most recent statistics show that
Penn covers just 12% of its scholarship needs from endowments. Brown is next to last at 30% and our rivals across the
Delaware are first at nearly 100%. For Penn, the remaining scholarship money (88%) comes from our general operating
budget. It is not hard to imagine that our limited scholarship endowment hampers Penn’s efforts to attract qualified
students for the world-class education that Penn offers.
The second “lesser known” fact is actually a challenge. Penn’s Class of 1955, in honor of their fiftieth reunion last year,
created eighteen endowed scholarships of all sizes. That was a record for fiftieth reunion classes. The challenge for our
fiftieth reunion is to “beat their pants off” and set a new Penn fiftieth reunion class record. We have our work cut out for
us but we can do it.
My dealings with the Penn development staff have been excellent. I tend to have many questions on subjects like this
and their responses to my frequent inquiries were prompt, complete and very helpful. During my research, I have come
to find out that there are a number of ways to structure Penn scholarships (including dollar amounts, donor restrictions,
naming privileges, matching funds, tax considerations, etc.). If you have an interest, please contact Lisa McClatchy (215-
898-8445) and/or Scott Reynolds (215-898-9503). They are able to address any questions and concerns about
scholarship giving you may have. Virtually all of my investigation work with the department was done via email.
Very few of our 1956 classmates have made endowed scholarship donations in the past. Perhaps it is time to think
outside the box and make a Penn contribution that is really meaningful and commensurate with the value of the
education we received there. In my opinion there is no greater reward in financial giving than making it possible for
highly qualified students to receive a Penn education. It is a gift that keeps on giving year after year after year – and, long
after we are gone.
Yours for a greater Penn,
R. Theodore Moock, Jr.
R. THEODORE MOOCK, JR.

newsnotes
Class President John C.T. Alexander, W’56, has masterminded a project
called “Tastykake Sunday for Jeff Murray’s Marines.” Lt. Col. Murray is the
maintenance officer of a Marine Cobra helicopter squadron in Iraq and a
friend of CT (who is also a former Marine captain). CT sent Murray 10 30pound
boxes of Tastykakes, assorted goodies and practical items, plus ballpoint
pens and coloring felt-tips for Iraqi children.
One classmate with a May graduate is John W. Alexander, Jr. C’56,
whose daughter Caroline will graduate from Duke the same weekend as our
reunion. John and his son John III, C’96, will attend the dinner and the
parade of classes, then fly down to Durham to join wife Leslie, daughter Emily
and daughter-in-law Roberta for Caroline’s commencement, which is
fortunately on Sunday.
Robert D. Bring, W’56, writes: “Still actively engaged (now as a sole
practitioner) in New City, New York (Rockland County) as an attorney
concentrating in the areas of commercial and residential real estate transactions
and leasing; mortgage lender’s council; corporate and business mergers;
acquisitions and sales; and wills, trusts, estates and probate; client base in
downstate New York, including New York City and Long Island. Equally
divide time for the last six years, in two week intervals, between homes in
Nyack, New York and Delray Beach, Florida (commonly referred to as a
“snowflake”). I am a frequent lecturer for New York State and Rockland
County Bar Associations; seminars and training sessions. Married to Barbara
(48 years); three children; daughter Suzanne – Class of 1987; and four
grandchildren. I recently lunched with Alan Seder, W’56, and our wives, in
Florida. Looking forward to our 50 th in ’06!”
R. Franklin Brown, Jr. C’56, son of cartoonist Robert F. (Bo) Brown
C’28, recently donated a significant quantity of the late humorist’s work to the
University Archives. Included were his covers and illustrations from Mask and
Wig programs dating back to the 1940s, as well as the one from “Chris
Crosses,” the 1946 production which he wrote. In addition there were many of
his covers and cartoons from Penn’s Franklin Field Illustrated football programs
and Philadelphia Eagles programs. The collection also contained many of his
“Professor Quagmire” cartoons and covers from The Pennsylvania Gazette—
including the one on our Class of ’56 website.
(http://www.alumni.upenn.edu/class/1956.html)
Daniel D. Cowell, C’56, writes: “On June 28, 2002, I resigned as
chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the Joan
C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall U., Huntington, WV. I held that
position for 8 years following retirement from the U.S. Public Health Services
in 1994. I continue both clinical work and administrative responsibilities as
Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education on a part-time basis. My wife
Diana, a hospice social worker, and I live in Huntington. Our youngest son
Dana is in his third college year at West Virginia University and is currently
studying political science in Grenoble, France. I welcome contacts from fellow
alumni and alumnae – (304-697-2457)”
Nicholas DiCroce, W’56, writes from Solvang, CA that he’s volunteering
to call classmates in the Southern California area to “talk up the reunion.”
Hugh D. Jascourt, C’56, died suddenly July 27; few of our classmates
have so diligently kept up their ties with Penn. Hugh, an avid runner and
proselytizer of the sport since his junior high school days, came up to Philly from
his Greenbelt, Maryland, home to be a volunteer official at the Penn Relays for
more than 30 years. He was a master official honoree at the games in 2000.
Hugh was editor-in-chief of the law review at Wayne State University Law
School and served in a variety of public and private jobs as a lawyer specializing
in employer-employee relations. But running was his real passion and the place
he made his mark on the country. With every pathway now full of joggers, it is
hard to remember how in the mid-50s and early 60s, there were few casual
runners, and Hugh’s great contribution was to preach the virtues of the activity
and to organize some of the first races to attract the everyday runner. The first
race he put together in Washington in 1961 drew 37 participants; 20 years later
Washington had the most race finishers per capita in the entire country, due in
no small part to his constant promotion. He was the founder of Road Runner
Clubs in Philadelphia, Detroit, and Washington, DC, and was named to the
Road Runners Club of America Hall of Fame in 1986.
At Penn he was a stalwart of the track team, but his real love was the crosscountry
team, where he posted the third best time ever for a Penn runner at
Cobbs Creek. He was sports editor of the Record, Sports News Editor of The
Daily Pennsylvanian and president of the Ivy Club.
Hugh collapsed on the back patio of his home after an extended speed walk
around Greenbelt Lake in the park that bordered his home. He was a member
of the committee planning our 50 th Reunion, and will be sorely missed by all.
Mary Price Lee, CW’56, GED’67, writes: “My husband and I are
first-time grandparents. Our daughter and son adopted a darling Chinese child
from China. They went to Hunan Province in 2003 to pick up a little girl they
named Katherine Lenore Stechert (our daughter’s last name). We call her Katie.
She will be two years old on November 7th. My daughter can brag (if that’s the
word), that she got her calluses walking the Wall of China!”
After participating in our 50th festivities, Mickey J. Littmann, W’56,
will be marching in the commencement procession on May 15 with his son
Mark, W’06, a finance major with minors in history and political science.
Mark is a member of Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity. Also attending will be his
mother Lynn Aidala and his sister Pam, a sophomore at Hamilton.
Stanton Moss, W’56, and his wife Carole live in Bryn Mawr, PA at The
Hermitage. They have 7 children—6 female, one male—and 9 grandchildren.
Stan still works in the non-ferrous [i.e. non-iron] scrap industry as a broker,
merchant and converter, specializing in aluminum, with his son Stephen. Stan
writes that he is “looking forward to our 50th.”
Sanford R. Simon, W’56, has retired from his 33 years of commuting to
the UK as Chairman of the boutique investment group he founded, American
Corporate Services. Sandy is now spending time with his wife Arlene, CW’55,
and visits with his 5 grandchildren. Sandy and Arlene still travel extensively
and he still scuba dives whenever possible. As a pastime, Sandy is fundraising
for Continuum Cancer Centers of New York and he is also Co-Chair of the
Reunion Gift Committee.
Thomas E. Simonton, C’56, recently moved back to the Philadelphia
area for health reasons and to be near the younger generations of his family.
Tom retired from a 45+ year career in journalism, of which 39 years were spent
in Washington, DC. Tom operates several “e-mail networks” for “alumni” of
companies for which he has worked, for his church choir and other
organizations to which he belongs.
Edward W. Stifel, W’56, has collected antique autos since his Penn days
and now has four of them: a ’32 Packard roadster, a ’40 Packard touring car, a
’41 Cadillac and a ’49 Willys station wagon. Ed bought his first collectible
auto from Blenheim Motors, which used to be on campus.
Ed Wohlmuth, W’56, has retired from a 20-year full-time teaching career
at The Art Institute of Philadelphia in the college’s fashion marketing
department. The author of three books and numerous magazine articles, he is
listed in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers.
Bill Wunderlich, W’56, has retired from AT&T after 36 years. One of his
assignments was to redesign the federal long-distance service.
Harry A. Zuber, W’56, writes: “After graduation I spent 6 months at
Navy Supply School in Athens GA (where I met my wife and we celebrate our
47th in August), 6 months at sea and one year as Paymaster at Naval Hospital,
Portsmouth, VA. Returned to my hometown, Houston, where we had 2
daughters and now have seven grandchildren. We get to Philadelphia more
often since one of our daughters now lives in Wynnewood. I began my career
as a stockbroker with Underwood, Neuhaus & Co., the oldest investment firm
in Texas, and joined Legg Mason in 1991 where I remain active today
completing 46 years in the business in July.”
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