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1930’s
Class Agent/Class Secretary Stanley Gilbert, Jr. '34 Art Stein '32 continues to enjoy the Florida lifestyle living in the Courtyards (independent living) in a beautiful 2 bedroom apartment with his significant other Dottie Martin. He recently had a nice visit with his old buddy, John Coburn '31. Never thought when they were painting the dorm that he would go into the ministry! George Seymour '34 sends his regards and best wishes to Wooster for a great year. Stanley Gilbert '34 is still living in Barneveld, New York on the banks of the West Canada river. They sold their place on the Abaco Sea in the Bahamas where they wintered for the last 20 years. They winter now on the outer banks of North Carolina. Robert Scott '36 reports after almost 20 years on Hilton Head Island they are moving to Leesburg, Florida. The tennis courts are only two houses away! The Class of 1936 is dwindling down to a precious few. He sends his best to absent friends and to the Great Class of 1936. Robert Bartlett ’37 writes as an 87 year old graduate from the best prep school in the east (Wooster of course!) he still remembers the fantastic education and all around good time that he had at Wooster. When he attended Wooster there were about 65 students. Robert misses Wooster even after all these years. Email Bob at rbartlett26@hotmail.com. Fred Scholze '39 writes hello to his classmates. Best wishes to all.
Don Seifert ’51 and grandson Alexander age 3 months.
1946
Class Agent/Class Secretary Gordon Weston '46 49 Fulton Street, 19M New York NY 10038-1875 Phone: 212-406-0191 Pierre Ullman '46 states the weather here (Whitefish Bay, WI) this winter has been unusually mild, temperatures rather high for this part of the country and very little snow. None of this is in the least comparable to what the weather was like when he arrived in 1965 (20 degrees below zero on some days). There is undoubtedly global warming. They have two daughters one in Houston designing offshore drilling wells and the other in Minneapolis working as a software engineer. H. Cutler Fall ’46 writes he and his wife Suzanne are well into their 6th year in Florida. Enjoying it, but missing their pasts in Washington and in New England. They are in good health with children and seven grandchildren within one and a half days drive. Cutler would enjoy hearing from remaining 46ers. Email him at suecutfall@bestnetusa.com.
1948
Class Agent/Class Secretary Duncan Stephens III '48 26 Judson Avenue Woodbury CT 06798 Phone: 203-266-4009 Email: dstephens02@earthlink.net Russell Thrall '48 4027 North Glebe Road Arlington VA 22207 Phone: 703-538-6963 Email: rthrall@pressroom.com
1940’s
Class Agent Insert Your Name Here! We need your help. Volunteer Today. It’s fun. It’s Easy. Class Secretary (early 40’s) Gordon Hall '42 1 Jefferson Ferry Drive, Apt. 8183 South Setauket NY 11720 Phone: 631-650-2983 Email: ghall10644@aol.com
1949
Class Agent/Class Secretary Paul Valentine '49 703 Lake Street West Harrison NY 10604 Phone: 914-949-7161 Email: pauljuju@aol.com
1942
Celebrate Your 65th Wooster Reunion – May 4-6, 2007 Class Agent Insert Your Name Here! We need your help. Volunteer Today. It’s fun. It’s easy. Joseph Johnson '42 is publishing a 400 page book of holistic/alternative healing information for a Buddhist Monk friend.
1950
Class Agent/Class Secretary Ed Bishop '50 72 Waterman Street Providence RI 02906-1134 Phone: 401-274-4666 Email: edwardbishop@cox.net
1951
Class Agent/Class Secretary Art Burton '51 854 Island Club Square Vero Beach FL 32963-5505 Phone: 772-492-0092 Email: glahburton@aol.com Don Seifert '51 writes that the holidays were made even more joyous than usual when he and Lynn were called upon to baby-sit their first grandson Alexander, age three months. Notice the resemblance. (see photo) Doug Berlin ’51 attended Wooster School for just his senior year. After graduation he headed off to the University of Colorado. After two years he transferred to Tulsa University and ultimately
1943
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1944
Class Agent/Class Secretary Stuart Duncan II '44 549 The Great Road Princeton NJ 08540-2537 Phone: 609-683-5469 Email: duncanstu50@aol.com
1947
Celebrate Your 60th Wooster Reunion – May 4-6, 2007 Class Agent Insert Your Name Here! We need your help. Volunteer Today. It’s fun. It’s Easy. Jon Eric Ericson '47 is a retired architect with a granddaughter who is 3 and twin granddaughters who are 6 months.
1945
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John Cheeseman ’57 honored at Western Connecticut University School of Professional Studies for Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award.
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graduated from Oklahoma’s Benedictine College where he was recruited by Humble Oil Company. After a stint with Humble, Doug decided to return to school for his MBA from Columbia University. He then joined Johns Manville and spent the next dozen or so years in Hong Kong where he covered most of the Pacific Rim. He also spent three years in Singapore and eventually returned the Manville HQ in Denver, CO. In 1983 he created his own firm to specialize in marketing industrial material to Asia, which he ran for several years before selling. Doug is retired and lives in Bellmarin Keys where he boats, plays poker, enjoys life and does good works when opportunity arises. He and his daughter co-own a rental property in Florida’s panhandle that they generously made available to house homeless hurricane families. Bob MacDonald ’51 writes that for the past 21 years, he and his wife have been president and executive director of a nonprofit called Southwest Expedition Institute. The organization serves disadvantaged children in northern and central Arizona. They try to bring them through poverty and drug temptations to a productive and happy life. They also run environmental education programs because kids are the last best hope for saving the environment. Some years ago they received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to bring gifted and talented high school students to the Southwest for a cultural anthropology program.
Wooster sent Catherine Darrow ’89. Bob is also a past president of the Lake Montezuma Property Owners Association, volunteers at the local elementary school and is on a county task force to fight methamphetamine use in Arizona. They also have five children, seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. He will not be able to attend reunion but sends his best to all. Jim Geis ’51 attended the University of Bridgeport following which he did a stint in the Army and ultimately found his niche in the commercial security business where he has specialized for 30 years. Jim has endured a few health challenges, starting with a broken neck in 1959. Jim has three sons and eight grandchildren ranging from babies to young adults. He will not be able to attend reunion but sends his best to all.
1954
Class Agent/Class Secretary Frank O'Brien '54 3 Dearborn Court Florham Park NJ 07932 Email: fobrien222@aol.com W. Ronald Grolljahn '54 has been living in New Hampshire since 1979. He is still active as a full time commercial real estate broker and is past president of the New Hampshire Commercial Board of Realtors. He sends his best to Wooster School in 2006.
1957
Celebrate Your 50th Wooster Reunion – May 4-6, 2007 Class Agent/Class Secretary Alpheus Beane, Jr. '57 18 Mill River Road Chappaqua NY 10514 Phone: 914-238-3218 William Seely, Jr. '57 8999 East Aster Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 Phone: 480-614-5967 Email: seal@netwrx.net John Cheeseman '57 received Western Connecticut University, School of Professional Studies "Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award". We knew that all along! Congratulations, John.
1955
Class Agent J. Michael Winston '55 3293 A Sutton Place, NW Washington DC 20016-7550 Phone: 202-537-9898 Class Secretary Insert Your Name Here! We need your help. Volunteer Today. It’s fun. It’s easy.
1958
Class Agent/Class Secretary Insert Your Name Here! We need your help. Volunteer Today. It’s fun. It’s easy. Michael Ponting '58 sends his best wishes for 2006. Clark Brown '58 is living in Manila and sends a hello and best wishes to all his classmates. Email him at cbaiph@attglobal.net. Axel (Mike) Versen ’58 writes he wishes he could attend reunion this year but will not be making a trip over "the pond" until later in the summer. When he does visit the States this year, he will be on the other coast visiting his daughter, Lisl, who is living in San Francisco and is employed as an architect. He would love to see the new projects on campus, especially
1952
Celebrate Your 55th Wooster Reunion – May 4-6, 2007 Class Agent/Class Secretary George Madsen '52 P.O. Box 893 Woodbury CT 06798-0893 Phone: 203-263-3646 Email: gmmm45110@mac.com Christopher Underhill '52 1306 Quarry Lane Lancaster PA 17603 Phone: 717-397-3097 Email: chrisu@hublaw.com
1956
Class Agent/Class Secretary Insert Your Name Here! We need your help. Volunteer Today. It’s fun. It’s easy. Stephen Jones '56 writes that his son William received early admission to Union College. After visiting 13 schools, Union was William's first choice. It was great fun going to visit colleges again. Gary Smith ’56 is planning on attending his 50th reunion May 2006! Larry Rothman ’56, Peter Feller ’56, and Helmut Schaeffer ’56 have been working hard to plan their 50th reunion on May 5-7. They encourage their classmates to attend.
1953
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Larry Rothman ’56, Peter Feller ’56, and Helmut Schaeffer ’56 at a mini reunion in Boston in November 2005.
those depicted in the Wooster News and wishes everyone a happy, congenial and successful Alumni weekend, especially for the "reunionists". Email Mike at ha.versen@gmx.net
1959
Class Agent/Class Secretary Fred Brandi '59 5 Captain Honeywells Road Ardsley NY 10502-1503 Phone: 914-693-2562 Email: frhb63@earthlink.net
continuous learning experience. He hopes to continue his photography with a project An American Cowboy. He recently saw Joe and Eunice Grover and spent some hours reminiscing about his days at Wooster along with his classmates. He remarked painfully about his memory of translating Caesar from Latin in Joe's class! Email Stephen at stephengwilliams@comcast.net.
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Class Agent/Class Secretary Insert Your Name Here! We need your help. Volunteer Today. It’s fun. It’s easy. Celebrate Your 45th Wooster Reunion – May 4-6, 2007 Class Agent/Class Secretary Poul Hornsleth, Jr. '62 2846 Skimmer Point Drive Gulfport FL 33707 Phone: 727-347-1414 Email: poulh@earthlink.net Ted Newman '62 235 Baltic Street Brooklyn NY 11201 Phone: 718-852-4027 Email: ted.newman@prudential.com Poul Hornsleth '62 has been appointed Chairman of the Housing Committee of the Florida State Conference of NAACP Branches by State President and National Board Member Adora Obi Nweze. The purpose of the Committee is to receive and seek to adjust or resolve complaints of housing discrimination, to disseminate information and render such assistance to help eliminate discrimination in housing and to become a repository for and to advocate and promote affordable housing programs and information through the more than 60 Branches throughout the State. Poul has served as a
1961
Class Agent/Class Secretary Michael Marcus '61 24 Lindencrest Drive Danbury CT 06811-4231 Phone: 203-748-4163 michael.marcus@snet.net Thomas Coburn '61 writes "blessings on your great work". Anthony Spurrier '61 is alive and well and still teaching in West Hartford, Connecticut. Say hi at aws1112@sbcglobal.net. Stephen Williams '61 third photographic book, A Place in Time, is to be released this June 2006. It is a story of the last active Shaker site in the world. It is published by David R. Godine in Boston with an introduction by Gerard Wertkin, former Director of The American Folk Art Museum, New York City. Stephen is currently a narrative family therapist with K/S Consultants and CCT, Inc. He works with families directly in their homes. He finds the work difficult, challenging, rewarding and a
member of the Executive Board of the St. Petersburg Branch of the NAACP for more than 32 years. He was the founding chairman of the Equal Housing committee of the St. Petersburg Board of Realtors in 1977 and was the first recipient of the NAACP's Fair Housing Award in 1994. Also in December, Florida Governor Jeb Bush reappointed Poul to a second four year term as a member of the Florida Real Estate Commission. His term will run through 2009. The Florida Real Estate Commission is a quasi judicial panel that meets monthly, holds hearings and renders judgment and punishment to those real estate licensees, out of more than 250,000, who have been accused of improper or unethical behavior. Poul is only the second Commissioner Governor Bush has chosen to reappoint in his two terms in office. Lastly, Poul assists in preparing questions and answers for the State examinations for real estate sales associates, brokers, appraisers and instructors and has been awarded the SME (Subject Matter Expert) designation by the Florida Bureau of Education and Testing. Poul is married for 38 years to his college sweetheart, April Caldwell Hornsleth, whom he met at the University of Pennsylvania. Together they have run April's family's real estate business, R.W. Caldwell Realty, since 1973. Located in Gulfport, founded in 1937 and now in its 70th year of service, Caldwell Realty serves the entire Tampa Bay Area. April and Poul have two children, Poul, III and Jody, both single,
in their twenties and living in New York City. Young Poul is a senior software engineer writing software in midtown Manhattan for the investment banking industry, and Jody, after a successful three years as an international model, just graduated from Columbia University with a higher GPA than any member of the family before her.
1963
Class Agent/Class Secretary Insert Your Name Here! We need your help. Volunteer Today. It’s fun. It’s easy. John Brown '63 is a retired surgeon temporarily residing in Florida. Drop him an email at kimsjb@yahoo.com. John Fisher '63 has been enjoying e-mail conversations back and forth with John Brown '63. John along with John Brown '63, Edward Brice '63, and George Koulomzin '63 all caught John Betsch's '63 gig in NYC last winter. Mark Budd '63 almost made it but got waylaid. John and his wife Sue are beginning to have vague thoughts about retirement. Never thought he'd feel this way, but that seventh decade is a perspective changer. James Hanrahan, Jr. ’63 continues working to support the YES Institute, dedicated to supporting gay and lesbian youth in the schools and in our communities. Email James at breakawayacht@aol.com
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Members from the class of '65 gathered at Neil '65 and Lisi Marcus' home for reunion in 2005. (left to right) Woody Fuller ’65, Neil Marcus ’65, David
Kuether ’65, Pete Kaiser ’65, Chuck Mann ’65, Ron Richter ’65, Steve Boynton ’65, Frank Wells ’65, Peter O’Donoghue ’65.
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1964
Class Agent/Class Secretary Jay Young '64 Two Scott Road Oxford CT 06478-1553 Phone: 203-888-0100 Email:jayyounghome @msn.com Richard Malley '64 had an accident last summer but is on the road to recovery. We send our "speedy recovery" wishes.
California. Their only child, George is now a senior at Carleton College. Bing would love to hear from his Wooster classmates and friends, email him at bingshen2005@yahoo.com. Irv Fish '67 sends his best wishes to all - along with a special "hello" to George Schmidt!
Daniel Brewer '70 24 Central Street Hingham MA 02043 Email: dnlbrwr@aol.com Phil Pappajohn '70 5 Bennington Drive Newark DE 19711 Phone: 302-737-8665 Email: ppappajohn@comcast.net William Kreger ’70 is a licensed contractor and a licensed architect in the state of New Mexico. He owns a design/build firm, Kreger Design/Build LLC with his wife. Check out their website at www.kregerdesignbuild.com
summer out of Provincetown, MA. Teaching teenagers how to write and think otherwise keeps him busy. Kristina Brown-Viesca ’71 reports her son Robert is at Harvard getting his Ph.D. and her other son Nando is learning how to communicate with modified sign language.
1972
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1968
Class Agent/Class Secretary Christen Johansen '68 876 Broadway, Third Floor New York NY 10003 Phone: 212-505-0621 Email: cjohansen@polshek.com
1965
Class Agent/Class Secretary Chuck Mann '65 42 Stonegate Drive Southbury CT 06488-2670 Phone: 203-264-0103 Email: sbymanns@earthlink.net
1969
Class Agent/Class Secretary Michael Mayer '69 7120 Willow Avenue Tacoma Park MD 20912 Phone: 301-270-6083 Roosevelt Watson '69 10761 Elk Lake Avenue Las Vegas NV 89144-4442 Phone: 702-240-4950 Email: octflyer@mac.com Raymond Acosta '69 sends along happy news from his family. Son Raymond '90 and wife Cecilia '92 recently adopted a son, Emmanuel, from the Dominican Republic. He joins brother Emilio and cousin India (daughter of Ronald '93) as grandchildren to brag about and spoil. Raymond wishes everyone joy, health and peace in 2006.
1971
Class Agent/Class Secretary George Oakley '71 137 Rowayton Woods Drive Norwalk CT 06854 Phone: (203) 838-3635 Russell Lowry '71 writes that in addition to his advisory practice for seniors and retiring business owners, he is teaching continuing education to CPAs, attorneys and other advisors which has given him terrific resources for his own clients. Email Russell at russell.lowry@sbcglobal.net. Allie Felder ’71 has been a husband the last 23 years and father to two boys aged 15 and 17. One is an eagle scout and the other has a black belt in tae kwon do and is almost an eagle scout. Allie is a scoutmaster, “Parkway Patriot” and a lucky and blessed person. Email him at felderaaaa@hotmail.com Jonathan Cook ’71 is busy writing a book on Moby Dick and familiarizing himself with whales and whaling; went on his first whale watching trip last
1973
Class Agent/Class Secretary Jeanette Bell-Ahern '73 47 Levi Howard Road Brattleboro VT05301 Phone: 802-254-9656 Email: jbahern@sover.net
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Class Agent/Class Secretary Insert Your Name Here! We need your help. Volunteer Today. It’s fun. It’s easy. Jay Langley '66 is looking forward to seeing classmates at his 40th reunion in May. He writes it's been a heck of a ride thus far and he is eager to hear how everybody is doing as well as recall a few school days shenanigans.
1974
Class Agent Dudley Moulton '74 946 Main Street Lynnfield MA 01940 Phone: 781-334-4571 Email: dudley.moulton @lmco.com Class Secretary Insert Your Name Here! We need your help. Volunteer Today. It’s fun. It’s easy. Pamela Bryant Wang '74 reports that her 15 year old son is in France for a year, in the same village as her French sister from 1972 lives. She spent a week in Provence with her getting him set up. She visited Italy and Croatia before returning to Hawaii. Drop Pamela a note at pamelawang@hawaii.rr.com.
1967
Celebrate Your 40th Wooster Reunion – May 4-6, 2007 Class Agent/Class Secretary Richard Baynes '67 28 Severance Drive Londonderry NH 03053 Phone: 603-434-7542 Email: dickb48@adelphia.net Bing Shen '67 and his wife Terry moved back to the United States after living in Asia for 17 years. They have settled in San Francisco,
1970
Class Agent/Class Secretary Terry Biglow '70 1176 Ives Trail Atlanta GA 30319-1649 Phone: 404-252-6505 Email: tbiglow@earthlink.net
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Andrew Christopher Diaz 6 months. Proud parents are Judith Nagy Diaz ’83 and Rich Diaz.
1975
Class Agent Insert Your Name Here! We need your help. Volunteer Today. It’s fun. It’s easy. Class Secretary Fran Huntoon '75 540 Stonefence Road Richmond VT 05477-2202 Phone: 802-434-4869 Email: cgfh@gmavt.net Michele Courchene Trackman '75 writes she is doing well and has finished her cancer treatment (spring of 2005). Her daughter Zoe is in 2nd grade at a small Quaker private school. Michele and family moved from a row house in a downtown neighborhood in Philadelphia to a single family house in a different section of the city to be closer to Zoe's school. It reminds her of living in the woods in Ridgefield, but a half block away is a library and supermarket and further up the street is the "Main Street" section of their neighborhood. Zoe calls that section the "big city" and their house "the country". Michele has been writing a little poetry again, something she hasn't done much of since her time at Wooster and she has also been doing some collage and watercolor work. Additionally, she has been taking some classes at The Wellness Community, a fantastic place for those with a cancer diagnosis and their families. They have support groups but also have fun things like art, poetry, yoga and meditation, etc. It's reawakened her creative spirit! They are friends with Fritz Dietel '79 and his wife Kathy and their
two daughters Emma and Anna who also live in Philadelphia. She keeps in touch by email with Charlotte Cushman '77, who lives in Maine and travels to all kinds of interesting places for her work. She has lost touch with Dan Gilbert '77, but maybe he will read this and find her! She is sorry she missed the Class of '75 reunion, but she was not far out of treatment and not feeling quite up to the trip. Maybe next time! Sharyn Smigowki-Boswell ’75 just remarried on Christmas Eve ’05. She has been a creative director/copywriter for the past 20+ years. Email Sharyn at onegungirl@aol.com.
looking for Susan Burklund ’77 – have you heard from her? Email Furman at fmwalls@verizon.net.
stepping down from the English department co-chair at Hotchkiss in June – it’s time for a break. Email Jim at jfornshe@hotchkiss.org Ivan Santiago '80 added a new family member, daughter Vivian was born on October 27 joining big brother Xavier (4). He sends his best wishes to the Wooster community. Jennifer Forsyth Zwicky '80 just returned from St. Kitts/Nevis where she spent her 16th wedding anniversary. She survived the holidays and is looking forward to a spectacular 2006, wishing peace for all. Drop her a note at jzwicky@adelphia.net
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Class Agent Carl Brodnax '79 291 Chestnut Hill Road Norwalk CT 06851 Phone: 203-461-2607 Email: carlbrod@optonline.net Class Secretary Insert Your Name Here! We need your help. Volunteer Today. It’s fun. It’s easy. Catherine Mazer Gurny '79 was near Wooster recently and decided to visit. She couldn't believe all the growth that had taken place over the last 26 years. She remarked that the campus looked great and she was proud to show her husband all the new beautiful buildings and how some of the old campus was exactly the same when she left in '79 (that was comforting!).
1976
Class Agent/Class Secretary Glenn Dunn '76 72 Anderson Hill Road, Unit 1 Bernardsville NJ 07924 Phone: 908-696-8655 Email: glenn.dunn@verizon.net
1981
Class Agent/Class Secretary Doug Cassell '81 13 Alpine Street Stamford CT 06905-1002 Phone: 203-329-2893 Email: dcassell_99@yahoo.com Dafna Sarnoff '81 is still living in New York City, now at home full time with the three boys, Ronin (6), Tal (4) and Ramy (1). Email Dafna at dafna@nyc.rr.com.
1977
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1980
Class Agent/Class Secretary Insert Your Name Here! We need your help. Volunteer Today. It’s fun. It’s easy. Cynthia Williams DaSilva '80 loves being a Wooster parent! Her son is thriving at Wooster and she is really enjoying being a part of the Wooster community on a daily basis. Walter Mashman '80 writes life is great with the three kids, Devin (10), Connor (7) and Carly (5). 99% perfect, 1% ridiculous. James Fornshell ’80 had another big year at Hotchkiss, and is happy that Spring Break has arrived and he is off to China. He is also
1982
Celebrate Your 25th Wooster Reunion – May 4-6, 2007 Class Agent/Class Secretary Robert Ward, Jr. '82 7100 St. Ursula Drive Canfield OH 44406 Phone: 330-799-3782 Email: bobward737@cs.com
1978
Class Agent/Class Secretary Matthew Feldman '78 2260 Sims Drive Marietta GA 30066 Phone: 678-445-3384 Email: mbfeld@earthlink.net Furman Walls '78 is living and practicing medicine in Boston. Life is good! Next reunion; 30 years is terrifying! He wants to know when everyone got this…..mature? He is still
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Recently married couple Claire Gladstone ’85 and David Gelfman ’85.
The Gelfman Wedding party included Wooster alumni and friends.
1983
Class Agent/Class Secretary Heidi Dufner Harkopf '83 40 Dick Finn Road New Fairfield CT 06812 Phone: 203-312-0493 Email: dharkopf@hotmail.com Judith Nagy '83 and her husband Rich Diaz announce the birth of their son Andrew on January 25, 2005. There isn't a day that goes by that he doesn't show them something new or makes them laugh.
1985
Class Agent/Class Secretary David Gelfman '85 456 North Salem Road Ridgefield CT 06877 Phone: 203-438-0087 Email: dagelf@aol.com Jill Davidson '85 is expecting her 3rd child, a boy in March. Claire Gladstone '85 and David Gelfman '85 were married on September 18, 2005. Lots of Wooster friends were in attendance. (See photo above) John Malone '85, Daniella Sarnoff Malone '85, Jared Katz '84, Tom Elliott (music dept. faculty), Kate Dillingham '85, Jean Huntoon-Bressor '77, Fran Huntoon '75, Kay Gelfman '80, and Richard Klein (former art dept faculty) Send congrats to titicuslodge@sbcglobal.net.
Daniel Gillette '87 now lives in Berkeley with his wonderful wife Susan, as well as a rabbit, and a Swiss Cattle Dog. He conducts research and periodically teaches in disability studies at UC Berkeley, as well as runs a product design initiative related to autism for the CAN Foundation. Adam Weinstein ’87 is engaged to Mariana and they will be getting married in July 2006 in Toronto.
1991
Class Agent Insert Your Name Here! We need your help. Volunteer Today. It’s fun. It’s easy. Class Secretary Michael Konner '91 7300 Franklin Ave. #348 Phone: 323-850-6242 Email: michael.konner @la.nfl.net Vatsana Bilavarn '91 writes “cheers to the class of ‘91” she is sorry to miss Reunion this year. Email her at vasnab@aol.com.
1988
Class Agent/Class Secretary Kenneth Pierce '88 338 Mountain Road Holyoke MA 01040 Phone: 413-538-5157 Email: kpierce@tektics.com
1984
Class Agent/Class Secretary Ismail Fared '84 1622 Winfield Avenue Winfield, KS 67156 jismail@cox.net Lee Archer '84 says hello to all of his old friends from "Camp Woo." Does the now only day student body still refer to this moniker? How 'bout East and West? Probably not. At any rate, he still keeps in touch with Tim "Tanker" Fornero '84 and Jamie "Jimbo" Hurd '85. Tank is chef/owner of a restaurant in Wayne, NJ and Jim Boy is manager at the Club Car on Nantucket. As for Lee, he is also known as Westbrook Construction, down on the CT shore; building new homes, excavating, and installing engineered septic systems. He borrowed the name after the town in which they now live. “They” refers to his wife Mel and their (4) girls: Emily 9, Madeleine 8, Olivia 3, and Marlee 2. Best wishes to all and welcome to those who have joined the "40" Club. Email Lee at archer.lee@sbcglobal.net.
1992
Celebrate Your 15th Wooster Reunion – May 4-6, 2007 Class Agent/Class Secretary Jennifer Nichols '92 114 Walnut Avenue, Apt. 4 Wayne PA 19087-3433 Phone: 610-293-2054 Email: jenniferesthernichols @hotmail.com Kristen Reynolds-Trudeau '92 122 Old West Mountain Road Ridgefield CT 06877 Email: kreynoldsct@aol.com Morgan Beard '92 married Ashley Marles of Columbus, GA on September 17, 2005. Morgan received his Masters of International Business at the University of South Carolina (Liberty Fellow) and now makes his home with Ashley in Dallas, TX where he works for Sealed Air Corporation.
1989
Class Agent/Class Secretary David Kushner '89 244 West Pomfret Street Carlisle PA 17013 Phone: 717-448-0823 Email: dkushner @alum.haverford.edu
1986
Class Agent/Class Secretary Theresa Chang '86 14202 Kenley Way Birmingham AL 35242 Phone: 205-408-9026 Email: theresac@intgroup.com Joseph Pezzimenti '86, his wife Andrea and daughter Ava (2) welcomed a new addition to their family, John Joseph born on September 15, 2005.
1990
Class Agent/Class Secretary Stacey Margules Gallagher '90 Emerald City Farm 17 Good Hill Road Woodbury CT 06798 Phone: 203-263-7767 Email: staciaci@aol.com Karen Tobey Straessle '90 and husband Danny were delighted with the arrival of daughter Savannah Camille on Februrary 2, 2006.
1987
Celebrate Your 20th Wooster Reunion – May 4-6, 2007 Class Agent/Class Secretary Janice Kitchin Hoyos '87 82 Orchard Road Putnam Valley NY 10579-3040 Phone: 845-528-9671 Email: madimom29@aol.com
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Karen Tobey Straessle '90 and husband Danny were delighted with the arrival of daughter Savannah Camille on Februrary 2, 2006. Brother John, 20 months, is very excited to be a big brother and often shows it by kissing his sister on the head.
1993
Class Agent/Class Secretary Jennifer Rubinow Bandler '93 171 General McClellan Court Harper's Ferry WV 25425 Phone: 304-724-6191 Email: jj2bandler@aol.com Jonathan Greenfield '93 4 Short Lane Danbury CT 06810 Phone: 203-798-8107 Email: jon@amcap.com Sara Lightbourne Callender '93 writes after finishing up school, she eventually made her way back home to the Bahamas. Funnily enough, she ended up marrying a guy that she'd had a crush on since she was about nine. They are in their seventh year of marriage now and still feel like they just got home from their honeymoon. They built a new home on New Providence Island, right on the water, which is heaven for those who spend a lot of time boating. It worked out perfectly as her real estate office is there. She heads up the sales and marketing. Her husband left the family law firm, which is the oldest on the island, and is now working on another development project. She has a little teacup Yorkshire Terrier named Chianti. She's about three pounds and she comes to work with her every day. Often after a long day at the office they pop out to the beach for a sunset walk. Issac Roth '93 lives in the mission district of San Francisco, only 40 miles from where he was born. It reminds him of Georgetown, that little intersection where he grew up between Ridgefield, Redding, Wilton & Weston. The real estate is even more
expensive in SF than in Fairfield County, and he feels very lucky to own a home. It's funny, people think his Victorian home is really old because it was built in 1888. Issac has been married 2 years, and everybody likes his wife more than they like him, she's awesome. He now runs an international computer ninja squad for one of those Silicon Valley affairs, they jet people in at a moment's notice to help diagnose problems with boring but important big computer systems like the ones that run your bank, keep the phones working, etc. It means he travels a lot. His wife teaches social dance (not ballroom) all over the world and he travels with her when he is able, so combined it’s a lot of time away from home. Email Isaac at issac@waffle.net. Paul Wrider '93 writes “Hey everybody. What’s up, last boarding class of '89-'90? Woot!” After living in New York for eleven years (in the village for NYU and then moving to the much more affordable Queens), he moved to LA about a year ago with his lovely girlfriend, who has finished her master's in broadcast journalism. After doing film/video production for many years in NY, he still is corrupting the youth of America by writing and designing video games. He just worked on Fantastic Four and is currently trying to expand his knowledge of curse words while putting together the story for the Sopranos video game. Los Angeles is great, and while he misses having seasons, he does not miss the NY summers. Hope all of you are well. Good
seeing the folks that showed up for the ten year anniversary at Wooster. Email Paul at feloniousmonk@sbcglobal.net. Nydia Vargas Versa '93 married a guy she met in high school that DIDN'T gross her out or bore her to death. He was and still is her best friend and he let her beat him up in the hallways just for kicks. They have since created two beings together, April (8) (named after her Wooster roommate) and Eric Michael (4). They are both the reason for her newly discovered grey hair and the smile on her face every morning. Nydia received her BA from CUNY Hunter College, where she majored in theatre (big surprise for those that know her) and minored in music. She is currently working for a urologist as his office manager, a hectic but rewarding job. She is waiting to hear from the D.O.E. (Department of Education) about a job that involves using improvisation and workshops to steer kids away from drugs, sex and alcohol. HOLLA!!!!! via email nydiaveras@yahoo.com. Curtis Gwinn '93 is in NYC, working as a comedy writer and actor. He recently sold a show to Comedy Central, and started work on writing features for FOX Searchlight. So he's pretty much out of his mind busy, and living a bicoastal life. He is still a confirmed bachelor, serial monogamy is a way of life in New York. Email Curtis at curjay@hotmail.com. Lisa Elisofon Booth '93 is living in Maryland, teaching Middle School French at a local private school. She was married to Jonathan (wedding #1- a civil ceremony) last May
and will have the big wedding this coming July. He's British, so she gets the adorable accent along with the visa issues. Hope all are well! Email her at lisa_booth@comcast.net. Jennifer Rubinow Bandler '93 has two children and is 4 months away from finishing her MBA. She is still working for TLC Laser Eye centers. Other than that not much has changed. Drop her an email at Jennifer.Bandler@tlcvision.com
1994
Class Agent/Class Secretary Insert Your Name Here! We need your help. Volunteer Today. It’s fun. It’s easy. Joseph Martino '94 and his wife Kim are living in Virginia with their two children, Landon (3) and Lauren (1). Email Joe at jmartino7380@charter.net.
1995
Class Agent/Class Secretary Elizabeth Zuckerman '95 300 Smithfield Road, Apt. 5-39 North Providence RI 02904 Email: zuckerm @post.harvard.edu. Sam Levitt '95 is working as a Fine Art Consultant, spending winters in Palm Beach and summers in Boston where the galleries are located - and loving the fact that he is the world's youngest snowbird.
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They are soon to open galleries in Beverly Hills and New York City. He is still active in his music with recent performances in Palm Beach and Boca Raton and studying privately in Boston. On a sad note, Sam informed us of the passing of his father, Andrew, in November 2005. Email Sam at sjlevitt@gmail.com.
1997
Celebrate Your 10th Wooster Reunion – May 4-6, 2007 Class Agent/Class Secretary Noah Coburn '97 39 Bay State Road, Apt. 5F Boston MA 02215-2119 Email: ncoburn @wso.williams.edu Corey Effinger Goodrich '97 2417 Hooker Street Denver CO 80211 Phone: 720-932-3679 Email: cegoodrich11 @hotmail.com
engaged (on the ski slopes of Austria!) to her boyfriend Michiel. Their wedding is planned for April 2007 in Michiel's hometown in Arnhem, Netherlands.
2001 Class Agent/Class Secretary Kimberly Ehrlich '01 1400 S. Joyce St. Apt. 1216 Arlington, VA 22202 Email: kimberly2323@gmail.com Kate LoBalbo '01 is a 2005 grad of Lehigh University. Currently working as a Jr. Architect for Robert A. M. Stern Architects in Manhattan, currently enrolled in the AIA Intern Development Program (IDP).
1999
Class Agent Insert Your Name Here! We need your help. Volunteer Today. It’s fun. It’s easy. Class Secretary Sarah Stevenson '99 175 South Reynolds St., Apt. K311 Alexandria VA 22304 Phone: 703-370-8676 Email: stevensa@dickinson.edu Matthew Gabriel '99 has started an executive recruiting company in Boise, Idaho. He is interested in Wooster alumni who wish to be placed in a new job or who would be interested in recruiting. Email Matthew at mgabriel@grnboise.com.
1996
Class Agent/Class Secretary Olga Leslie Burke '96 15 West 82nd Street, Apt. 4B New York NY 10024 Email: oeleslie@yahoo.com Olga Leslie Burke '96 was promoted to Director of Compensation and Human Resources Information Systems for Saks Fifth Avenue Enterprises. She and her husband also adopted a mixbreed dog who is the new love of their lives. Email Olga at oeleslie@yahoo.com. Eloise Bune '96 recently became engaged to Michael D'Agostino on February 10, 2006. Email Eloise your congrats to eloisebune@hotmail.com. Heather Walter ’96 is engaged to David Hoffman, Jr. from Rockingham, NC and they are getting married on August 5, 2006 in Willsboro, NY. Send your congrats to heather_walter@hotmail.com.
2002
Celebrate Your 5th Wooster Reunion – May 4-6, 2007 Class Agent/Class Secretary Raj Bakhru '02 2002 Eaton Court Danbury CT 06811 Phone: 203-748-9124 Email: rb2137@columbia.edu Lindsay Rowland '02 is finishing up her fourth year of a five year interior architecture program at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She will spend some time this year in Italy to participate in an architectural exhibition. After graduation she plans on getting her masters in architecture. Email Lindsay at lkrowlan@uncg.edu.
1998
Class Agent Insert Your Name Here! We need your help. Volunteer Today. It’s fun. It’s easy. Class Secretary Ben Wellington '98 1 Christopher Street, Apt. 14B New York, NY 10014 Phone: 917-364-5934 Email: wellingt@cs.nyu.edu Maria Martínez '98 is engaged to be married to her boyfriend Hernán in La Coruña, Spain, on August 19th 2006. She is currently working for Hewlett Packard. Sharon Wilburger '98 will be graduating from Boston College in May with a Master's of Social Work. She plans to work as a school social worker upon graduation, or soon after. Emily Swan '98 moved to London last August and has been working for the National Health Service (NHS) as a pediatric dietitian in West London. She recently was
2000
Class Agent Dan DeSantis '00 3320 N. Lake Harbor LN #301 Boise, ID 83703 Email: ddesantis04@hotmail.com Class Secretary Tammy Mayer '00 316 East 27th Street Baltimore MD 21218 Phone: 410-366-0335 Email: tam.mayer@gmail.com Class Secretary Tammy Mayer '00 graduated from Goucher College in 2004 with at BA in French and minor in interdisciplinary studies: education, sociology and psychology. She is living in Baltimore.
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2003
Class Agent/Class Secretary Polyana DeOliveira '03 27 Crow's Nest Lane, Apt. 6A Danbury CT 06810-2007 Phone: 203-792-4231 Email: polika26@hotmail.com Sarah Westerberg '03 38 Fleetwood Avenue Bethel CT 06801 Phone: 203-792-0385 Email: tigerlily143x@msn.com Sarah Westerberg '03 is spending the spring semester down under in Australia.
2004
Class Agent/Class Secretary Margaret Orr '04 30 Banks Hill Place Ridgefield CT 06877 Phone: 203-431-8055 Email: morr@princeton.edu Louis Perrella '04 in recognition of his superior academic achievement has been named a Kerschner Scholar by the Emory University chapter of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Founded in 1858, Delta Tau Delta is the academic leader of fraternities. In the last five years the fraternity has consistently ranked at the top among all college fraternities in overall grade point average. Among many noted fraternity members are U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan, New Mexico Governor William Richardson, actor Matthew McConaughey and New York Yankee Mike Mussina. Allie Leib '04 is now a bona fide house cleaner (Wooster gets credit for her success). She
plans to study at the University of Melbourne in Australia for the second semester of her junior year. Allie is a Women's and Gender Studies major and is also following the pre-med track. This summer Melissa Duren is continuing her internship, running her own painting business, and working at the Wooster camp. She was recently elected as a day staff member of Fordham Univ. Emergency Medical Services. She will be responding to day calls as well as riding at night during the fall semester, and also working at an internship with ABC. She is going abroad to Spain for spring semester next year. Alex Kahn-Johnston '04 is a Spanish major and a history minor, and she's going abroad to Malaga, Spain all next year! She's also been involved with The Mermaid Players (a student theatre group) for the past two years, and just finished stage managing "The World After," a student written and directed play that examined the impact of the AIDS virus on American society, as well as the theatre department's mainstage production at Dickinson. Jeff Santoro '04 will be studying in the Washington, D.C. Semester Program next spring. Maggie Orr '04 will be working this summer in New York City
for Business Today, a non-profit organization founded by Steve Forbes with the goal of bringing students and executives together for debate and dialogue on issues in the business world. She is also the Business Today International Conference Director for the event to be held next November with over 200 students from around the world and 75 Fortune 500 CEOs in attendance. She is an Economics major with certificates (minors) in Finance and Latin American Studies. Robby Huette '04, a sophomore at Plymouth State University, will be studying in Madrid, Spain in the Fall of 2006.
2005
Class Agent/Class Secretary Samantha Sommers '05 PO Box 402 10 Shoshone Drive Goldens Bridge, NY 10526 914-232-4881 Email: ssommers@colgate.edu Micah Frost '05 91 Harmony Road Patterson, NY 12563 845-878-6015 Email: micah.frost@gmail.com
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Robert C. Wheeler '31, a retired accountant for Sikorsky Aircraft, died on Sunday, November 20, 2005. Born in Bridgeport, on January 15, 1913, to the late Robert E. and Nennie C. Wheeler, he had lived in Bridgeport all his life and attended Wooster School and Wesleyan University. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Frederick H. Wheeler, in 1975. Survivors include his niece, Lynn and her husband, John Bachelor, of Toledo, Ohio; and several cousins. Mr. Wheeler was a lifelong member of the United Congregational Church in Bridgeport and long time member of Brooklawn Country Club, where he was active in the bowling league and tennis program. He was a former treasurer and longtime member of the Contemporary Club and former treasurer of Black Rock Yacht Club, Trustee of Mountain Grove Cemetery Association and member of Connecticut Audubon Society. An avid tennis player into his eighties, he greatly enjoyed vacations and tennis at the Basin Harbor Club in Vergennes, VT. John Wentworth Nutter '37 passed away in 2005. After Wooster Mr. Nutter received his BA from Empire State College SUNY and his MS from Troy State University. He was a retired mechanical and electrical inspector with New York State. Prior to his passing, John made his home in Alabama.
Charles B. Hilton '44 passed away in 2005. No further information was available. Harold F. Jung Jr. '41 passed away on October 27, 2005. No further information was available. Mrs. Waterman sadly reported that her husband George Frank Waterman '54 passed away on February 12, 2005. George received his BS and MS from Winona State University. He was a retired Vice President from Apco Irrigation. He is survived by his wife, many family members and friends. Bruce Robert Partridge '57 retired aerospace engineer Bruce R. Partridge, Sr. of West Hills, died Feb. 11, after a 20year fight with kidney disease. He was 66 and will be profoundly missed by his wife Barbara, his beloved companion of 46 years, and their sons Bruce, Jr., and Scott and their wives, Viola and Kristina respectively. Bruce Partridge was born in Connecticut and was raised in West Springfield, Mass., where his father worked for ESSO. He attended Wooster School, and graduated from Tufts University in suburban Boston. After graduation in 1959, he headed West and became an electrical engineer with Lockheed. He went on to work for Hughes Aircraft and Teledyne, specializing in missile guidance systems. Along with his engineering degree from Tufts, Partridge earned his masters degree in engineering from the University of Southern California. After that, he began a lifelong
devotion to USC, especially the Trojans football team, and it became a metaphor for the Eastern born-and-bred Partridge to embrace of his adopted Southern California. Bruce coached championship football and baseball teams with the West Valley Eagles and the West Hills Baseball league for many years. He also scouted football for Chatsworth High School and was an active in fundraising at Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino, which his younger son Scott attended. After he retired in 1997, Partridge fought a long battle with various diseases tied to kidney failure. He received two kidney transplants and one liver transplant, which extended his life and allowed him to witness both his son’s marriages. He will be remembered as a hero to many for his strength, stamina and devotion to God during his 20-year battle with different illnesses related to kidney disease and be forever grateful for the life extension these donations gave him. Last fall, Partridge saw his son Scott successfully receive a kidney transplant. James M. (Jerry) Howard III ’61, whose photographic and editorial work was well known in the Boston area, died on Sunday, December 12, 2004 in Limerick, Ireland after a brief illness. He was the son of the late James M. Howard, Jr. (d.2002) and Sarah Seymour (d.1946) and stepmother Selena Howard, and the grandson of the late Charles Seymour, President of Yale University from 1937-1950. He was 60 years old. A graduate of the Wooster
School in Connecticut, he earned a B.A. from Yale University in 1965, a M.A. in Journalism from Columbia University in 1966, and a B.F.A. in Photography from the Massachusetts School of Art. Howard served in Vietnam as a Lieutenant in Underwater Demolition Team 12 of the US Navy (an earlier formulation of the SEALS), receiving a Purple Heart award after being wounded in action. Following his tour of duty, he commenced his work in (the fields of) photography and journalism. Jerry Howard was a photographer and writer who explored the relationships between people and place for over three decades. As a journalist, essayist, and editor, he covered garden design and landscape architecture, the evolution of zoological parks and garden cemeteries, the greenway and urban gardening movements, suburban land use, and the politics of saving endangered places. During the 1970's, Howard served as Editor of the Weston/Wayland Town Crier. From 1980-1999, he was a co-founder of Positive Images, providing stock photography to the publishing industry. He was the founding editor of Whole Life Times, Associate Editor of the New Age Journal, and Editor and Publication Manager for the North Cambridge Newspaper from 1993-97, among others. Howard did freelance work throughout his career, the longest service of which was to Sanctuary magazine, published by the Massachusetts Audubon Society. In addition to his stepmother, he leaves his daughters Sarah and
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Elizabeth, and his partner, Gail Johnston. Survivors also include Margarite Bradley, his wife for 23 years, his three sisters, and a large community of friends. Brandon Conners informed us with great sorrow that his father Ronald D. Conners '66 passed away on September 27, 2005. He had very fond memories of the time he spent at Wooster, and cherished the friendships he made. Brandon and his wife attended a Wooster reunion with him about five years ago, and enjoyed the stories he told as they walked around the campus. Barbara (Cattermole) Fox, of Chandler, AZ, a retired educator who lived and taught for many years in the Danbury, Conn., area, died Saturday, March 4, at her home in Chandler. She was 88. She was born in Danbury on Sept. 26, 1917, daughter of Arthur and Grace (Miller) Cattermole. She was married in 1943 to Robert Fox, and they lived for many years in Bethel. Mr. Fox died in 1990. Mrs. Fox was a graduate of Danbury State College and earned a master's degree as a certified reading consultant from the University of Bridgeport. She taught in the public schools in Sharon, Fairfield, Danbury and Bethel, Conn., and was chairwoman of the English Department at Bethel High School. In the 1970s, she joined the faculty of Wooster School in Danbury and served as director of the Day School there during the school's transition to coeducation. She established the Arthur Cattermole prize which
is given to a Wooster School 8th grader each year for outstanding citizenship in Middle School. She was active in the Central Christian Church in Danbury, serving as a deacon, elder, Sunday school teacher and choir member. She also played cello with the Danbury Symphony. Mrs. Fox also was a founding member and former board member of the Volunteer Bureau of Greater Danbury. She also was a former Fifth District coordinator and a former state board member of Connecticut Common Cause. She maintained to the end of her life a lively interest in politics, education, baseball and the English language. Mrs. Fox delighted in Shakespeare, classical music, the King James Version of the Bible and all things English. She leaves two sons and their wives, Charles A. '64 and Ramona Fox of Phoenix, with whom she made her home for many years after moving to Arizona following the death of her husband; and James R. Fox '68 and Kate Schaal of White River Junction, Vt.; and two grandsons, Chester Fox and Albert Fox, both of White River Junction. A memorial service will be held this spring in Danbury. Elliott Bristol, Jr. '40 passed away on October 3, 2005. No further information is available. Verne Burnett '43 passed away. No further information is available.
Melva Good Witzky, mother of Annaliese '73 and Christopher '75, formerly of New Fairfield, died Wednesday, Jan 25 in Glastonbury after a long illness. She was 85. Melva was born in Beatrice, Nebraska on February 29, 1920, daughter of the late Reverend Melvin and Florence Good both of Kansas. Raised in Kansas, she attended Iola High School and graduated from the University of Kansas with a B.A. in music education and voice. After teaching music both in Kansas and in Florida in a number of public schools, she moved to Boston to study voice at the New England Conservatory of Music, and then relocated to York City where she began a career in personnel administration with Hilton Hotels and also Hilton International, training their international employees. There she met her future husband, Herbert Witzky, then Personnel Director, whom she married in 1953 and who died in 1993. Together they developed a consulting and executive placement company which serviced the hospitality industry, in addition to publishing and writing manuals and textbooks. Contributions in her memory may be made to the Wooster School Music Dept.
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