Dick Paine
Paine45green@aol.com
Jim Hammond
Hamjam123@hotmail.com
“The Choiristers” – Nicholas Platt, Peter Swords, and Jim Righter ’54 – invited me to join them for lunch on March 5 at the Knickerbocker Club in New York. Most of us enjoyed Shad Roe and each of these close friends enjoyed the good company, wives included, of course.
Peter Paine ’53 with his son, Peter ’81, shooting quail at the home of the late Chris Sonne ’53 in South Carolina.
The Choiristers (l. to r.): Nicholas Platt ’53, Peter Swords ’53, Jim Righter ’54 and Jim Hammond ’53 at the Knickerbocker Club in New York.
Nat Howe
nathowejr@yahoo.com
Bill de Haven
Bill_dehaven316@hotmail.com
EQ Sylvester writes: “Given my passion to help the disabled become included in the fabric of society through the game of golf, I was pleased that U.S. Adaptive Golf Alliance, which I lead, was recognized at the PGA Show in Orlando in January by receiving the Player Development Award for the inclusion of the disabled in the game of golf. The PGA show was attended by 40,000 golf aficionados, and this award just went to show that we’re being recognized for our efforts on a national scale. The golf world is beginning to really care about the inclusion of the disabled in this great game.”
A note from Anthony Horan: “I have been very busy preparing a scientific biography of my grandfather, John Rogers Jr., M.D., Columbia P&S, 1891. He prepared for Yale at the King School in Stamford, Conn. He studied German at both. He did prodigiously original work both in bringing the latest German G.I. techniques to the U.S. and by raising anti- bodies to thyroid hormone in the bellies of male Belgian rabbits. With these antibodies, he could stop fatal thyroid storm when operating for hyperthyroidism. I have continued to work on my art, portraiture lately, and submit annually to an amateur show in a New York club. I competed in the over-80 category USTA singles tennis competition in Palm Desert, Calif. I joined the Fresno Ski Club and have skied twice at nearby China Peak, once with my son, who is a snowboarder.”
A message from David Noble: “I’ve been finishing up a book about the year I spent in Saigon and Vietnam’s Central Highlands in 1962-63. It includes a memoir, excerpts from letters written home, and photographs I made there, as well as articles I wrote about the anti- war movement in the late 1960s. It will be published by McFarland & Co. later this year. I’ve also been working with the Smithsonian’s Museum of the American Indian and Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, which have been acquiring my photographs. Finally, staying well, at least so far in these uncertain times.”
Allan Ayers
aayers3667@gmail.com
Guy Rutherfurd
rutherfurdguy@gmail.com
This winter, both of your class representatives independently voyaged to Antarctica. Something about turning 80 encourages you to do such things.
From Allan Ayers: “While Joanne stayed home and took care of the dog and froze, I took a very interesting trip to Antarctica with some additional time in Argentina and Uruguay. Most of the time on the ship, it was warmer there than in Chicago. We actually debarked and visited a station at 66°52’ (South of the Antarctic Circle), and also had a delightful BBQ luncheon on the deck. Two small sailboats underway and another one at anchor – don’t think I’ll crew on any of them. Of course, penguins everywhere, as well as seals of assorted types and whales – mostly spouts, but occasionally the flukes including one who blew his spout and then breached just aft of the ship and then waved good-bye with a perfect pair of flukes.”
Guy Rutherfurd with several team members from Courageous (12 M) went to Antarctica in January to celebrate the 200th anniversary of its discovery in 1820 and enjoy the beauty of this vast continent. Abercrombie and Kent created a celebratory two-week voyage exploring Antarctica and the historic sites along the Palmer peninsula. We also saw all the wonders of Antarctica; penguins, seals, whales, icebergs floating and some turning over in front of us. James McClintock, author of Lost Antarctica, accompanied our trip. In the summer of 1820, Nathaniel Palmer, age 21, from Stonington, Conn., aboard his 47-foot sailboat, Hero, was searching for Fur Seals. He discovered the peninsula of Antarctica, now called the Palmer Peninsula. In 1920 the Nathaniel Palmer Research Station was established. The high point of our trip was the visit to the Nathaniel Palmer Station (I am related to the Palmer family through my mother and uncle, Sidney Whelan ’47).
An update from Andy Hall: “Last September, we were fortunate to be included in a one-week small group tour of Italy based out of Il Convento dei Capuccini, Umbria. The Convento was first established in 1556 and sits on a hill overlooking Lake Trasimeno about two hours north of Rome. It was recently purchased by George Lucas and restored to state-of-the-art luxury and fully staffed. The tour included day trips to Florence, Sienna, and two Montepulciano wineries: La Braccesca and Dei. The highlight was a morning truffle hunt on the Convento grounds, led by a professional truffle hunter and his dog and overseen by the required game warden.”
Hunt Janin writes: “The books I have written and published include a history of explorations of the American West; a history of Yellowstone National Park; and (not yet finished) a history of shipping in San Francisco Bay.”
Susan and Philip Iglehart ’57 with their six grandchildren.
Allan Ayers ’58 during his expedition to Antarctica.
Andy Hall ’58 during his tour of Italy in September.
Guy Rutherfurd ’58 and friend Glenn Giordinier in Antarctica.
A painting by Frederick Appell ’58.