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“After teaching for more than
20 years at Yale School of Ar-
chitecture, I was thrilled at this
year’s graduation to receive
the Yale School of Architec-
ture’s Professor King-lui Wu
Teaching Award, awarded each
year to a faculty member who
combines architectural prac-
tice with outstanding teaching.
Recipients are selected by the
vote of graduating students.
Nothing could be more grati-
fying than being recognized by
your students! In August, a TV
program themed as You Live
in What? will be shooting what
will be the third special on my
water tank house. Sheila and I
will be in Hong Kong for the fall,
where we will be carrying out a
project related to the changing
environment, both oceanic and
atmospheric, at Hong Kong
Design Institute. I will also be
teaching an advanced Archi-
tectural Design Studio at Hong
Kong University. Somehow or
other I will also be attending to
my practice. Doesn’t sound like
a particularly restful sabbatical,
does it? What we wanted most
was some real time in Hong
Kong. Retirement is nowhere in
sight!”
1960
Dimitri Sevastopoulo
dimitrisev@nyc.rr.com
A fall formnote from Joe
Mechem : “ Dimitri Sevas-
topoulo hosted a dinner at
the Harvard Club for nearly
20 formmates. Attendees in-
cluded Andy Baxter , Rich
Brewster, SamBrookfield, Bill
Burnham, Bill Foulke, Harry
Howell, Jack Mechem, Bill
Parshall, Michael Patterson,
Jud Phelps, Win Rutherfurd,
Peter Stovell , Lane Taylor,
Richard Vietor , Phil Warner,
Sandy Whitman , and Peter
Yerkes . Incidentally, Charlie
Thomson and Pete Draper
couldn’t attend because they
were in Africa at the time (dif-
ferent places). This was the
third and largest class get-
together this year (others in
Philadelphia and Boca Grande).
During the dinner, I reported on
my visit to Alumni Volunteer
Weekend (September 27-28),
and talked about admissions
(SPS and college) and the fi-
nancial and spiritual strength of
the School. A lively discussion
ensued. Everyone commented
about the need for more fre-
quent get-togethers.”
1964
Richard S. Sperry
overcable@aol.com
www.sps.edu/1964
I just visited the School for
the annual Alumni Volunteer
Weekend. There was a beautiful
blue sky for a crisp fall weekend.
All was in order. Under the
watchful eyes of Form Agent
TonyParker and FormDirector
Rick Sperry, initial planning
for the SPS ’64 50th reunion,
May 30–June 1, 2014, is well
underway. Major events include
a pre-reunion gathering from
May 28 to 30 at the beautiful
Woodstock Inn in Woodstock,
Vt. Room blocks for SPS ’64
at the Woodstock Inn and the
Concord Holiday Inn have been
reserved, but call now to take
advantage of early availabilities.
Please make sure to check in
with our 50th reunion website
to see who is coming so far and
to let us know if you will be
there. Key events for reunion
include the traditional kick-off
dinner for the 50th reunion
form in the Upper Dining Hall
on Friday night, an off-site
dinner at the Kimball-Jenkins
Estate in Concord on Saturday,
and a final Sunday gathering
for lunch at the new home of
Rob Claflin and his wife, Kyri,
nearby on Pleasant Street.
Much work has gone into the
creation of a special SPS 50th
reunion personal information
website (50threunion.sps.edu),
which will function as an online
reunion yearbook. We encour-
age all members of the form to
take advantage of this first-ever
online effort and submit awrite-
up, whether you are coming or
not. Your formmates would love
to hear fromyou. There is plenty
of room for photos, links, and
videos – anything you wish to
include. Terry Lichty, Richard
Johnson, and I are organizing
this with the assistance of Jes-
sica McQuaid at SPS. The initial
deadline for submissions of No-
vember 1 has been extended, but
the sooner you can respond, the
more your formmates will enjoy.
Hats off to early responders
Terry Lichty, Dean Henry, Ted
Morgan, David Irons, Thierry
Aube, Jad Roberts, Ted Baehr,
Dick Sonderegger, et al. for
jumping in.
One nice reunion that took
place in June was in Montana
where Jos Wiley, Jim Schutze
and Monty Orr gathered for
their annual July roundup.
We are looking for volun-
teers to help organize other
weekend activities (i.e., a 50th
reunion crew at the Boat Races,
coordination of main dinner,
lunch and brunch activities,
selecting and ordering reunion
gifts, and any other activities
you may suggest).
We look forward to seeing
David Atkinson ’59 at the be-
ginning of a three-month walk
on the Camino de Santiago de
Compostela. George de Man ’57 (l.) joined
Tony Stout ’57 for Sunday
‘carving’ at the Bell, Chittle-
hampton, Devon, in July.
Former Rector Bill Matthews
’61 (r.) recently visited with
formmate Tony de Bekessy.
Formmates from 1964: Jim
Schutze (l.) met up with Jos
Wiley and Monty Orr (not
pictured) for their annual July
Roundup in Montana.