40
1966
Richard Woodville
rwoodville@verizon.net
Hugh Clark
writes: “My wife,
Barbara, and I celebrated our
40th anniversary in Quebec
in June. Now we are nearing
retirement (our shared aim
is spring 2016, just in time
for our 50th) and enjoying
our granddaughter, Eleanor.
We look forward to spending
more time in our cottage on
Mt. Desert Island, where we
see many fellow alums. We’d
love to see more. Meanwhile,
though my career as professor
of East Asian history at Ursinus
College outside Philadelphia is
nearing an end, my scholarship
continues to produce results.
The University of Hawaii Press
will soon publish my new book,
Civilizing the Lands Beyond: Ac-
commodation and Transforma-
tion on the South China Frontier
through the 1st Millennium
, and
a translation of the travel diary
of a seventh-century monk re-
cording his journey to India and
back is next. Sales, no doubt, will
be brisk!”
Perry King
has been hard at
work on his upcoming indepen-
dent Western,
The Divide
. The
script was written by
Alumni
Horae
editor Jana Brown, in
collaboration with Perry. The
two met when Jana wrote an
article about Perry for
Alumni
Horae
back in 2011, and they
decided to work together.
The
Divide
is the story of an aging
rancher (King) with a failing
memory, his estranged and
independent-minded daughter,
and a young ranch hand who
finds himself in the midst of a
family in crisis. All three must
reconcile a long-ago tragedy.
Set for production in the sum-
mer of 2015, the movie will be
filmed almost exclusively on
Perry’s cattle ranch in El Dorado
County, California. Perry calls
The Divide
a story about “the
drama of ordinary life.” Check
out the website at www.thedi-
videmotionpicture.com.
1968
Tom Shortall
shortall.nevis@gmail.com
Tucker Hood
writes: “On July
26,
Jim Colby, Ewing Walker
,
and I sadly found ourselves at
Harvard Memorial Church for
a service celebrating the life of
Joe Walker ’69
. Many spoke,
but the remembrance by
John
Hagerty ’69
was especially poi-
gnant, humorous, and straight
from the heart. We all can hope
to have that kind of friend stand
up for us when we are gone. Joe
has a really nice and interest-
ing family, most of whom I got
to talk with at a party at the
home of
Rick Lyon ’69
after
the service and reception at
the Harvard Faculty Club. Much
good humor and “Joe stories”
swapped until late in the eve-
ning. A good man with many
circles of friends who cared
about him and colleagues who
respected him.”
1969
Terry Hunt
terryhuntedd@gmail.com
Rick Lyon
sends this news:
“Our friend and form director,
the
Hon. JosephM. Walker III
,
died on July 8. Many of us had
enjoyed his company at our 45th
one month earlier. His passing
came as a shock to everyone
who knew him, as he seemed to
be in good health and had been
quite active. All of Joe’s imme-
diate family live in the Caroli-
nas, Georgia, or California, and
they all came for the memorial
service, which was held at the
Harvard Chapel on July 26,
with an evening reception at
my house hosted by Remmi and
me,
Dave LeBreton
, and
John
Hagerty
. Joe had a significant
impact on many young people
and many spouses. He and my
wife were very close friends.
The three of us had traveled
together and were planning a
trip to Vietnam next April. My
son and daughter grew up with
Joe over for dinner at least twice
a month and always on call for
birthdays and special occasions.
They looked up to him more
than I ever knew. He had that
kind of impact on people. Joe
was to retire from the Massa-
chusetts Superior Court this fall
after a distinguished career as
a jurist. Many of his coworkers
came to celebrate Joe’s life and
to relate their interactions with
the judge. It was obvious that
Joe’s sense of humor provided
a courtroom environment that
made his fellow workers com-
fortable and highly respectful.
Joe was a great friend to many
people, from all walks of life.
He was tremendously self-
deprecating, especially when
it came to describing his golf
game! One personal highlight
was Joe’s 60th birthday. He re-
fused to have a party, so he asked
me if I would accompany him to
Lime Rock, to attend the Skip
Barber Racing School in open-
wheel mini Formula One cars. I
don’t think I had ever seen him
quite as happy. The smile on his
face, in his racing suit, helmet in
hand, will forever be awonderful
reminder of my friend.”
Dave Burling
reports: “I am
playing lots of tennis and en-
joying yoga, skiing, and hiking.
We just moved our daughter
into Susquehanna University
and are still moving our son
from Berklee College of Music
to UCLA Extension for a cer-
tificate in film music composi-
tion. We just moved back to
Santa Fe from two family sab-
batical years in the East in and
around Baltimore, frequently
commuting to D.C. to visit my
mother, who just turned 99,
and otherwise supporting my
daughter through some early
adulthood transitions. As we
unpacked back here, we found
we needed to make more space
and started reviewing and ed-
iting most of our accumulated
belongings, making piles for
consignment shops, Goodwill,
nonprofit rummage sales, our
kids, recycling, and trash. In
one of the boxes I found an old
SPS magazine produced for
advertising while we were there
and am sending it to
Tom Igle-
hart
to scan and post many of
the photos in which many from
our class are featured, includ-
ing one of
Hap Hale
and me
FORMNOTES
Charlie Scribner ’69 and Margi
Lindsay Picotte (daughter of John
Lindsay ’40) in the historic New
York home where she grew up,
now owned by Charlie.
Alumni Horae
editor Jana
Brown has been working with
veteran actor/director Perry
King ’66 on the screenplay for
The Divide
, a film to be shot at
King’s Calif. ranch next summer.
