41
with Se
ñ
or Ordo
ñ
ez in his Nash
apartment. There was also an
old
Pelican
with an article on
the new coffeehouse and on
the efforts of our varsity soccer
team, in which many of us are
mentioned.”
Bob Bennett
also reports:
“Technology has certainly af-
fected me – photography just
isn’t the same thing it was 20
years ago. Sting said it just fine
decades ago: “...toomuch infor-
mation, washing over me...” Yep,
for sure. I added more images
in the sps1969.org website/
gallery. My life ain’t exciting,
it’s just Photoshop; Photoshop,
and more Photoshop at a Marin
County studio. I still shoot a bit
of filmnow and then, but thanks
to ailing finances and a bad back
(sciatica), I don’t get out much
anymore. My only daughter is
now happily married, and prac-
ticing law in the Atlanta area.
I just published a book: www.
blurb.com/b/5470637-a-walk-
on-the-California-coast.”
Charlie Scribner
submits
this historical news: “We had
a magnificent ceremony on
September 10, when NYC His-
toric Landmarks unveiled the
John Lindsay
’40
plaque on
our building at 155 E 72, where
he lived with his family before
he became mayor of New York
(during our Third Form year)
and moved to Gracie Mansion.
Afterwards, I gave his daugh-
ter, Margi Lindsay Picotte, a
d
é
j
à
-vu tour of her childhood
apartment, which she left half
a century ago, and which we
now inhabit, keeping it in the
SPS family! Cheers!”
Terry Hunt
writes: “My wife
and I are loving this empty nest
thing. I was also inspired several
years ago by a book,
Younger
Next Year
by Chris Crowley,
to eat better and exercise a
whole lot more: yoga, running,
walking, tennis, biking, and
skiing – some intense activity
every day. Anyone interested
in a pedometer club for mutual
affirmation?”
Dave LeBreton
reported that
there is a passionate little item
he wrote for
Alumni Horae
sev-
eral years ago – gone missing!
It was about
Procter Smith
’s
highly constructive relation-
ship with his son at Salisbury.
Kudos, Proc!”
1970
Tres Davidson
swdiii@gmail.com
Save the date – May 28-31 –
as plans are underway for our
45th
reunion. We are making
plans to begin our celebration
on Thursday, May 28. Please be
sure the alumni office has your
contact information and cur-
rent e-mail address. Send any
changes to
More information to come soon!
Dennis Koller
sends this
news: “Hello from Vail, Colo.,
to the Form of 1970. While
organizing my office, I came
across our yearbook. Soon I
was stepping back in time as I
turned the pages, reminiscing
about the late 60s at school. I
also watched again “Departure
1970” and reread the notes
about the 40th reunion. For me,
1968 was a time of awakening.
In my hometown of Memphis,
I saw Martin Luther King and I
also saw a KKK rally. I spent the
summer in Mexico witnessing
the violent crackdown by the
government against the stu-
dents. I look back on that time
of violence and intolerance with
appreciation for the progress
we have made – and with con-
cern that there is still much to
do to realize the ideals we had
in our school days at St. Paul’s.
We’ve taken different paths
since graduation. Mine took
me to Vail, where I have lived
and owned property for over
30 years. This year I joined the
new real estate office of Berk-
shire Hathaway Home Services
and am introducing prospec-
tive newcomers to our lively,
stunning area, where there is a
diversity of activities and events
year-round. Contact me should
your next trip bring you this
way. We can reminisce about
exhilarating times at St Paul’s,
while enjoying the beauty and
wonder of this special place.”
1971
Dennis Dixon
dennis.c.dixon@gmail.com
After last seeing
Steve Bedford
on Monhegan Island, Maine,
several years ago, he updates
with: “Lots went on in those
few years. I’m now in charge of
the architectural historians for
the Louis Berger Group, one of
those big engineering and ar-
chitecture conglomerates. Due
to that commitment and a few
other things, I’ve cut back my
teaching as an adjunct at UMass
andmy rowing has suffered too.
My daughter was married last
year and my son is a junior at
BU. Although I see a lot of
Bill
Jackson
’64
and
JohnEvans ’66
,
Peter Van Brunt ’57
, and, oc-
casionally,
Bobby Lindsay ’73
,
I hear about SPS frommy sister,
Hilary Parkhurst ’80
, and
her latest child at SPS,
Henry
Parkhurst ’16.
”
Peter Seymour
says that, in
July, he,
BramLewis
, and
How-
land (“Murph”) Murphy,
met
at The Pulse Restaurant inside
the Equinox Gym in Rockefeller
Center for a mini-reunion
with
Guy Antonioli
, who was
passing through the city from
Austin, Texas. Luckily, the res-
taurant was practically empty at
lunch as the noise level reached
what could have been from
a reunion of the entire form.
Luckily, the few diners and a
wonderfully patient waiter were
amused, and more than one
asked where the four of us knew
each other from as, by virtue
of the decibel level, stories
of our school hijinks (largely
and thickly embellished) were
shared with everyone in a two-
block radius. Murph generously
hosted the meal, and we all
left to be greeted by a flooding
downpour, which some of us
didn’t notice.
The John V. Lindsay plaque,
announcing designation of the
Lindsay home in Manhattan,
once owned by John Lindsay ’40,
former mayor of New York City,
as a historic landmark.
Formmates from ’71 (l. to r.): Bram Lewis, Guy Antonioli, Howland
“Murph” Murphy, and Peter Seymour at lunch in New York’s
Rockefeller Center.
