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1953
W. Wright Olney
wright.olney@comcast.net
www.sps.edu/1953
From your form director,
Wright Olney : “The 60th re-
union is only days away! More
than 30 formmates are plan-
ning to return: Nelson Aldrich,
Rutgers Barclay, Read Charl-
ton, Hugh Clark, George
Hackney, James Hammond,
Randolph Harrison, Bill
Henry, Mike Hooker, Jay
Lewis, Jack Lonsdale, Tod
Mann, Norman Marsh, Bill
McMillan, Grayson Murphy,
Derick Nicholas, Curtis Noel,
Wright Olney, Peter Paine,
Paul Phillips, John Powell,
Mike Rawson, Archie Rich-
ards, Bruce Righter, Chris
Sonne, John Soutter, Jim Van
Alen, Ben Warren, Ben Wil-
liams, and SamWolcott, as well
as honorary 1953 alumnus Bob
Bryan, of Bert and I fame. There
are a handful of tentative at-
tendees, and hopefullymore will
confirm in the coming days!”
Peter Swords was honored
in New York in February at a
benefit fundraiser for LaMaMa,
an arts institution with a world-
wide reputation for producing
cutting-edge work in theater,
dance, performance art, and
music. Peter, a longtime La
MaMa board member, also
serves on the boards of the
National Council of Nonprofit
Associations, the National
Community Risk Center, the
Center for the Study of Philan-
thropy, the Correctional As-
sociation, and the New York
City Bar Association. Peter was
an associate dean at Columbia
Law School for 14 years. He
continues to teach courses
there and at Teachers College,
frequently lecturing in the area
of nonprofit law and liability
insurance.
And, finally, we are sad to
report that Gordon Bellis died
on January 24 (see his obituary
p. 57) .
1954
Edward P. Harding
barnhill@hardinggroup.com
Ben Eppes regrets missing the
Feb 4 luncheon at The Links and
writes: “I have been retired from
medical practice for five years
and am enjoying life with Cinnie
(married 53 years), eight won-
derful grandchildren fromtwo to
21 (including a senior at Middle-
bury and a freshman at Dart-
mouth), and lots of singing, gui-
tar, and barbershop arranging.
Pieter Greeff also regrets his
absence at the luncheon and
writes: “Just got back from Co-
lombia, where I saw Peter Pool
at the Cartagena Music Festival
(this year all Italian Renaissance
chamber music). Just missed
Woody Waldron , whom I’d
hoped to see but timing was too
close. Now back in freezing
Virginia, where it’s paperwork
and wood splitting (winter log-
ging) as part of my agriculture
phase. Also, I continue with the
painting and acknowledge being
lucky every day to be alive.”
1955
Morris Cheston, Jr.
chestonm@ballardspahr.com
Morris Cheston provided an
update: “At the third annual
mini-reunion, ’55 combined
with ’54 for a joyous get-to-
gether for lunch at The Links in
New York City on February 4.
Present from ’55 were the fol-
lowing mates: McPherson,
Howe, Smith, Roak, Horan,
Iams, Lloyd, Lovejoy, Hol-
brook, and Cheston. Wilmerd-
ing was planning to attend but
was sidelined by the flu. There
was lots of talk about those who
were not there, so the rest of
you better come next year,
scheduled for February 3 at The
Links, to defend yourselves.”
DavidWagstaff reports: “All
is well, still living in New Or-
leans. Active in golf and tennis.
My wife, Suse, takes great care
of me!”
1958
Charles D. McKee
charles.mckee@rbc.com
www.sps.edu/1958
1960
Dimitri Sevastopoulo
dimitrisev@nyc.rr.com
Jack Mechem writes: “Good to
see the form getting back in
touch. Let’s keep the momen-
tum going! Had lunch with Ben
Moyer recently, and we would
like to get something together
in the spring/summer – lunch
in Boston and/or golf on the
Cape. I will be “migrating” my-
self, family, and recruiting busi-
ness to the Cape starting in July
and hope to have more time for
family, friends, and class-
mates. Have had a great run
with John Jay ’61 at ERI.
1961
Mike Seymour
mike@hol.edu
Peter Pell writes: “two grand-
daughters playing mite-level
hockey – opposite from me . . .
good skaters . . . no slap shot.
The Pell hockey genes carry
on. Pell Jr. had first child,
daughter Carter, in Jan ’13 – no
slap shot yet, but likes to feed.”
Bob Rounsavall submitted
an update on his travels: “Sev-
eral weeks ago I read a report by
Stu Douglas of the Tongariro
Alpine Crossing in the fall edi-
tion of Alumni Horae. Coinci-
dentally, only a few days later I
traveled to New Zealand. In-
spired by Stu, I made the same
trek. Mt. Tongariro is in an active
volcano area, and part of the trail
was closed due to an eruption in
November. There was another
one a week after I made the
climb. An adjacentmountain, Mt.
Ngauruhoe has achieved fame as
Mt. Doom in the Lord of the
Rings. New Zealand is a land of
spectacular scenery, and I can
readily understandwhy Stu likes
it so much.
Maggie and Mike Seymour
made a successful and very
happy transition to Beaufort,
South Carolina, home of Mike’s
older brother RichSeymour ’57
and wife. House is finished and
we’vemoved in, gypsies nomore.
FORMNOTES
Peter Gates ’52 at the Metro-
politan Museum of Art, where
he serves as a docent.
Bob Rounsavall ’61 at Mt.
Tongariro in New Zealand.
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