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July, in case anyone wants to join
him. He’ll be taking participants
into the rainforest to see orang-
utans and meet the Iban people
and critiquing what they write
about it to pass on what he has
learned about literary journal-
ism–memoir, travelogue, nature
writing, ethnography, and sci-
ence and environmental writing.
You can find details on the
“Abroad Writers’ Conference”
Facebook page. Last June, Vanity
Fair published Alex’s memoir/
profile of “44th Street between
Fifth and Sixth” (www.vanityfair
.com/contributors/alex-shou-
matoff) and Michael Pollak
wrote a lovely letter about it,
published in the next issue.
JosWiley reports that he and
Jim Schutze will be visiting
MontyOrr in Ennis, Mont., over
July 4 and invites anyone who
can to join them for a “roundup”
at the Silver Dollar Saloon.
Andy Johnston and wife
Christine are in their sixth year
of retirement in Clio, Calif., near
Lake Tahoe. They are involved
in community activities (church,
music groups, social service
work) and travel (England and
Scotland in May 2013, in part to
pursue family history). Our part
of northeastern California is
wonderful for hiking and
mountain living.
David Irons is off to Bali
twice this year – in April and
from September to November
– curating an exhibition of his
Wayang paintings created over
the last century. The exhibit will
be in early October at the Mu-
seum Puri Lukisan in Ubud.
Anyone interested in the work
or wanting more information
about the exhibition can reach
him at david@dmirons.com.
Noted class artist Dick
Ranck had two paintings added
to the permanent collection at
Philadelphia’s Woodmere Mu-
seumof Art and is preparing for
a solo at the prestigious Richard
Rosenfeld Gallery, scheduled for
March 2014.
American history buff Rick
Sperry has just launched his
American history website, His-
tory 500 at, www.history500
.com, with over 500 “best” books
on American history, including
World War I & II (a private book
club, but free to any SPS ’64
formmates). It’s a “perpetual
work in progress that I can have
fun with for the next 25 years.”
All friends welcome. If inter-
ested, let him know.
Ray Payson writes: “My wife
Marcia and I held a third wed-
ding in five years at our harbor-
side lawn in Bristol, R.I., in
early September of last year, as
Marcia’s oldest daughter, Livia,
got married to Joel McCrum.
Livia graduated from M.I.T.’s
Sloan School of Business last
May and is working in Boston.”
1966
Richard W. Woodville
rwoodville@verizon.net
As a pitcher for the DC Classics,
Bill Moorhead reports that he
went 2 – 0 and was named MVP
as the teamwon the 2011 Men’s
Senior Baseball World Series
(55+ Central Division) in Phoe-
nix, Ariz.
1968
James F. Robinson
jfrobinson72@gmail.com
www.sps.edu/1968
1969
Thomas J. Iglehart
tom@iglehart.net
Robin Lloyd has written a
seafaring novel filled withmys-
tery and suspense based on the
life of an ancestor who knew
everybody in London from
Charles Dickens to Queen Vic-
toria. Titled Rough Passage to
London: A Sea Captain’s Tale,
the book will be published in
early fall by Sheridan House.
As executive director of the
SPS Alumni Association, Bob
Rettew has been criss-crossing
the nation with multi-city
visits, making a special effort to
rekindle old ties with forms
spanning the ’60s and ’70s. In
January, this led to a happy
mini-reunion of SPS 1969 in
Washington, D.C. Doug Stewart
and his wife, Sue, provided Bob
withmuchwarmhospitality and
helped convene five-year man
BryanWilkins (who divides his
time between homes in George-
town and Kentucky) and David
Burling (formerlyWinslow, and
formerly an accomplished at-
torney, now of Santa Fe and a
professional woodworker) at
the Matisse Restaurant for a
world of catching up. Robin
Lloyd joined Bob, Doug, and Sue
the following night for dinner as
well. Bob later visited with
Charles Horn at his law office
and reconnected by phone with
J.Q. Adams and Bob’s former
Drury roommate, Win Red-
mond . One thing all agreed
upon: Further such gatherings
in the coming year will be wel-
come as we gear up for the next
five-year reunion.
Bill Markham reports in: “I
continue to practice antitrust
law but devote nearly all my
time to teaching law school and
writing. I will be a visiting pro-
fessor at Berkeley next year and
continue to teach at the Univer-
sity of San Francisco. My wife,
Diana, and I also spend as much
free time as possible in the Si-
erra wilderness, either at our
cabin in Bear Valley or hiking
and camping in Yosemite. After
years in San Francisco, we have
moved our principal home to
Carmel Valley. If you are in
Northern California, please let
us know. It would be great to see
formmates.”
Mark your calendars now: the
SPS 1969 45th Reunion in Mill-
ville: May 30 through June 1,
2014.
FORMNOTES
Charlie Bronson ’72 sends
this photo from Kauai of his
neighbor and unofficial “pet”
albatross chick.
Ted Baehr ’64 and his family (l. to r.): Meg, Christina, Peirce, Lili,
Ted, Marine Capt. Jim Baehr ’01, Robby, and Evy.
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