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1951
John L. Lorenz
cossacks4ever@fairpoint.net
Micky Voukitchevitch writes:
“ I hark back to our charm-
ing 60th, which I feared, but,
through the love, organization
skill, and gentle suasion of dear,
dear, Barbara Nay (may she rest
in peace) was gratefully relieved
to find at our ‘last supper’ mu-
tual reconciliation withmy dear
classmates. So now I amhealed,
as you too, of all that early hurt!
Spent a month with my es-
tranged spouse, Cynthia, in her
lush digs in North Carolina –we
overdosed on TV and her sorely
missed delicious cooking!”
1953
Wright Olney
wright.olney@comcast.net
Steve Colgate writes: Doris
and I are still running Offshore
Sailing School (www.offshore-
sailing.com ) and are expanding
with a second branch location in
Tortola, the Scrub Island Resort,
starting April 1. This year is our
50th year in business, and we
have a lot of celebrations.
Derick Nicholas writes from
SanMiguel de Allende inMexico
that the weather is beautifully
monotonous, that the only snow
he encountered all winter long
was in his margarita, and that
he thinks about the rigorous
winter weather the U.S. has
been having, but admittedly not
too much.
Paul Phillips sends this
update: “After our 60th reunion
in 2013, I retired from my full-
time position as professor of
medicine/rheumatology, seeing
patients, research, and teach-
ing, at SUNY Upstate Medical
University in Syracuse, N.Y. I
do still keep my hand in at our
Syracuse VA medical center
clinic every other Tuesday,
seeing vets with arthritis and
teaching residents and fel-
lows. With more time available,
Sharon and I have done more
traveling: to Argentina for dove
hunting in September, also
enjoying Buenos Aires, a great
city, and the spectacular Iguazu
Falls. We went to London with
a mostly upstate N.Y. theatre
group for two weeks in early
January – the 14 plays we saw
were great for the most part
– I’d particularly recommend
Ghosts, Morning to Midnight,
Beckett’s three one-acts, Wolf
Hall , currently in Stratford,
The Weir, King Lear, and Can-
dide. Fortune’s Fool, American
Psycho, Drawing the Line, and
Ciphers were also good. Nega-
tive on Richard II, Wendy and
Peter Pan in Stratford, and on
the new Sam Wanamaker The-
atre – uncomfortable and poor
visibility. Also saw the Paul Klee
show at Tate Modern, history of
Chinese painting show at the
V&A, Spencer murals (WWI)
at the Courtauld, and the Bac-
trian treasure and other ancient
Persian art at the British – a
good reminder of Iran’s long
and spectacular heritage! We
caught up with several relatives
and old colleagues as well, and
were lucky to have spring-like
weather (before the floods!)
with daffodils nearly in bloom.
Then returned here to persis-
tent snow and frequent subzero
temps – no sign of daffodils!
An old-time winter here! We’re
doing a Stephen Ambrose 70th
anniversary D-Day tour at the
beginning of June – starts in
London, to Normandy for the
June 6 ceremonies, then on to
Paris, Arnhem, Bastogne, and
back from Frankfurt. We’ll be
doing a family reunion at our
second home on Lake Ontario
again this summer and hope to
spend more time there in July
and August, so if any ’53ers
are passing this way, give a
call (315-682-6607) and come
visit! E-mail me at drpep37
@windstream.net.”
Hugh Clark writes: “Hello,
from out here in the Pacific
Northwest. You can see Russia
from here. We are in a brave
and adventurous town (Seattle).
The world’s largest tunneling
machine is bogged down by the
waterfront, where it ran into a
steel pipe the DOT forgot to tell
it about. We strongly urge you
to read Who Stole the American
Dream by Hedrick Smith and
find out how the bankers and
Wall Street bought the govern-
ment. WashingtonMutual was a
big piece of my retirement plan.
The president walked away
with 100 million dollars when
the bank went belly-up. I have
nominated him for ambassador
to...Syria. When not grousing,
I have been fit enough to ski
Whitefish Mountain, Mont.,
and Mt. Bachelor, Ore. In Janu-
ary, I took a long plane ride to
Tierra del Fuego to fish for large
sea run brown trout using a
13-foot, two-handed rod and
spey casts. I stayed at Estancia
Maria Behety. Suzi guides in
the U. Washington arboretum
and the Japanese garden, and
has led an inventory of every
plant, shrub, and tree in that
garden. Fortunately, someone is
organized in this family. If you
come this way, be sure to give
us a call.”
Nick Platt writes that, since
2011, he has been senior advisor
to the Philadelphia Orchestra’s
China Initiative. The Initiative
is a five-year commitment to
perform in the PRC, combining
formal concerts with “residency
activities,” including master
classes, talent scouting, and
community outreach. The Chi-
nese have known the orches-
tra since Eugene Ormandy’s
pioneer tour in 1973 (Nick
helped with that, too) and have
welcomed the new Initiative.
Nick will accompany the new
PhiladelphiaOrchestra conduc-
tor, Yannick Nezet-Sequin, on
his PRC debut tour in late May.
Jim Van Alen submits this
update: “Both Bonnie and I are
still working. I do brokerage,
which I find very stimulating.
Hopefully it will delay the rav-
ages of age we are all facing.
I still can play golf and tennis
with my three adult boys. Bon-
nie heads an organization that
saves open space and has a farm
and a bird conservation pro-
gram. We are looking forward
to taking our two 10-year-old
FORMNOTES
Formmates from 1948 and wives gathered at Warwick Neville’s
Palm Beach, Fla., home for an early-spring reunion dinner. L. to r.,
sitting are Pete Coley and Sandy McLanahan; standing are Bill
Timpson, Berton Closson, and Warwick Neville.
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