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REUNIONS
LOUIS H. FOISY
50th: Form of 1963
FORMPHOTO (l. to r.),
row 1:
Jack Radcliffe, Yoshi Akabane, Peter Gagarin, Peter Ames,
Jim Taylor, Tex Laidlaw, Tim Moore;
row 2:
Ian McLaughlin, Walker Lewis, Rick
Tilghman, Dudley Blodget, Cassius Webb, Brink Thorne, David Evans, David Gordon;
row 3:
Brooke Pearson, Steve Gould, Dick Hawkins, John Groman, Bill Funk, John
Ahlgren, Harry Atherton, Jim Patton, Peter van Roijen;
row 4:
Douglas Makepeace,
Henry Livingston, Tom Thomas, Bart Baldwin, Jerry Nelson, Scott MacLeod, Bill
Stewart, WilliamWright, Alan Irving, John Reigeluth, Flip Smith
The Chemistry of Good
Fellowship Was at the Boil
by Henry H. Livingston
Our 50th Anniversary Weekend sustained
temperatures above 90 degrees – a perfect
day for a swim in Turkey Pond. “The beauty
of the day,” said Tommy Thomas “reignited
friendships as though we had seen each
other all along.” I had given him a set of
Navy wings I was wearing, having discov-
ered after 25 years that he had served in
Vietnam as a Navy pilot on an aircraft
carrier alongside my own in 1971-72.
At its inception, the Form of 1963 was
smaller than most. Some 100 fellows were
admitted and about 90 graduated. Today,
about 80 of us remain on the School’s
active roster. Fifty years later, the chemis-
try of good fellowship was at the boil long
before events became memorable.
Leading up to reunion, many of us had
tried to locate all 80 members. Approxi-
mately 10 were missing, 10 dead, and 10
unable to attend. Our committee of Nelson,
Thorne, Evans, Gordon, Stewart, Taylor,
Hawkins, Irving, and Tilghman pulled hard
to get folks to attend. Special thanks to
Steve Gould for putting together packets
and hats. Overall, 44 formmates and more
than 20 family members, including a widow
with her daughter, joined together to enjoy
the School’s wonderful generosity.
Those classmates who could not attend,
but wanted to, wrote letters to attending
members, which circulated by e-mail. This
initiative has prompted a post-reunion
request for bios from all. These will be
requested, collected, and distributed later
in the year. Our form website will continue
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Steve Gould at the Alumni Memorial Service
PETER FINGER
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