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1970
Tres Davidson
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Sandy Stewart reports: “Our
younger daughter, Grace,
started at Union College last
fall. Watching their hockey team
win the Frozen Four has brought
back lots of wonderful memo-
ries of SPS for Susan and me.”
Fritz Newman reports that
he is off to Cuzco and Machu
Picchu in Peru to hike the Inca
Trail and that his wife, Dolores,
finds his training program, 200
trips up and down two flights
of stairs each day with a loaded
pack, nothing short of hys-
terical. The Newmans’ youngest
daughter, who lives in London,
hiked the Camino de Santiago in
Spain this year. That is another
project that Fritz has on his
bucket list.
Scott Johnson reports from
Houston: “I just couldn’t help
myself. I went and tied the
knot in April to a lovely Dutch-
American girl, Anna Jobsis. We
had been absolutely inseparable
for a year, and I am just very
happy with her. Besides be-
ing beautiful, she is smart as
a whip, and her entertaining,
live-wire personality is a nice
counterpoint to my more sub-
dued nature. Bill Craumer and
John Eldridge were in atten-
dance and we had quite a party,
followed by a honeymoon in
Indonesia, where Anna’s grand-
father and father had lived. I am
also working on starting a new
oil and gas company with an
experienced group.”
From Bill Craumer, on the
occasion of Scott Johnson ’s
wedding: “It was a warm oc-
casion and Scott’s daughters,
Claire and Camille, delivered
very emotional remarks at
the wedding. I arrived a day
early and was able to spend
time at chez Scott with him
and his daughters, of whom he
should be exceedingly proud. I
should add that both John El-
dridge and Scott Johnson have
weathered the ravages of time
better than most. Delusionally
speaking, everyone looks pretty
much the same as we did in 1970
(cough, cough) . And John was
kind enough to drive me to the
airport after a really late night
(the wedding was just the first
of two gigs that he attended that
evening). One final note – there
were more attorneys at Scott’s
wedding than at any other
event I have ever attended – I’d
estimate >80%. While the legal
gene completely bypassed me,
I’m happy to report that my
youngest daughter, Davia, will
be graduated fromGeorgetown
Law in May.”
From Danny Danziger :
“Gosh, Tres, when I hear from
my St. Paul’s lads, my memory
is taken right back to all of
us – but at 15 – which is when
I left. And sometimes I just
remember the names, with no
physical picture of the person.
I remember random things:
Cricket Holidays, learning that
Otis Redding had died, incred-
ible New Hampshire winters,
skateboarding, sunlamp (and
John Warner turning a vivid
shade of red), “Hang On Sloopy”
(the first song I heard there),
Pizza by Charles, Drake’s Ring
Dings, going to St. Croix with
Ande Thomas, Señor Ordoñez
making us read the columnist
James Reston, M. Jacques mak-
ing us sing “Ma Normandie,”
Rev. Warren drawingme graphs
about how my grades should
look, being on restrictions, then
on bounds (I believe I was the
Demerit King several times),
the awful smell of the coaches
when they arrived to take us to
Logan Airport, the exotic Sixth
Formers (who were cool enough
to have 19 year-old girlfriends
– who seemed femmes fatales),
taking tetracycline for my “zits,”
listening to the Doors, hearing
“Norwegian Wood” for the first
time, and listening to my radio
at night and hearing Robert
Kennedy had been assassinated.
But my loyalties are really to the
next school I went to, which was
Harrow. It was very different
from SPS, with straw hats and
tail coats.”
1971
Mark M. Wheeler
mwheeler14@nyc.rr.com
Ted Bohlen gives this update: “I
am enjoying life in Hawaii. My
work for the Hawaii attorney
general enforcing water pol-
lution laws is very satisfying;
it gives me a role in protecting
critical waters and coral reefs. I
also have fun and stay fit doing
yoga and hiking. Life’s a beach.”
Steve Gray writes: “It has
been a bit of an adventure
moving out to California a little
more than three years ago. My
wife of 39 years, Liza, and I are
enjoying the change of scenery
The Bay Area is just beautiful
and San Francisco a great city.
My passion for cycling has been
turbo-charged here. There’s a
tremendous amount of variety
and all of it amazing. Liza has
upped her tennis time consider-
ably as well –when you can play
365 days a year, it is difficult
to ignore. We certainly do not
miss shoveling the snow! Our
elder daughter, Christina, was
married last year in October
and lives in Gilroy, Calif., with
husband and horses. Younger
daughter Sarah lives in Okla-
homa City and will be married
this coming October. I am still
banging around in the private
equity/venture capital markets
at VantagePoint, where we are
actively pursuing energy in-
novation and efficiency invest-
ments. Had a good catch-up call
with Steve Bedford recently
and now trading calls with
Trip Spencer, who has a really
interesting business. Hope to
see you and some of our other
classmates soon.”
Terry Gruber sends news:
“Son Tim finished first year
at Kenyon and daughter Rose
is going to be a junior in high
school at Calhoun. BramLewis,
James Danziger , and Mark
Wheeler came to see “Gruber
Untapped,” my company’s pop-
up photo exhibit in Chelsea.
FORMNOTES
Scott Johnson ’70 and his bride,
Anna Jobsis, at their April 5,
2014, wedding in Houston, Texas.
LOVE sculpture unveiled October 31, 1969. “Iter facere, not much
time left. / Iter amare, time for more LOVE. / Aging grace of wisdom. /
See you soon.” – Guy Nouri ’70
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