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Brian McCauley
sends news
from Thailand: “I am still trying
to be a farmer raising avoca-
dos in Thailand – I’m fighting
climate change heroically, but
losing the battle gradually. My
spirit is still up, but the harvest
is decreasing as are the local
rains. We really seem to be de-
stroying our environment. It is
a shame – wish me luck.”
1959
Sydney Waud
swaud@stribling.com
Classmates
Coley Burke,
Speedy Mettler
, and I got
together at Fishers Island, N.Y.,
to celebrate 49 years of fishing
together. A day off Montauk
Point produced nonstop action
catching feisty albacore – all
catch and release. Later that
afternoon, we played a round
of golf, the perfect finish for
a day of sport and cementing
longstanding friendship.
Kip Clark
shares: “I finally
retired after 50 years of teach-
ing American history at Har-
vard, Amherst, and Carleton.”
Bill Everdell
writes: “I’m re-
tiring from the St. Ann’s School
History Department in Brooklyn
this June, after 44 years. Mr.
Jacq andMr. Kellogg would have
been pleased. Andmy books are
still in print.”
1960
Dimitri Sevastopoulo
dimitrisev@nyc.rr.com
Peter Yerkes
shared that he
and his wife will be moving in
January (though will still be in
Summit, N.J.) and also shared
the news of his first grandchild,
Milo William Francis Domiano,
born November 24, 2015, to
his daughter, Isabel, and her
husband, Rob.
1961
Chris Jennings
jenningshome2@gmail.com
Mike Seymour
mike@hol.edu
www.sps.edu/1961
Make plans to join us at the 55th
reunion this June. Details on our
website at www.sps.edu/1961.
For the third year in a row,
our class has shared greet-
ings around the holidays. Here
are some excerpts from the
2015 holiday e-mail exchange.
Marshall Bartlett
reports
from Boca Grande that, after
falling off his bike, he found
new ways to connect with his
grandchildren.
Ed Tiffany
has a new grandchild, thanks
to son Thacher, and his wife,
Lilly.
Rick Leach
is doing his
best to stay warm in Upstate
New York.
Harry Pillsbury
and his wife, Jan, enjoyed a
warm fall in Lewes and saw
children and grandkids in D.C.
over Christmas. Now finally
retired from Thule,
Peter Pell
is playing lowest level men’s
hockey at Beaver Dam. He’s
enjoying a new relationship
with Mary Jean, with whom
he spent New Year’s in Palm
Beach.
Bobby Clark
reports
that his favorite pastime is
to come weekly up to SPS to
see granddaughter
Charlotte
Clark ’18
play field hockey, ice
hockey, and lacrosse.
Binny
Clark
says hello to everyone.
John Ransmeier
and wife
Judy recently attended the SPS
Ballet Company’s Christmas
Nutcracker
presentation. The
dancing was “truly amazing,”
John says.
Sherm Barker
had
a visit in Hilton Head from
Tod
Rodger
, who was on his way to
Florida.
Stu Douglas
sends his
holiday greetings to everyone
and is looking forward to a golf
game in June.
David Niven
had a d
éjà
vu of the London
bombings in the 1970s when
in Paris during the November
13 bombings. David must have
special luck, because he also
survived when the Germans
bombed the London hospital
in which he was born.
Tad de
Bordenave
reports that 2015
has been a year of moving and
downsizing, getting closer to
his children in Richmond. Ann
and
Mike van Dusen
reported
in from Cambridge, England,
where they spent December
with their daughter, Sasha, and
family.
John Jay
and wife Emily
are enjoying their six grand-
children, who live nearby to
their Manchester, Mass., home.
They plan to spend two weeks
in February skiing in Aspen
and then will be off to Florida
for warm weather.
Chris Jen-
nings
and wife Dee retired to
the Eastern Shore of Maryland,
where they play indoor ten-
nis, take long walks with their
golden retrievers, and spend
summers boating and teaching
sailing at the yacht club. Maggie
and
Mike Seymour
are happily
settled into their home in Beau-
fort, S.C., where they row three
days a week with the Beaufort
Rowing Club. They also put in a
few hours each week tending to
their business at The Heritage
Institute, a program of online
professional development for
teachers affiliated with Antioch
University Seattle.
1962
Seymour Preston
seymourp576@gmail.com
LloydMacdonald
writes: “Fol-
lowing in the footsteps of
Max
King
, retirement (mandatory
from the Massachusetts Supe-
rior Court upon reaching the
age of 70, as I did in May 2014)
was not for me. In late October
2015, the Massachusetts at-
torney general appointed me
to a full-time position on the
state Gaming Commission. The
Formmates from 1959 (l. to r.): Coley Burke, Sydney Waud, and
Speedy Mettler reunited at Montauk Point on Fishers Island for
their 49th consecutive fishing trip.
Catching up at a golf outing in Florida (l. to r.) are Billy Oates,
Bill Matthews ’61, Craigh Leonard ’61, and Jimmy Oates ’64.
Billy and Jimmy are the sons of late Rector Bill Oates.
