From the May/June 2008 Issue

Ulises Giberga writes: "I continue to enjoy retirement tremendously (12 years now!). Acting in an off-off Broadway group, the St. Bart's Players, at St. Bartholomew's Church in Manhattan, gives me particular pleasure. I'm currently appearing in a mixed-cast production of Twelve Angry Men as juror #7, with the pretty unique distinction that there are two other Brown graduates in the cast; Leslie Engel '76 (juror #4) and Jonah Rosen '01 (juror #5). How's that for three generations of Brown actors! Unfortunately, I'll miss our 55th reunion, as our son, Peter, is getting married that weekend. So... I'll look forward to our 60th."

From the March/April 2008 Issue

Reunion co-chairs John Andrews and Barbara Kemalian Stone report: "Our 55th Reunion is fast approaching! Save the dates May 23–25, 2008. Return to your alma mater and renew friendships. Your reunion committee is supporting the University's back-to-campus program, which hosts our reunion events in the environs of the Brown campus."

Norman C. Bassett has retired from the retail furniture business after 50 years. He hopes to continue sailing and maintaining in Maine. Contact him at P.O. Box 7013, Ocean Park, Me. 04063.

From the January / February 2008 Issue

Class secretary Betty Leaver Goff reports: “On July 20, 2007, nineteen alumnae got together at The Imperial Room in Rhodes Place in Cranston, R.I. Those who attended what has become an annual event were Ellen Leete Bell, Edith Oelbaum Biener, Fanny Bojar, Louise Anthony Brundage, Margaret Kohlhepp Gardner, Betty Leaver Goff, Gloria Villaney Holland, Jane Hovey, Patricia Eastwood Kann, Mary Jean Kelly McKenna, Patricia Chase Michaud, Sally Wilcox O’Day, Janice Swanson Post, Edie Wiedeman Smith, Barbara Kemalian Stone, Lee Torres Sullivan, Joan Carmody Theve, Joan Powers Valinote, and Norma Byers Willis.

Anyone who would like to receive notice about next year’s luncheon, please contact Janice Post, 2232 Boston Neck Rd., Saunderstown, R.I. 02874, or Betty Goff at 26 Monmouth Dr., Riverside, R.I. 02915. Hope to see many of you at our 55th reunion in May!”

Pat Parcher Cleaveland (see Lena B. Chen ’73).

Martin Cohen writes that, because of children and grandchildren in Las Vegas and San Francisco, he has a vacation home in Reno: “We continue to have a place in Florida, but the West is now home for seven months. There are a few Brown grads here, but none from our class.”

Joanne Webster McSherry writes: “I have ten grandchildren, all 12 years old and under. I still spend four months in West Falmouth, Mass., and eight months in Charleston, S.C. All is well.”

Carlos S. Miranda writes: “Retirement has been great. I travel to Europe every year, mostly to Portugal, where we have many relatives. I retired as vice president of Kellogg International, and we live in Sarasota, Fla. I am a volunteer county court mediator in Sarasota. I have been married to Natalie for fifty-seven years, and we have three children, four grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter.”

From the September / October 2007 Issue

Spero Karol (see Marilyn Karol Pelosi '76)

From the July / August 2007 Issue

Joe Johnston writes: “I enjoyed a wonderful, long-overdue luncheon with Norm James, Dave Lownes, and Bob Lundin, and our ladies. Everyone was still upright, and no one had lost his appetite.”

Peg Ogden (see Valerie Phillips ’98).

From the May / June 2007 Issue

Alfred E. Mackiewicz writes: “Even though I lost my wife of forty-eight years two years ago, I still miss her. I didn’t have the finances or class to attend any of the functions at Brown, but I would like to hear from any of my classmates or football players from the early fifties as I was also a member of the team.” Alfred can be reached at 132 Pine St., Middleboro, Mass. 02346.

Beverly Schwartz Rosen writes: “I am well and busy with classes at the Brown Community for Learning in Retirement, and painting at Hamilton House. No major trips since India (Jan./Feb. ’06), but contemplating China. Did a driving trip last summer to see long-lost relatives. Recently I’ve seen a daughter in Brooklyn; cousin Abraham Schwartz ’41 and his wife, Dotty, in Cherry Hill, N.J. and brother there; my daughter and her family in Virginia; and friend Marcia Bromberg (Brown’s Office of International Studies in the 1970’s) in Ashville, N.C. Long trip for driving, but great to see the folks and beautiful country.”

From the March / April 2007 Issue

Gloria Holland writes: “Sorry I missed our mini-reunion in October. I was too busy moving to my new condo in a converted school. It is taking longer than I anticipated to settle in. My new address is 1475 Massachusetts Ave., Apt. 351, Lexington, Mass. 02420.”

Larry Lundren writes he is having the best years of his life in Linkoping, Sweden, working at the Red Cross with refugees from Iraq (including Kurdistan) and Africa. Many of these refugees have become close friends who educate him about their Middle Eastern cultures and teach him to dance to Iraqi music. He is playing trumpet in Ansgar’s Mission Church Big Band and Wind Orchestra and also getting a 21st-century college education by keeping up with daughter Annika’s courses at the University of Vermont. He’s also receiving a psychology education by translating articles from Swedish to English for university researchers.

From the January / February 2007 Issue

Dr. J. Thomas Johnston retired in 2001 after forty-three years in country practice. He has four successful children and is still married to Jane Hensyl ’52. They have seven grandchildren. They still live in Wyoming and enjoy skiing, horses, and music.

Beverly Schwartz Rosen writes: “Happily retired; traveled to India last winter; four trips to Asia in the last five years; art at the Newport Museum, R.I. Watercolor Society; family is flourishing; grandchildren are either in college or almost there—a good life in a tough world.” Beverly can be reached at 24 Poplar St., Providence, R.I. 02906; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Barbara Carucci Venditti writes: “Jerry and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary in Hawaii, where we lived for the first two years of our married life. We were happy to discover that the aloha spirit is alive and well and that Kailua Beach has not changed.”

Howard Wenzel was elected in 2005 to a two-year term as president of the property owners’ association of the Albrook Garden Community, where he lives. Albrook was a former U.S. Air Force Base located in the old Canal Zone, which was turned over to Panama in 1997. Howard writes: “This is my first experience in city government and politics. A significant portion of my time is spent taking action with Panamanian government entities to fight off pressure of developers who want to build new projects in the area. Most of my life has been spent as a developer of real estate projects, and now I am in the reverse role, trying to discourage them in order to maintain the quality of life in our community. In any event, it’s an interesting challenge.”

From the September / October 2006 Issue

Morris J. Levin (see Lloyd Levin ’80).

Amelia Stern Revkin writes: “This is our third year as Floridians, but no 55-plus gated community condo for us—just a small house near the north fork of the St. Lucie river. Yes, it’s flat, but great for biking and gardening. Yes, summers are hot, but Bill ’50 and I can sail and race our old Ranger 23 year round. No more snow, sleet, or ice on Greenwich Bay for us. (Remember that cold, raw, soaking-wet 50th reunion weekend?) We had our own Brown reunion last year when all the family—including sons Jim ’81 MD and Andy ’78, daughter Diana ’83, and my brother, Mike Stern ’57—came down to celebrate my mother’s 100th year. We do plan visits to Connecticut, New York, and Rhode Island during hurricane season, although Andy, our environmental journalist, thinks the storms may move farther north this year. Read all about it in his latest book, The North Pole WAS Here. Regards to all.”

From the May / June 2006 Issue

Class treasurer Burt Priest will happily receive class dues ($35) at 301 Metro Center Blvd., Warwick, R.I. 02886.

Curtis Kruger and his wife, Nancy, are back in Florida after a long and difficult boat trip from Maine. After the Christmas holidays, they began planning a trip to the Keys, and in May they plan a return voyage to East Boothbay, Maine.

From the September / October 2004 Issue

Robert Conley writes from China: “At an impromptu Brown Club of Shanghai meeting in a neat snug called Sasha’s, Lisa Movius ’98, George Hogeman ’79, and I raised our glasses to toast Brown’s president, Ruth J. Simmons, for opening doors to the global future of Brown’s students. Xie xie (thank you) was our toast. Lisa, a resident journalist, covers Shanghai and southern China’s exploding world of pop culture. George is the American Consular Affairs officer in Shanghai. I was there as a guest of the Foreign Correspondents Club of Shanghai to do a seminar on my field, the dynamics of change—in this case, news in the twenty-first century. So, to our class, let me say zai jian (see you again) at the next reunion.” Robert can be reached at Banner Plantation, 12643 Belleflower Lane, Chancellorsville, Va. 22407; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

From the July / August 2004 Issue

Rita Schorr Germain writes: “Sumner and I still enjoy working in our respective professions and travel as often as we can. Emily is an associate professor at Johns Hopkins Medical School and her husband is full professor. Mirah is an urban planner; her husband, Murray, is a senior partner in a private radiology practice. Benjamin, 10, Emma, 6, and Rachel, 3, are a joy! Sorry I could not attend our 50th. I would love to hear from all!” Rita can be reached at 1306 Rose Ave., Lancaster, Pa. 17601.

From the May / June 2004 Issue

Peg Ogden writes: “There will never be another reunion like our 50th. I still enjoying mediating for the Better Business Bureau of New York City.” Peg can be reached at 1100 Park Ave., New York City 10128.

From the January / February 2004 Issue

Brenda Balze Feleppa and Ed Feleppa write: “We look forward to the 55th Jabberwocks reunion next May.” Brenda and Ed can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Tom Geismar (see Amanda McKnight Jaffe ’98).

Edward A. White, of Stone Mountain, Ga., writes: “My first grandchild was born March 24 and will be christened at their Episcopal church soon. Her name is Ellen ‘Ellie’ Layne, honoring her late grandmother, Elaine.”

Jim Winoker (see Alyson Yashar ’89).

From the March / April 2003 Issue

The 50th-reunion planning committee asks you to save May 23–26 for our milestone reunion. Details are finalized, and you will soon receive registration information in the mail. Your reunion yearbook editors, Kenneth Knowles and Edith Biener, have been working hard, and the yearbook is sure to be a highlight of our celebration. You will receive this memento whether or not you attend the reunion. If you have any questions, or you have not received any reunion mailing to date, please call (401) 863-1947. See you on campus!

Howard Wenzel writes: “My wife, Anne Barr ’54, and I landed in a small plane on the Ruth Glacier on Mt. McKinley, Alaska, in late June. We continue to live in Panama. Anne is the librarian of the International School. I work as sales representative for the Pilkington Glass Group in Panama and Central America. I also spend many hours volunteering as the director of a nonprofit English-language academy of the Panamanian Business Sector. See you at the 50th.” Howard can be reached at Apartado 258-9A, Panama 9A, Panama; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

From the September / October 2002 Issue

Bob Kay writes: "I practice psychiatry three days a week in community mental health settings and one day a week at the Philadelphia School of Psychoanalysis. My recent Psychiatric Times article, "The Know-Nothing Psychiatrist," has elicited some positive response. I'm also heavily involved in the homeschooling movement, the teaching of reading, the application of sociobiology to the raising of children, and the promotion of single-payer, universal health care for all Americans."

From the July / August 2002 Issue

Joyce Wilson Linthicum writes: "I've been living at the foot of St. Andrews Mountain for seven years. In 2000 I bought a cottage at Bethany Beach, Del., and spend winter there by the ocean. I have three grandsons: Bill, 5, and Joe and Ben, both 3. My daughter, Mary, and her husband, David, live close by in West Virginia." Joyce can be reached at Route 2, Box 572, Harpers Ferry, W.Va. 25425.

Thomas Luff wrote in April: "I'm planning to finally retire in August and then take a monthlong cruise in Europe." Thomas can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

From the September / October 2000 Issue

Frederick Ulbrich Jr. is chairman emeritus of Ulbrich Stainless Steels and Special Metals, which won the MassMutual national family business of the year award. The company is based in New Haven.

From the July / August 2000 Issue

George A. Bray, M.D., was named Boyd Professor at Louisiana State University. His wife, Marilyn Rice Bray, writes: "We have moved to San Francisco. George commutes to L.S.U., where he continues his research. He has no plans to retire and is funded for nine more years." They can be reached at 388 Beale Dr., Unit 1010, San Francisco 94105.

From the May / June 2000 Issue

Frederick L. Reynolds, of Groton, Mass., writes: "I recently retired from my position as a senior vice president at Fidelity Investments after twenty-nine years with the firm. I continue to be actively engaged in the nonprofit boards of Simon’s Rock College, the Indian Hill Music Center, Deaconess Nashoba Hospital, and the Groton Public Library Endowment."

From the March / April 2000 Issue

Duncan MacMillan (see Anne MacMillan Pedrero ’91).

From the January / February 2000 Issue

Corresponding secretary Gene D'Andrea reports: "Marty Cohen writes that he is mostly retired and enjoying life at 3731 Toulouse Dr., Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. 33410. From May through October he lives at 5809 Nicholson Ln., #1504, North Bethesda, Md. 20852."

Paul Goldman (see Ilene S. Goldman '87).

From the November / December 1999 Issue

Class corresponding secretary Gene D'Andrea reports: "The class of 1953 expresses its sincere sympathy to the family of Dr. Helen Melaragno. Helen passed away on Aug. 5. Gifts in her memory may be sent to the 1953 Class Scholarship Fund."

Len Glaser, of Watchung, N.J., and Stratton Mountain, Vt., has retired from the industrial real estate business and has lots of time to enjoy his eight grandchildren. He and his wife, Helen, enjoyed the Brown travelers' cruise to the eight Baltic Sea countries in June. Len was reuinted after forty-eight years with his Psychology 101 professor, Lorrin Riggs. Len writes: "The highly educational voyage was enjoyably and efficiently hosted by Laura Freid, executive vice president of public affairs and university relations."

From the July / August 1999 Issue

The class of 1953 extends its deepest sympathy to Ellen Leete Bell on the passing of her husband, Vernon D. Bell.

George Bray Jr., Baton Rouge, La., will retire as director of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center on Aug. 1. George, who recently had a grant funded for an additional eight years, also won a National Merit Award. He will remain on the faculty and do research at Pennington.

From the May / June 1999 Issue

John Andersen, Lake Forest, Ill., and John Andersen Jr. '79, Wilmette, Ill., climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in February 1998. There was an unusual amount of snow, which made the climb more difficult, but they made it to the summit and fixed a Brown banner on the mountaintop.

Helen Ware Larkin writes that she and her husband, Jack, taught English in Xi'an, China, in October through an Elderhostel service project. The purpose of the project was to expose Chinese students to native English speakers, since many of their teachers have not studied abroad. "The whole experience was unbelievable, exhilarating, frustrating, and, above all, educational. We found the students to be active, squirmy, and noisy, just like our own. Most of them were also intent on taking advantage of our presence. They would approach us in the hall to practice their English as soon as we arrived at school. They were solicitous, enthusiastic, and friendly and invariably asked if we knew Madonna or Michael Jackson. I pointed out my gray hair and asked if their parents liked their music. That always got a response. Based on our experience with these children, China has a great future. We were in Xi'an for three weeks, and had an opportunity to go sightseeing on weekends. We saw the terra-cotta warriors, the excavations of a Neolithic (4000 B.C.) village, the Great Mosque, a farming village community, jade workshops, silk rug workshops, and the various sights in the city of Xi'an itself. Xi'an was the capital of China for more than 1,000 years, so there is a lot of history right in the city. Our group of eighteen, perhaps because of the combination of service and gray hair, was the most compatible group I have ever traveled with. It was wrenching to say good-bye. I cannot recommend the experience highly enough, but add the caveat that you can't sweat the small stuff (and it's all small stuff)." Helen can be reached at 200 N. Brookhaven Rd., Wallingford, Pa. 19086.

From the November / December 1998 Issue

Rita Schorr Germain, Lancaster, Pa., did an interview with the Shoah Foundation. "It was a challenging experience, full of pain and joy, of losses and traumas of the war, of the Holocaust, and of the trauma of displacement and emigrations," she writes. "Yet it was positive having to look at my whole life and feel complete and whole. I plan to deposit copies of my three videotapes at the Pembroke Center and the Schlesinger Radcliffe Library.

Our daughters and their families are a source of pride and joy. I have two grandchildren, Benjamin, 4, and Emma Claire, 8 months. They are a joy and a blessing. Sumner is still teaching full time and wants to continue as long as he can. I have gone back to studying piano, so my Steinway is working hard. My flower, vegetable, and herb gardens are something to share with family and friends. I did cut down on community work; but when needed, I respond. On July 5 we celebrated forty years of marriage, a historical achievement. We are still good friends. Hoping to see all my classmates in our reunion 2003."

The April 1998 issue of the Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology was dedicated to the late Robert L. Kaiser, who passed away in 1995. The dedication read in part: "Dr. Kaiser was instrumental, during his thirty-year career in epidemiology and tropical-medicine research at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, in helping change the direction of malaria control from mosquito control to drug prophylaxis and treatment."

From the September / October 1998 Issue

 

45th reunion attendees included: John Andersen, John Andrews, Ellen Leete Bell, Samuel Bernstein, Edith Oelbaum Biener, Harold Bigler, Robert Briggs, Barbara Bogle, Fanny Bojar, Mary-Elizabeth Hogan Boyd, Elliott Brown, Louise Anthony Brundage, William Burgoon, David Busing, James Carey, Marvin Catler, Deborah Roads Caulkins, Leah Belle Korn Chernov, Duane Clarridge, Martin Cohen, Joseph Coughlin, Eugene D'Andrea, Stavroula Balomenos Demitre, Lincoln Ekstrom, Ruth Burt Ekstrom, James Fernald, Harold Fleming, Frederick Fort, Alfred Geller, Ulises Giberga, Ann Harrington Gifford, Betty Leaver Goff, Paul Goldman, Charles Gnassi, Joan Turner Hastings, Harry Hauser, Janice Milne Hess, John Hill, Gloria Villany Holland, Eleanor Hovey, Norman James, Patricia Eastwood Kann, Kenneth Knowles, David Kramer, Morris Levin, Robert Lundin, Lawrence Lundgren, Myron Mandel, James McGough, Mary Jean Kelly McKenna, Richard Mendelsohn, Peggy Ogden, Russell Pierce, Robert Pike, Burton Priest, Janice Swanson Post, Amelia Stern Revkin, Beverly Schwartz Rosen, Eleanor Ekblade Seaman, Harriett Rubin Sherman, Joanne Butler Sherman, Edythe Wiedeman Smith, William Spindel, Carl Stenberg, Barbara Kemalian Stone, Dale Strand, Stephen Sultan, Joseph Tauro, Joan Powers Valinote, Barbara Carucci Venditti, Dick Vreeland, Gloria Rosenhirsch Wallick, Richard Webb, William Whitehouse, Winthrop Wilbur, James Winoker, Nancy Siederowf Wolfson, Donn Worth, Ann Peterson Zablocki, and Ralph Zalusky.

 

Joseph L. Tauro (see Elizabeth Tauro Saunders 84).

From the July / August 1998 Issue

John A. Andersen, Lake Forest, Ill., retired from Northern Trust Bank in 1996 after thirty-nine years of service. He is now a consultant to the bank. His eleventh grandchild was born to David '82 and Mary Andersen last February.

Sam Bernstein, New Canaan, Conn., is an attorney in Stamford, Conn. He is the senior partner of Zone & Bernstein and is affiliated with his son, Harold, in the practice. His daughter, Cathy, is an appraiser with Met Life in White Plains, N.Y. Sam is married to the former Sarey Frankel; they celebrated forty-three years of marriage last December. The couple has four grandchildren: Leora, 12, Robert, 10, Franni, 6, and Hannah, 16 months. Sam still plays the violin and is also into weightlifting ("anything but garbage and groceries," he writes).

Katherine MacKenty Bigelow spent two years at Pembroke before marrying Robert P. Bigelow in 1951. They have four children and nine grandchildren. Katherine graduated summa cum laude (and first in her class in humanities) from Northeastern University in 1983, earning a degree in English literature. Since then she has written, edited, and lectured. Katherine can be reached at 22 Grove Pl., #30, Winchester, Mass. 01890.

Bob Briggs (see Sandy McFarland Taylor '58).

Louise Anthony Brundage, Hamden, Conn., writes: "Instead of sensibly retiring like a normal person, I have just started a new job as director of the Hamden Public Library."

Frederick L. Fort, Wilton, Conn., retired on April 1 as managing director of Marsh and McLennan Inc. after serving for forty-three years in the United States, Mexico, and Venezuela.

Eugene R. Gray's first wife, Beverly, died Feb. 14, 1994, after a year of illness. Eugene writes: "I have remarried to Phyllis Hessler, who has been a widow for a few years. We both attend St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Plymouth, Ind. We got to know each other through mutual attendance at a support group for persons who have lost a mate. We started out as acquaintances, became friends, and as good friends both realized we were in love. We were married Dec. 30, 1995. We just completed our new home, where we look forward to many happy years together when we both retire. Phyl is a mother of one daughter and grandmother of two. She has been a first-grade teacher and college professor, and is now a school psychologist." Eugene can be reached at 11918 Ridgeview Dr., Plymouth 46563.

Jack Norberg (see Joe Tebo '58).

Thomas H. Patten Jr., Claremont, Calif., was a visiting professor of human-resource management at the National College of Industrial Relations in Dublin, Ireland, in 1997. He later served in the same capacity at Korea University in Seoul. His lectures will be published in Korean this year.

Russell Pierce (see Sandy McFarland Taylor '58).

Amelia Stern Revkin, Stuart, Fla., writes: "A Brown reunion is always a family affair." Brown alumni in Amelia's family include husband Bill '50, son Jim '81 M.D., son Andy '78, daughter Diana '83, brother Mike Stern '57, nephew Richard Stern '88, and nieces Barbara '70 and Elaine Revkin '66.

Ann Peterson Zablocki, Ridgewood, N.J., is teaching E.S.L. in a junior high school in New York City.

From the May / June 1998 Issue

Robert Shumaker is professor emeritus at West Virginia University, where he taught in the geology department. "I'm having the time of my life doing research, working with grad students, and traveling with my bride of forty-four years, Beverly,"Bob writes.

From the May / June 1998 Issue

Robert Shumaker is professor emeritus at West Virginia University, where he taught in the geology department. "I'm having the time of my life doing research, working with grad students, and traveling with my bride of forty-four years, Beverly,"Bob writes.

From the March / April 1998 Issue

45th Reunion We hope you have reserved the weekend of May 22-25 for your 45th reunion. The excitement is building, and we hope as many classmates as possible return for this event. You should be receiving your registration packet shortly. If you have not received reunion information, please contact headquarters at (401) 863-3380.

Bud Brown (see Darcy Brown '88).

Francis J. Lutz received the 1997 James J. McLaughlin Professionalism Award from the New Jersey State Bar Association. The award is given to attorneys who demonstrate civility, legal competence, and professionalism in the practice of civil trial law. Francis is an attorney with Lutz, Shafranski, Gorman & Mahoney in New Brunswick, N.J.