Richard “Rick” Carrell writes: “Now that you checked the obituaries, time for some 1977 class notes. My wife, Aileen Jordan Carrell ’78, and I celebrated our 45th anniversary in Newport, Rhode Island, where we had spent our honeymoon. We visited Brown and it was beautiful. I often joke that we attended college in a Revolutionary War museum. There are many new buildings on the Hill, but they are artfully camouflaged to blend in with the colonial ambience. Aileen, a former swim team captain, was impressed by the new aquatics center. I was surprised by all the new indoor sports facilities in the AD complex and wondered if there were any grass fields remaining. George Caraberis scored tickets for the Princeton football game in the end zone VIP section. George, Janice, and their lacrosse phenom daughter, Jennifer “Jen” Caraberis ’08, hosted an Aperol Spritz–themed tailgate, under the copyright-infringing Grateful Dead/Brown Bear flag in Lot A. The tailgate area was our spring lacrosse practice field except when Coach Stevenson made us clear snow from the Marvel Gym parking lot. Shoveling snow before practice is so central to the Brown lacrosse myth that my roommate, Danny Scofield, and his brother Frank Scofield ’69 spread some ashes of their sibling Rupert Scofield ’71 there last spring. We watched the game with Brown football royalty, including Mike Bernert ’76, Attilio Cecchin ’78, Nancy and John Gaddis, Gerry Muzzillo, and Fred and Lori Goldstein Polacek ’80. I introduced myself to Dean Barrett Hazeltine, who was 94 years old and attended with his daughter. George said, ‘If you took ENGN 9, he would have remembered your name.’ Unfortunately, the Bruins lost. Looking forward to our
50th reunion.”
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