Update 7-24-01


Hi,

168 people found, with a couple of new categories.

First, the few people who don't want to come to a reunion are now listed as declined, the suggestion of Lynn Nudelman Villagran who mentioned that declined services is a polite social worker term.  This at least lets everyone know these people are alive and probably well---they just don't want to come to a party.  But if you were once one of their friends, I'm sure they'd be happy to hear from you.  Just ask me for the phone numbers.

Next, for both the people who are following along and for those someone in the class has recently contacted, but we're unsure how to list---with an e-mail address or as phone only---I'm using pending.  As further information comes in, that will change.

In any case, 168 out of 300 is about 55% of the class, and we still have leads on approximately 15 more people.  Also, through Emily Kleinman Schreiber ('61) I'm going to contact John Willows who organized the reunion lists from the classes of '58 through '61.  Maybe that will find some other folks.

And speaking about a party:  Peggy Cooper Schwartz, perhaps on behalf of Michele Cohen Collins and Irene Saunders Goldstein---who are all beginning to think about planning this get-together---has suggested Spring, after Easter and Passover, but before Memorial Day.  Not a lot of people got back to us as to what kind of party they want---maybe five, total.  But it's a lot easier going to a party than thinking about having one.  Or maybe thinking about having one reminds you immediately why you don't want to be responsible for throwing one, as any of you who've recently celebrated your children's weddings know.  Also, there's a question of Where do we want this party?  There's a reasonably large group of people in New York, a clump in DC, a number in Florida, and a scattering in California.  But there are also a lot of people spread throughout the country.  So get back to me.  If you don't want to tell me what kind of party---afternoon, evening, dinner, drinks---at least tell me how far you'd be willing to travel, and whether Spring sounds like a good time.
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Also, about 10 people want copies of the '85 reunion tape and I'm putting together a list to figure out how many copies we'll need.  Once that's set, we'll go ahead and make the duplicates.  So if you want one, please tell me as soon as possible.  Again, the cost will probably be little more than that of a blank tape plus postage.

And, yes, I've put slightly clearer Forest Road school pictures on that link, and we've identified a few more people.  And Jean Cohen Oklan has mentioned Brooklyn Avenue pictures and  once Stu Borman gets back from England we'll have South graduation and Chem. lab shots.  And we can all marvel at how well dressed and polite we looked, when all we were really trying to do is get a date.

Which lead nicely into a few social notes: 
       From Terry Shields:  I did manage to get together with Robyn Seader.  She was out here in California for a bankers' convention and dropped by for dinner.  We drank a lot of wine and sang a few of the old songs.  First time I'd seen Robyn in 35 years!  Had a great time and I was really happy to see that Robyn and my wife, Joni, hit it off so well.
       From Ellen Nudelman Davidson and Steve Davidson:  We had lunch last week with Martha Morenstein.  It was great.
       From Barbara Zingman Braunstein:  My husband and I just got back from two weeks in Ireland.  It's just beautiful:  green fields everywhere, exquisite flowers, and the nicest people!

And some bios:
       From Roz Minsky Bobrow:  I've been in Hartford since September 1965.  Met my husband first week of freshman year and we were married my junior year. Took me an extra year to get the bachelor's because I had a child born one year after we were married (one year and one week, to be exact!)
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       From Barbara Zingman Braunstein:  I'm a school psychologist living and working in Suffolk County.  Been married for 33 years and have 2 children.  My son just graduated law school and will be living and working in DC starting in September.  My daughter is a consultant who lives and works in NYC.

       From Terry Shields:  Joni and I married right after graduating from Niagara University and soon moved out to California.  We live about 25 miles east of San Francisco in Concord.  We started a family of 3 daughters (one set of twins! ) and a son.  And two grandchildren---WHOA!  Now that our twins are at San Diego State University, like some of you other folks, Joni and I are back where we started again, with an empty house and a lot less teenage traffic running in and out. Since moving out here, I've worked in the computer industry specializing in UNIX and NT systems and currently work for MDL Information Systems in San Leandro.  We do discovery informatics for drug research companies.  Joni is a RN (CPU) in Oakland.  Hobby-wise, I still play guitar and 5 string banjo in a band out here, and still like to run (training for the Napa Valley Marathon in March of 2001).

       From Jean Cohen Oklan:  I live in Northern Vermont, six miles from the Canadian border.  When I finished at Buffalo State, I moved to Vermont and met my husband here after he migrated from Oceanside.  I owned and operated a Day-Care Center for sixteen years and when my son, who is 23 years old now, left for college, I sold my business and joined my husband in working at IBM in Burlington, Vermont.  My son attended the New School for Jazz, Mannes College of Music in Manhattan and is now a struggling musician living in Brooklyn.  If anybody wants to employ one of the best drummers on the East coast, get in touch with me and I'll make the connection! 
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From Don Faber:  My first job out of college (Florida '70) was as a page on the Tonight Show at NBC, which led to a stint as the assistant to the President at William Morris Agency, and then as an agent in the motion picture department.  I left to write screenplays for a couple of years (none too successfully, but I got by), then moved into Publishing (BantamDoubledayDell) for ten years -- until I raised financing for an independent film production company (which I ran for nearly 10 years, living a comfortable life in development hell) and then ending up as a stockbroker for Morgan Stanley.  Have been married for over 20 years to a successful book editor at Random House, and have two great kids.

       From Janet Zdunczyk Grigsby:  I'm currently residing in Lou-a-vull, Kaintuckee.
Actually, that's Louisville, Kentucky, and contrary to popular rumor, we do wear shoes down here.  I assume you are planning a summer reunion, and if it coincides with the school vacations down here I can probably make it.  Our school year starts in mid-August and ends in mid-May.  I've lived here 15 years now, and still am not used to that.

Also, we have determined that Jan Martin---still most readily known as the  Swedish exchange student---lived with the family of Peter Briers in Lynbrook.  I found Peter's name on Classmates.com, and sent him a note a week ago, but have not heard back.  So if anyone knows, or knew, the Briers family, and would like to contact them, or give me a way to do that, it would be great.

News from Hy Rosov:  I have requested an update on all the e-mail addresses of the retired teachers from Anne Brasch, the editor of the monthly newsletter for retirees.

A question from Nancy Garfield:  I'm interested in knowing if any of our classmates are going to San Francisco, August 24-28, for the American Psychological Association (APA) meeting.  It would be interesting to meet them if they are.

From Paul DeMartino:  I thought I had located Carlo Lucarelli in Florida, but I just spoke with his wife, who told me that Carlo had suffered from a heart condition, and unfortunately passed away in 1993.

Finally, Robert Fiveson, of Jones Entertainment Group, Ltd, invites you to watch Hiding Places (Wednesday, 7/25 at 9pm, Thursday, 7/26 at 2am, or Saturday 7/28 at 1pm) on The Discovery Channel.  Secret places whether created because of politics, fear, terror, deceit, caution, or just plain fun captivate the imagination. Our one-hour documentary honors and exposes people's cleverness whatever the motivation.  From the nuclear control center at Cheyenne Mountain to the Reformation era priests' hidey holes at England's Harvington Hall, the need to hide from enemies can produce fascinating results.  So can the desire to preserve and protect something precious.  Almost everyone has something to hide. Join us as we explore secret passageways, hidden rooms, underground railroad stations, deceptive furniture, border patrol procedures, hidden safes for million dollar gun collections, custom agents discoveries and methods, unbelievable stowaway attempts by desperate people, prisoners stashes, governmental nuclear blast hideaways, things hidden in plain sight, and computer game guru Richard Garriott's intriguing Britannia Manor.

Well, almost finally:  from Nancy Nudelman Lobell:  I think we should call those people who don't want to be contacted, "abu" (alive but unavailable).  We may start a trend, and there'll be a whole subset of society called abu's.

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Rich