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Class Correspondent Kenneth Hubel
2562 Oak Circle N. E.
North Liberty, IA 52317
(319) 626-6562
E-mail: khubel@inav.net

At the marriage of her daughter, my mother-in-law described her sensation of "standing by the tracks just after a fast freight has passed." The metaphor described a life perspective commonly held at the 50th reunion of our Centennial Class. Reading the list of 169 classmates who had died added urgency to the wish to talk with everyone at this symbolically important celebration. The programs that Jan and I attended were uniformly excellent and, at the morning Convocation in Eastman Theatre, I had the feeling of having come full circle as faculty and guests walked to their seats in the varied gowns of their alma maters. Five decades have brought change and diversity, however. Did anyone else note that the prevailing pronunciation at the Convocation was Ro-chest'-er? I recall that it used to be Ro'-chest-er. But, on to our classmates.

Within a month of graduation, Ensign Tom Mapp was on a cruiser shelling targets along the coast of North Korea. He left the Navy in 1953 to study law at the University of Illinois and joined a firm in San Francisco after a year of a teaching fellowship at Stanford. He became a career Foreign Service officer in 1960 and served for four years in Washington, Le Havre, and Paris. He started his teaching career in law at the University of Oregon in 1964 and later taught at the University of North Carolina, University of Alberta, University of Arkansas, Gonzaga University, and Washington & Lee University. Tom and Carol Blackwell married in 1951, and though they divorced in 1968, they remain good friends. (Carol handles Tom's mail from 1760 Walnut St., Eugene, OR 97403). They have three sons and two grandchildren. Since he retired in 1989, Tom and his companion, Martha Daura, have worked to promote the oeuvre of Martha's artist father by donating his works to museums in Spain, France, and the United States. They are building a home in Vero Beach, Fla., but will continue to live for three months each year at 46330 St. Cirq-Lapopie, France.

Jane Finch Mills went from the University to Albany State to earn her M.A. in English and then taught for three years before marrying John Mills '49, who had just graduated from N.Y. Medical College. John's internship took them to McKeesport, Pa., where Jane taught preschool in one of the nation's first hospital day care centers. They returned for residency in obstetrics & gynecology at Rochester's Highland Hospital, then spent two years in the Air Force hospital at Bunker Hill, Ind. In 1960 they moved to Indiana, Pa., where John was the lone obstetrician. Jane recalls that she "hardly saw him for two years." (The schedule must have improved with time because they have three girls and one son.) The days were filled with child care and volunteering at the hospital, helping to establish a hospice, chairing committees at church, delivering meals on wheels, singing in the choir, and taking care of aging parents. Jane writes that there was "nothing earthshaking but my life has been full and rewarding." And there are now nine grandchildren to visit. (20 Shearer Ave., Indiana, PA 15701)

If in Webster, N.Y., in a couple of years, ask where you can find the new Willink Middle School. Ross Willink earned his doctorate from the University of Buffalo and was superintendent of schools for East Irondequoit and Webster. The smiling Willink clan was present for the groundbreaking ceremony. (1268 Laurel Circle, Webster, NY 14580 & willink@juno.com)

A little irony: The 50th reunion made it possible to feel the warmth of 50-year friendships, but our brief encounters permitted us to learn so little about each other. The Class Notes can help fill that void. Write me.

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Wesley Sauter e-mails that he would like to hear from classmates who remember him. He is particularly interested in hearing from others of the post-war group that took part of their freshman year classes at Madison High School. He can be reached at weshobo7@aol.com.

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Norman Neureiter, former vice president of Texas Instruments/ Asia, has been named science and technology advisor to the Secretary of State.

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Steve Taub e-mails to say that he has retired as emeritus professor of biology from George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. He and his wife, Jeanne, live in Arlington, Va., where they have two grandsons. He writes: "Jeanne is still employed 150 percent full time (vice president of a restaurant chain), so our travel is limited. I have begun piano lessons (60 years too late), volunteer at the Smithsonian and at Wolf Trap, and putter." He adds: "Please convey my best wishes to all."

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45TH REUNION
OCTOBER 12-14, 2001

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Class Correspondent John Rathbone
RD 2 Box 55
Hamilton, NY 13346
(315) 824-3049
E-mail: jrathbon@dreamscape.com

If you wish to send your class correspondents any news which you wish to share with your classmates, you can write us in care of Rochester Review or you can contact us by e-mail at jrathbon@dreamscape.com.

We sent an inquiry to our "list" of classmates for whom we have a current e-mail address to query whether any would be attending the University's Sesquicentennial celebration and whether any had news to share.

Barbara Willsea Harper wrote that she and Pat Westwood Matthews were planning to attend the celebration.

Clark Perry said that he regretted not attending this celebration, but that we could count on him to attend the next Class of '58 reunion.

Dave Peters '66W (Mas) and John Rathbone are still exchanging horror stories about their roles on the governing boards of their respective lake associations. Dave avoided election as president of his lake association, to his relief, and John did not. Moral of the story: attend all meetings!

John and Carol Spinuzzi Aceti did not make the anniversary celebration. They were off in Sicily to look for their family roots and then traveled to Israel and Jordan to look for their spiritual roots.

Dick and Joan De Brine wrote that they could not leave Maplehedge to attend the celebration because it fell during their busiest time of the year as many people come to view the leaves. Dick anticipated about 4,500 tourists visiting their part of New Hampshire, which is a lot of "leaf peepers."

Dick Vidale promised an account of the traveling Vidales and their drive of over 4,000 miles all the way out to Aberdeen, S.D., and back.

Terry R. Diebold who recently retired from a 34-year engineering career with General Mills in the process control area, writes with the sad news that his wife, Susan McDowell Diebold '60, died on January 17.

Jerry Gardner '65 (Mas) got right back to us to say that Pat and he would definitely attend the party. Jerry adds they were in Africa from August 29 to September 13. "We spent three days in Cape Town and three days at Victoria Falls. There we met my sister and brother-in-law who are medical missionaries at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia. Then the four of us went to Botswana and spent two days at the Chobe Safari Lodge and the next two days at Maramba River Lodge in Livingstone, Zambia. Four wonderful days on game drives and river cruises where we saw, up close and personal, just about all the African animals there were to see. On our drive north to Lusaka we stopped in Monze, where Jim Alrutz will be a surgeon at the Mission Hospital. I believe he was to leave for Africa in late October. Pat and I spent the rest of our vacation with my sister and her husband and then returned to Atlanta-exhausted."

Sue "B." Richardson wrote that Susan Hook Heicklen, Suzanne Kwan Silverstein, and she had a splendid time at a mini-reunion in New York City this summer with some others from their Berkeley days.

Joe Steinman wrote that things were getting a little hectic as he, Jennifer, and the cats go down to the wire on their move to their new house in Ponte Vedra Beach, on the beach side of Jacksonville, in the northeastern corner of the state. They will be keeping their new apartment in Switzerland, so they will be wintering in Florida and summering in Switzerland-except for occasional skiing vacations.

Joe has given us his Florida address and adds that he hoped to see the De Brines on their annual January pilgrimage to Florida. Joe completed teaching the third year of his mini-M.B.A. course this summer and, while he is in Ponte Vedra, he expects to continue with a little consulting and will teach an M.B.A. International Finance course at the University of North Florida in the spring semester. Joe also plans to spend a lot more time on the golf course and the tennis court.

Joe has some pithy comments about aging, with which we would all probably agree! He added, "So, John, I won't be able to make it to this Sesquicentennial; maybe the next one. I'll come as a golden retriever." Sounds like a good idea to me! I'll be the dancing bear.

Pete Tarrant said that he had just returned from a wonderful trip to Rochester-"for my 50th grammar school reunion!" As it was at St. Anne's school, in the shadow of our alma mater, Pete took a leisurely stroll there getting reacquainted with the hallowed and ivy-covered campus. Pete added that it was unusual weather for those who knew Rochester in the mid-50s-it was "a glorious fall day."

"Sorry to miss the Sesquicentennial," Patty Buyse Adduci wrote, "but we'll be going to Tuscany this weekend and will be getting back too late. Life is tough!"

Val Evans Rathbone '60W (Mas) says, "After 25 years in the retail trade, I have decided to pack it in and try to enjoy a little of what else life has to offer!" John Rathbone adds that retirement is not too bad, but some days are a bit more "challenging" than others-"As long as I can recognize the mug in the mirror each morning, then I know it's going to be an okay day!"

They helped their younger daughter move to a new job located even deeper yet into the Adirondacks during the first winter storm of 2000- 2001, a process which is becoming an annual "Gee, guess what new muscles and joints we've found" event. They add that their elder daughter and son-in-law will be leaving the Navy after 18 years and 10 years of service respectively in lieu of taking unaccompanied tours of duty in the Arabian Gulf area and sea duty. And the Rathbones were so looking forward to taking care of the three boys and one girl under 5 years of age! Oh, yes, they were!

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Wars of the Irish Kings, a new book by David McCullough, is available from Crown Publishing Group. McCullough is the editor of several anthologies, including Chronicles of the Barbarians and Great Detectives. He lives in New York with his wife, Frances.

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