Slater Society
All Post-50th Reunion Classes
October 10–12, 2003

1938
65th Reunion
October 10–12, 2003
www.rochester.edu/alumni/classes/1938

1943
60th Reunion
October 10–12, 2003
www.rochester.edu/alumni/classes/1943
Carol Mantinband Ginsburg was one of four Shreveport, La., community leaders who were honored with a Humanitarian Award from the National Conference for Community and Justice. . . . Agnes Nasmith Johnston and her sister, Mary Nasmith Means, compiled the correspondence of their mother, Esther Nairn Nasmith ’09, into the book, A Golden Glow in the East, which recounts their mother’s work running a girls’ school in China.

1947
Medical historian Thomas Bonner ’49 (Mas), professor emeritus at Wayne State University, has published Iconoclast: Abraham Flexner and a Life in Learning, the first full biography of the education pioneer. . . . The Friends of University Libraries has awarded the 2002 Robert F. Metzdorf Prize to Andrew and Janet Dayton Neilly for their contributions and meritorious service to the libraries. A life trustee of the University, Andrew Neilly was cochair of the Libraries’ Advisory Council. In 2001, an endowment given by the couple created a library deanship and a lecture series produced by Rush Rhees Library. The prize honors Robert Metzdorf (1912–1975), an alumnus, trustee, faculty member, and library staff member of the University.

1948
55th Reunion
October 10–12, 2003
www.rochester.edu/alumni/classes/1948

1949
Bill and Marge Leet Wemyss celebrated their 50th anniversary on June 15, 2002, in Los Angeles.

1952
Vivian Levy Pollock (see ’75).

1950
Kenneth Hubel, class correspondent, writes:

Joe and Janet Sberro moved to New Mexico in May 2002. Their “adobe hacienda” on the West Mesa, above the valley of the Rio Grande, overlooks the city of Albuquerque and has a great view of the Sandia Mountains. Joe continues a partial retirement, working a couple of days a week for the National Weather Service in Washington, telecommuting via a satellite link. He and Janet got a closeup look at the International Balloon Fiesta when one contestant landed across from their home. Attractions of the native cultures have included visits to Santo Domingo pueblo and Two Grey Hills trading post on the Navajo reservation. They’ve ridden the historic Combres & Toltec railroad along the New Mexico–Colorado border, and Joe has caught rainbow trout (size not mentioned) in Santa Fe National Forest (rcgnm@direcway.com).

Bill Gamble began work at Ward’s Natural Science Establishment Inc. right after graduation and became its president in 1962. After resigning his position when the company was sold years later, he and his family moved to Cincinnati, where he worked with Educational Services Inc. until he retired in 1987. Bill served two terms as a University alumni trustee, one term on the advisory board of the Warner School, and he is currently on the Libraries’ Advisory Council. He gave funds to renovate a third-floor room in Rush Rhees library (the Gamble Room) (823 Indian Trace Ct., Cincinnati, OH 45255; squalus1@juno.com).

Jinny Gilbert Hoesterey’s ties and affection for the University are years longer than most of our classmates’, since she was a faculty “brat.” She married Don Hoesterey before graduating, and while he earned his Ph.D. at Yale, she put the food on the table. She delighted in raising three children and in being a “professional volunteer” with children in elementary and preschool. They are retired in Florida (note new address) “reveling in sunshine and warmth, arts and cultural activities, with four major performing arts centers within 40 miles—and, of course, golf” (1010 American Eagle Blvd #648, Sun City Center, FL 33573; jinnyh@webtv. net).

Walt Isaac retired in the early 1980s as director of special marketing programs for Eastman Kodak Co. after a career in management of training, promotion, and marketing. He and Marie built a home on Conesus Lake in 1985, and he was among a core group of business leaders who helped form the Livingston County Development Corporation several years later. He was honored with the Distinguished Leadership Award of the Livingston County Chamber of Commerce in June 2000. The Isaacs have six children and 16 grandchildren (5460 West Lake Rd., Conesus, NY 14435; wamisaac@aol.com).

—Contact: Kenneth Hubel, 2562 Oak Circle N.E., North Liberty, IA 52317; (319) 626-6562; khubel@southslope.net.

Phyllis Hart Brightman writes to let classmates know that Richard Brightman, her husband since January 1996, died on April 11, 2002, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. “We had six years and three months of a wonderful, second-time-around marriage,” Phyllis writes.

1953
50th Reunion
October 10–12, 2003
www.rochester.edu/alumni/classes/1953
John Allen was elected as an honored service member of the Society of Plastics Engineers for his contributions to the organization. He was one of 25 members selected for the honor. . . . Ken Cameron and his son, Christian ’87, published their third novel, Top Hook, last June. They expect their fourth to be published in 2003 and are working on their fifth. Ken and Pattie Gillespie revised their book, The Enjoyment of Theatre, for a sixth edition to be published late this year. Last December, Ken did a taped interview for use in two French documentaries on Africa. He continues to write a bimonthly column for the English fishing magazine Waterlog.

1955
Stuart Platt ’73S (MBA), a retired rear admiral in the U.S. Navy, has published The Armament Tide, a book that examines the business of military procurement within the Pentagon.

1957
Charles Banks writes that he has been appointed to the Wheatland (N.Y.) Economic Planning and Development Commission by the town board. . . . Jerome Goldstein received a VIP award from Hearing Education and Awareness for Rockers (H.E.A.R.), a nonprofit volunteer organization that uses education and outreach to try to prevent hearing loss and tinnitus among musicians and music fans. Goldstein, a senior executive vice president emeritus of the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, is a board member of H.E.A.R.

1958
45th Reunion
October 10–12, 2003
www.rochester.edu/alumni/classes/1958
John Rathbone, class correspondent, writes:

Mark your calendars! It is 2003, and you know what that means: This is the year we return to Rochester for our 45th reunion. It has been a long time since 1958, and the journey has not always been smooth.

We hope that you will mark your calendars to reserve the dates and find your way back to Rochester for Meliora Weekend on October 10–12 to spend some time with your old friends.

Pete Tarrant married Irina Babak in August and later, after a visit with classmates Roger Drumm and Bob Cushing, took a 34-day, 30-state, 9,300-mile drive across the country to attend Pete’s sister’s wedding.

Dick and Margaret Vidale enjoyed an autumn trip to Greece, where they visited a former student and cruised the islands.

Dayton and Lola Vincent finished up their two-month teaching sojourn in Cologne with a trip to Nurenberg to visit Lola’s sister.

Hats off to University Trustee Ed Hajim who is the Reunion 2003 national chair!

The alumni office is looking for a number of our classmates. If you know how to contact any of the folks on this list, please contact Roseann Centanni at rcentanni@alumni.rochester.edu, or call her at (585) 273-5915:
Judy Freisinger Agin
Geraldine Lombardo Buchanan
Sandra Butler Carlin
John Dziak
Delores Maroncelli Graham
Jane Hritz Hall
Albert James
James Jones
Lois Prothero Kessler
Donald Knorr
John Maskell
Paul Milley
Norman Pollock
Leonard Poryles
Barbara Pucillo
Roberts Reed
Gloria Howard Spellman
Robert Stern
Roberta Kirsch Thomas
Gloria Wagner
Mary Clark Warner
Philip Zimmerman

—Contact: John Rathbone, R.D. 2, Box 55, Hamilton, N.Y. 13346; jrathbon@dreamscape.com.