John relates that it’s not been a great year – Laura has endured two knee replacements, plus a shoulder and an ankle replaced. Lots of “little steel bits and pieces”, but “Whatever — body and soul stays together and you gotta be grateful for it”. He and Laura are trying to sell their house in [...]

This past summer I was a coach for the US Sailing Team at the 2012 London Olympics. The sailing events were held in Weymouth which is a couple hours southwest of London. Dave Perry (’72) was also there as the US Sailing Team rules advisor, so we spent a bunch of time together. I coached [...]

Joe Bete ’55 says that he leads a pretty ordinary life. Not! He lives in Deerfield and was at the helm of The Channing Bete Company for 28 years between 1967 and 1995. The company is located in South Deerfield, and currently employs 230 employees in the community. Two of his sons, Michael ’79, and [...]

Bob Wickes was elected to the Republican Committee for Chester County, Pennsylvania. Our class had representatives at the memorial services for Rod Hardy in Hollis, New Hampshire and Northeast Harbor, Maine. Dennis Furbush has been a longtime member of the Society for Industrial Archaeology and a past director. The society’s activities have taken him on [...]

Ed Schmults, Sam Tingley, Scott La Shelle and John Mattes, all ’80, relax after surviving a fishing trip off Nantucket to celebrate La Shelle’s 50th birthday. John Mattes Class of 1980

George (’01) and Sarah Craft welcomed their first child, James Ernest, on July 30, 2012 George Craft Class of 2001

Since I last wrote, I have finished graduate school at MIT, completed my Architecture internship and earned my Architect’s license. More importantly, I married my wife Carrie, and we now have a wonderful two year old redhead named Edwin. Carrie owns a small ballet school in Concord, MA and we live in Cambridge where I [...]

Terry Mooney ’62 with granddaughter Merrill …daughter of Alixe ’95

Dick Stuart, Tom Falcon, David Boynton: class of ’61 together on Squam Lake! July 2012

Congratulations to Sarah Groff ’99 on her fourth-place finish in the women’s triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics! In her Olympic debut, Ms. Groff was the highest American finisher and missed the bronze medal by only 10 seconds. Afterward Ms. Groff said, “My goal going into this race was to be there with 1,000 meters to [...]