1950s

'50 Louis S. Whitaker
Wheeling, West Virginia
stife41@aol.com

Don R. Clark, Roswell, New Mexico, is still participating in Senior Olympics on the state level in swimming, tennis, and volleyball. He tells us he is still working part-time as well.

'51 Douglas W. Downey
Northbrook, Illinois
d-downey@sbcglobal.net

'52 Richard D. Sawyer
Newbury, New Hampshire
mlgsawyer@aol.com

Frederick C. Neidhart, Tuscon, Arizona, tells us he has completed an exhilarating three-year term on the Kenyon Alumni Council. He writes, "I saw anew the college that had been a monastery of scholasticism on the Hill during my life there from 1948-52. Without losing any of those virtues of the Kenyon experience from those ancient days, the College has morphed into a remarkable new place to enrich the lives of young men and women." Fred states that his experience on the council would have been a joy to any alumni of his era whether or not they have maintained close contact with the College.

'53 Arthur "Bill" Sprague Jr.
La Grange, Illinois
awsprague@sbcglobal.net

'54 Richard R. Tryon
Frankfort, Michigan
keepontryon32@me.com

Nicholas Crome, Bloomington, Indiana, reports that he has three children and eight grandchildren. His oldest daughter, Althea, has invented a new type of artwork which can be seen at bugknits.com. Nick also tells us that his former wife, Nancy, won a gold medal at the senior rowing championship in Poland.
Theodore N. Lynch relocated to Houston, Texas, to be with family in August 2010.

'55 B. Allen McCormick
Indianapolis, Indiana
bamccormick1@att.net

William E. Smart Jr. has moved to the Bronx, New York, to a place called Amalgamated Housing, started in 1927 by Sidney Hillman, founder of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union. PBS did a program on it a couple of years ago called Living in Utopia. Bill was on the waiting list for eight years to get in, and he writes, "As a WASP, I am in the minority here, and it feels great (for an old Tolstoyan like me)."

'56 Christian Schoenleb
Phoenix, Arizona
eschoenleb@cox.net

'57 Donald A. Fischman
New York, New York
fisch@med.cornell.edu
Henry J. Steck
Homer, New York
henry.steck@cortland.edu

Vernon Powell "Woody" Bliss, Montague, Massachusetts, writes, "I am truly aghast at the extremism and irresponsibility of the Republican party as it permits its Tea Party fanatics to push our country into divisiveness and social regression. I am contemplating this sad reality and looking forward to working hard for President Obama's re-election."

'58 Adolph Faller III
Olmsted Falls, Ohio
afaller@sbcglobal.net

'59 William Harley Henry
Grinnell, Iowa
harleyhen@iowatelecom.net
Donald Bomann Jr.
Stamford, Connecticut
realty3@aol.com

Reverend Canon Jeremy W. Bond, Grover Beach, California, is enjoying retirement life along the California coast, with the ocean only a mile away. He hopes to visit Gambier for his fifty-fifth reunion in 2014.

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