1950s
'50 Louis S. Whitaker
Wheeling, West Virginia
stife41@aol.com
Wayne M. Carver writes, “I'm still around the neighborhood at eighty-eight, much pressure but little grace.” Wayne lives in Northfield, Minnesota. Lloyd C. Hood, Lake Bluff, Illinois, reports that October 2011 marked his sixtieth year with Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, and he is not yet retired.
'51 Douglas W. Downey
Northbrook, Illinois
d-downey@sbcglobal.net
Lewis E. Weingard, Tionesta, Pennsylvania, writes, “I'm still vertical every day, and I look forward to hearing from classmates.”
'52 Richard D. Sawyer
Newbury, New Hampshire
mlgsawyer@aol.com
Silas Axtell is happy to report that he celebrated another birthday. He is now eighty-two! Si lives in Vero Beach, Florida. Marvin B. Ellis and his wife, Stephanie, are living in his daughter's home at 126 Brook Spring Road, Columbia, South Carolina 29223. Marvin would love to hear from any remaining friends. Ethel Stansfield, widow of Edward H. Stansfield Jr., reports that all is well in Wiscasset, Maine. Ethel keeps in touch with Stevie and Marvin B. Ellis and Pat and Silas Axtell, and talks on occasion to Barbara Eggert, widow of Robert H. Eggert, and Jo Ranney, widow of B. Bosworth Ranney. Ethel says to stop by if you are traveling Route 1 North in Maine.
'53 Arthur "Bill" Sprague Jr.
La Grange, Illinois
awsprague@sbcglobal.net
George W. Granger, Bakersfield, California, writes, “I'm still practicing law in Bakersfield. It's more fun than golf or bridge!” Arthur E. Webb lives in Naples, Florida, at Homewood Residences. Art is proud that he is a part of three generations of Kenyon graduates, himself, his daughter, Wendy Webb Cook '81, and his granddaughter, Sarah B. Cook '11.
'54 Kenyon CollegeOffice of Public Affairs
bulletin@kenyon.edu
'55 B. Allen McCormick
Indianapolis, Indiana
bamccormick1@att.net
Arthur L. Johnson, Potsdam, New York, and his wife, Anne, are both nursing home volunteers, while Art also volunteers for Hospice. Art is back in the classroom at the State University of New York at Potsdam this semester teaching a section of New York State history, as well as a Canadian history mini-course in the University's SOAR (Stimulating Opportunities After Retirement) program.
'56 Christian Schoenleb
Phoenix, Arizona
eschoenleb@cox.net
'57 Donald A. Fischman
State College, Pennsylvania
donaldfischman@gmail.com
Henry J. Steck
Homer, New York
henry.steck@cortland.edu
Donald A. Fischman and his wife, Barbara, have a home in State College, Pennsylvania, where Barbara is a professor of nutrition. The couple also keep a pied-à-terre in Manhattan for monthly visits to the theater and other activities. Don enjoys his oil painting, but has “hit the wall” doing portraits. The couple are headed to Paris for two weeks, but will return for the fifty-fifth reunion. David L. Katz, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, tells us he is thoroughly enjoying his twelve grandchildren and working part-time at local clinics. David looks forward to the fifty-fifth reunion.
'58 Adolph Faller III
Olmsted Falls, Ohio
afaller@sbcglobal.net
Andrew R. Graham, Buffalo, New York, writes, “When not trimming the mainsheet on a Pearson Flyer (30' with spinnaker) for eighteen races, I cruise around Lake Erie in our Cape Dory 25, take pictures, and agitate for smart growth with the same folks that trained Obama in Chicago.”
'59 William Harley Henry
Grinnell, Iowa
harleyhen@iowatelecom.net
Donald Bomann Jr.
Stamford, Connecticut
poplarthree@gmail.com
Frank M. Coleman, Parlin, Colorado, tells us that his recent publications include “Picking the ‘Locke' of ‘Nature's Nation': Nature, National Landscape, and the Ad Industry” in the journal Capitalism, Nature, and Socialism (September 2005); “The Origins of Advertising Discourse” in Ethics, Place, and Environment (March 2006); and “Classical Liberalism and American Landscape Representation: The Imperial Self in Nature” in Ethics, Place, and Environment (March 2010). Frank is also involved in the High Country Citizens Alliance. William T. Dicus, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has a part-time practice and enjoys biking, skiing, traveling, flying, and playing piano. Bill tells us that he and his wife, Jane, are building a kit airplane. Lawrence G. Eliot, Ipswich, Massachusetts, has retired after fifty-one years of teaching. James T. Kyle, Palm Springs, California, reports that he and his partner, Mark Leggett, have discovered, or maybe rediscovered, the joys of road trips. In the summer of 2011, James and Mark spent a month on the road visiting family in the west, exploring national parks, attending the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and enjoying a week on the Oregon coast. They also spent a month in South Africa enjoying birds, animals, and Cape Town.