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Miriam Malach, a writer living in New York City, published her novel, All or Nothing, in May. All or Nothing follows an unlikely trio grappling with love in the 1950s, a time before people could publicly be who they wanted to be, and when “all or nothing” bumped up against the compromises we all must make for happiness. Class Secretary: Bill Woolley, 4300 Pasadena Dr #31, Boise, ID 83705, wlwandvlb@gmail.com
forests, hiking trails, and ponds. The Sharps are surprisingly healthy and happy, having made many new friends and becoming very active in the management of the community and in the sports activities as well. Dan continues to work a bit, including helping a friend sell a company. Class Secretaries: Beth Mott, 14 Mariposa Dr, San Luis Obispo 93401, bethmott@charter. net; Ollie White, 292 Hacienda Carmel, Carmel 93923, ollie@razzolink.com
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“A little dab’ll do ya.” Brylcreem for the men and a spray of White Shoulders for the women will make us mindful of the forthcoming 70th reunion for the Class of 1951. The date is Friday, October 1, in the Chevron Auditorium, International House from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., during Reunion weekend. We will share the day with Classes from ’71 and ’81 for a luncheon. Our Oski and Cal marching band will be present, plus other dignitaries. Information is forthcoming from Berkeley Foundation to us individually. Registration will begin August 2 at: https://bit.ly/3zrvF2s. Any questions may be sent to me at: elayne.mccrea@yahoo.com. This is hot “off the press” as of July 2. You will no doubt have heard from the university before this. Alums who have contacted me are: Louise Kermode of Palm Desert, who is alive and very well, Hampton Terry of Valencia, Spain, and Joan Foster Nugent of Laguna Woods, who have become reacquainted from days on the Sophomore Council. Hamp was president, and Joan, the secretary. Please take good care of yourselves and stay well. We will see one another soon. Class Secretary: Elayne McCrea, 23500 Cristo Rey Dr #503H, Cupertino 95014, elayne. mccrea@yahoo.com
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The year 2022 will mark the 70th anniversary of our graduation from Cal. Some of you have inquired about a reunion, and the Class Committee has begun to think about a plan. Please let me hear from those of you who would attend an event on campus in June 2022. Provide name, address, and number attending. We need to have some idea about attendance in order to plan effectively. We look forward to the reopening of the campus and the prospect of being together again. Good luck to all, and Let There Be Light! Class Secretaries: Elaine (Hartgogian) Anderson, 1326 Devonshire Dr, El Cerrito 94530, 510/2323419 ; Bob Rowell, rwrowell@gmail.com.
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Dan Sharp and his wife relocated from Stamford to Redding, CT, three years ago to a wonderful retirement community with three levels of care when/if needed. Meadow Ridge is high up on a hill and surrounded by lovely
As you might have read in the Summer issue, we were wondering who the oldest member of our Class might be. At the moment, Bob Mitchell holds the distinction. He was born December 12, 1929. Can anyone beat that? Bob said he would have graduated earlier than 1954, but he served in the Korean War for three years. Bud Henry is not a contender but has been an active supporter of campus organizations including the Haas School of Business, Cal Athletics, the library, and the Cal Alumni Association (CAA), where he served on the board of directors along with our late classmate Don Denton. In 2000, Bud received CAA’s Excellence Service Award and the Class of 1954 Hall of Fame Award. He also served on the board of directors of CAA’s club in Orange County. After living in North Tustin for 38 years, he moved to Laguna Woods after the passing of his wife. Bud says that Laguna Woods (formerly Leisure World) is an ideal place for a single woman or man who wants to remain active. Jim Griffin, Jack Ken, Bill Morrish, Bob Merrick, and others (including your Class Secretary) are very interested in a 2022 reunion at the beautiful University Club atop Memorial Stadium. Let us know if you are, too. Class Secretary: Beryl Voss, 1330 Jones St #604, San Francisco 94109, berylvoss@gmail.com, 415/673-2074
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Bob Adams, a Sigma Nu on campus, graduated in business/P.E. He served in the Army in France, then at IBM until ownership of Educational Industrial Sales Inc. of Northern California. In retirement, Bob and his wife, Lois, a Cal classmate and AOPi, enjoy travel and a growing family of three children, eight grandchildren, and two great-granddaughters. Now living at the Forum at Rancho San Antonio retirement community, Lois is active on the RSI Health Board, and Bob raises money on the board for an Appreciation Fund and the 501C3 Health Fund. Class Secretaries: Bob Leslie, 40 Windward Hill, Oakland 94618, relarbmed@aol.com; Rosemary Meehan Mein, 3748 St. Francis Dr, Lafayette 94549, rosemein@comcast.net, fax 925/283-2318
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Our Class will celebrate our 65th anniversary at the Homecoming Golden Bear Luncheon on Friday, October 1, starting at 11:30 a.m. in the Pauley Ballroom in the MLK Jr. Student Union. There will be reserved parking for a fee. This is the perfect time for living groups or other University-affiliated groups that you were part of to reserve a table(s) and renew longtime friendships. Our Class will be seated together for the served lunch. Check the online registration link, homecoming.berkeley.edu, for more details. There will be golf carts available for classmates to get to the library for a tour of the Preservation Department after lunch. You can see how much our Class of 1956 Humanities Preservation Endowment for the Library is depended upon. Our Class now has a goal of $32,000 for unmet needs of the department. A few of these necessary items are a paper-conservation vacuum suction table with humidification dome, CeeLite flexible light sheets used in book repair, Dahle self-healing cutting mats, and a preservation pencil to direct vapor to very small areas. Please send your donation to UC Berkeley, Donor and Gift Services, 1995 University Ave., Suite 400, Berkeley, CA 94704-1070. See you at our reunion in October, and Go Bears! Class Secretary: Barbara Jopp Chinn, 5405 Carlton St #404, Oakland 94618, chinnacres@ sbcglobal.net
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Pete Hegerle muses about the pandemic: “Naked without your mask, and afraid, wondering if you are doing the wise thing, because you don’t know who has and who has not received a double dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Our world was as big as we made it until the virus jailed us all. That’s when Cal’s ingrained lessons kicked in and took control. In 2020, I was captain of my own ship. I traveled. I hiked along the shore of the lake out my back door. I saw things I had never noticed walking the golf course overlooking my house. The trees were many and stately. Reaching for the sky, they knew no bounds. I envied their freedom. I saluted them as I wanted to be part of them, to carve my name: ‘Pete passed by here many times in 2020-21.’ So vibrant green was the grass. I had kept my eye only on that little white ball. I never noticed the grass or the critters that peeked at me while I invaded their world. How varied, how many, how ignored. Long-legged turkeys, noisy, floating geese, scared bunnies there, but never appreciated. And one fine day, in spite of the pandemic, I did have quite the serendipity as I hiked. I found an embedded, old, copper penny minted in San Francisco in 1958. Now THAT was a GOOD year!” Nancy Bruce Applequist moved east with her husband, Jon Applequist, after graduating from Cal. He was a chemistry professor at Cal CALIFORNIA FALL 2021 57
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