Comments

Judy and Michael Klingman ’60

Dear OTM,

When the latest issue of On the Mountain appeared, I looked at it with cursory attention. After all, it has been 60 years since I graduated. After college, we went off to the tip end of Africa - as far away from home as we could be- and for the next half century we continued on a global odyssey. Nobody from any of my alma maters - prep school, university or graduate school - was able to connect with me. I managed to survive and prosper in strange faraway places with no guilt about not appearing in an alumni news journal.

However, when my wife looked at the latest issue of On the Mountain, her reaction was much more energetic, and vital. She stated the obvious- the upcoming reunion would be the 60th, and maybe my last decennial celebration. When I was 18, I never conceived of becoming a senior, let alone a geriatric, but I decided long ago to embrace my age and to never look back. So, since it is a pivotal event in all of our lives, I felt it was necessary for me return to the Mountain. With the unfortunate cancellation due to the coronavirus, we hope to make it back in 2021. My background certainly attenuated my connection to Storm King over the past 60 years and I have no regrets. I cannot change history, but I can go back when we can gather in person again, and I urge my schoolmates to do the same.

Sincerely, Michael D. Klingman ’60

Michael Davis Klingman's senior yearbook portrait