CL ASS Garnet Guard
1953
Alumni who have celebrated their 50th ReUnion.
CLASS CORRESPONDENT
GARNET GUARD CLASS CORRESPONDENT
John Honey ’61 121 Waterside Dr., Box 1175 North Falmouth, Mass. 02556 jahoney@msn.com John Honey ’61 writes, “The Garnet Guard and Ramée Circle held a joint luncheon during the virtual ReUnion on May 13. The program honored Bob Howe ’58 who was chair of both organizations for many years. Tributes were delivered by David Horton ’58, a classmate and good friend, Bob’s wife Sondra, and his grandson Alex Wildhagen Regan ’16. This was followed by a discussion of the activities of the Minerva Fellowship, which provides entrepreneurial opportunities in foreign countries to recent graduates. We marveled at some of the experiences that were described by participants. The program ended with the singing of the alma mater by the Eliphalets. We look forward to being able to hold the Garnet Guard Luncheon in person on campus next year.”
1951 CLASS CORRESPONDENT
James Taub 711 S. Market Street Johnstown, N.Y. 12095 (518) 762-1172 shrevie711@hotmail.com
Hubert Plummer 21 Temple Road Setauket, N.Y. 11733 (631) 941-4076 whp@plummerlaw.com
1954 CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Avrom J. Gold 33 Madison Lane Hilton Head Island, S.C. 29926 (908) 581-1455 avromgold@gmail.com
1955 CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Ken Haefner 1346 Waverly Pl. Schenectady, N.Y. 12308 kbhaefner@gmail.com
1956 CLASS CORRESPONDENT
William Deuell 2666 Steeple Run Lane Manteca, Calif. 95336 whd2923@gmail.com William Deuell writes, “On May 14, 2021, our class held the first virtual Zoom class ReUnion, which everyone agreed was very successful. Our meeting was attended by 13 classmates, which was good considering not everyone was familiar with Zoom. We expect our next meeting will be attended by an overwhelming number of classmates. Subjects covered were: 1) An update by Rob
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Parker, VP for College Relations. There will be additional virtual events later this year. Keep informed by reading all your Union correspondence. 2) A musical interlude by Paige Kent, Class of 2023, singing ‘Wouldn't It Be Loverly’ from My Fair Lady. She delivered a wonderful performance. 3) A report by Byng Huntington, class president, on class business, election of officers, and details of our class scholarship. The election of officers included a new position of class registrar. The class registrar will be responsible for developing and maintaining an up-to-date list of living classmates, deceased classmates and classmate widows, if possible. Norm Bartner has volunteered to accept this position and we all look forward to his excellent work. Please send questions to any class officer. They all are good at email.”
1957 CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Paul Mohr 140 E Duce of Clubs Ste A Show Low, Ariz. 85901 dadtired@frontiernet.net Bob Yunick writes, “I am pleased to announce that the June 2021 issue of Adirondack Life magazine carries an article of mine about my hummingbird banding in the Adirondacks at my Jenny Lake camp near Corinth as well as
at other places. I keep active with my banding with so far nearly 220,000 birds, over 6,000 of them hummers, since 1962. One of my Jenny Lake Ruby-throats years ago tied the then-North American age record of nine years. I caught her for eight consecutive years a total of 25 times. That age record has since been exceeded by an additional two months. My other major hummer banding location has been in the deep North Woods of Maine along the shores of Mooselookmeguntic Lake near the Canadian border where I have banded a little over 2,200 Ruby-throats in the past 18 years. My oldest bird there is 8 years, 2 months. I continue publishing papers on my banding results with raptors and songbirds. There's always more to learn. One recent paper dealt with a 47-year study at my Jenny Lake camp linking decline in the local breeding Purple Finch population with climate warming. It's real.” Bob, a retired organic chemist from Schenectady, is licensed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to band birds.
1958 CLASS CORRESPONDENT
David C. Horton 68 Paul Revere Road Lexington, Mass. 02421 paulrevereroad@aol.com
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