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April 2002
Dear Classmates:
I hope everyone survived what seems
to have been a very mild winter across the country. Thanks for taking the time to send in news.
Ski Trip Mini-Reunion
Ten classmates, wives and one son
“reuned” in Winter Park, CO March 21-25 to celebrate the start of
Spring, great skiing, and fabulous hospitality from Toni and Tim Urban. The Winter Park area was relatively
uncrowded and the weather for two of the three ski days was sunny and
warm. The last ski day started off
sunny but some light snow arrived by noon, making the afternoon runs a little
firmer, particularly on the moguls.
“The Shire”, Tim and Toni’s home just north of Winter
Park, provided a comfortable and warm respite from the skiing…and Toni
kept us well fed and well refreshed!!
Ed Jereb flew in from
Philadelphia and visited many of his friends from his seventeen years living in
Denver, both before the weekend, and during it on the ski slope. Sue and Jon Colby arrived from
Wisconsin, where Jon is now teaching business administration part-time at a
local college. Sharon and Gary
Broughton met son Keith ’97, a recently engaged Ohio resident, at the
Denver airport to drive together to Winter Park; Gary has
been dedicating time over the last
few months to an AARP program that helps folks prepare their income tax
returns. Tim arrived a day late as
a result of his position on the Des Moines, IA Planning Commission. Thanks to son Andy, who met him in
Denver, Tim was still able to get in a half day on the slopes the 22nd.
The last night together was
particularly special, including dinner at the Devil’s Thumb Ranch
(buffalo steaks and antelope on the menu) in Tabernash and a raucous pool that
evening for the Oscar telecast, where Jim Broadbent’s win as Best
Supporting Actor fooled all bettors.
All participants hoped the Class could repeat a ski-mini in the future!
(L to R) Kneeling: Tim Urban
Front: Sharon Broughton, Gary Broughton, Toni Urban, Karen Serenbetz,
Bob Serenbetz
Rear: Keith Broughton ‘97, Ed Jereb, Sue Colby, Jon Colby
News from Classmates
While unable to join us for the mini, Wayne
LoCurto writes, “I joined the ranks of the retired in December. I have already logged 57 days of skiing
with 2-3 weeks left in the season.
I may lead the class in the number of grandchildren. Kathy and I will have twelve by
August.” Wayne, I think you
will have the lead for many years to come, if not
forever!! Those wanting to check Wayne’s recreational plans
after ski season can reach him at wlocurto@aol.com.
I had a long email from Tom Steinmetz: “The last two years have been a
period of transition for me. In
January 2000, I retired from Mortgage Banking Systems, the company that I
started in the 1986. I still go to
monthly board meetings, but I’ve found it surprisingly easy to turn over
the reigns to my long time partner.
In May 2000, I married Barbara Gural. Classmate Robin Williams and his wife Mary
helped us celebrate as did John and Judy Currier ’63. I moved from the suburbs to the city
for the first time in my life.
Retirement, married life and city-dwelling are all suiting me well.
In September 2000 I sent my son Bill off
to Macalester College in St. Paul.
He’s now a sophomore studying computer science, Japanese and
physics. Bill is well on his way
to independence and adulthood.
I’m glad to see him make the transition, but it is tough to be an
empty-nester. Since our wedding,
Barb and I have been doing quite a bit of traveling. We have been hiking in the Amazon rainforest and the
Galapagos Islands, biking in France, site-seeing in Spain, trekking in Nepal
(six thousand steps to heaven at 50 cents per step), and site-seeing/cooking
school in Thailand.
I’m studying French in preparation
for an extended visit to France in a couple of years. I’m no better at language now than I was at Dartmouth. French is really tough. Fortunately, Barb is fluent in
French. She was an interpreter and
translator early in her career.
This spring, the fifth edition of my book, The Mortgage Kit will be
published. It first came out in
1987.” Thanks, Tom, for all
your news. Classmates can
reciprocate at tcsteinmetz @ hotmail.com.
Following up on the news included in the
last newsletter of the June 2000 Grand Canyon trip with the families of Dick
Birnie, Steve Smith, Stu Schweizer, and Gary Bryson, Dean Spatz sent me a note on
his activities and a lengthy article on Dean and his company Osmonics in the
February issue of Minnesota Business: “My wife Carol, UVM ’66, and I completed 33
years of marriage and 32 years running Osmonics. We still live in the same house we bought in 1972, but have
remodeled it three times. We
totally enjoy living on Lake Minnetonka and it is rather amazing that a boy
from Albuquerque is now such a lake person. Our son Mark is a U of Rhode Island ’92. He worked in the aquaculture business
for a couple of years and then with a dot.com until recently, when he and his
wife Jennifer started up a small company selling inorganic membrane products to
laboratories. Our daughter Sharon,
Dartmouth ’96, Thayer ’98 is working at Ford in Dearborn, MI as a
Product/Project Manager. All we
have left at home are two Irish Setters, 14 and 1 1/2. This is our fifth Irish Setter since I
got my first one in grad school at Dartmouth. They are both great for bird hunting and house dogs. I also do a fair amount of big game
hunting: elk, deer, and sheep. A
couple of years ago I shot a ram Big Horn in Colorado that qualified for the
Boone & Crockett record book.
Besides our trip to the Grand Canyon with classmates in 2000, last year
we helped Chris Miller celebrate his daughter Anna’s
(Dartmouth ’98) wedding in Hanover.” The article highlights Dean and Carol’s start-up of
Osmonics in 1969, its growth in sales to the current $200 million, and
Dean’s plans to build the company to $1 billion by 2012. The article is available at http://www.MinnesotaBusiness.Com/.
Jim Keating sent along a
photo and writes from New Orleans, “All is well down here in the deep,
sunny south. I have entered phased retirement, going into
business for myself, selling my time on the open market as a contract
radiologist. I sell 35 hours each
of 42 weeks a year. The time is
available only Mon-Fri, 7 AM to 7 PM.
This way I avoid calls at nights or on weekends and no one is complaining! The best hospital in town bought up my
time for 18 months. Then in July
2003 Patty and I shall move to Pass Christian, MS on the Gulf Coast.” Jim, sounds almost as good a deal as
when you rented mattresses in the basement of your house in Hanover on big
weekends for $3 a night!! Class
docs wanting further info can get hold of Jim at jameswkeating@hotmail.com.
(L to R) Patty and Jim Keating, Kiley and Adam
In Memoriam
I received word from the College
that Randall Schulze passed away four years ago on March 1, 1998. Randall was not listed in the 1966
Aegis, so he may not have graduated with us. He was a brother of Phi Tau. Our condolences to his wife Pamela and children Erik and
Kris; they can be reached in Austin, TX at 512-335-5249.
Class of 1966 Survey
Having devoted the last two issues
of the Newsletter to issues facing the country and the demographics of our
Class, this issue will focus on recreational activities. Please keep in mind that only 80 or so
classmates and approximately 40 spouses completed the survey, so it is not
statistically reliable.
Classmates Spouses
How
many non-business trips of one week or longer
have
you taken in the last 24 months?
0
8.5% 15.4%
1 8.5 3.8
2 18.6 11.5
3 15.3 23.1
4 10.2 11.5
5
or more 39.0 34.6
Clearly, we’re a
well-traveled group with about half the class averaging about 2 1/2 trips per
year.
How
many non-business trips of one week or longer
were outside the US?
0 30.5% 34.6%
1 18.6 15.4
2 23.7
23.1
3 13.6 11.5
4 10.2 15.4
5
or more 3.4 0.0
Likewise, our travels take us with
great frequency to other countries.
Will this be changing subsequent to September 11, 2001?
How many hours
per week do you spend on the internet
for non email
purposes?
0 15.3% 16.9%
1-5 59.3
64.0
6-14 20.3 16.0
15
or more 5.1 4.0
The majority of us spend less than
an hour per day on the internet; very little difference between classmates and
spouses. The favorite sites for
classmates were Yahoo/Yahoo Finance, Amazon.com, NYTimes.com, CNN.com,
Weather.com and various on-line brokers.
Favorite spousal sites were more varied, although Amazon was the
favorite.
How many books
have you read in the last twelve months?
0 3.5% 4.0%
1-5 33.3 16.0
6-10 25.4 24.0
11-20 18.6 36.0
21 or more 16.9 20.0
Our spouses are heavier readers
than us, with the majority reading more than one book a month. When asked which book was your
favorite, only three books had more than one mention: “Founding
Brothers” by Joseph Ellis, “Tuesdays with Morrie” by Mitch
Albom, and “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” by J.K.
Rowling. Besides best-sellers,
some of us picked “David Copperfield”, “The Jungle
Book”, Eugene Onegin” and “The Brothers
Karamazov”.
How
many hours per week do you watch television?
0 8.6% 7.7%
1-5 41.4 23.1
6-14 37.9 46.2
15-30 12.1 23.1
Spouses seem to be heavier viewers
than classmates, in spite of reading more!
What is your favorite show?
West
Wing 21.9% 23.1%
Frazier 18.8 3.8
The
Sopranos 9.4 7.7
NYPD
Blue 9.4 3.8
Ally
McBeal 6.3 7.7
Judging
Amy 0.0 7.7
All
Others (one mention) 34.2 46.2
It seems that our favorites match
the critics’ favorites.
I will review more of the responses
in our next newsletter.
Moosilauke Hiking Trip
Based on an enthusiastic response
at the Fall 2001 Mini-Reunion, Al Keiller has planned a hiking trip up Mt.
Moosilauke August 2-4. Details are
on the sign-up
sheet.