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Sixty-One Goes to Alumni Day 2006by Pat DavidsonNine members of the Class of 1961 and their wives and guests enjoyed reconnecting at the Alumni Day luncheon on Saturday, February 25th. This luncheon followed a stimulating morning of lectures. On Friday half of our group attended the Woodrow Wilson School’s 75th Anniversary Government Service Seminar. The 1961 contingent was led by Joe McGinity, Ken Scasserra (wearing a snappy Princeton Hockey blazer), Joe Prather and son Tony *97, Justin Kimball and Spencer Reynolds. Rounding out this group were Elihu Leifer, Gil Omenn and wife Martha Darling, Steve and Jennifer Ely, Patrick and Diane Davidson and guest David Jones.
On Saturday afternoon Steve Ely represented our class at the Service of Remembrance held at the University Chapel. The Class of 1961 Memorial Roll included: Robert Allen Stanger, Richard Stuart Rehder and William Angus Marr, Jr. who had passed away in 2004. Steve and Jennifer Ely recently returned from a delayed but delightful three-week honeymoon to China. Jennifer and her daughter will be joining us this June for their first Princeton Reunion. Several of us looked at a student taking notes at a McCosh 50 lecture, "Woodrow Wilson and the Decision For War." When the lecture was over, the "student" put on a 1961 hat. That student was none other than Joe McGinity who is teaching high school history in PA. Having failed retirement, he’s working on his PA teaching certificate. (Didn’t he major in Naval Science? And Houseparties?) At the close of the Woodrow Wilson School Conference before Alumni Day, Dean Ann Marie Slaughter noted that the school was particularly fortunate to have "Distinguished Residents with prior government service like Fred Hitz ’61 (former Inspector General of the CIA) and others who were serving as "Role Models" for students interested in government service. Being a role model has done great things for Fred. He looks trim and appears to have lost 20 pounds. Fred looked very professional in his dark blue suit accented by a beautiful American flag tie. Wow! What a makeover! Late on Friday a number of ‘61 classmates had the opportunity to hear Dr. Ben Bernanke, the new Chairman of the Federal Reserve, speak on the importance of price stability in promoting economic growth. Then Justin Kimball, Patrick and Diane Davidson represented the class at the Annual Giving reception and dinner. They all got to see the last few minutes of the Dartmouth-Princeton basketball game. Princeton came from behind to tie the game and then made a dazzling three point play that gave Princeton the win with less than 34 seconds to play. |
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Kimball was wearing our new and very attractive Class of 1961 tie.
This tie features a prowling tiger at the bottom with a series of
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