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December 20th, 2000
It's always nice when you meet nice people at The Princeton Club
in NY. I traveled to NY to welcome my new Grandson, Matthew
Renato Almansi '23, and stopped by there, and ran into Herb
Sussman who has recently retired as a Professor of English at
Northeastern in Boston. We had a wonderful conversation about
life in general and things at Princeton way back then and
Princeton today. What a nice guy! It's always really great to
reacquaint ourselves, isn't it.
December 15th, 2000
Here's a nice note from Ed Polcer:
"Ever since the Nassau Jazz Band/Tigertown Five days, my love and commitment to Jazz have only grown. Next week, I'm supposed to play several concerts and a private jam-session in Thailand with the King, who plays jazz clarinet and sax. For the past two years, I've been working on a Library of Congress project that will secure for posterity an amazing collection of LIVE Jazz tapes. I'm committed to raising over half-a-million dollars so that the Library can acquire the music and its annotation. If anyone would like to help with either tax-deductible contributions or suggestions, or has questions, please call me (718) 399-7808, or email me: edpolcer@edpolcer.com"
November 20th, 2000
Probably the most exciting moment I've had with this website was
when I saw it and heard it in the venerable halls of Oxford last
week. I was visiting with Dr. Roger Hutchins who is in charge of
Alumni Affairs at Magdalen College, and on Mrs. Mary-Ann
Buckley's computer, which is the only one that has all the bells
and whistles to play the music, this site was up and was being
enjoyed by all. With all the work that it has taken to get this
site to what it is today, that made it all worthwhile. I am most
appreciative to Mlle Morgane Lavaux of that office for making
sure that we were warmly welcomed, and telling us how much it is
enjoyed, and we hope that Mr. Hutchins and possibly his very
talented associate Mr. Will Unwin soon come to Princeton to see
how alumni affairs are really handled by the best in the
business. My personal reasons for trying to help Oxford catch up
to us in this area is because I believe we all have a debt there.
It was Woodrow Wilson who set it as a standard for Princeton to
strive for, and he used it as a model to turn Princeton into the
great institution it has become.
November 5th, 2000
Next week, on November 11th Princeton is at Yale again, and
Members of The Class of 1958 (Both Princeton and Yale) will be
way over at the left side of the Stadium looking from the front)
in the upper parking lot. We have been there for about 40 years
now, and usually the party is so good we often do not go inside
the stadium till the third quarter, if at all. Having gained no
sense of maturity whatsoever, I can't imagine that this year will
be much different.
October 29, 2000
At the Washington Dinner Barbie Bromley told us about the
fabulous display at The National Art Gallery called "Art
Nouveau". She was right; it's amazing, you must see it! It
is there till mid January. The city we keep mentioning here (7
times this year) with the strong Princeton ties, Glasgow, has a
major section there with the wonderful works of Charles Rennie
Mackintosh prominently displayed. Ted Bromley told us about The
Mini Reunion Dave and Marie Parks are arranging March 17th to the
21st next year. It sounds wonderful! Ted asked me to look into A
Mini Reunion on The Sea Cloud (The Great 4 Masted Square Rigger
built in 1931)for a 7 day Mini Reunion. Any thoughts out there on
that? Do you think we could get a big enough crowd? We'll need at
least 45 people.
October 29, 2000
When The Alumni Weekly arrived yesterday I felt that we should
have told you about Dave Meginnity, John Miller and Penn
Wettlaufer earlier, but I only know things when someone tells me,
and when we've lost more wonderful guys, I, like you, read it or
know it only by communications we receive. So forgive me for not
reporting the same things as The Alumni Weekly, as this is really
a different venue that Princeton has created to be a fast action,
and a very au courant vehicle for us to communicate quickly with
things we think about, or news we think that you would want to
know about. But we are only as fast as what we know, and the
losses of The Class Of 1958 are not something that we are always
informed of. The only thing I guarantee is that we will do our
best. If I outlive you, I will do my best to see that you are
recognized here. If I don't (believe me, I'm trying!) then there
is not much I can do about that, no matter how good my intentions
are.
October 27th, 2000
Last night The Class Dinner at The Hay Adams in Washington was
absolutely wonderful. A fine turnout of spirited people, a
glorious room, a wonderful large table with all of us seated
around it, helped make it terrific. Leo Welt outdid himself with
the format where he has each person introduce themselves once
again with current news, and by having the speaker, Desaix
Anderson do his presentation before the main course was served,
so that the social time between all of us was maximized. The
service was superb, the cuisine was excellent, and Leo presented
us all with a lovely book of poetry at evenings end. Many of us
travel long distances to attend this, and if you were not there,
try to make it next year. Washington is more beautiful than ever
and just visiting there makes it all the more enjoyable.
October 19th,2000
Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, and Children of all
Ages! At last we have a Website address that ANYONE CAN HANDLE!
Tell your friends, tell them even if they can't even do anything
on a computer! Our address is now -ready for this? Princeton1958.com If you
have entered the regular address of this site into your list of
favorites on your computer it will continue to work, but for the
new people who thought that our regular address was too hard-Tell
them to use the new one. Princeton1958.com
HIP HIP HOORAY!!!!
October 17th, 2000
Howard Sussman,Tiggy DeGroff and Jack Cannell ask for a little
help as Howard composes Dave Sullivan's Memorial Notes(See our
September 24th News Note below) for The Alumni Weekly. Please
write them (The E-mail addresses are on our list) with ideas to
assist them, or to volunteer to write 150 words that best
describe Dave. It would be much appreciated.
October 15th,2000
And here's just another example of how widely read this site is!
It makes it all worthwhile!
From: Joe Prather [mailto:prather@griffinhowe.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 8:22 PM
To: davida58@alumni.Princeton.EDU
Subject: A Message to David A. Greenberg '58
David:
As '61 gets ready for our 40th I have encouraged other members of our Reunion Committee to check out your website. It was an auditory arousal and a manifestation of visionary ecstasy to visit the '58 Website once again! I note that Bernie Deichmann's daughter was married this past summer, and that Bernie does not have a listed email address. If you have one for him please pass it on to me. Bernie was one of the first persons that I met my freshman year. He roomed down the hall from me (I was in 432 Witherspoon) and rooming with Tom Hall '58 and Chick Hastings '58.
October 12th, 2000
The Harvard Game is coming up shortly (October 21st) and The
Class will be congregating at Cap and Gown before the game,
probably on the upper porch. If the weather is bad, many will
probably stay there, have a great time, and talk about the great
times we've had doing this almost "Forever". Gail and I
will be in North Carolina, so you'll have to Party without us
(I'm sure you can handle it), but we'll be out for the Yale Game
in New Haven on the 11th of November. More news about that soon!
October 9th, 2000
I've been telling you that a lot of people who were not in '58
know this website, and as an example of that, Charlie Ihlenfeld '59
reads this page. Charlie is a psychiatrist; we used to study
together when we were both in Medical School. I always thought
the world of Charlie, he is a great guy, and I knew he would be a
great doctor. I lost touch with him, but found out where he was a
couple of years ago when I read one of the most thought provoking
and sensitive letters I had ever seen in The Alumni Weekly. When
I got to the end of it, I saw who the writer was, it mentioned
his address, and I called him. When Gail and I went over on the
ferry to a wedding a few weeks ago, we met Charlie, and we had a
lovely few hours together. Princeton is the place we all learned
how to think. Charlie is a fine example of that. What a privilege
we all have had to meet many wonderful people who have been
associated with it.
October 8th, 2000
Jock Whitacre writes: "Please add my address to the class
E-mail list....the 21st century may be ok."
You bet it is Jock, and it is certainly better than the
alternative!
October 7th, 2000
This is somewhat drawn out, but bear with me and you'll
eventually get the point. Today is my grandson Alexander Harrison
Laub('18)'s 4th Birthday, and so we opened a wonderful bottle of
Kalin Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon to celebrate. When Denny and
Carolyn Thompson started to look for a band for their daughter,
Jenny('90)'s wedding, they called Bern Deichmann , the 45th
Reunion Chairman, to find one. He called the Alumni Council for
good references, and since most of the good ones were originally
brought to Princeton by yours truly, Bern circuitously got back
to me. Jenny told me what she wanted, and I gave her the name of
the one that they would probably like the most. And
(here's the point) I received that bottle of wine that I
mentioned above with a lovely note from Jenny thanking me for my
efforts, and tonight we tried it. Anyway, the point is, that this
is one big, quite astounding, really wonderful extended Princeton
family. I hope that you are all able to appreciate the benefits
of what that means as we progress through this wonderful life.
October 2nd, 2000
We were told by Domingo Monet at The Alumni Council that we
cannot change the address of this website, or even get a good
lead to it as long as it is on The Princeton University System. I
was following up on the suggestion made in our September 23rd
News Note. We will keep looking for a an improvement as it seems
that it fails to be printed properly 85% of the time. George Daly
is sending out a letter which I have proofed and that is correct.
I hope it's still right when it gets mailed! As I told you
previously Bill Trimble's letter sent out by The Annual Giving
Office was correct. Whenever more people get it right, we get
nice notes like the one which follows.
October 2nd, 2000
Dave Pickard writes: "David:.....add my address to the
class website. Congratulations on a great website and I look
forward to the opportunity to make contact with classmates".
September 24th, 2000
One of the things I don't like doing on this page is reporting
another loss. Dave Sullivan died a short time ago, and so now you
know, unfortunately, that we have lost another fine member of The
Class.
September 24th, 2000
More news from one of my favorite cities: Glasgow, Scotland.
This is the fifth news note with references to it this year! My
wonderful friend, Ian Heron, informs me that a fine movie about
Dean Ernest Gordon is being filmed at Stirling Castle. I'm sure
you all remember the very stately Dean; he was at Princeton for
26 years. Ian asks that with all the Scottish connections: "...Does The
University have it's own tartan? You would suit
the kilt!"
September 23rd, 2000
I was talking to Howie Sussman and playing "catch
up". He reports that he is as busy as ever with his Law
Practice, and has been trying to fit some nice times in between
his work. I think we'd all agree that he was a really excellent
Class President, got very involved in it, and made lots of fine
friends as he communicated throughout the whole class. He gave me
a good suggestion that since the class website address seems to
hardly ever get printed right, maybe we should change it. The
site is assigned to us by the University, but we will work on a
lead in "bridge", if that is possible.
September 12th, 2000
I got a great note from Cordie and Charlie Puttkammer:
"We missed you in Camden as all of us had a wonderful three
days there. The Vultees and Ledwiths were fabulous hosts and
hostesses. Everything they arranged went well! A highlight was
our North Wind Schooner sail out into Penobscot Bay. But the tour
of Camden and the Owls Head Transportation Museum visit with
excellent guides were not to be missed.
The dinner menu at the Atlantica Grille was complete with
Princeton Songs so we could each participate regardless of
memory. The Lobster bake at the Rockport Boat Club was complete
with a fabulous sunset. So much time was spent chatting with
friends that we almost sunk the dock below the Ledwith's home on
Megunticook Lake. The Sunday noon brunch was the end for many of
us, but certainly not to be forgotten. It was a time for forging
new friendships and renewing old ones".
September 10th, 2000
A nice note from Jack Sapoch:
"Hey Dave: Thanks for your efforts in bringing us old guys
into the 21st!"
September 6th, 2000
It is much appreciated that in all the recent mailings to the
class, this website is mentioned with nice compliments.
Unfortunately only one mailing (Bill Trimble's most recent letter
to the class) got the address right. Whatever the reason, for
example, Jack Cannell's nice letter to the class printed the site
address twice and both were different and both were wrong. If you
have friends who do not have their names on our E-mail list, and
since you must know the right address since you are reading this,
please tell them the correct one. I'll bet hundreds in the class
are not able to read this, because they get "This page
cannot be displayed" when they try to access this. Any
suggestions are welcome on how to correct this. We've been doing
this for FOUR YEARS, and I'm sure that many in the class have
been discouraged.
September 3rd, 2000
Here's a nice note from Jock Whitacre: "This website is
marvelous! It should have some other name, it's too good to be a
website."
September 2nd, 2000
The Class of 1975 is lavish in their praise and thanks to The
Class of 1958 for helping them out with their P-rade formation
and cheering this past year. It's nice to know we're still tops
at this and these "kids" still want our guidance! (See
June 29th News Note)
August 21st, 2000
As you know F. Scott Fitzgerald drank Gin, a lot of it. And
the Gin he drank was Plymouth Gin, thus the reason for this on a
Princeton News Page. Your faithful servant has just returned from
England; we took the QE2 over (still some great service in The
Dining Room, but now that Cunard is owned by Seaborne, who in
turn is owned by Carnival Cruises, you know what is happening-the
lady is fading); and we didn't know it at the time, but took an
historic trip back on Concorde. We visited Plymouth, had a
specially arranged tour of the distillery, and we met Sean
Harrison, the man who is the blender now, following a tradition
intact since 1793. What an experience for me, to go to The
Vatican of Gin Making! The distillery is in the building where
the Pilgrims stayed before they came to America. Do make a visit
there! By the way the Queen Mother drinks Plymouth Gin, and while
we were on QE2, everyone aboard celebrated her 100th Birthday.
That tells you something, doesn't it; F. Scott notwithstanding,
it may be good for you.
August 4th, 2000
If you read this regularly, you'll recall that on June 19th we
spoke about (and editorialized-our 1 time per year) about
Glasgow. Sandy Stoddart, in that now lovely city, has created a
beautiful statue of John Witherspoon, Princeton's First
President. It will be coming to Princeton in about 2 years, but
now you have read about it here first! It will be very
prominently displayed on the campus, and you can see it when you
come back for Reunions!
July 30th, 2000
One of the very best Class Agents of any class has just
retired from his "Real" Job; Bill Trimble has really
been one of the outstanding Trust and Estate Attorneys in The
Baltimore Area. I never met anyone of means from that area who
didn't know Bill; and they almost always said he was their
lawyer. I have always been amazed at Bill's ability to be
successful with Annual Giving without people in the Class feeling
they were being pushed by him. Well now he has the time to go on
to other pursuits, still holding his position as Our Class Agent,
but probably calling us from Maine or some other neat place.
July 29th, 2000
There is a new booklet being edited by Ada Fairman W'34 about
Bill Clarke who was a Princeton Baseball notable. He was
Princeton's Baseball Coach (off and on) from 1897 to 1944! The
book will have cartoons by Henry Martin '48, who is famous for
his New Yorker cartoons. Hugh is really very proud of his
wonderful Mom, and we all love watching these wonderful people
going on all cylinders!
July 29th, 2000
A nice note from Stan Hunting:
"David G - Sent you a communication this AM, but later
realized that I had to state specifically that I give permission
for you to list my email address in the class of 1958 email roll.
Permission given! Enjoying the website very much--great idea.
Thanks for your expert help in doing it. This is definite
progress!"
July 29th, 2000
Leo Welt was really upset when the letter he had sent out
regarding The Washington Class Dinner had wrong dates on it. He
tells us that Thursday October 26th is correct, and he has
another mailing going out to make sure you put it on your
calendar. As we've stated before, Leo really arranges a lovely
evening with lots of socializing, so do try to make it. He
promises me the presentation will be limited to 20 minutes, so
the rest of it is just meeting and seeing old and new friends.
July 29th, 2000
The Class has had Four Judges in New Jersey: John Kulthau,
Paul Levy and Ed Seaman. John and Ed are already retired, and now
Paul Levy is off to the links; and Skip Wells is taking his
place! According to the official press release: "The
Appellate Division is comprised of 32 judges and Judge Wells'
appointment will fill the vacancy of recently retired Judge Paul
G. Levy." Skip is currently the Assignment Judge (i.e. the
Chief Judge) in Burlington County and has been a judge since
1977. He follows in the footsteps of his grandfather who was a
trial judge from 1919 to 1924 and on the Court of Errors and
Appeals from 1930 to 1948.
July 25th, 2000
Mike Kremzar sent us a nice note:
.....the Class of '58 web page continues to be a delight. Thanks
for all your help in setting it up and all your help with
Reunions. Retirement from P&G has been great (except for the
stock price) with roles in the local social service agencies and
writing a book. I am Board Chair of the FreeStore/FoodBank in
Cincinnati that provides about 12 million pounds of food a year
to 550 agencies in the area and serves about 15,000 families with
full social service assistance. Also, on the board of the United
Way and a new agency that is a "free store" for
teachers. Work on the book with a co-author is
nearing completion of the first draft with a due date to
publisher of November 1, 2000. The book is an interesting
experience and yet to be proven that anyone will read an entire
chapter written by this P&G trained one page memo writer.
Also, doing some speech making in various parts of the world and
a little consulting - just to keep myself current. We now can
take extra weeks skiing in the winter and extra, relaxed trips
the rest of the year. Going to New Mexico in two weeks to teach
two of my grand kids about the Pueblo culture and the Anazazi
culture that preceded it - called "teaching by crawling
around rocks and ruins." Then a trip to Paris in October
with 13 year old grand daughter for her first trip out of the
U.S.
July 16th, 2000
One of the most difficult awards to get from Princeton is The
Alumni Service Award. That is because many thousands of us serve
Princeton all over the world, and there are numerous worthy
nominees. So when our own Al Bates 'H58 won it this last June, it
should make us all very proud. There is no school in the world
that has a more active and involved alumni group; service to the
nation and to the world is its' motto. People who give exemplary
service to Princeton help make all of that possible. We're proud
of you Al, proud to have you in our class, and proud to have you
as a wonderful friend.
July 9th, 2000
On the front page of The New York Times this morning (right
hand column) you can read about Scotts Corporation (and our own
Chuck Berger), who is working to make your lawns better, and you
can also see why it's good to follow this web page on a regular
basis. If you scroll down to the October 9th, '99 news note,
you'll see that besides news you can get advice which is pretty
good; and by the way, it is right at least 40% of the time. Stay
tuned!
July 8th, 2000
I flew out on the 6AM Plane yesterday to spend the day at The
Touro Infirmary in New Orleans with Milton Batiste. Milton, as
I'm sure you know, is the leader of the Olympia Brass Band, has
been to our last 3 Reunions; and The Olympia has probably been
one of the most popular bands in The P-rade for many years. The
Class of 1933 was especially touched by Milton's rendition of "The Old Rugged Cross" at
our last Reunion, and many of them talked to me again about his performance at
the 2000 Reunion
this past Memorial Day Weekend. Milton has had
extensive surgeries, all acerbated by his diabetes, and the day I
was with him he started working with the Rehabilitation Team so
he could go home. Frankly, when I made plans to go it wasn't
clear if he would survive all he's gone through, but mind over
matter, and the will to live can do miracles. His wonderful wife
Ruby has been there every day, all day for two and a half months
helping to keep this great guys spirit up. I know that 1933 and
1958 wish him the best.
June 25th, 2000
Bern and Joan Deichmann have so much to be proud of with their
fine family. And now they have a new son in law, who I had the
fine pleasure of meeting yesterday at Holly's beautiful Wedding.
The service was held by the side of the Delaware River at Bern's
Mom's Country home. Joan's parents live right up the road from
there and her 92 year old Dad was thrilled to see the wonderful
event even though he had to take time out of his very rigorous
routine to sit down for the service. The Lutheran Chaplain at
Princeton when Holly was born, and the man who baptized her, sat
next to me at the reception. We even talked about Father Hugh
Halton (remember him?) and it was wonderful to hear some of the "inside" views
of a chaplaincy at Princeton. As an aside, I probably spent more really interesting
time with Father
Hugh than most people you know way back then, when we took the
train together to Garden City for another beautiful wedding, the
results of which are referred to in May 20th's note.
June 25th, 2000
To get to Holly Deichmann's wedding (see below), one goes
through Hope, N.J., and for our regular readers you are aware
that Charlie and Cordie Puttkammer have The Inn at Millrace Pond
right there. It is gorgeous, and they now have added the "Raoul Wallenberg Conference Center".
It is perfect for
all you who are the still working tycoons to use for strategic
planning meetings. And while you are there you can engineer a
discreet exit from your company and no one will be the wiser. For
those of you without an agenda, go anyway to see this beautiful
place!
June 25th, 2000
I stayed in a room with wonderfully informative books on
Woodrow Wilson and great books about the protagonists of World
War II. I was very impressed with Charlie's notes in the margins,
and we discussed them.. He told me that they were not his notes,
but were those of his father who was in The Class of 1914. Now
that, ladies and gentlemen is very impressive! And when you learn
about that man's history, and his revulsion with fascism, you'll
see how the conference center got its name. And, if I may add to
the above, Cordie is a very accomplished Lady in her own right,
and after 37 years together she has lots of great stories to
share with you. Try http://www.innatmillracepond.com.
June 19th, 2000
Reunions were really fun this year. The University Band was
better than ever, and they made our Class Dinner fun. We even had
The Nassoons come by, and a good time was had by the rather large
turnout. The best sight of the weekend was watching our own Bill
Fortenbaugh, the best cheerleader at Princeton, teaching the
Class of 1975 the Locomotive Cheer, while they were assembled on
the Steps of Blair Arch for Their 25th Reunion Picture on
Saturday, just before the P-rade. It was wonderful!
June 19th, 2000
Bert Estlow sent us the sad news last week that Ralph Cavalier
recently suffered a sudden death. He had been an Orthopedic
Surgeon at Atlantic City Medical Center. Ralph was a nice guy,
and we have lost another fine classmate. This kind of news seems
to be coming at too fast a rate recently.
June 19th, 2000
Some of the news on here is almost three weeks old, but your
faithful servant has been away, up in The Outer Hebrides. That is
one beautiful part of the world, and on return found that Glasgow
is one of the most improved cities on the planet. It only proves
that cities that want to can improve themselves and become great
again. I say this here because I have always thought that
Princeton should put some of its growth into Trenton, where they
need the help and revitalization, and not over expand itself in
one spot. I mean by that, for example, Graduate schools in Law,
Business or Medicine, and research centers in Science and
Engineering. I think that every time I see another parking lot
being built at The University, and Trenton sitting there with it
all in place for growth. Well, anyway, that's the Editorial
Section for this year.
June 19th, 2000
Holly Deichmann is getting married this coming weekend. Holly
was the fantastic undergraduate manager at our 30th who helped
make that a great event. One of the best benefits I had as
Reunion Chairman over the years was meeting and working with
great undergraduates to prepare the reunion. Holly is an
outstanding person and we got together a couple of times after
she graduated while she was at Yale for her degree in
Architecture. I've told Bern that if he runs into any trouble as
Chairman of our 45th all he has to do is ask Holly what to do.
June 18, 2000
Andrew Stern '94, one of the best undergraduate staff managers
we ever had at a Reunion (our 30th), just graduated Harvard
Business School as a Baker Scholar which means he was in the top
5% there. He will probably be going on to Silicon Valley as soon
as he finishes a well-deserved trip around the USA. And on top of
that, Dick Stern is happy to report that his daughter Marjorie
'91 just got engaged You're doing good, Dick!
May 22, 2000
Regarding The Mini-Reunion in Maine, Howard Vultee writes:
"Bill and Barbara Lee Roberts from Winston-Salem NC just signed up, taking us up to 30 people out of 40.
We have scheduled a three-hour sail on a schooner with catered box lunches Saturday afternoon. We could not find one that could take all of us when we prepared the invitation letter dated March 13 but Jim Millinger found one for us. It is an extra $45 per person, making the total fee for the reunion $225 plus $45 equals $270. We encourage everyone to take the schooner sail on beautiful Penobscot Bay unless one gets seasick. Everyone is going, except Charlotte McLaughlin, who does get sea sick. It will be a highlight as sailing is what Mid-Coast Maine is all about. Also we need participation by 37 of the 40to cover the committed cost".
May 21st, 2000
Howard and Lila Vultee have sent the following
regarding the Mini-reunion in Camden Maine on September 7th to
September 10th:
"We have 28 signed up for the Mini-Reunion so far including Marty &Scottie Ballantine, Ted & Barbie Bromley, John Currie, John & Stacy Dennis, Lee & Elaine Elman, Doug & Lucia Freeth, Bob & Lucille Hornby, Bear Kinkead (Ginny can't make it), Doug & Ginger Levick, Paul &Linda Levy, Jim Millinger & Pommy Hatfield, George & Charlotte McLaughlin, Ed & Nancy Metcalf, Harry & Cathy Minor, Dick & Joan Miller.
This number doesn't count Pete & Kay Leslie, who are coming in on their Saberliner boat en route to Canada and will come to the Friday night dinner and Saturday lobster/clam bake, and it doesn't include the Ledwiths and Vultees.
We can take 12 more."
May 20th, 2000
Well- here's some great news. Don and Jane Danilek,
two great friends from way back then at Princeton, have so much
to be proud of. Couldn't happen to a better couple
anywhere!
From: Donald J. Danilek [mailto:74044.1177@compuserve.com] Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 6:17 AM
Subject: Timothy Joseph Danilek
Yesterday at 12:30, Timothy Joseph Danilek entered the world at 8 lbs. 10 ozs. He is the second son of Elizabeth and Gregory Danilek (of Port Washington, NY) and our tenth grandchild. All are doing well.
Kindest regards, Jane and Don
May 19th, 2000
I told you that we get lots of nice letters. Here's one from a
fine friend. We love getting the compliments-we throw the others
away (JUST KIDDING!!).
-----Original Message----- From: Neil Chrisman [mailto:neilchrisman@sprintmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 5:25 PM To: davida58@alumni.Princeton.EDU Subject: First Hit
Dear Dave: This is my first foray onto the Class Web page and its FANTASTIC highlighted by the Music. It has been an exhilarating ride except for the sad news of the deaths of so many Classmates this past few months, none of which I had heard about earlier. Especially shocked about Craig because he and Berit have been so visible to all of us at Reunions. I'm writing her a note immediately. Again thanks for your own Great work in getting the site up. I'll be pushing to spread the word! See you soon, I hope. Neil
May 19th, 2000
We just got the sad news that John Sawhill died last evening
from a problem relating to diabetes. Another great loss -
John was a wonderful guy.
May 14th, 2000
We hope you are at Princeton for our 42nd (Hard to believe
it!) Class Reunion, but if you can't make it, please look over
our Email list on the Class WebPages, and say hello to the people
you'd like to have seen. It's easy-just click on their name-and
if you don't see their name please ask them to send us permission
to list it. The University requires we have permission to put it
on the list. I hope you have the Website listed in your "Favorites",
but in case you don't it's: http://alumni.Princeton.edu/~class58/.This
is a great way to say hello easily to people you'd like to see,
and you don't even have to leave the place you're at right now. I
hope you like the Class Web page. It's generally very well
received, even by a lot of our readers who have nothing to do
with Princeton!
May 12th,2000
The Reunion site has been moved for the 40th-it is over near
Poe Field, so we'll see you there. As you probably know, there
are lots of construction projects going on, so there is not as
much space available as we have been accustomed to. But of course
we'll see you at Cap and Gown for our Friday Night Dinner first,
so we'll all walk over there together after that.
May 4th, 2000
I've mentioned previously that we have a good
following for this website from people who are not in the class,
and many who are not associated with Princeton. Here's a
note from Kimberly O'Shea, a nice fan somewhere out there. She
wrote: "I liked your site and the music is
"cool"-Thanks, Kimberly" Well- keep those nice
thoughts coming-we really appreciate it! Thank You Kimberly!
April 23rd,2000
"Every time I punch into the 58 website I feel
good" wrote Harry Miner in an Email to us the other day.
Thank you Harry! Notes like that make this all worthwhile! -
David
April 20th, 2000
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom had an open house at their
unbelievable21st century (squared!) offices two nights ago.
There, at Four Times Square, in a brand new building, Jim O'Rorke
beamed as he led us around what must be the most amazing
conference rooms, dining areas and offices I have ever seen or
even imagined. The words "state of the art" seem to be
mild when it comes to what they have. I remember when Jim started
there (we were kids!) and he went on to become a famous Real
Estate Attorney with his firm, the most famous law firm in the
world.
April 12th,2000
Tomorrow is Bud Wilson's Birthday. There's nothing extraordinary
about that, except that he called me the other night to report
that he's doing great, stronger than ever, and will be seeing me
soon. Another thing that might be of interest to you is that he's
been calling me for 25 years on my birthday, because it is so
close to his, and since Bud is in The Class of 1933, the fact
that he will be 89 and sounds better than ever might be of note.
I treasure our association with '33 for moments like that, and I
learn more about life from these great guys all the time. In
their own words: "A Great, Strong Class".
March 28th, 2000
I am personally very saddened to write that The Clinipad
Corporation, which I(David Greenberg) founded in 1970, and built
from scratch to a company with over700 employees and a
magnificent reputation for quality and service, has been
destroyed in the little over 4 years since I sold it. Many
hundreds of wonderful and faithful people are out of a job. The
new management never asked me one question after I turned it over
as a "great trust and responsibility" to them, and in a
little over 4 years something we had worked on with a great
passion for 27 years to build is destroyed. Jim O'Rorke was with
me all the way; from the day I first told him about the idea in
his apartment (when I drove over there at dawn on a Sunday
Morning) and woke him up. He gave me great legal counsel and
served on the Board till it was sold. Bruce Rabbino helped in
designing our magnificent offices and exciting labs. When our
computer team got out of control (it got too big-they always do)
Craig Smith came in to help us get it organized. Hundreds of you
met my devoted and energetic secretary NancyTiffany, who had
worked on our Reunions, and greeted most of you when you arrived.
Many of you fondly remember our beautiful huge trucks in the
parking lot at The Yale Game on the alternate years when it was
in New Haven, and the great parties we had inside them to stay
out of the cold and rain. I met so many of you in my travels all
over the country and many in '58 used the products
professionally. I remember when Mike Huckman told me our Kits
were certainly the best, and he had chosen them for his world
famous hospital in Chicago without even knowing it was my
company. I never thought this could happen: a beautifully
productive, highest quality manufacturing company with a
wonderful team of people and a great Name with the finest
reputation has been destroyed.
March 19th, 2000
Craig Smith died yesterday. He fought hard to go as long as he
could, and tried his best to beat the terrible problems his body
was enduring. As you can see by all the previous news notes here
(Jan. 3rd, Feb25th, March10th) we were really pulling for him,
but it doesn't always work, and we have lost a great guy. Berit,
who he adored, also lost her Mom in Sweden on that very day (fate
is an amazing thing!)) so she is truly devastated. A Memorial
Service will be held at 3:00PM on Sunday, March 26th at 3PM at
Prospect (The former President's Home) in Princeton.
March 10th, 2000
Yesterday the Committee that awards individuals who have given
outstanding service to Princeton met. I am honored to be a member
of that committee, and I am constantly amazed at the level of
service people give to this great institution. I do want you to
know that the internet and the activities associated with it are
becoming an ever growing area of Alumni interaction. You will
note that this class still has only one sixth of it's members
listed here, and yet we have the outstanding website of all the
Princeton Classes. I will grant that we do not get participation
because the class is really behind the curve (many in the class
are "afraid" of it-or just not willing to learn about
it) for activities such as this. For those of you who read this
regularly, I can only ask that you spread the word among
classmates to list their names here (IT IS ONLY USED FOR
INTERACTION ON THIS WEBSITE!) so that this can really be used by
classmates to correspond with one another, and to "get with
it" for the 21st Century!
March 10th, 2000
While in Princeton yesterday, I visited with Craig Smith at
Princeton Hospital where he is putting on one outstanding battle
to overcome the respiratory problems that got him in there in the
first place. As I said in an earlier news note, he is one great
guy, and we are all pulling for him to get through this as soon
as is possible.
Mach 10th, 2000
The refurbishing of the dorms at Princeton continues. I took a
walk around the upper campus today and you must see what they are
doing at Blair Arch to get a full picture of what all this really
means. The exteriors are actually being enhanced, while the
interiors are being radically changed for the better. If you
wonder where all the money is going, your questions will be
answered very positively by this wonderful undertaking.
March 10th, 2000
I stayed over at Bear and Ginnie Kincaid's beautiful home in
Silicon Valley. There really is a beautiful rainbow display there
(I'm not kidding!) almost constantly. I'm sure if you looked
carefully, you could find the proverbial pot of gold there. I
think that now they call it the Nasdaq. Bear, who was probably
the oldest full time working Rocket Scientist till last Tuesday
(The day he retired!), seems ready for the good times ahead. We
went to a few performances of The Royal Society Jazz Orchestra.
The Neely's and the rest of the group send you all their best.
They loved performing for us at our 40th. I think they were the
most Popular Dance Orchestra I have ever seen at Reunions.
February 26th, 2000
A fine group has just flown down to Venezuela for another
Gathering of The Class first mentioned here (scroll below) on May
11th and June 11th, 1999. We'll tell you about it when they
return.
February 25th, 2000
The dedication of The Class of 1958
Wrestling Room (first mentioned here ((you can scroll down to
it)) on October 10th,1999,and again on January 10th, 2000) was
fantastic. There was a great turnout, the University Band played
with its shoes off; Bill Fortenbaugh was on his best behavior and
received many well-deserved accolades.
There was a wonderful gathering of the class
at the Nassau Club afterwards, and according to my reporters, the
following were in attendance: Bill and Connie Fortenbaugh; Bill
Trimble; Bern and Joan Deichmann; Bob, Lucille, and Lucy (The
Great)'95 Hornby; Paul and Linda Levy; George and Charlotte
McLaughlin; Howie Sussman; Ed and Nancy Metcalf; Ted and Barbie
Bromley; Bruce and Nonie Krauss; John (Happily Just Retired
Judge) and Carol Kuhlthau; and Berit Smith.
Craig Smith could not make it as he is going
through a very rough time right now at The Hospital with his
recurring respiratory problems. He insisted that Berit go, and
she said it was so uplifting to be among wonderful friends at a
fun occasion. We're all pulling for you Craig- you are one great
guy.
February 22, 2000
If you read the news note below this one, you'll see
the continuing wonderful relationship with The Reunion Chairman
of '33: Ernie Chamberlain. We did get together for a great day,
visited their home, and Ernie and Mary insisted on treating Gail
and I to a lovely lunch at the resort on the ocean that is next
to their home. Ernie really touched me when he told me what it
meant to '33 to celebrate Reunions with us. He said that the "Eight Hand" piano
performance we had at our Reunion many years ago is still a topic of lively conversation
and
wonderment among the members of the class. He also told me that
the performance at Alexander Hall (One of the songs was The Old
Rugged Cross) at our 40th meant so much to all of them as they
filed out together with tears in their eyes to go to the Memorial
Service next door for the majority of their class. They are truly
a Great, Strong Class, and we are really honored to be associated
with them.
February 3rd, 2000
If you look at the very first news note we wrote at the bottom of
this page after we got out of the Reunion Business, I referred to
Ernie Chamberlain'33 who we had worked with when he ran 1933's
65th which participated in lots of events with us at our 40th.
Well life just keeps getting better and better, and Ernie insists
that he and Mary personally pick Gail and me up at the docks in
Antigua when we arrive there on The Sea Cloud on February 19th.
We'll then go to their beautiful home for the day, and then
they'll drive us to the airport. We've spent time there before
when we were planning the Reunions together, and it's always
great to see them. Now you don't have to be a mathematical genius
to figure out what Ernie's age is, and the fact that he is
driving on relatively unimproved roads for rather long distances,
and with gusto may I add, can give all of us in '58 goals to set
our sights on. I think the fact that Ernie and Mary are still
some of the best dancers I've seen, may be one of the secrets of
a long and healthy life!
February 3rd, 2000
While some of us are intent on leaving the world of work, some of
us want to jump back in. Roger Rodwin reports he is looking for
new challenges after leaving the World of Pharmaceutical and
Biotechnology Corporate "Lawyering" . You can contact
him by using his Email address listed on this Website.
January 21, 2000
I was talking to Chris Clutz to see how his Cruise went that he
took with his whole family that we had mentioned earlier. He
reports that it was marvelous and it meant a lot to all of them.
And guess what a nice surprise they had when they saw that the
guest speaker aboard was our own Pat Schroeder. I mentioned that
to Jim who told me that one of the highlights was when Barbara
Clutz wore our Class Jacket to one of the special dress evenings
the ship had planned. And to that point, to the Class of '33
members who read this, isn't it great that your design is still
going strong all over the world!
January 20th, 2000
The notes on here are not always good news. Bill Trimble called
me this morning to pass on the news that Penn Wettlaufer has
passed away. You probably know that Penn went on to become a
Professor back in his hometown of Buffalo. Another fine member of
our class is gone. If you want to know what a fine guy Penn
was, look at Page 190 in our 25th Reunion Yearbook, and read
about it in his very own words.
January 9th, 2000
As we told you previously, on Saturday, February 19th, 2000, The
Class of 1958 Wrestling Room will be dedicated at Jadwin Gym. The
reception begins at 5:00 PM and the dedication takes place at
5:30; The Princeton University Band will play. The location
is Floor E, right as you get off the elevator. A Picture of the
Class, taken at 12 Noon on June 5th, 1993 will be permanently
displayed. This has been a major effort for Bill Fortenbaugh, and
we hope that as many of you as possible can join Bill to give him
the credit he deserves at this very proud, and justly earned,
fine culmination of his efforts.
January 4th 2000
Mini Reunions have proven to be a wonderful way to get together
in different locations and really meet people. Andy and Mary
Rubell, who have usually not been able to come to our big
reunions, made it to the one at The Puttkammers and enjoyed it
immensely.
January 3rd, 2000
William K. Selden '34 has written a wonderful booklet: "Going Back; The Uniqueness of Reunions and P-rades at
Princeton University", which probably will be sent to the
entire alumni body in the near future. There are great
illustrations in it by Henry Martin '48, and a number of quotes
from graduates going back to 1876. Your faithful servant was
quoted on page 12, right after Norman Thomas '05, so it only goes
to prove that if you say enough, and write enough, you can make
into the big leagues, even if it's only for a moment.
January 3rd, 2000
Want to see a terrific Webpage? Craig Smith, who has been
involved with PCs longer than anyone we know, has created his
newest extravaganza. It tells you all about what he's done. A
great guy with a great story! Check out www.cgsystemsinc.com
We're proud of you, Craig!
January 2nd, 2000
Here we are in The 21st Century! May this one be even better for
you than the last! It was wonderful hearing from so many of you,
and there are wonderful plans for great trips that many of you
have made. We hope you enjoy them all.
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