 '66 - The Overall Class
Alumni Day Class Dinner - Saturday, February 20, 2010
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this spot for photos and a summary.
Mini Reunion 2009 - Hershey RecapThursday, April 30 - Sunday, May 3Login to see Francis Kwok's photos.
Over the weekend of April 30 to May 3 twenty of our classmates,
plus their wives/significant others, joined ten families of pre-Old Guard’ers
from ’65 for a memorable Mini-Reunion at Gettysburg,
near Hershey, PA.
On hand from our class, were TEARRY BEATTY, BUD D’AVELLA, DENNIS DAVIS, TERRY
EAKIN, CARL EASTWICK, ROGER EVANS, DOUG HANSMANN, LARRY HORN, DAVE KINARD, BOB KOPF,
KEN KREIDMAN, FRANCIS KWOK, KIT MILL, TINY MORGAN, BOB NAHAS, CHARLIE PLOHN, JOHN
SLAYBAUGH, DAVE STITZER, TURK THACHER and RICH THOMAS. From ’65 were DanBlanchard, Karl Ege, Richard Ober, John O'Brien, Jim Pearce,
Lynn Sutcliffe, John Vogel, Van Zandt Williams, Dick Woodbridge, and Sanford Zeller. The event was organized, from our side, by Kit Mill and Turk
Thacher, and from ’65 by Dave Woodbridge and John O’Brien. Most people arrived at Hershey, PA,
on Thursday and stayed at the beautiful Hotel Hershey. Thursday evening, there was a casual buffet
dinner at the Hotel, where people spent time catching-up on each other’s
lives. Most of Friday was spent visiting
the MiltonHersheySchool,
hosted by then-President, John O’Brien.
The day opened with a performance by the Middle School Jazz Band, who
sounded like professionals who had been playing together for many years. We
also visited the homes in which about a dozen students live, each with a
married couple who serve as surrogate parents.
The students do their own laundry and perform chores such as cleaning
the house, and working in the barns and fields owned and operated by the school
community. During
lunch on Friday at the Homestead (Mr. Hershey’s
birthplace) each table was joined by a student or two so that classmates could
learn more about the personal situations that brought the students to the MiltonHersheySchool and what a
life-changing event it has been for them.
MiltonHersheySchool
is a private residential school for children pre-kindergarten through 12th
grade who come from families of low income, limited resources, or social
need. The
School was founded in 1909 by chocolate magnate Milton S. Hershey and his wife,
Catherine. Mr. Hershey gave his entire
fortune to fund the School in perpetuity.
It offers a community where children receive a high quality
education, access to excellent athletic, recreational, and arts facilities,
room and board in a nurturing, family-like student home, clothing, medical and
dental care, and assistance with continuing education after graduation - all at
no cost to the children's families. Johnny O'Brien was one of those students. John’s grandmother enrolled him and his
older brother, Frankie, into the HersheySchool
after their father murdered their mother. John was not yet four years old. He graduated from Hershey in 1961, got a
scholarship to Princeton, and went on to found
Renaissance Leadership, a management consulting company specializing in change
leadership and executive coaching. John
was an Education Policy Fellow at the National Institute of Education and an
Associate Director of Admissions at Princeton, is currently on Princeton’s Board of Trustees. John was named president of the MiltonHersheySchool
in July 2003 and, during his tenure, it grew to serve 1,800 students, a 50
percent increase in the number of children enrolled at the School. John oversaw the renovation of the School's
flagship building into a new hall for middle school students; instituted a
Transitional Living program aimed at helping seniors learn independent life
skills before leaving the School; and created SpringboardAcademy to help new
middle school students adjust to the highly structured life at MHS. John continued the mission of the school,
while building a culture of accountability and positive spirit, until his
retirement in May of this year (2009). On Friday afternoon some people went on sightseeing tours of the Hershey Factory, Chocolate World, or HersheyGardens,
and some played golf at one of the three golf courses owned by the School. Later that evening they moved on to cocktails
and dinner at The Hershey Story, a museum dedicated to describing the work of
this monumental individual, Milton S. Hershey.
On Saturday morning the group traveled by bus to the Gettysburg battlefield
site. During the ride, Terry Beatty and
Rich Thomas gave the group primers on both the Civil War, in general, and
specifically on the Battle of Gettysburg.
Both of these fellows spoke extemporaneously and at length, and proved
to be even more knowledgeable than the two outstanding guides who later took
our group through the battlefield. Cocktails and dinner Saturday evening were at the Grand Pavilion
of the beautiful Hershey Country Club, where a large screen was set up so we
could watch the Kentucky Derby. After dinner there were a few brief talks, both
serious and humorous, and some prizes were awarded. Sunday there was more golf, etc. Hershey is 13 miles due East of Harrisburg,
and about an hour away from the Gettysburg
battle site. For anyone reading this who
didn’t make the trip but wants to learn more about the locations described
here, Terry Beatty recommends reading "The Emperors of Chocolate", by
Ms. Joel Glenn Brenner. Turk recommends
"Hershey" by Michael D'Antonio. Carl Eastwick, being more
inclined to history than sweets, provided alink to an article from the Baltimore Sun on the
Restoration of Gettysburg.
2009 Alumni Day Class DinnerSaturday, February 21 The photo shows Anne-Marie Slaughter, newly-appointed Director of Policy Planning for the US State Department, speaking at our recent Alumni Day Class Dinner. Dr. Slaughter is currently on public service leave from her appointment as the BERT G. KERSTETTER '66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School.  She and her husband Andy Moravcsik, Professor of Politics at Princeton, told us family anecdotes and insights from the year in which they and their two young children lived in China. During the year they had opportunities both to meet with high-ranking party officials and to travel widely throughout China and its neighboring countries. Taking turns at the podium, they described China as a country running at such a pace and with such enthusiasm for change that it has almost obliterated its own historical memory. Only a few architectural buildings and monuments have survived China’s massive urbanization efforts, and those few are retained primarily as tourist attractions. Pollution, both of the air and of major waterways, is a real problem but these are considered acceptable exchanges for noticeable improvements in economic and social, if perhaps not political, lifestyles for many of its people. The Chinese New Year celebration, with its six days of near-continual fireworks displays, captured for them the exuberance and potential of modern-day China. This was especially true when Andy realized that he, too, could go out in his rented backyard and blow off 2000 renmibis worth of explosives as big as a dining room table. During the Q&A which followed they were asked how their children had adapted to life in a new and different culture from their life in Princeton township. Slowly, was the answer, but successfully. It evidently became much easier once the older son learned how to barter and the younger discovered the many varieties of food that were available to him. Andy and Ann-Marie encouraged everyone to follow up any opportunity to travel abroad as a family. For them it built some wonderful bonds and a sense of shared reliance that is lasting well beyond the experience itself. Attending the event at the Nassau Club this year were TERRY BEATTY, WALT BLISS, BRIAN BREUEL, DAVE BUTLER, ERNIE CRUIKSHANK, BUD D’AVELLA, DENNY DAVIS, CARL EASTWICK, JOHN EDIE, TONY FITCH, MITCH GOROSKI, NELSON HENDLER, LANNY JONES, BERT KERSTETTER, DAVE KINARD, GEORGE LARGAY, BRUCE LESLIE, DON McCABE, JIM MERRRITT, KIT MILL, GARY MOUNT, BOB NAHAS, JIM PARMENTIER, CHARLIE PLOHN, BILL SACHS, JEFF SHAFER, KEARNEY SHANAHAN, WALT SMEDLEY, DAVE STITZER, LAMAR SMITH, HENRY VON KOHORN, and MIKE WITTE. We were joined for the evening by four undergraduates, Mark Limperis ’10, PJ Das ’12, Robby Edmiston ’11, and Maura Mathieu ’10. Mark, Robby and PJ have received scholarships from either the Class of 1966 or from members of our class, while Maura is the daughter of Owen and Eileen Mathieu. Alumni Day 2009 class photos ... Bert Kerstetter, Andy Moravcsik Bert Kerstetter, Susan Mill, Kit Mill, Brian Breuel Bert Kerstetter, Brian Breuel Bill Sachs, Ernie Cruikshank Bud D'Avella, Maura Mathieu '10 Jeff & Mary Lou Shafer, John Edie, George Largay, Charlie Plohn John Edie, Mark Limperis '10, Bud D'Avella Lanny Jones, Virg Nahas, Jim Merritt, Pam & Gary Mount In Memoriam - Robert F. Goheen '40, h'66 1919-2008
In memory of our president, friend, and honorary classmate. Robert F. Goheen '40, h'66 (1919-2008)
To an ultimate friend and honorary member of the class of 1966, we give a locomotive--- Hip--Hip...Rah, Rah,
Rah, Tiger Tiger Tiger, Siss, Siss, Siss, Boom, Boom, Boom, BAhhh.
Goheen! Goheen! Goheen!" Nassau Herald Photos Stu Steingold and Bob Rawson with President Goheen President Goheen c. 1966
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