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Log in and pull down "Class Info" and then "President's Letters" for recent letters, along with agendas and presentations from the Feb 24 class meetings. '66 is Now on FacebookIf you're already on Facebook, go there and search for "Princeton Class of 1966" and ask to join the group. If you are not yet on Facebook, click here...it's easy. '66ers in the NewsFrank Neussle sent in news that Stas Maliszewski received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 19th annual Mutual Fund Industry Awards Dinner on April 5 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in New York City. "Stas was a former Director of the Yacktman Funds. His actions in defense of shareholders and of the director’s display of independence initiated a sea change for the mutual fund industry that culminated when the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a set of rule amendments related to director independence and establishing certain protections for directors". The photo shows Stas with Jon Dawson.  '66 Service Project: Princeton Prize in Race RelationsJim Parmentier sent a brief update on the 2012 Princeton Prize Symposium on Race that was held on campus over April 27 and 28. Jim is in the front right of the photo.  Here is a picture of this year’s winners. You’ll recognize Owen Mathieu standing in the back row, Brian Breuel is right behind me, and PPRR Founder Henry Von Kohorn is seated on the floor on the left. Merilyn Castillo, our Boston winner, is just behind my right shoulder. Although Merilyn is headed to Harvard in the Fall, we’ve heard that Michael Wattendorf…the tall student standing in the middle of the back row, accepted his Princeton offer just after his symposium experience. To quote Henry, "I think that in our own small way we may have had some impact on the decisions of both of these fine young people. Princeton is lucky to have them, and I'm feeling pretty good today”. The other half of the "both” to whom Henry refers is Emily Chang, our 2011 winner from here in Boston. She won the Prize in her junior year and has applied for Princeton’s Bridge Year program so that she can continue her work in Peru next year before coming on campus in the Fall of 2013. Like Michael, she’s a superstar and was admitted to both Harvard and Stanford. I am putting a copy of the program for the Symposium on Race up on our website so you can read the bios of these highly-dedicated, hard-working young people (coming soon). Like the annual winners before them, they have already formed a Facebook group and are sharing experiences, best-practices, and resources in a manner that was simply impossible to us 50 years ago, when we were seniors in high school. As Henry said, we all…all of us in ’66 …can feel pretty good today. Click here to learn about the Princeton Prize in Race Relations. '66 Tigernet Discussion GroupTigernet, operated by the university, has an under-utilized '66 discussion group (princeton-66@lists.tigernet.princeton.edu), along with numerous discussion groups for other topics. To subscribe, click here and follow the instructions to subscribe. Alumni Day - Saturday, February 25, 2012BOB MUELLER spoke to the Princeton University community in Alexander Hall at 10:15 AM on February 25, prior to receiving the Woodrow Wilson Award at the Alumni Day luncheon, with Alumni Council Chair HENRY VON KOHORN presiding. The Class had six tables at the luncheon in Jadwin. We had a strong turnout and showed our respect and appreciation for the great work Bob has done for our country. KIT MILL represented the Class at this year's Service of Remembrance, where seven classmates were honored: CHRIS BEDFORD, PHILIP BERG, JACK COHEN, JOHN FRIEDMAN, KEN KREIDMANN, GUY LYTLE, and ALAN ROCKHOLD. That evening the Class held a reception and dinner at the Nassau Club. TED STANGER was our guest speaker. After serving as a Bureau Chief for Newsweek in Bonn, Rome, Jerusalem and Paris until 1991, Ted settled in Paris and began writing books in French for the French. Mostly best-sellers, those books established Ted as a sort of Pierre Salinger of American opinion. He became the "go-to" guy for French journalists who wanted to know what the American take would be on things that were happening in their own country We were joined by a number of guests, including two undergraduates who were Princeton Prize winners, and two partners of classmates who had passed away during 2011. Relive the Alumni Day ExperienceFor those who missed Alumni Day 2012 or just want to relive the experience, you can do so in a number of ways. Video recordings of talks delivered at Richardson Auditorium by Woodrow Wilson Award winner Robert Mueller III '66 and Madison Medalist Lisa Jackson *86 are now available on the Alumni Association's website. A vibrant photo gallery of the day's events is now available on Flickr. And, a recap of the day's events — as told through a unique narrative of social media posts made by members of the University community — is now available on Storify (click here). If you have any photos from this year's Alumni Day and Class Dinner please send them to John Hart (jmhart62@gmail.com) and we'll add them to the slide show. If possible, please identify the central people in the photos. Reunions
 45th Reunion - May 26-29, 2011 It was a great weekend for the great overall class of '66; see the July 6 Class Notes for more. Paul Corcoran scanned the class photo below; a slide show of candid photos follows. If you have additional 45th photos, please email them (jmhart62@gmail.com) so they can be added to the slide show.
Paul also scanned class photos of all major reunions back to the 15th. Does anyone have class photos from the 10th or 5th?  45th Reunion Class Photo and Slide Show
  40th Reunion Class Photo
  35th Reunion Class Photo
  30th Reunion Class Photo
  25th Reunion Class Photo
  20th Reunion Class Photo
  15th Reunion Class Photo Here's the logo for the 10th. If you have a class photo, please send it to John Hart (Web Master) Jim Parmentier (Class Secretary). We're also looking for the 5th reunion photo.  Alumni Day and Class Dinner - Saturday, February 26, 2011
See the April 6 class notes for Class Dinner news and more on the Class of 1966 stone. Here is Griff Witte's speech. Memories from the Archives Comments, more memories, more photos? Please send them to Class Secretary Jim Parmentier at jparmen@aol.com.
Here is a shot taken sometime in January, 1966, on one of Bert Kerstetter and Kit Mill's near-daily visits to Paul Savidge in the Princeton Hospital.
The second is a shot of Cork'screw, a club that met at the Nass on Thursday evenings in the Spring of 1966. It took its name from its founder, Paul (Cork) Corcoran, who is alive and well and living in Austtralia. Most of these guys are alive also...and all but but three (maybe 4 ...one remains unidentified) are '66'ers. The list below correlates names and numbers.
 1. Jeff Shafer
2. Jolyon Sprowles 3. Tony Carroll 4. Larry Crowell 5. Bruce Leslie 6. Mike Barrett 7. George Humphrey 8. Charles Peischl 9. Ken Thompson 10. Phil Nicholson 11. Bill Hall 12. Bill Engdahl 13. David Stitzer 14. Paul Hudak 15. John Lavieri '67 16. Tom Snell 17. John Canning (?) 18. Steve Chertok 19. Jim Bartholomew 20. Paul "Cork" Corcoran 21. Eric Sellix 22. Larry Horn 23. Stu Ball 24. Unidentified ('67?) 25. John Lupton 26. Larry Scott 27. Stan Kops '67 28. Bob Middleton 29. Hank Cygan 30. John Lamb 31. Jim Russell 32. Fred Schonenberg 33. Fred Forster 34. Ralph Davies Charles A. Merlini - Celebration of Life (Click Here)
Mini Reunion 2009 - Hershey Recap
Thursday, April 30 - Sunday, May 3See Francis Kwok's photos below.
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 KREIDMANN, 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 Milton Hershey School, 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 a link to an article from the Baltimore Sun on the Restoration of Gettysburg.
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,
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