1936

Reports on classmates who have retired continue to be received. Thus Bud Titcomb furnished us with information about Dr. Robert Chaffee, who recently retired as the director of the Montshire Museum of Science located on Lyme Road in Hanover. According to Bud the spark and guiding geniuses of the museum were Bob and his wife Dorcas. The museum was a private offshoot of the old College Museum, when that was absorbed by Hopkins Center. Prior to that Bob had been curator of geology at the College museum. The name "Montshire" is a combination of Vermont and New Hampshire, as the museum serves both states, Bob plans an active retirement, as he will continue to work at the museum. At a dinner honoring his retirement the board of trustees presented him with a check and announced the establishment of the Robert Chaffee Chair for Director. The staff gave him a pair of binoculars to take on the museum trip to Hudson Bay next summer. Incidentally, it appears from Bud Titcomb's letterhead that he still is a practicing architect in Perkinsville, Vt.

Speaking of museums, it was noted last month that Mr. and Mrs. Kendrick R. Wilson were listed as major contributors to the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum in Norwalk, Conn. The museum provides many services, including trips to view other colonial homes. Also noted is the fact that Bob Burr is serving on the 43rd reunion executive committee of his class (1938) at the Harvard Graduate School of Business, said reunion to be held at St. George, Utah, which is known as "Canyon Country."

Names of other retirees, present and future, include Ed Hyde, who officially retired last October. However, Ed fills in for other doctors from time to time at the Green Mountain Clinic, which he helped to found, and is still active in various medical societies. And Paul Hessler is basically retired, which enables Paul and spouse to spend the winter months on Singer Island in Florida. They still spend the greater part of the year at Wilmington, Del. The word is out that Harvey Sevigny, already a part-time artist, plans to retire this spring. As he already lives in Florida, he has a made-to-order retirement place.

From Asheville, N.C., comes word from George McCleary that it looks like an enclave of classmates is developing there. Paul Guibord has moved to Hendersonville, which is only 13 miles away; Fred Varney lives outside of Brevard (I assume George is referring to Cedar Mountain), which is 26 miles distant; Doug Miller summers in Highland or Cashiers, which is about 50 miles away; and Jack Davis lives right in Asheville. A right handsome group, George, but you still have a ways to go to equal (in number anyway) the '36 Florida contingent.

From the Pacific Northwest comes news that Bill Stimson is still employed at the University of Washington Student Health Center. Bill finds that the dealing with patients there can be interesting, but that the job can be trying administratively. With wife Emily he is trying to keep up the yard, gardens, etc. He had lunch recently with Dick and Grace Wakefield at their beautiful waterfront home in Deception Pass. Dick and Grace were planning to visit Hong Kong and South Africa this winter.

Also from Seattle, Lee McGonagle advises that, unless he is greatly mistaken, retirement is not in his immediate future. Lee represents a company headquartered in Burlingame, Calif., that markets insurance designed to protect the collateral of lending institutions. He does a fair amount of traveling in Washington and sometimes gets as far afield as Montana. His son Bill, who accompanied Lee to our 25th reunion, practices law and lives on Bainbridge Island in Puget Sound; and Lee's daughter Lee Anne, who is married to a doctor, is a microbiologist doing research and teaching at the University of Washington. Lee's wife Francie has a real green thumb and tends a magnificent vegetable garden, while on weekends Lee is often on the beach of Puget Sound with his power saw cutting up driftwood, two activities that help reduce inflation's bite.

Back in September 1979, Al Doolittle retired and a month later moved from West Roxbury, Mass., to the family farm at East Derry, N.H. It is nice to report that he loves it there, where he enjoys gardening, woodcutting, etc. Al also keeps busy with responsibilities on Star Island at the Isles of Shoals, as he is president of the Star Island Corporation.

A note of sadness; Charles Harrison, of Milwaukee, Wise., died on January 21, of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease. The deepest sympathy of the class is extended to Charlie's wife Lansing and their two sons, Charles and Paul.

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