1944

My personal flag has been at half mast since February, when former president John Dickey died. He was a giant at the College and left a positive, indelible mark on the place. The New Year's resolution is still in force: "newftames not seen nor heard in many years ... The obvious lead goes to a newlywed, and first time around! Five years ago Fred Campbell married a lady by the name of Valya, who works at Bank of Boston. She's a native of Leningrad, attended the University of Leningrad, and she and Fred practiced a little glasnost on a visit there last year. Fred is retired from the steamship business, but is teaching math a couple of times a week, both at Northeastern University and with a Boston ABCD program for minorities.

Then, Meryll Frost reports in from Columbia Falls, Maine, 80 miles down east from Bangor. He's "just about" retired, although he divides his time between his duties as a permanent national director of the Air Force Association and, with wife Pauline, looking after their 60 acres of wood, field, and stream. Meryll has been slowed some since getting a pacemaker in 1986, but that doesn't keep him from fishing and hunting on his own property. The Frosts lived in Arizona for ten years before Maine, and they still go there yearly to see old friends. They have six children, 15 grandchildren, and one great-grandson.

Down in Newman, Ga., lawyer CharlieMottola still checks into the office for a bit of work and "fussing," although he officially retired at age 65. He says he used to play some pretty good golf, but isn't hitting them the way he used to. He and wife Virginia do some gardening and traveling in the U.S., and Charlie keeps out of trouble by repairing his grandkids' toys. He's got nine grandchildren, ranging in age from two to 21. He recalls fondly the Topliff five-man "suite" shared freshman year by himself, Don May, and Charlie Schumacher (all from Brooklyn), along with Bucky Brandt and Bud Talley.

Steve Flynn, Wilton, Conn., retired eight years ago from his position as NBC sales director. Two hip replacements make it hard to kneel in his boat, so he's had to give up his great love, sailing. But he's happy puttering. He's just gone off a Kiwanis Club Board, and he's a member of the Dutch Treat Club in New York City. Three kids, one grandchild.

Brad Grinnell says he's a happy-camper retiree in Pittsford, N.Y.,jiear Rochester. He left the printing business six years ago and hasn't regretted a minute of it. He and Marilyn keep busy re-doing "their old house"—new floors, new bathrooms, etc.—and Brad loves to putz around outdoors with lawns, gardens, trees, and stone walls. He's also hoping to finish a book about his grandfather who was a gun manufacturer. The Grinnells boast three kids and seven grandchildren.

We'll break our new-name rule to report that in December Clint Gardner of Norwich, was named by the state's outgoing governor the recipient of an Extraordinary Vermonters Award. Clint founded the Bridges for Peace program in 1983, whereby hundreds of Vermonters visited the U.S.S.R. and many Soviets came to and traveled freely in the U.S. The citation said that Gardner "exemplifies those Vermonters who have combined a fierce loyalty to Vermont with a global perspective." That's it. Blessings.

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