1933

Who said '33ers were not versatile? Gil Fernandes has an avocation which is unique. He is a friend and protector of ospreys. Living on a farm, he has been sensitive to environmental concerns, and, being situated at Dartmouth on Narragansett Bay, he has for over 30 years studied and become devoted to the endearing Pandion haliaetus. He has developed a technique for finding ospreys and has put up over a hundred platforms for their nesting. Gil left the milk business in 1961 to teach English and drama, but he found unruly students and disputatious teachers too unsettling and in 1967 chucked pedagogy and headed for the sea coast. Jo's recent injury in an automobile accident keeps Gil close to home, but he would like in time to return to his beloved Mexico, regardless of tourist invasions and urban sprawl there

Fuller Ripley spoke from New Hampshire at a time when "the woods were full of Presidential candidates." He and Betty had just returned from a skiing trip to Plymouth, where the snow was "beautiful" and facilities were properly scaled for "senior citizens." The couple moved from historic Troy 11 years ago and have a house in Keene at the third green of the local golf course. Rip has turned the management of the family textile-products business over to his son and devotes a lot of time to ice boating. He is "disgruntled" about current conditions in Hanover and worries that a misconceived push for diversity is dividing the campus community.

Don Doherty is not making double plays any more but is taking it easy in Gainesville, Va. He has survived a successful angioplasty of several years ago, but finds the burden of 80 years a heavy one. Still a Republican, he is for Bush, but he feels that the President tries to be too active and should "rest on his laurels and sit down and read a newspaper."

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