1958

As you read this issue of the Alumni Magazine, winter will be just around the corner, ugh! After last winter, Joe Slotnik has proved once again that he is not a "slow learner."Joe has entered into the ranks of the "retired." Smart man that he is, Joe continues to live in Brookline, Mass., but...winters in Florida. On the other hand, he has taken up rollerblading, with regular jaunts along the Charles River. Joe, I hope you have good health insurance since I know you are not old enough for Medicare, retired or not!

Another'58 joining the ranks of the retired is Bevan French. After 30 years as a geologist with NASA, he is now undertaking one of the most daunting challenges a '58 could take on. He claims that he is about to invade his cellar to unearth the treasures that he has been storing there for all these many years.

Just read of the travels of Ben Fuller to Norway, where he spent nine months as the roving Fulbright scholar in American studies for English teachers. Claims winters there are not as bad as in his home state of Pennsylvania. After the winter of 1993-94 hard to disagree with Ben.

The next time you are in or around Williamstown, Mass., be sure to give SamEdson a call. While his wife, Deborah, works at the Berkshire Community Health Group, Sam is busy at work in his custom furniture shop. May be a little late to get him to make something for under the Christmas tree but bet he would welcome a visit to his shop.

The last time you visited a doctor's office, donated blood, or bought something at a department store, you may have been the beneficiary of a product from Welch Alynn, a company headed by our own Bill Allyn. This company, founded by his grandfather, is located in upstate New York and involved in the design, manufacture, and selling of high-technology instruments and equipment for use in health care and industry. Bill, continuing a strong family tradition in running this company, is the third generation of his family to be president. Continuing the family tradition the Baldwinsville (N.Y.) Messenger noted that a list of Bill's involvements in community affairs would be over a page long.

On a sad note, I received word that JoeCarter had died suddenly this past summer. The family has asked that any memorials to Joe be sent to the college where a scholarship in his name has been established. At the time of his death he was living with his wife in Bernardsville, N.J. On behalf of the class of 1958, I extend our condolences to his widow, Dorothy, and their three children. A full obituary will appear in a later issue of the Alumni Magazine.

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