1963

How do '63s feel about coeducation? Responding to a 25th Reunion survey in 1988, 86 percent said they were not "upset." Women and careers? Sixty percent of us said our wives worked full or parttime and nearly that same percentage of classmates confessed to liking it. When asked about "women's liberation?" Seventy percent believed in it, although of that group 30 percent did not favor the ERA.

Whatever our individual attitudes, it seems clear that marriage and family have been paramount for many of us. Sixty-seven percent of classmates surveyed in 1988 were married to the same woman, 51 percent for at least 25 years. In countless interviews over the years, this secretary has found the typical '63 wife often to be an accomplished professional and/or volunteer as well as devoted spouse and mother, often balancing these roles with deftness. Many wives express strong interest in the College and the class and a sincere desire to share in the bonding that alumni activities and visits to the College offer.

Take our recent Homecoming Reunion. There was the parade, the bonfire, the exec board meeting, and, of course, the great Yale game, activities shared jointly by many couples such as Bill and PatRussell, Metuchen, N.J.; Jim and SueFerguson, Mountain Lake, N.J.; and Steve Jacobstein, Rochester, N.Y., with friend Kay Edwards. Proudly bearing the '63 standard in the parade were Dave andKelly Boldt, Philadelphia; Mike andHarolyn Cardozo, Washington, D.C.; Neil and Joanne Duprey, Lebanon, N.H.; Tom and Barb Perry, Hanover; Steve and Diana Lewinstein, Newport, R.I.; and Bill Wellstead, Enfield, Conn., with friend Joan Myers.

Steve and Joan Swirsky, Great Neck, N.Y., who've been married since college days, were in the football stands with such stalwarts as Dave and Carolyn Schaefer, Concord, Mass., and Marty and LenoreBowne, Chatham Township, N.J.

And who can forget the most wonderful parties, developed into an art form by our hosts for cocktails and entertainment, Dean and Barbara Edson, Hanover, and Bob and Sally Barnum, Lyme, N.H. If you made the Edsons or Barnums, you may have run into Tom Kraig, Barrington, R. I., with teen-aged son Tom Kraig Jr.; Jack and Randy Smith, Philadelphia; Pete DeForth, McLean, Va.; Larry Bailey, Seattle; DaveSaunders, Richmond, Va.; and Jim andHeidi Couser, Westfield, N.J. ReggieJones made it over from Bennington, Vt., but Nancy had to stay back and work on a master's degree, which will move her ahead in the world of museum management. Bob Baker, Houston, dropped by during one of his many business trips for his chemical company, and Ken Kvistad came all the way from Switzerland. So did Gene Kersey travel a long distance, from Oregon, with friend Joanne, a credit union CEO. Harry Zlokower, Brooklyn, N.H., was on board with sons Jean-Marc and Robert, but Nicole stayed back to work and bake madeleines.

Meanwhile the class is seeking candidates to run for representative on behalf of both '63 and '64 classes on the Alumni Council for a three-year term starting July 1. If you know of anyone willing to work hard or, if you're the one, contact President Rich Berkowitz at (203) 226-1001, ASAP. The executive committee will vote in the spring.

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