1962

The Class Notes editor wrote the class secretaries recently requesting remembrances from any of y'all about our freshman trip experience—if journalistically worthy. I got to thinking about September 195 8. Pretty soon I was calling around the country, trying to reconnect. "Bob, were you that guy on the freshman trip that had to be carried out on a litter after the knife accident?" I asked Robert Reed in Bozeman, Montana. "No, Richard, I wasn't on the freshman trip. Maybe you are thinking of one of the other guys from Montana." "Oh, well, what are you up to? I hearyou are a professor of geography and history , is that right?" What an interesting career. Bob went to the San Francisco bay area after military service, earned his master's and Ph.D. at Berkeley and became a professor specializing in Southeast Asia. Bob and his wife, Sydney (they were married shortly after college), frequently jump on a plane from the Gallatin Valley and jet all over to pursue their varied international interests.

Phil Cantelon wrote recently. He is another man with an interesting career path. Phil and his colleagues started a business in Washington in 1981: History Associates Inc. The product? "Creating and operating archives and records; compiling large collections of technical documents; searching historical records to support individual claims, conducting oral history interviews, producing transcripts for corporate executives and government officials" and more. Recently Phil received the Society for History in the Federal Government's highest honor, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Award, which recognizes outstanding contributions to the study of the federal government. The citation states in part; "Dr. Cantelon, president of History Associates of Rockville, Maryland, was cited for his leadership on the historical challenges facing federal historians and for his long standing and stellar work in the profession...and (his) 25 years of service to the professional historical community as an emissary for federal history to government officials, the academic community, and the general public.'"

We chatted with Don Jansky recently. There was atimewhen Don worked atthe White House in a telecommunications role. For a number of years Don has run a consulting firm specializing in international telecommunications. He jets off to Geneva quite often, because that is the home of the international telecommunications standards outfit. Better than that, though, is Don's ongoing involvement in choral music. A member of a church choir for years, Don auditioned successfully to become a member of the tenor section of the National Philharmonic Chorus!

Mini-Reunion chair Woody Chittick has lined up a terrific long weekend in Hanover and environs for us beginning as early as Thursday, October 7, through Monday, October 11. Fall foliage will be terrific against a backdrop of blue skies as we gather at The Shaker Inn in Enfield, tour the campus, visit with our affinity classes of '59, '6O, '61 and maybe '63, who will be on hand. We are looking forward to a special long mini-reunion. Book em, Dano! Write wchittick@comcast.net.

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