1968

It-was an exceedingly nice surprise tor me to receive the Alumni Award this past February from John Engelman, himself a past winner. Besides my own family (wife of 37 years Diane and sons Eben, Sam and Matthew and Matt's fiancee, Diana) and lifelong friends Jerry and Sally Rutter, Greg Marshall was able to attend. I made sure I plugged our planned 50 year reunion gift of endowing the first-year trips, assuring them the class of 1968 would not discriminate against other classes' support (please note, all other classes who are reading these Notes!). Stay tuned for the emerging details on our collective 60th birthday party September 14 thru 17 in California. The Tireless Two Eds (Ed Schneider on the West Coast, and Ed Heald on the East Coast) are putting together a very nice event with a target cost of $300 for several fixed events and transportation and lots of opportunities for golf, biking, wine tours, etc., in the ample free time. Thanks in advance to everyone working on this.

Recent e-mail from Steve Jenkins, sharing news that Bing Bryden was recently elected as a fellow of the Royal Society, one of the highest honors a scientist can receive. "Bing is professor of oceanography at the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. He is well known for his research on circulation patterns of water in the Atlantic Ocean. In a recent paper in the journal Nature, he reported evidence that the transport of warm surface water northwards in the Atlantic Ocean may have slowed down substantially in the past 50 years. The 'conveyor belt' of water flowing in the Atlantic is a key component of the Earths climate system, keeping Europe and eastern North America warmer than they would otherwise be. Slowing of this conveyor belt is a predicted effect of global climate change. If Bing's results are validated, they imply that this may be occurring more rapidly than anyone had predicted."

And a great phone conversation with Cedric Kam. He remains extraordinarily active in music, still playing trombone in both a local orchestra and band. And he is the proud owner of a 100-year-old tuba with which he participates in the annual tuba Christmas festival at Quincy Market in Boston. He recalled how he met wife Betsy: Cedric was social chair at DKE his senior year, and president Jim Donnelly asked him to make arrangements for dates for a visiting Wellesley singing group, the Tupelos. Since Cedric is, shall we say, altitude challenged, he picked the shortest girl, sight unseen, as his date. And the rest is history, as they say. Cedric and Betsy Grant married in June 1969, right after her graduation. At her 10th Wellesley reunion, on a hot and humid day, alumnae and spouses were in shorts and T-shirts, except one, a guy in full suit talking up a storm within a circle of listeners. Cedric asked Betsy who that guy was—"Oh, that is Hillary's husband. He's governor of Arkansas." And again, the rest is history. Cedric got his master's in city planning from Rutgers, spent time in the Army teaching community development (read "nation building") and joined HUD in Rochester in 1973 briefly staying with roommate Gary Hobin's family there. Cedric worked on the first cycle of Community Block Grants (1974) from HUD. He had assorted positions in real estate investment, economic and community development in Connecticut from 1979 through 2000, and then returned to HUD in its Boston office. Wife Betsy has worked for several colleges, most often in financial aid counseling, most recently with the New England Conservatory. Daughter Alison, 29, is a kindergarten teacher in Connecticut; son Chris, 28, is a producer at the Foundry Theater in New York.

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