1963

The class will break from tradition this fall and hold our Hanover minireunion September 28-30, when weather is likely to be warmer, foliage in bloom and the campus less congested. The September dates were selected by our executive committee (EC) upon learning that the College had scheduled the October 27 Homecoming game at night, conflicting with our most popular mini event, cocktails and dinner at the home of Dan Muchinsky and Mary Barnes. As newsletter editor Dave Schaefer put it, “We can meet at the Canoe Club Friday night under more leisurely conditions and travel after the Penn game Saturday to Dan and Mary’s.” Our EC will meet Saturday morning to discuss our 2013 50th reunion celebration. All classmates are invited. Look for the mini-reunion signup form in the July newsletter or contact mini chair Sam Cabot, scabot@cabotfamily.com, (978) 927-2333. Sam reserved 12 rooms for ’63s at the Comfort Inn in White River Junction, Vermont, (802) 295-3051.

Povl Jorgensen of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has launched Devonwood Associates, a turnaround and restructuring practice. Povl began his career in Dearborn, Michigan, as one of 17 Tuck recruits of Bill Benton, who figured prominently in the development of the Mustang and naming of the Lincoln Town Car. Povl (pronounced Paul) moved to the headquarters of National Steel in Pittsburgh, which he has since called home. He ran a subsidiary for National Aluminum and spent eight years with Huron Consulting Group before going on his own. Povl and Barbara have two children, who live in Detroit and Philadelphia, and six grandchildren. He is working on his golf game.

Jim Ferguson retired from bond research at AIG and” is now learning about Social Security and Medicare and traveling a lot.” Jim visited Uruguay for a Tabard reunion hosted by Randy Fields; Canyon De Chelly in northeastern Arizona, where the Navahos live; and Point Reyes in northern California, site of Spanish explorations. Ferg and Susan live in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey.

Bill Burtis, a popular endocrinologist who treats diabetes, thyroid disease and osteoporosis in Concord, Massachusetts, was named 2011 Community Clinician of the Year by the Middlesex Central District Medical Society. “I love my patients,” says Bill, a sole practitioner, “but I’m not very happy with the medical system we have to work in these days.” It has been an interesting journey for the Long Island native and Thayer School grad, who earned a Ph.D. in electrical engineering at Stanford and spent a summer studying naturally occurring radio waves at Byrd station in Antarctica. While at Stanford Bill became interested in biological sciences and, encouraged by his now wife Mary, a nurse, enrolled at Cornell Medical School, graduating in 1979. Bill engaged in medical research and teaching at Yale from 1984 through 1995, which included a fellowship in Florence, Italy. The experience inspired Bill to take up Italian. He recently performed in the chorus of a community production of La Bohème.

I regret to report the deaths of Jon Moscartolo, Dave Butler and Bill Slaymaker.

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