1975

1975

The holidays will be behind us and the new year will be unfolding as you read this. I am hoping that our class community efforts to expand our Facebook page will continue; we now have 96 members and we want to see 100 before the year is out. From our Facebook page came the news that a group gathered for the Butler University football game against the Big Green in Indianapolis in September. Now I am not certain who all was in attendance, but if you were a member of our page, you could see the pictures and tell me. I believe that I saw Dave Robertson, Glen Reed, Lon Cross, Bob Hittle and even Al Markman, who I thought lived in Minneapolis. What some guys won’t do for a football game.

More recent news from Rick Black’s family indicates that he and his wife, Annie, have now officially retired and live in Harbour Island, Narragansett, Rhode Island. Rick always enjoyed the outdoors and his woodworking. Apparently he can now spend a marriage-busting (or is that marriage-saving) amount of time on the water fishing off Point Judith. Rick has also moved his woodworking shop to Rhode Island and has opened Black Forest Custom Furniture. He makes a mean table and other items. If you want some quality work check him out; I am told the website is coming.

Although I now live in Texas, Eliza and I did live in California for nearly five years. The state is beautiful and we enjoyed our time there, but really only scratched the surface in connecting with fellow classmates. One of those was Blake Winchell, who has been a venture capitalist in

Silicon Valley for the last 25 years. Among his many talents is that, for the last six years, he has been teaching two classes on entrepreneurship in the international M.B.A. program at IE Business School in Madrid, Spain, in each of the spring and fall semesters. IE Business School is one ofthe most highly ranked M.B.A. programs in Europe. I am led to believe that they appreciate his efforts, as they have honored him with the school’s Award for Teaching Excellence for each of the last six years.

I hope the year is progressing well for all of you.

—Stephen D. Gray, 3627 Avenue M, Galveston, TX 77550; (650) 302-8739; fratergray@gmail.com