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1955
Morris Cheston
Yoshiaki Shimizu
’s August
update: “There was a wonderful
gathering of the Seikei/SPS
alumni group inTokyoonAugust
26 at the Hibiya Matsumoto
Pavilion. It was attended bymore
than 50 people, including the
most recent Seikei student head-
ed to Millville, Miss Kinjo, for
whom the event was a send-off
by
Ben Makihara ’50
,
Tatsuo
Arima ’53
, andmyself, the three
dinosaurs of the program who
first braved the journey to N.H.
The gathering also remembered
my father, who passed away this
June, who had helped shape an
early stage of the exchange pro-
gram on the Seikei side by re-
sponding to the original invita-
tion from St. Paul’s School in
1948 and 1949 when Ben Maki-
hara trail-blazed the path. There
was a special participant: Tokyo-
based
Peter Smith ’63
, son of
Mr.
GeorgeRockwell Smith ’31
,
a longtime SPS master.”
A June note from
David A.
Iams
: “I’m quickly becoming a
cultural South Jersey ‘princy.’
I’ma part-time docent atWhea-
ton Village, famous for its glass
museum and art glass studio.
And I’m on the board of the Bay
Atlantic City, which is on the
way to anchoring Atlantic City’s
new arts district.”
1956
Zachariah Allen
Jay Bartol
retired from the
National Reconnaissance Office
in March 2012 after working 54
years for the government. He is
now concentrating on family
issues (five grandchildren) with
Cindi and spending more time
as a videographer.
1958
Charles D. McKee
Nina and
Charlie McKee
and
Bill Kirk
attended graduation
of their grandchildren. Bill’s
grandson,
Kai ’12
, graduated
magna cum laude
and received
one of the Rector’s awards
given to Sixth Formers. Kai also
was awarded the Douglas Base-
ball Medal. He will be attending
Wesleyan in the fall. Charlie and
Nina’s granddaughter,
Nina ’12
,
graduated
cum laude
and was
awarded the Clifford J. Gillespie
Medal. Nina will be attending
Wellesley. Caroline and
Stew
Richmond
also were at the
graduation. Their cousin,
Bar-
ton Mackey
, was one of the
proud graduates.
1959
David B. Atkinson
Nick Biddle
shares his answers
from his Harvard Class of
1963 50th-anniversary report:
Most important accomplish-
ment of past 50 years
: “Marrying
Joan in 1966. She’s been the
light of my life ever since.”
Looking back, have you done
with your life what you thought
youwere going to do?: “
No. I was
supposed to be a lawyer! My
father thought I was so (mad-
deningly) good at winning argu-
ments that he sent me to UVA
law school to become a trial
lawyer. I lasted one year. My
subsequent 35-year career on
Wall Street selling securities
provided a nice lifestyle for all
of us in NYC and Long Island,
and good educations for our
three daughters. In our later
empty nest years in Virginia and
Southern California, we’ve en-
joyed much world travel for the
first time, as well as tennis, golf,
skiing, sailing. I also ran 29
marathons, two under three
hours, but my La Jolla surgeon,
who replaced my right hip in
2011, assuresme that had noth-
ing to do with my now long-
forgotten bad hip. The new one
is perfect.”
What event has most
influenced your life in the past
five years?
: “Becoming a prom-
inent community activist in
blocking Granite Construction
Company from installing a large
granite quarry in themountains
five miles from my house.”
This from
Bill Everdell
: “
Da-
vid Vietor
,
SamWarriner
, and
I see each other regularly in
Edgartown on Martha’s Vine-
yard in the summer andmet the
new Rector at the SPS cocktail
party given in Edgartown by
Burke Ross ’69
.
Frank Nelson
,
who summers in Vineyard Ha-
ven, turned up in Edgartown a
few times to play golf. Also, my
1997 book,
The First Moderns:
Profiles in the Origins of Twen-
tieth-Century Thought
(with
acknowledgements to Mr.
Lehmann and M. Jacq among
others) was published this year
in Chinese by the University of
Nanjing Press. This is the fourth
language it has appeared in.
Looks like people are still inter-
ested in the old century, so I’ll
be teaching the book to St.
Ann’s School juniors and se-
niors this year (in English).”
1960
Dimitri Sevastopoulo
Peter Wright
sent this May
note: “After several years of
settling back into the Upper
Valley, it feels very much like
home. Taking the sheep to pas-
ture and keeping the fencing
intact keeps me physically ex-
ercised. Work in the Pediatric
InfectiousDisease unit at DHMC,
Haiti, and consultations with
WHO keep my mind busy. We
delight in our family of three
sons, two daughters-in-
law, and four grandkids, even
though they are scattered in
N.C. and N.M.”
Formmates from 1958 at Lee Patterson’s memorial service
included (l. to r.): Patrick Rulon-Miller, Chris Clark, Bill Kirk, Tony
Nicholas, Cal Farwell, Jon Butler, and Fred Winthrop.
Nick Biddle ’59 and his wife,
Joan, in Khajuraho, India.
