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1961
Malcolm Seymour
Jim Hatch
is pleased to report
that he beat throat cancer, is
again his irrepressible self, and
plans to be present for many,
many more SPS reunions.
From
Stuart Douglas
’s trav-
el log: “I recently returned from
three months in New Zealand,
my favorite country. At almost
70, I was proud to finish the
toughest one-day hike in the
country – the Tongariro Alpine
Crossing. Ellie and
Rick Rich-
ardson
just visited and I showed
them some highlights of S.
Oregon. Formmates are always
welcome.”
1962
Seymour Preston
From
Tom Santulli
: “I’d looked
forward to our 50th; other things
unfortunately intervened. Alive
and well on California’s Central
Coast. Not presently active in
medicine; writing, with zest, fun,
little success, and no expecta-
tions; counseling; formerly
taught middle schoolers – not at
all like teaching cardiovascular
anatomy and physiology, which
I’d done quite well for years.
Before coming toCarmel in 2007,
I was in Southern California for
years. But let me go back. Grad-
uate schools in architecture and
architectural history were
changed by Vietnam, and I spent
five years in the Navy, mostly in
submarines. I caught up with
Peter Sanger
on a few occa-
sions. The sea-going Navy ex-
perience of a small command
was extraordinary and forma-
tive. After pre-med and med
school, I began in Boston, then
careered happily at UCLA in its
pediatric cardiology and surgery
program. Tried my hand at ad-
ministering a division at Cedars
Sinai. I left clinical practice and
hospital life in 2001 and worked
with a small environmental non-
profit. I learned a vast amount,
including how to produce a TV
show, and began to teachmiddle
schoolers. Now the story’s on
track, for I’m back to Carmel! I
come tomy joys. Children: Chris,
34, plans to get his Ph.D. in pub-
lic policy fromtheWilsonSchool;
Colin, 32 andmarried to a biolo-
gist, has hismaster’s in environ-
mental policy and works in San
Diego with the Center for Sus-
tainable Energy; Kate graduated
from Colorado College in 2011
and is beginning her second year
of teaching in Spain. The usual
assortments through the years
of Labs and Corgis, and now
Abbey, rescued from a Puerto
Rico parking lot (long story) five
years ago. And my partner Pat:
she’s an artist. As kids we’d gone
to school together in N.Y. and
re-met here a fewyears ago. She
currently shares her work and
joywith two cancers, one relent-
less, the other, it is to be hoped,
attended to. Overall, a detour
from plans for the Peace Corps
and return to medicine. Pat is
strong yet compassionate; she
teaches me much about living.
We remain hopeful. As for me, a
small counseling practice
through the Alliance on Aging;
the determination to run
one
marathon; much reading, and
my writing - both slowed a little
bit by early macular degenera-
tion; hopes to sail again (
JohnR
.,
when you come to cover the
America’s Cup, perhaps a tuto-
rial for the erstwhile, dreamy
sailors out here); continuing to
learn about the natural world;
armchair travel and cabin de-
sign; trying to ‘leave the circle
open;’ and always buoyed by
generosity, curiosity, admiration,
and awe.”
1963
Peter J. Ames
1964
Richard S. Sperry
Raymond P. Payson
writes
:
“We had so much success with
holding stepdaughter Alexia’s
wedding here at our house in
Bristol, R.I., last summer, we’re
holding another wedding this
September for stepdaughter
Livia.”
1965
David B. Parshall
Skip Hobbs
, a leading petro-
leum geologist and former
president of the American Geo-
logical Institute, reports that he
also finds time to act as lead
stockman and gardener of his
farm in Sheffield, Mass. Skip
raises Scottish Highland and
Belted Galloway cattle (grass-
fed, of course). Skip’s wife,
Breeze, is chief beekeeper. The
farm also produces heirloom
tomatoes and potatoes and
many other vegetables plus
raspberries, strawberries, and
several varieties of fruit trees.
Skip is looking for a new Belted
Galloway bull in case anybody
has ideas. In the meantime,
Mojo and his Scottish Highland
ladies continue to expand the
livestock population at Moun-
tain Falls Farm.
Eden Weinmann
reports
that he is living, working, and
writing inwesternChina (which,
he says, looks like Switzerland)
and in northern Thailand in
Chiang Mai (which, he says,
looks like Florence). One of the
pleasures of communicating
with Eden is listening to lengthy
voice messages from remote
places that have managed to
preserve their historic charm.
FORMNOTES
Skip Hobbs ’65 with a Belted Galloway on his farm in Sheffield,
Mass.
Natasha and Pilar, the youngest
children of Kiril Sokoloff ’65.
