Fall 2005 PDF - Milton Academy

Class of 1950, front row (left to right): Judy Phillips, Betsy Stevens;row 2: Al Bigelow, Sandy Batchelder, Nancy Burley Chase, Oakes Plimpton,George Wheelwright, Maureen Wheelwright, Pliny Jewell, Janet Mann.1943Ellen Fuller Forbes reports,“Eighty years and still vertical!”Anne L. Putnam Seamansshares news that her husband,Peter, died in February 2004.Her great-granddaughter,Isabelle Crowninshield, wasborn in July 2004.1944Ardis Fratus Porter reports thather second-oldest granddaughter,Lydia Halloran, has graduatedfrom Babson College, whereshe broke her own record for themile. Lydia’s deceased grandfather,another Babson graduate,must be as proud of her academicand athletic accomplishmentsas the rest of the family.1945Philip Dickson Jr. and his wife,Suzan, battled Hurricane Jeannewith partial success, sufferingmoderate damage compared toothers.Daniel Kunhardt’s wife,Margaret, died suddenly inOctober 2004. He still lives inBath, Maine, where he has manyfriends and is close to BowdoinCollege in Brunswick, where hewas Class of 1949.Emily Atkinson Stabler andher husband, Wells, live inWashington, D.C., in the housethey have had for almost 40years! Keeping track of 12 grandchildrenkeeps them busy, as dotennis, golf, travel and localinterests.1946Nicholas Cunningham and wifeCathryn live in Manhattan,where he is at Columbia Universityas a professor of clinicalpediatrics and clinical publichealth. They spend time withtheir five grown children andalso play tennis and squash.Nicholas plays the cello, usuallyin quartets with other amateurs,both here and abroad.1947Henry Lauterstein enjoys hisretirement and time with hischildren and grandchildren.“Best to the Class of 1947!” hewrites.1948As part of her retirement plan,Katharine Hodgdon Brownmoved to a lovely home inNobleboro, Maine, in May 2004.She takes classes at Universityof Maine Senior College in Bath,and has volunteer jobs. One ofher sons lives nearby with hiswife and children, and Katharineenjoys visits with the wholefamily.Basil Gavin and his wife, Janis,would be pleased to meet upwith any classmates visiting thebeautiful Mendocino Coast inCalifornia.Proud grandparents AnnHackett Hutchinson and herhusband, Richard, have twogranddaughters who’ve justgraduated—one from collegeand the other from nurseryschool. They have six other“grands.” This spring’’s riteskept them busy! They arebecoming “snowbirds” on thewest coast of Florida (ManasotaKey) and wonder, “Are anyMiltonians around here?”Ralf Robinson has published anew book, Play Ball(et), A Life inSport and Dance. He invitesemails at jmquilts@prexar.com.Lucius Wilmerding is, at 75,the senior member of his family.He and wife Adela are approachingtheir 50th wedding anniversary.The majority of their threechildren and seven grandchildrenlive in Washington State:Pullman and Friday Harbor.One child moved back toPoughkeepsie, New York. Allare well.1949Michael Henderson is theauthor of a new book, his ninth,called See You After the Duration:The Story of British Evacuees toNorth America in World War II.Milton Academy is featured. It isavailable on Amazon, Barnesand Noble and at www.publishamerica.com/books/6619.John B. Hewett reports that he isthe very proud grandparent ofthree grandchildren with amazingand diverse interests. Hisoldest, Tyler, recently won aWatson Fellowship, and willspend a year studying andresearching the electronic druminternationally. Myles, the secondoldest, was named aTruman Scholar and will studylaw, focusing on agriculturalissues and community building,and his youngest, Tucker, is anationally ranked fencer at PennState.E. A. Hubbard continues to hearMilton news and reports “Greatto hear Dave Jenkins’s news. Isaw George Chase at youngerbrother Jack Chase’s (Class of1952) party last year, and weeven sang a few songs together.Thanks, Jack, for keeping us intouch!”Katharine Biddle More graduatedin 1999 from the BostonGraduate School of Psychoanalysisand was certified andlicensed to practice in the stateof Vermont. After two years shelet her license expire, realizingthat her talents lay elsewhere,and began painting. In July andAugust, her oil paintings wereexhibited at the Chaffee Centerfor Visual Arts in Rutland,Vermont.Jack Robinson reports that classmateDavid Stevenson Morgandied on February 17, 2004.David attended Williams Collegeand earned a bachelor’s fromSyracuse University. He taughtschool for 30 years, sharing hislove of math, history, French andEnglish. He is survived by hiswife, Alice, whom he married in1971.John B. Nash reports that he andPolly are thriving. Their threechildren have produced sixgranddaughters and one rolypoly,red-headed grandson. Theoldest is 11. They are a happygroup and all less than an houraway. John and Polly spend asmuch time in Harpswell, Maine,as they can. John’s health took adip with a mild stroke in 2000,which affected his short-termmemory. He says that his wonderfulwife of 46 years, plusCanadian pills, keep him on theball. “Three cheers for the headof school and the trustees, whoshowed recently that ‘Dare to BeTrue’ continues,” John writes.1950Alfred Bigelow is retired andlives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.He recently saw Harris“Harry” Coulter at the RockCreek Nursing Home (2131 OSt., N.W., Washington, D.C.,20037). Harry is partially paralyzed,having suffered a stroke71 Milton Magazine