graduates from Eccles years’ non-reunion and scores of countries. Later I became Reunion Bill “had a nice letter from Jack
classes, as well as those from the Class of ’48. involved in international business develop- Hyatt, and Palmer Jackson also called and
A real and well-deserved tribute! ment and export control compliance for ITT. he and Bill had a pretty good chat.”
On Saturday night we thoroughly
For the past six or eight years I have repre-
Betsy reported that Bill “is especially
enjoyed the gala dinner banquet honoring
sented ITT in trade associations, with the
pleased with the dedication of the dorm
our class among others. And gala it was! Set
executive branch, and on Capitol Hill. I have
to Mr. Eccles. He truly loved that man and
in the ice center (without the ice) we viewed
also been teaching a graduate course for nine
I know Mr. Eccles made an incredible
old movies of the school, masters and stu-
years at Georgetown University titled Inter-
impression on Bill and was always one of
dents and all kinds of activities dating from
national Business-Government Relations.
his guiding lights through life.”
the 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, well into the 60s. We Janet and I will be on a long planned
I close with a spooky coincidence.
also were entertained by pictures of all the trip to Africa in May, and unfortunately
While I was finishing up these notes for
reunion classes including graduating pic- will not be able to attend our 60
th
. I send
the Summer Bulletin, my wife called. On
tures of each of us. How we and the my best regards to all the members of the
the Sunday evening following our
demeanor of the graduating students have Class of 1948!”
reunion, the Choir of Men & Boys at
changed! And the environment in which we
After an e-mail reply from me, Wingate Christ Church Greenwich, where Linda is
learned and played! (Remember the five-
wrote me again: “I’ll send you a report on the music administrator, led the annual
cent snickers bar? What does it cost today?)
our visit to Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana Evensong service in memory of the priest
Chapel on Sunday was the closing and South Africa.” You can expect who for 13 years had been their spiritual
highlight. The organ sounds marvelous, Wingate’s report to be in my next class guide and friend. She had just counted the
the lights are a lot brighter and the choir correspondence. We look forward to it! collection. It was, to the penny, $1,948!
is immense—some 80 strong! We poured
Don MacNary e-mailed me in late
out of the chapel refreshed at about 11:30
April that he had “been stumped as to
a.m. or so into glorious sunlight, ready to
Class of 1949
whether to make the reunion. We come
head home but looking forward to our
north from Florida on the 4
th
, have a ton
Charles J. Shuttleworth, Jr.
next reunion. Join us!
of stuff to do, and have a lot of catching
P.O. Box 371
Now for some sad news, which I up to do with MDs (like many of us, I East Otis, MA 01029
believe you already know. We have suspect). So, I will call St. George’s and see Phone: 413-269-0074
recently lost three classmates out of the 48 if I can drop in for a day or so, and hope it
who were with us in June 1948: works out.” Alas, Don could not come. Tom Vyse is living in Long Beach,
Bill Hobbs on November 24, 2007. Early this spring George Bradley called.
Calif., but has not been there too often, as
Fred Guardabassi on December 30, 2007.
He and his wife have recently moved into a
he and his wife, Dolores, are enjoying
55-plus community in Stratford, Conn.
travel and visits to other countries. In
Hal Fassett this past March 10, 2008.
They love it. No demands of owning a
January 2007 they were in the South Pacific
I know that Fred, in particular, was
home and lots to do, plus complete free-
with particular reference to the Marquesas
looking forward to returning to the Hill-
dom to come and go as they please. George
and Morea. Then, also last year, in April
top and introducing us to his new wife.
has also become active with a number of
they joined good friends in Europe and
activities in the community. Some time ago
went by boat to see the sights down the
A winter note from George Roberts:
George and his wife traveled around the
Rhine, Marne and the Rhone rivers. But
“I have waited until I had some real news.
country, spent time with a number of class-
Tom says he will pause and come back to
My older son, George, SG ’71, had his first
mates and thoroughly enjoyed the experi-
see us at our 60
th
SG Reunion next spring.
child in England on December 23 and our
ence. Since the Bradleys and we do not live
“It’s time to keep in touch,” he says.
first grandson. Zara and I are over the
very far away from each other, I plan to give Tim Davey from England writes that he
moon, but we won’t see him until we visit
him a call in the late spring/early summer and his wife, Wendy, live in the remote rural
them in Oxford in March.” A classmate
and get together. So, there will be more to Southwest of the United Kingdom in a small
with a grandchild younger than ours?
this message in future Bulletins. village, Withypool (population 120 or so) in
Terrific! I feel younger already. George,
please continue to keep us in the loop.
Bill Bayne’s wife, Betsy, and I had an
the middle of Exmoor. “We retired here when
exchange of emails just before the Reunion.
I finished serving overseas in the UK Govern-
Wingate Lloyd has written me twice. An
She really wanted to come to our 60
th
, “but
ment Department of Technical Cooperation
e-mail on April 5 noted: “On March 31 I
traveling is really not in the mix anymore,
technical assistance programme in 1985. In
retired from my work of the past 24-plus
and my schedule has also filled up so I could
that post I assisted a number of small inde-
years with ITT Corp. in Washington, D.C. On
not even try to think about coming
pendent nations with their national land
retiring from the Foreign Service in 1983 I
alone…” Betsy very much wanted me to say
administration programmes,” Tim writes.
joined ITT and began doing political risk
“Hi” to all. She also said that calls and letters
“Back in the UK, we set about resettling
analysis. The company was then a conglom-
to Bill are very much appreciated. Before the
ourselves into rural English life and enjoying
erate with activities in dozens of industries
Keep up-to-date on SG news and events.
Send your current email address to: address
_
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