CMCAA President’s Message Reflections Classnotes Dear Alumni, at 50 It is with great pleasure that I serve as your new Alumni Pacesetters POSITION OPEN of Massachusetts, through attending the Celebration of Life for ifty years. I think we were [email protected] Stockbridge, Great Barrington, Karen Allen Parry, WALT PARRY’s wife Association President. We have, working for and with somewhat astonished as we met ’51 and Lenox; saw John Williams at the Parry’s beautiful Fallbrook conducting at Tanglewood; visited home. All our classmates who knew you, an incredible Alumni Association Board advancing back on campus and realized how ’48 ’49 ’50 the Norman Rockwell Museum and Karen over the years surely will miss WALTER WILEY ’48 writes, “I turned the needs of the College, alumni, and students. Since much time POSITION OPEN Williamstown’s rambling Japanese- her. 93 in February and am still in that had passed. [email protected] designed Clark Art Institute filled John also relayed the sad news of July, board members have been working hard towards ‘wonderment’ stage about age. I am so ’52 It certainly felt that way with art works by Sargent, Renoir, the September 1 loss of our unofficial F healthy it’s almost disgusting. our shared goal of increasing alumni participation Monet, Frederick Remington, and “class mascot,” PHIL CUTTING ’58. Phil to me. Each time I come “My time at CMC changed my many others. Tom is about to be a and Evie were frequent and welcome and engagement on-and-off-campus, enhancing to CMC, I note so many life’s path so dramatically that I DAVE ARBUCKLE ’53 great-great grandaddy this October. attendees, bringing joy and levity to often wonder what would have [email protected] new changes. I parked He still enjoys mentoring fourth our class reunions. our volunteer networks, and creating rewarding happened if I had not ‘run into’ ’53 in the library lot across graders, future advertising creative Bebe and RUSTY GROSSE have had opportunities for our alumni. George Charles Sumner Benson. directors, and would also like to hear their motorsailer, Morgana, under from Scripps College That meeting directed my life in from any CMCers via e-mail to: renovation for two years and in and ambled through such an opposite direction that I still POSITION OPEN Our on-campus team has worked hard to grow our career service volunteer [email protected]. September took it on a successful trial the Balch Auditorium feel ’awe’ when I think of this Man [email protected] ’54 run on the North Carolina coast. Just opportunities and enhance engagement with ImpactCMC and Alumni and and his determination. Following my TOM BERNSTEIN ’55 courtyard with its three days later Hurricane Florence degree from CMC, I entered high [email protected] Reunion Weekends. We are always looking to provide job and internship fabled replica of scenes became a factor and so the Morgana school teaching for what I thought Unfortunately we’ve had a was moved to Virginia for safe opportunities for our student body, and encourage you to reach out if you copied from the Folger was a great career, at least for me. I lot of our classmates storage. Rusty says it was a surreal Shakespeare Library in tried out ‘being a Captain of Industry’ ’55 passing over the last six CHUCK BATTERSON ’56 are looking for interns or full-time employees, or could take a student for experience to watch TV news reports (Benson’s phrase) and was universally months. GARY SMITH, DON NORMAN [email protected] Washington D.C. Still standing. ’56 of the same streets where they had a one-day job shadow experience. And, as many of you know, there is no disappointed with the results, as (see In Memoriam for complete Oh, the memories of doing stood three days before in Morehead was industry. I began teaching at obits), and CHUCK MADARY. BOB better weekend than Alumni Weekend. We all hope you can make it to theatre in those heady days. and New Bern, and see them under Fontana School District after my HOWARD set up an informal memorial JOHN DEVEREUX informed reunite with old friends, see the many campus enhancements, and hear us of his and Lee’s CMC four to five feet of water. At our class lunch, we gathered, industry disappointments and in lunch for Gary at the Balboa Bay ’57 about The CMC Strategy. Mark your calendar and join us for Alumni succession received appointments Club, which was attended by DOUG road trip up the Pacific BERNIE MARSHALL ’57 met, and recalled (what we as: principal of Fontana Junior High PRUESSING (who flew in from coast this past summer, starting with a [email protected] FRED Weekend, April 25-28, 2019. could recall) our times on campus and the ever- School; principal of Fontana High Arizona), STEVE BARNARD, SANDY barbecue at the home of REID SHANNON ’57 widening years in between. We were awarded School; principal of Claremont High DORFMAN, and Gary’s Newport HAYWARD ’58. Included were Fred’s [email protected] Regionally, we are re-doubling our efforts to strengthen our programming gold medallions commemorating our 50 years. School; professor of administration & Harbor High classmate, Seymour son COLIN HAYWARD ‘82, BILL MCEWEN organization at New York University Beek (Pomona ’55). FRANK TYSEN and ‘56, ERNIE SMITH ’56, Becky and PETE and chapter volunteer networks. We encourage you to not only attend the Thanks to the reunion committee for arranging following the receipt of my doctorate I were planning to be there, but a ADAMS ’61, and Kay and BILL VAN To be frank with all you both this and the evening dinner—Jon Andron incredible academic, social, networking, and athletic opportunities in your at Claremont; dean of the School minor health problem prevented me HORN ’58. Next, our travelers visited classmates I have let the ’68 P’96 P’10, Jim Arnold ’68 P’09, and Greg from driving us to Newport Beach. with PETER KEADY and family in ’58 area but request specific programs from the Alumni Office or offer to join of Education at Southern Illinois CMC Magazine deadline Hinckley. It was great to touch base with so University, Edwardsville, Ill.; and Continuing with more sad news, Menlo Park, including Peter’s catch me off guard so what you read is your chapter team or host an event. many faces from the past. retired from that University after 20+ DON SMITH, who’s kept in touch with daughter ANN KEADY ’86. Then it was from what I have seen and heard in years. Since retirement, Carole and I classmate TONY NOVELO since leaving on to Mount Shasta to catch up with the Pasadena and Solana Beach areas, Communication is key. Please engage your fellow alumni on the Claremont That afternoon, I joined some fellow alumni have lived in Las Vegas, Nev., and we school, discovered Tony’s been DON DOTY ’61. Next, to Manzanita, and on the Web. Ore. where they stayed with Nancy to catch a tour of Roberts Pavilion—man, enjoy it very much. We lead a quiet suffering from Alzheimer’s for the You may have heard that our McKenna College Alumni Facebook page and through other CMC and peaceful life. past three years. and FRITZ DELBRUECK at their classic classmate PHIL “THE WHALE” CUTTING, what a far cry from the old gym and field! A social media accounts. You can also participate in outreach by submitting “We learned this week that the FRANK TYSEN, now making positive beach house, enjoying a dinner and author of Cutting Remarks in college, truly impressive complex, and a long way from president of Las Vegas University news, has traded his famous Casa visit with Marilyn and GARY NEUHOFF. has left us for that great ocean in the Classnotes and reviewing and sharing CMC Magazine. the nightmares I had into my 20s about not (Dr. Len Jessup) has been appointed Cody hotel in Palm Springs for an John and Lee returned in time to be sky. Yes another of our classmates has finishing PE with Coach Arce. After relaxing the new president of Claremont Italian Chalet there, which he and a with Bebe and RUSTY GROSSE, Graduate University. I rarely pass partner are restoring, along with an If there is anything the Alumni Association or the Office of Alumni and with a cocktail and meeting alumni from other up an opportunity to remember apartment building in the L.A. area. Parent Relations can do for you, please do not hesitate to reach out. Ideas, classes, it was time for the class photo. There a couple of folks: of course Dr. He’s relieved to be finished with all comments, concerns, and volunteers are all welcome and encouraged. were some 30 of us for that rare moment. I George Charles Sumner Benson is the court battles involving corruption kept thinking of all those who were not there, the one who rescued me from a very and the former mayor of Palm Thank you, including those who have passed. different life, and I could add several Springs. of the professors in the Graduate BUZZ HINCKLEY recently cruised Paul “Pablo” Nathan ’80 During my time back on campus, I felt as University who often went out of the Baltic Sea. “The cruise was great, but it took its toll”. No though I had a fresh look at CMC—where it’s their way to help build confidence and expectations as I wound my way wonder, they made stops in Norway, been and where it’s going. What a long, strange through academe.” Denmark, Poland, Germany, Estonia, trip it’s been.