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Class of '6950th Reunion ReportMay 30 - June 2, 2019
Dear Classmates, How to describe days and nights that were as meaningful and memorable, as festive and as fun, as happy and as heartening as ’69s 50th reunion? The peril of enthusiastic anticipation is that the reality cannot match the expectation. Not a worry: more special than at least this guy ever hoped.
Highlights? Many pivoted around extraordinary events, but just as many and likely more were the consequence of one-on-one catch-ups with cherished friends or the delight of conversations with classmates or their guests we had never really known. Everyone has a story to tell, and life’s highs and lows were shared with openness and warmth.
For photos, click here to see our 50th Reunion Photo Gallery, a collection of as many classmate photos as we could get our hands on. And then click here to see our 50th Reunion Photo Narrative, a photo-essay of the events surrounding our Reunion. Finally, click here to see the photos that were uploaded in real time during the Reunion. If you have photos to add to these collections, please email them to our webmaster.
Meanwhile, perhaps some snippets will paint a picture in black and white of a gathering, which was totally in Technicolor.
Some appeared at a reunion for the first time ever: Dave Palmer, Cary Hall, Steve O’Brien, and Steve Weed, Barry Robinson, and Dave Shepherd. Others perhaps, but ascribe all misinformation to a well-intended but not-so-bright secretary.
Or how about our much-admired Rich Bracken accompanied by all FOUR of his sensational sons: Taylor, David, Geoffrey, and John. What a tribute to families that care.
Maudlin or not, I feel proud to be a member of our class. Let me provide a quote from Eleanor Roosevelt — and yes, I do know she was not Princeton ’69. I’m not even sure she went to Princeton at all. “Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave an imprint on your heart.”
A final locomotive to three wives who shared five years of their men and their marriages to leadership dedication to’ 69: blessings to Bruce Freeman’s Amy; Dan Harman’s Leigh; and Rick Kitto’s Chris. Ladies, You may now have them back.
On to the next five years!
Your Secretary, Paul Sittenfeld Your President, Chris Milton
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The stage was set by the timely receipt of Brooke Stoddard’s yearbook (photo left): a big deal literally and figuratively and a gift for years ahead.
The torrential rains of Thursday evening gave way to bright days, sunshine, and breezes, and anomalously agreeable weather. Chris Meyer garbed us in Times They Are a-Changin’ shirts, hats, and watches … matching Anne Charrier’s creative clock (photo, right) which welcomed us to the site.
Then the panels showcasing the talents of so many spanning so many fields of giving back and making a difference. The art exhibit of Joel Babb, Jon Friedman, and Dan Massad attracted endless visitors throughout the weekend and the University graduation that followed. Their discussion (photo, left) was moderated skillfully by Bob Brown’s wife and noted scholar Catherine Scallen *90.
McCosh 10 was filled with those fascinated with Jon Taplin’s memories of Bob Dylan, the Band, the Beatles, and the historic events in which he participated and which he shared with detail, humor, and modesty. A window into a period of extraordinary significance (photo, right, of John with Dylan). 
Jim Floyd engaged a gaggle of our guys to strut their life experiences in other panels over the course of each day. The frustration was the quantity of quality offerings, which precluded everyone from hitting all the sessions they wished. Choices? Storytellers with John Sacret Young; Stuart Silverman on Groundbreaking Medical Treatments; Running for or Holding Office Today including Bob Raymar; Climate Change addressed by Doug Foy (photo, left); Free Speech and Fake News opined on by John Stossel; A Discussion with Elaine Pagels which garnered Jeff Marston, Chris Thomforde, Jeff Vo
Congrats as well to Tom Fleming for his innovative idea of coordinating ’69 Section lunches at all of the respective 
Eating Clubs on Friday – that had never been done before (at least so far as any could recall) The lunches were well-attended (three examples pictured) and provided yet another means to gather with old friends and to remember times gone by.
Once again we all owe a “Sis-boom-ah” to Sandy Rea (photo, left) for leading our cheers at the one and only P-Rade and elsewhere as the Class responded to locomotives showered upon us, and sounded off in praise of various Tigers, Tigresses and others as the weekend lingered on.
The wine tasting, which featured a visit from President Eisgruber (photo, left) exceeded everyone’s Grape Expectations. Dick Bott, Wayne Wilson and daughter Siri, Greg Bohart, and Rich Etlin poured themselves into making this another wow. And our belched compliments and sincere thanks to Martha and Rod Ferguson, whose splendiferous gift of the beer, their own Devil’s Backbone, spanned the entire weekend. Now all in one accord, burp bravo.
The Memorial Service (photo, right), thanks to many participants, was an affirmation of life and a heartfelt tribute to those who have gone ahead. Classmates, wives, children, and widows read, sang, chanted, and put a filled Chapel in touch with people and memories which endure. It sounds like a set up for a tired joke: Five ministers, a priest, and a rabbi gather in one place … but they REALLY did!
Pictured (photo, left, l-r) is a happy group: Lori and Fred Shearer, Pinky McEldowney, Jeff and Maureen Marston, Dan Harman, and Curt Kehr.Powered by Bonfire™ - a Reunion Technologies Solution.