31-9! It all started with a pass interception by senior Ben Anthony minutes into the game. At the televised broadcast in Seattle, groans emerged from the throats of the 4 or 5 Amherst grads who were starting to feel a bit out of place in the midst of a majority Eph audience. Payback for last […]
Read articleWho’s Coming to our 55th? (alternate version)
We’re getting close… Here’s a list of 68ers who have announced they will attend our 55th, together with the names of classmates who who are giving it serious thought. Updated May 28, 2023. See you soon! YES (73) Abrahams, Peter Anthony, Ross Auburn, Trav Boynton, Caroline Calfee, Bill Cambouris, Arthur Carothers, Tom Caskey, Alexander Chambers, […]
Read articlePresidential Welcome
As your class president for the next five years, I look forward to serving you. Please contact me about your ideas for activities and any concerns you may have. Our gratitude goes to Ned Perry, our immediate past class president, for his effective and inclusionary leadership, culminating in our 50thClass of 1968 Reunion. The Reunion […]
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’68 English prof hangs up cleats, game goes on
We recently found out that Prof. Jack Shindler, whom we remember as English major, Fulbright Scholar (France), and creator of the babbel coffeehouse, has made the transition away from daily work life. In his long career at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois, Jack Shindler served as chair of the English Department and the Division of Arts […]
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Robert Herzog — from a work in progress
This is an excerpt from my novel Not Our Fathers’ Dreams. Alexander “Fong” Fongold is about to graduate from a New England liberal arts college, in June, 1968
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50th Reunion: A New Guard for the Old Guard
On the final evening of our 50th Reunion, we gave thanks to the outgoing class leadership, especially to former president Ned Perry for his dedicated stewardship of the reunion, and said hello to the new ruling elite. We are fortunate to retain Paul Neely as Class Secretary, but equally pleased to welcome Bob Heiss as […]
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50th Reunion: Trivia Contest
Editor’s Note: to remind classmates of frantic late night study sessions back in the 60s and to help them renew friendships while waiting for dinner on Saturday night at our 50th, Howard Steinberg and Bob Heiss created a challenging seventeen question Trivia Quiz that tables of eight worked on collaboratively. Relive the contest and test […]
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