BEND, Ore. – Although Skip was born in 1947, we did not meet one another until April 1984, when a move brought him to work as a fellow neonatologist at Maine Medical Center. A genuine and unselfish guy who loved his family and excelled at his work, I hoped we would become life-long friends.
On Sunday, August 30 at 3 pm Eastern Time Dartmouth Jewish Studies Professor Susannah Heschel will be our guest for a Casual Conversation about the writings and teachings of her father, Rabbi Abraham
On Sunday, August 16 at 3 pm Eastern, our guest for a Casual Conversation will be Benjamin Nathans, the Alan Charles Kors Endowed Term Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. His university website entry may
Justin Shubow will be our guest for a Casual Conversation on Monday, August 3 at 5 pm. Mr. Shubow is an architecture critic who has had a significant impact on public architecture in Washington, D.C.
On Sunday, July 26 at 3 pm Eastern Time, Professor Leanne ten Brinke, author of Poisonous People: How to Resist Them and Improve Your Life (Simon & Schuster 2026), will be our guest for a Casual
We will add an obituary as soon as one becomes available.
Andrew 'Andy' Raymond passed away in California, in September of 2023, a few weeks before his wife, Jackie. This obituary was kindly shared with us by Andy's stepdaughter, Bonnie Vandenberg:
Andy Raymond passed away September 2023 at the age of 76 from dementia and comorbidities.
Edward "Ed" Thain Ramey, 79, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, April 26, 2026, at his home in Denver.
Ed was born in Baltimore, Maryland on February 28, 1947, to Evelyn and Ed Ramey. When he was entering third grade the family moved to Denver as the Martin Marietta Corporation opened an office here. He always said that his dad put man on the moon!
On Sunday, June 21 at 3 pm Eastern Time, Professor Eric Berger will our guest for a Casual Conversation on Zoom. He comes to us courtesy of the efforts of classmate Steve Horwitz who also was our agent in o
Thanks to the good work of classmate Steven Horwitz, we are pleased that Professor Danielle Allen will join us for a Casual Conversation on Thursday, June 4 from 1:00 to 2:15 pm Eastern Time