69Cares
(A Proposal for a Class Initiative to Support Classmates and Families)
Mission: provide support to classmates and families at times of loss or crisis.
Goals:
By now, most of you have probably received the 'Save the Date' Fiftieth Reunion Mug and letter. How many of you have marked it on your calendar. (I have.) How many are planning to attend. (I am.)
The following was kindly provided to us by Bob's son Brandon, who writes:
The usual suspects (and more than a few unusual suspects) met at Molly's Friday night, for a gathering of about 29 classmates and partners. Molly's was able to accommodate us with a little squeezing.
As of today, the site contains two current listings of classmates no longer with us, one alphabetically and one chronologically. Each listing has the name and date of death for the classmate, and links to a page with (when available) pictures from the Green Book and Aegis, and an obituary.
On Saturday evening, April 7, the Class of 1969 hosted 2019/1969 Trivia Night--the fourth event in our Class Connections Program with the ’19s.
Paul Tuhus shared this wonderful link to a short YouTube video of scenes from Homecomings of previous years. Enjoy.
Donald Carl Pogue of Guilford, CT, died peacefully in his sleep on October 26, 2016. Born May 24, 1947 in Macomb, Illinois, he graduated from Dartmouth College in 1969 and Yale Law School in 1973. He worked as a labor lawyer in Connecticut and proudly represented labor unions for many years before serving as the Connecticut Commissioner of Hospitals and Healthcare and then as a Judge in the CT Superior Court. In 1995 he was appointed as a Judge for the US Court of International Trade where he served as Chief Judge from 2010-2014 and assumed senior status in 2014.
Below you will find information on the 2016 Pilobolus NYC Gala. If you are in the NYC Metro area or plan to be there during this time, please consider going. Although a very limited number of the lowest price remained about a week ago, perhaps you may want to participate at a more generous level.
Robert 'Bob' Sokol, 90, passed away peacefully at Kendal at Hanover on Saturday, October 8, 2016. The son of immigrants, Bob was born in New York City on May 26, 1926 to Oscar and Rosa Sokol. Bob grew up in Manhattan, graduating from Stuyvesant HS and Columbia with a PhD. in Sociology.