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This column should find classmates awash in mailings about the 65th Reunion, which is barely two months away (June 9-11), hence I'll skip more details except to say that chairman Bill Mathers and his committee have done a terrific organizational job to make this the most memorable event in the history of our class. Now for other news:

Sam Milesky, from Madison, Wis., reports he's "feeling fine," hopes to make reunion and "would like to express concern over forced co-habitation of Greeks and dorms." Good issue. Reunion will hear much about the recent report on student social life and the huge financial costs involved in new residential construction. Jean Petrequin (widow of Jack) in Wait Hill, Ohio, sent a Green Card to say, "Since Jack died in 1996 I have traveled to China, Africa and a few other places," and that she was "fond of sports, swimming, riding, tennis and cross-country skiing." She says her reason for writing was to volunteer for the reunion committee. Thanks, Jean.

"This is my first and final letter," writes Roily Kendall of Lumberton, N.C. He wrote about his career, which began with marrying "a wonderful girl named Frances" in Newport, N.H., 59 years ago. For the last four years Roily has devoted himself 24 hours a day to caring for Frances, who is a victim of Alzheimer's disease. Roily retired in 1966 from federal service (agriculture, forest service, IRS and Social Security). In 1977 Roily moved to Lumberton from Florida to be near their daughter and family, including a granddaughter who is a sophomore at Duke. It's with considerable sadness that I conclude this column with news of the death of five classmates: Leonard J.T. Shortell July 12, 1999, in Leesburg Va.; David L. Johnson, August 28, 1999, Orleans, Mass.; Dr. Eugene Burnkrant, November 4, 1999, Arvada (suburb of Denver), Colo.; William J. Chapman, December 2, 1999, St. Louis, Mo.; and William H. McNeal, January 2, 2000, Venice, Fla.

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June 9-11