The Alumni Magazine for Worcester Polytechnic Institute. (WPI)
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54 Spring 2014 1943 Nelson Calkins celebrated his 93rd birthday on Nov. 21, 2013. He lives in Rutland, Mass., but regrets that he's not able to get to Tech Old Timers meetings these days. Lincoln Nutting lives at Asbury Pointe, an independent living facility in Getzville, N.Y., near Buffalo. He has two wonderful grandsons, Avery, 14, and Nate, 9, who visit often. His brothers, 90 and 93, live in Needham, Mass. 1945 Dan Katz reports from Cincinnati that he is enjoying the arrival of his frst great-granddaughter. 1946 Del Walton writes, "After graduating from WPI and serving in the Navy, I lived in Los Angeles for about 15 years. Then I spent 39 years in Honolulu as a manufacturer's representa- tive. During this time my wife and I traveled overseas extensively. Ten years ago we moved to Port Charlotte, Fla., and now spend the winters here and summers in Winnipeg, Canada. In Port Charlotte we live in a gated community with great neighbors and plenty of activities to keep us busy." 1948 Ron Moltenbrey writes, "I am on oxygen 24/7, so travel is at best diffcult. Still manage to stay reasonably active with golf and bowling. Was very disappointed in not being able to get to our 65th Reunion last year. I hope more of the people in the classes from my era take advantage of the opportunity to contribute class notes. It is always good to read about old friends that were in school with me." Al Soloway received an honorary DSc degree from Ohio State University last year. 1949 Robert Quattrochi writes, "Hi, 49ers! Can you believe that we are starting to plan our 65th Reunion? Save the date— May 31, 2014! You'll hear more soon." 1951 Dick Davis writes, "Eighty-fve and still kicking. Engineered at Monsanto, then trained in chiropractic. WPI taught me how to diagnose and solve problems, which makes treating patients so successful. Thanks WPI!" George Messenger writes, "My recent activity has been concentrated in two areas: I have been making improve- ments to my model of the stock market to account for the trading done automatically by computers, which leads to increased volatility. This activity is often triggered by illegal release of information by government or industry of data to favored traders. Their profts result in increased losses by individual investors. I have also increased my modeling of probabilities of various slot machines, especially video poker machines, which offer the highest winning probabilities. I continue to make profts in the market regardless of whether it is going up or down and continue to make small profts playing video poker machines." From Toms River, N.J., Jack Writer shares this: "At age 86, I still make it around the golf course." 1952 Mon Dickinson writes, "My wife, Anne, and I have been living in a CCRC (continuing care retirement community) for the past fve years, where we have met a number of interesting new friends. Anne sings in the chorus, and I serve on the Board of Directors. I am a member of the governance, fnance, and strategic planning committees, so I have a full plate of volunteer work. We are just getting started on a major expansion program, and at present there class notes Bill Rabinovitch's "Artists Preserving Our Inner True Spirit about Nature & Reaching the Public" represents his desire to bridge the gap deter- mined by corporations, which he says have lost us the means to influence the public about the planet. "There are many causes about saving Earth," he writes, "but shared words alone on Facebook prove not able to produce change –so perhaps newer, deeper more inspired images coming from otherwise throttled artists' visions everywhere on Facebook can kick-start things to greater & more effective art than the gallery system. Picasso & Van Gogh did so & every serious artist can reach out as well with their truly deeper feelings & unused abilities. There is little artists cannot accomplish." '58 WPI_classnotes_final.indd 54 3/9/14 2:42 PM