DA 1983 - Fall Report

Gents of '83,

Our blog (http://da1983.blogspot.com) is in its fifth year and here are a few highlights:

There have been 426 posts since May of 2009 - averaging about one a week.  Doesn't seem onerous - for those of you who are still not subscribers (see link toward bottom). The posts are delivered in a digest on the days there are new posts, usually between 7-8 pm Eastern.  Again, trying to keep it from being annoying...

Our most viewed post ever was the Twilight Skate of a fac brat posted on 1/10/14 - with 319 views

We have a solid 63 classmates subscribed and would certainly like more.  If you don't see a classmate on the list below - shoot them an email to encourage it.

Of our 185 living members of our class - not all of whom graduated, we have email on file for 135 of us, which is astounding.  Maybe not all are still active - which is why you should forward this to the classmates you are still in touch with.

SUBSCRIBE NOW at: http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=898954&cids=1 (you'll need to respond to a verification email as well)

Classmates who appear to be receiving the digests - alert me if not correct:

Mr. Whitney B. Armstrong

Mr. Mark C. Beaubien

Mr. Geoffrey S. Bennett

Kevin A. Bresnahan M.D.

Mr. Spencer L. Brown

Mr. Cameron T. Chalmers

Mr. Scott W. Chesney

Mr. Douglas A. Cruikshank

David P. Currey, Ph.D

Mr. Mark E. Czuj

Mr. Christopher R. Davey

Mr. Timothy G. Ehrhart

Mr. John C. Esty II

Mr. Adam J. Feiges

Mr. Robert E. Fitzpatrick

Mr. Charles R. Gagne

Mr. Grant E. Gassman

Mr. Peter C. Geary

Mr. Jonathan A. Gottscho

Mr. Joshua D. Greenberg

Mr. Alexander W. Grosset

Mr. Leigh J. Guyer

Mr. Robert J. Harrington Jr.

Mr. Christopher J. Harris

Mr. Hardie S. Jackson

Colonel Robert W. Keirstead Jr. USAF

Mr. Alexander K. Kerr

Mr. John N. Kikoski

Mr. John G. Knight

Mr. Moss Krivin

Mr. Henry F. LeMieux Jr.

Mr. Christopher J. Lynch

Mr. Douglas A. Mays

Mr. R. Robert McGill Jr.

Mr. David J. McNeil

Dr. Johannes W. Mortier

Mr. John R. Munro Jr.

Mr. D. Sean Nottage

Mr. Benjamin W. Patton

Mr. Eric F. Peterson

Mr. William B. Piersol III

Mr. Scott F. Pryce

Mr. Paul C. Schlickmann

Mr. J. Douglas Schmidt

Mr. David G. Shelton

Mr. Whitney C. Sheppard

Mr. Shawn M. Shiff

Mr. Dean R. Singewald II

Mr. John B. Sory

Mr. Jeffrey S. Spadafora

Mr. Andrew M. Stewart

Mr. Eric S. Suher

Mr. Van K. Sullivan

Mr. Peter R. Townsend

Mr. James L. Wareck

Mr. Taylor Watts

Mr. Bradford F. Weir

Mr. Philip B. Weymouth III

Mr. William J. Wolf

Mr. Dexter E. Wood Jr.

Mr. Eric E. Wright

Mr. Theodore C. Young III

Mr. Samuel Zales

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FEEDBACK and photos with captions/backstory always welcome...

JK

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John G. Knight

jgknight83@gmail.com

Playing Dad...

Whit Sheppard acted in a commercial for residential flooring.  Its beautiful... He's the "dad"...who drops his golf clubs...

For more on its making: http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/how-company-known-retail-ads-suddenly-made-gorgeous-spot-hardwood-floors-160956

Who Knew?

Chris Lotspeich was best man at the wedding of a Campbell and represented his family, the Macdonalds!

Worthy!!!!

Fresh Berries

Paul Magee made his annual pilgrimage from Mexico to Whately, MA to sample Nate Nourse's finest berries.

Nate continues his advancements in the science of small fruit plants, with his newest R&D building pictured in the background. He is also wearing his Penn State hat in honor of the recent post on RJ Harrington.

Paul is scheming a move back to the NYC area but is looking for a couch to crash on in the meantime.

Thanks to Mark Beaubien for the pic!

In the foothills

As I continue my exploration of Colorado (i.e. my harassment of classmates) I travelled west to Evergreen and caught the men of the Spadafora family splitting the winter's firewood.

Lunch with Lefty

Drove up to Boulder to take RJ Harrington to lunch yesterday, and this was his condition upon arrival...His work as Executive Director of Clean Energy Action is mostly keyboard and computer based, so its a hindrance for sure.  He had shoulder surgery about 2 weeks ago after a nasty fall off his bike.

His spirit was undeterred as we strolled confidently to lunch.  We caught up on his time in Boulder (most of the years since graduating from DA, minus a stint at Penn State with Nate Nourse) and his family (wife and two kids). His health is otherwise excellent and he is grateful. From him I learned the geological term flatiron and why it was invented in Boulder.

He asked about '83 in general and in CO specifically.  He looks forward to getting the DA83 - CO division together sometime.  He was sad to miss the Hindman - Spadafora - Watts beers last year - especially since they bumped into Terry Bradshaw - RJ's childhood favorite on his hometown Steelers!  He won't miss the next one...

Keep connecting with each other and then send the photo please...

JK

Read it

When it makes it to your mailbox, set aside some time to read it.

#tbt

This pic is preserved in a thick lucite block and now adorns my new man-cave bar in Denver. Miss you guys!