Kenyon Class of 1967 Fall Class Letter

Fellow ’67 classmates,

I suspect that you, like I, often felt that Gambier was one of the more isolated places on earth.

Oh, were it only so. Unfortunately, but inevitably, Kenyon has been affected this past year just as is the rest of the world except Antarctica. The only students on campus are first years, sophomores and international students. Juniors and seniors are remote. Casual attire is very acceptable for remote classes just as it was when we were there. No need to impress the opposite sex. At kenyon.edu/FCL there is a pledge entitled “Kenyon College Commitment” which indicates the philosophy in place to attempt to keep the campus healthy. There is also a brief video highlighting campus life this Fall.

As you can anticipate, this upheaval has been an expensive venture. Student fees, including tuition, were reduced 10% to reflect the change in experience. Funds supporting a myriad of expenses such as clothing for job interviews, technology for remote learning and remote mental health access have been some of the additional expenses. No faculty, staff or administration have been furloughed, but there are hiring and salary freezes as well as delays in funding the employee 401K plans.

As the year comes to an end, I hope that you would consider contributing to the College if you have not done thus far. If you have, think about an additional gift if that would be possible. If Kenyon had a large endowment to help it through this time, it wouldn’t need as much help. Unfortunately, it does not. By this time in my life I’ve learned that “you can’t take it with you”. I suspect that most of us have. Please share some with Kenyon if you can.

As Ed Forrest says below, stay safe.

George Jones

P.S. Scroll down to read our fall class notes.

Introducing the Lowry Center & Scholarship

William E. Lowry Jr. ’56 H’99 was the first Black student in the nation initiated into Beta Theta Pi, was student body president and captained the football, basketball and baseball teams. He went on to serve in many volunteer roles at Kenyon, including as trustee. In honor of Bill’s accomplishments and impact at Kenyon, the Board of Trustees decided to rename the Kenyon Athletic Center in his honor.

Recognizing his legacy, Board Vice Chair Joseph E. Lipscomb ’87 has created an endowed scholarship in Bill’s name to help bring more underrepresented students to Kenyon. Anyone can make a gift to the annual fund portion of this scholarship, or one of many other scholarships at Kenyon, and provide an immediate benefit to a current student.

Support currents students now with a gift to scholarships

Despite a challenging year, the College remains committed to continuing to meet 100% of students’ increased demonstrated need, with donor support. Every dollar you give goes directly to support students this academic year.

Consider giving today in support of:

Hannah More Scholarship for first generation students
Kenyon Women’s Annual Scholarship for female students
Lowry Annual Scholarship for underrepresented students
Pope Memorial Annual Scholarship for students from urban Ohio public school

And, of course, you can make a gift to the Kenyon Fund’s scholarships and financial aid designation, which supports the education of every single Kenyon student.

Make a Gift

Upcoming Virtual Events for Alumni

You're invited to join us this winter at these free events for alumni.

Alumni Town Halls with President Decatur
Thursday, Dec. 10 at 7 p.m. ET and Thursday, Feb. 18 at 7 p.m. ET
Five-week mini class with Professor Emerita Pam Jensen
"Democracy & Education: An Introduction to Rousseau's Emile"
Tuesdays, Jan. 5 – Feb. 2 at 7 p.m. ET
A Celebration of Kenyon Green Initiatives (two-part series)
Wednesday, Jan. 20 and Thursday, Jan. 27 at 7 p.m. ET

Visit kenyon.edu/alumnievents to register and view our full alumni event calendar.

Class of 1967 Fall Notes

And now to the information from classmates who responded to the plea for notes. We fell far short of 53+.

Phil Cerny is in York, England which has apparently escaped being a UK hotspot. He reports that he continues to work in academia, to write and edit. Live conferences will have to wait until next year. Their folk band, Ramshackle, continues to practice outdoors.

Ed Forrest (edforrest@fiberopticprecisioncleaning.com) has recently been granted another patent, #13. Check out the above web-site. Five years into retirement, he hasn’t retired. Apparently to contend with the pandemic he and his wife are binge-watching Netflix. Unfortunately, Lanet is not well. He advises us to Stay Safe.

George Jones just returned from a 6 week stay to try to help the youngest daughter’s family which includes 3 month old grandson. Amazing to watch development over that short time.

Most of his efforts to suck on his hand now involve hand finding mouth rather than forehead or nose. Volunteer efforts with food banks, repairing bicycles for donation and habitat for humanity are on hold while hibernating. Most involvement with outside world is related to being on the board of the condo assn.

Nathan Parker will be celebrating his 50th wedding anniversary with Rachelle in December at their ocean front home on Amelia Island, Fl. They have 5 grandsons and now a granddaughter.

In August ’19 he took a job as an interim district school superintendent. Thereafter, Nate led New Jersey into switching to remote learning. He is currently trying to start a company focusing upon unlocking the potential of low income students.

William Scar has finally retired. Unfortunately he is now a widower. Adjustment is tough. He recently visited Sharon and Roger Wallace in Johns Island SC.

Bill Schnall has had a year of firsts. He and his wife have their first grandchild and are at the end of their first year in the retail marijuana business. Plans for a trip to celebrate their 48th anniversary are on hold. When normalcy returns, they would welcome those who visit the

Seattle area.

Lawrence Schmidlapp continues to be mayor, 11th year. It sounds like the job requires masochistic tendencies. He recounts dealing with helicopters, horses, lawsuits, fake news and with lawyers who seem to have too much time on their hands.

Charles Schwarzbeck continues to live in San Miguel de Allende. He and Chandra work at psychology/education and interior design/marketing, respectively while their son attends 10th grade.

Steve Stonehouse and Gail continue to enjoy life near the seaside in Redondo Beach, Ca. He remotely supports Reading Partners which sounds like a very worthwhile endeavor as well as Land Conservancy. Daughter is in equine vet training at U of Penn. Steve has a hard time believing that it has been 53 years.

Mike Ulrey (last because I did this alphabetically. Unfortunately it probably isn’t the first time Mike ended up being last alphabetically.) Mike continues to live in Mt. Vernon. He indicates that everyone is wearing masks in Gambier. I wonder about Mt. Vernon. He and others with experience (old-timers) continue to solve the world’s problems while sitting outside the old bookstore. Mike expresses admiration for the students involved in writing, creating online content and doing internships in data analytics. He will be making a November presentation addressing his use of his math major in his career after Kenyon.

Read notes from the Class of 1966 and the Class of 1968.

New this year! Read notes from faculty.

Support Kenyon

If you missed the chance to share your news for this letter, you can submit a class note at any time via class.letters@kenyon.edu.

Class Listing

Kenyon is grateful to the following donors for their generous support of the College, including the Kenyon Fund, during the 2019-20 fiscal year. An asterisk (*) indicates a donor is a member of the Henry J. Abraham Society for loyal and consecutive giving. An obelisk (†) indicates an individual who is deceased. Please note that as of July 1, 2019 Kenyon’s annual giving societies have changed. Visit kenyon.edu/societies for more information.

1967

Annual Fund Total: $134,158

Class Participation: 52.48%

Kokosing Society

Donors of $25,000 to $49,999

Douglas V. Johnson*

Alan E. Rothenberg P'96 H'10*

Philander Chase Society

Donors of $10,000 to $24,999

George T. Jones MD*

Douglas R. Morton Jr.*

Bexley Society

Donors of $2,500 to $9,999

Stephen W. Carmichael H'89*

Paul R. Cole*

Richard F. Dye*

Paul L. Griffiths III*

Craig R. Jackson*

Judith Murch † (widow of Maynard H. Murch IV '67)*

Michael E. Smith*

Kenyon Society

Donors of $1 to $2,499

Wayne D. Beveridge MD*

James W. Ceaser H'02*

Phil Cerny*

Richard S. Correll*

John E. Dahne

John S. Davidson Esq.*

Gary W. Davis*

Brian J. Derry P'95*

Warren B. Diven*

Richard G. Freeman P'05*

Mark L. Gardner*

Robert J. Guedenet MD P'03

John W. Hackworth*

John W. Heslop P'92*

Frederick P. Huston III*

George Kaitsa Jr.*

Allan S. Kohrman*

John J. Levenson*

William F. Lipman*

Jeremiah S. Miller

John C. Moore*

Dennis C. O'Connell P'05 '13*

John L. Otis MD*

Nathan N. Parker*

Alan T. Radnor P'96 '00*

Roger L. Reynolds*

Allan W. Ryan P'93*

Mark D. Savin*

Lawrence C. Schmidlapp

Bill S. Schnall MD*

Joseph E. Simon MD*

Turner M. Straeffer*

R. Barry Tatgenhorst*

Michael L. Ulrey*

Barry M. Utsumi*

Lee P. Van Voris MD*

David L. Vaughn*

William D. Watkins*

Howard H. White

Charles A. Williams*

Kamen N. Zakov MD

George Wharton Mariott Society

These alumni have included Kenyon in their estate plans or have made other planned gifts.

Stephen W. Carmichael

Alan E. Rothenberg P'96

Bill S. Schnall

Michael E. Smith

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Kenyon Class of 1967 Fall Class Letter

Introducing the Lowry Center & Scholarship

Upcoming Virtual Events for Alumni

Class Agents

Class of 1967 Fall Notes

Class Listing