Ron Bliss: This past June, I paid a visit to college roommate Dave Hunter and his wife, Phyllis (Baldwin Wallace ’66) in the Twin Cities area. We were having a pretty good time until I came down with COVID. Fortunately, my symptoms were mild and I recovered quickly. It didn't hurt to have two retired medical professionals looking after me. The next month, Dave and Phyllis reciprocated the visit, staying with me and my wife, Naoko, in Colorado Springs. This very touristy trip was unmarred by any medical exigencies. 

And, after a multi-year delay (primarily due to COVID restrictions), Naoko and I finally flew to Brazil in September with stops in Rio de Janiero, the Iguazu Falls, and Sao Paolo. The Falls were a bucket list item for me -- I first read about them in elementary school and always wanted to see them in person. Magnificent setting -- well worth the 10 hour plane trip from the States to get there.

Tim Holder: Update for Afghanistan. Seven years ago my wife Sue and I took in a teenage Afghani girl we call Holly. When the Taliban took over a year ago August, they committed unspeakable atrocities on all 22 of her family. We therefore set about to get her younger sister and two brothers to America. They initially hid in a cellar and then in November went to Islamabad, Pakistan. The U.S. government denied their applications for humanitarian visas to the U.S. We checked out 10 countries which turned out not to work at all and four more countries which had humanitarian visas but didn’t work out for a variety of reasons. A year later they returned to their hometown of Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan and to their near and extended families (22, not counting 150 cousins and related aunts, and uncles). Now comes the good news. The Taliban has not threatened them for the most part. They just have to be careful. Her sister has to have a male adult escort when moving about outside. Now the younger two are taking math and English classes online. The older brother went to Iran to look for a job with decent wages. After a year on hold, they are now moving on with their lives! We are appealing the denied visas.

Richard Levey: I was honored to have joined Brackett Denniston ’69 and Stuart Revo in saying a last and very affectionate farewell to Geoff Enck, the Fat Fury. Lots of memories were shared -- Fury would have denied all [with a smile!]. The south end of the campus looks beautiful. Old Kenyon, Ascension, Hanna, et al. seem to have been sand-blasted... but it might have been my bad vision. See you all at our 55th!!

Eric Linder: I have nothing to report but that, to my quiet satisfaction and with the help of some wonderful people, I have been able to organize a funeral for the late John L. Owen III, who died on Nov. 2, 2020. His ashes will be interred by the side of his parents, long-time and legendary faculty at Trinity Pawling School on October 22 at 1 p.m. in the Pawling cemetery near the school. Dean Marshall Vang ’70 will officiate. Bill Taylor ’85, Headmaster at TP and himself a Kenyon graduate, has been of enormous help in moving this long-delayed project along, interrupted by the very Covid which took John. "Good night, sweet prince..." John would have something wonderfully sarcastic to say if I had included the reference to "flights of angels," so we will let that bit go. For myself, I am partial to Hamlet's lines shortly before the fatal duel in act 5: "If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come. The readiness is all.”

William Northway: Paul Rigali and I met first in August of 1964, both heading off early to our freshman years in hopes of making the varsity soccer team. We both played soccer and lacrosse, both majored in biology, joined ADPhi and went into dentistry, specializing in orthodontics. We both became members of the E.H. Angle Society of Orthodontics and have made considerable contributions to the orthodontic literature. Earlier in September Paul and I met at his incredible home in Vermont (I live in Michigan) where he hosted a gathering of fellow senior members of the Angle Society. We had as our special agenda scramble golf and the betterment of mankind. Even though we live 977 miles apart, it’s hard to have a much better friend; we thank Kenyon for that.

Mark Sullivan: In the last six months, my wife Teri and I have taken vacations in Asheville and Charlottesville, both about 4 hours from our home in Raleigh. The home at present is in a high state of disrepair - we're adding a first-floor bedroom for what they call "aging in place." I'm still practicing law (military divorce issues), including teaching other lawyers and testifying as an expert witness. In mid-September I presented a 3-hour program through Microsoft Teams to 80 military lawyers in Europe, including attorneys from Poland, Netherlands and Italy. Our son and daughter are doing well, and we love seeing our 11-year-old granddaughter, Layla. 

Read notes from the Class of 1969 and the Class of 1967. 

Kenyon is grateful to the following donors for their generous support of the College, including the Kenyon Fund, during the 2021-22 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.

1968
Annual Fund Total: $102,794  
Class Participation: 48.00%

Kokosing Society
Donors of $25,000 to $49,999
Charles W. Findlay III*
William J. Yost*

Philander Chase Society
Donors of $10,000 to $24,999
William E. Bennett P'96 '00 '07 H'11 
Howard B. Edelstein*
Lawrence D. Lilien MD*
Paul A. Lucky MD*
Paul R. Skinner*

Bexley Society
Donors of $2,500 to $9,999
J. McKinley Haning Jr.*
Douglas E. Hutchinson MD, JD*
Gary L. Nave P'97 '04 GP'23*
Gregory Spaid H'21*
Robert G. Sykes*

Kenyon Society
Donors of $1,000 to $2,499
Anonymous
Barry I. Eisenstein MD*
Paul Friis-Mikkelsen 
Edward B. Gaines*
Michael W. Gaynon MD*
Geoffrey J. Hackman*
Breece McKinney*
John D. Morrison MD*
R. Richard Newcomb*
William M. Northway*
Steve Watts*

Kenyon Society
Donors of $1 to $999
Peter L. Arango*
The Rev. Carl H. Beasley III*
Richard H. Bernstein MD*
Ronald K. Bliss*
Andrew H. Bowman P'92*
Barry W. Burkhardt P'98*
Merrill O. Burns P'93 '98*
John E. Carman*
Mark S. Geston P'91 '01*
Raymond Heithaus P'99 H'14*
Jeffrey J. Henderson H'94*
Timothy R. Holder P'94*
David L. Hunter MD 
Charles W. Kenrick*
Joseph L. Lavieri*
Paul J. Leventon P'93*
Richard H. Levey*
Eric E. Linder 
Richard C. Malley*
Charles Maurer*
A. Laurence Moreau*
Jeffrey C. Northup*
J. Bryan Perilman*
Jon W. Peterson Esq.*
Raymond S. Pfeiffer*
Paul H. Rigali Jr., DDS*
James S. Schmid*
Michael Schultz 
Michael A. Simons*
John D. Sinks*
David R. Snyder*
Mitchel B. Sosis MD, PhD*
Charles R. Stires Jr.*
Mark E. Sullivan*
Robert Tait*
Jack D. Train*
Timothy J. Wildman 
Stephen B. Wuori*

George Wharton Marriott Society
These alumni have included Kenyon in their estate plans or have made other planned gifts.

Jonathan W. Battle '68
William E. Bennett '68 P'96, '00, '07
John E. Carman '68
Howard B. Edelstein '68
Joseph France '68
Charles W. Kenrick '68
Eric E. Linder '68
A. Laurence Moreau '68
John D. Morrison '68
William M. Northway '68
J. Bryan Perilman '68
Pierce E. Scranton Jr., '68 P'97 (IMO Donald White)
Robert '68 and Susan Sykes
Robert Wallace Jr. '68
Stephen B. Wuori '68

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