Bruce,
You are great to be doing this for the class. As for Dave Keller, yes he and I were roommates senior year in Gray House. We don't keep in touch like we should but I have seen him a few times over the years as we (family) used to travel west for our summer vacations. Saw him both in Santa Fe and in Seattle.
As for the notes:
I work for Bank of America in Roanoke, Va. Still married and now an empty nester with youngest (Gray) at Hampden-Sydney College, oldest (Kate) at Vanderbilt Law. Spare time usually spent fishing. Most vacations spent outdoors in some fashion or another. This year featured a canoe trip in the Ozarks, hiking in Colorado, and another week fishing in the Rockies. Highlight this year was participating in the Lilly Seminar at Davidson this past June and re-connected with Steve Justus, Bruce and Debbie Darden, and Rees Jenkins.
Bruce, hope this helps. What are YOU up to? And again thanks for doing this unenviable job.
Vic
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Rachel Wilson Kilpatrick
Dear Bruce:
Thank you for your e-mail requesting an update.
I read the notes you compile each quarter with great interest and want to express my gratitude to you.
In my career, I head the tax department of the US headquarters of a huge French conglomerate, GDF Suez. A perk is occasional trips to Paris, Brussels, and other quaint Benelux/French locales.
I am fortunate to have two teenage children--the eldest of which is a high school senior. She applied to 21 colleges and we are waiting to hear election returns. I anticipate a bout of depression when she leaves for college and would appreciate advice (and anti-depressant drugs) from my learned classmates who have endured this experience.
Warm regards,
Rachel Wilson Kilpatrick
Thank you for your e-mail requesting an update.
I read the notes you compile each quarter with great interest and want to express my gratitude to you.
In my career, I head the tax department of the US headquarters of a huge French conglomerate, GDF Suez. A perk is occasional trips to Paris, Brussels, and other quaint Benelux/French locales.
I am fortunate to have two teenage children--the eldest of which is a high school senior. She applied to 21 colleges and we are waiting to hear election returns. I anticipate a bout of depression when she leaves for college and would appreciate advice (and anti-depressant drugs) from my learned classmates who have endured this experience.
Warm regards,
Rachel Wilson Kilpatrick
Bill Holladay
Hey there Bruce--
Well good. I always intend to respond to your impassioned pleas for information—which are amusing and never whiny—but somehow I always miss your deadline. So the direct approach is better.
Not that I have very much to say. I lead a pretty ordinary life, thank God. LuAnne and I have been married for 26 years, blissfully child-free (although our dog, Liza Jane, could be mistaken for a spoiled two-year-old). We came to Indiana in 1984 for grad school (English) and could never bring ourselves to leave Bloomington. I’ve been with the marketing department of the Indiana University Foundation since 1987, and LuAnne is assistant director of a local arts nonprofit. I think we’re officially Hoosiers now.
Outside of work, I have too many hobbies for any grown man to legitimately pursue: baking, birding, limestone carving, cycling, gardening, vegetarian cooking, and yoga, among others. LuAnne and I both teach yoga classes at the local YMCA. (But I still can’t put my foot behind my head. People always ask that.) And we love to travel, preferably to France. Ah, the vineyards. The cafes. The patisseries. If only I could speak more than pidgin French, I’d consider moving there.
The other thing I’ll add is that I’ve finally become a basketball fan. You think NC is hoops-crazy: It’s practically a statutory requirement for residency here. I confess I never understood the game when I was at Davidson, but now I’m a die-hard Hoosiers fan. Nothing would please me more than for Davidson to knock off Purdue in Indianapolis this Saturday. I’d love to be at the game, but I’m a team leader for an Audubon Christmas Bird Count that day. Frankly, Davidson is a lot more fun to watch this year than Indiana, and has a much better chance of getting into the NCAA Tournament. Go Cats!!
I hope that’s enough for you to work with, and not too boring. I trust all is well with you, too. And thank you for being our class secretary! You do a great job, and having to cajole deadbeats like me...you deserve a medal. I would be honored to be mistaken for Bruce Holl-I-day, any day.
Well good. I always intend to respond to your impassioned pleas for information—which are amusing and never whiny—but somehow I always miss your deadline. So the direct approach is better.
Not that I have very much to say. I lead a pretty ordinary life, thank God. LuAnne and I have been married for 26 years, blissfully child-free (although our dog, Liza Jane, could be mistaken for a spoiled two-year-old). We came to Indiana in 1984 for grad school (English) and could never bring ourselves to leave Bloomington. I’ve been with the marketing department of the Indiana University Foundation since 1987, and LuAnne is assistant director of a local arts nonprofit. I think we’re officially Hoosiers now.
Outside of work, I have too many hobbies for any grown man to legitimately pursue: baking, birding, limestone carving, cycling, gardening, vegetarian cooking, and yoga, among others. LuAnne and I both teach yoga classes at the local YMCA. (But I still can’t put my foot behind my head. People always ask that.) And we love to travel, preferably to France. Ah, the vineyards. The cafes. The patisseries. If only I could speak more than pidgin French, I’d consider moving there.
The other thing I’ll add is that I’ve finally become a basketball fan. You think NC is hoops-crazy: It’s practically a statutory requirement for residency here. I confess I never understood the game when I was at Davidson, but now I’m a die-hard Hoosiers fan. Nothing would please me more than for Davidson to knock off Purdue in Indianapolis this Saturday. I’d love to be at the game, but I’m a team leader for an Audubon Christmas Bird Count that day. Frankly, Davidson is a lot more fun to watch this year than Indiana, and has a much better chance of getting into the NCAA Tournament. Go Cats!!
I hope that’s enough for you to work with, and not too boring. I trust all is well with you, too. And thank you for being our class secretary! You do a great job, and having to cajole deadbeats like me...you deserve a medal. I would be honored to be mistaken for Bruce Holl-I-day, any day.
Mike Knowles
Bruce,
8 years since my last appearance in the class notes? I guess that makes me especially un-newsworthy or maybe just old….
Anyway, 8 years ago we were living in Sydney, Australia, having relocated there from Chicago by way of Philadelphia. We returned to the US (St Louis) in 2002, and moved back to Chicago in 2005. Peggy and I have two boys, Tim (18) and Jacob (16), who are paying us back for all the things we put our parents through. I’m terrible about keeping in touch with anyone, although I do engage in sporadic e-mail exchanges with various Whiz Kidz who are scattered throughout these United States. In the category of “it’s a small world”, our younger son ended up on the same summer basketball team with one of Brian Coffey’s sons. Brian looks especially old, grey and haggard. I look particularly young and fit.
Best Regards,
Mike
8 years since my last appearance in the class notes? I guess that makes me especially un-newsworthy or maybe just old….
Anyway, 8 years ago we were living in Sydney, Australia, having relocated there from Chicago by way of Philadelphia. We returned to the US (St Louis) in 2002, and moved back to Chicago in 2005. Peggy and I have two boys, Tim (18) and Jacob (16), who are paying us back for all the things we put our parents through. I’m terrible about keeping in touch with anyone, although I do engage in sporadic e-mail exchanges with various Whiz Kidz who are scattered throughout these United States. In the category of “it’s a small world”, our younger son ended up on the same summer basketball team with one of Brian Coffey’s sons. Brian looks especially old, grey and haggard. I look particularly young and fit.
Best Regards,
Mike
Tracy Upchurch
Good morning Bruce: I hope this finds you well! 8 years, jeez, let's see.... After 25 years in the private practice of law, I joined the faculty at Flagler College in September, 2007 where I teach law and government courses, primarily in the Business Administration Department. It is wonderful! My students are great kids, it is an exciting time to be at Flagler, and it is both intellectually and professionally stimulating. In fact, in January, I am starting a masters program in history. My wife Beth teaches 4th grade and our two oldest children, Emily (Davidson class of 2005) and David (Elon class of 2006) are both out on their own and live in St. Augustine so we see them almost daily. Our son Thomas will graduate from the Naval Academy this spring and will have a five year commitment to the Marine Corp. And finally, Will, our youngest, is a junior in high school and beginning his college search. We are very happy and are very blessed! There you have it, my life in a paragraph! Merry Christmas to you. Tracy
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Ken Bell
Bruce:
Thanks for taking on the role of class secretary. I hope all is well with you.
I just wanted to give you an update of a recent gathering.
At the end of September, there was a mini-KA flickerball camp in Jacksonville. Bill McDade and Dave (Fly) Williams hosted Phil (Tex) Collins, Vance Christopher, Glen Ballard, Dave Thomas and Ken Bell for a weekend of football and fellowship. Glen was a real loser. On Saturday, we watched FSU dismantle Colorado. Ken is an FSU law grad and Glen's daughter attends Colo. Glen hoped for redemption on Sunday when we went to the Jaguar/Texan game. The OT loss was hard of the Texans. Bill has been with IBM for 30 years now. He heads their new employee training program in the U.S. Fly is still helping to run the family business which has extended relationships into China and South America. Vance and Glenn are practicing law in Houston. Dave is in-house counsel for a large nursing home company. After almost 18 years as a judge, Ken has left the Florida Supreme Court and returned to private practice in Pensacola.
If you need more details and much more humor, contact Bill and Dave.
Again, thanks!
Thanks for taking on the role of class secretary. I hope all is well with you.
I just wanted to give you an update of a recent gathering.
At the end of September, there was a mini-KA flickerball camp in Jacksonville. Bill McDade and Dave (Fly) Williams hosted Phil (Tex) Collins, Vance Christopher, Glen Ballard, Dave Thomas and Ken Bell for a weekend of football and fellowship. Glen was a real loser. On Saturday, we watched FSU dismantle Colorado. Ken is an FSU law grad and Glen's daughter attends Colo. Glen hoped for redemption on Sunday when we went to the Jaguar/Texan game. The OT loss was hard of the Texans. Bill has been with IBM for 30 years now. He heads their new employee training program in the U.S. Fly is still helping to run the family business which has extended relationships into China and South America. Vance and Glenn are practicing law in Houston. Dave is in-house counsel for a large nursing home company. After almost 18 years as a judge, Ken has left the Florida Supreme Court and returned to private practice in Pensacola.
If you need more details and much more humor, contact Bill and Dave.
Again, thanks!
Charlie Law 2nd Post
Dear Bruce,
Hi, there. I like your class notes blog. I think that's a good way to handle this sort of info. Just don't require us to post photos, O.K.? Or at least not current ones.
Here's something you may or may not want to post if you have a slow news month.
Through circumstances beyond my control I've found myself doing a political blog. A friend who works for a Capitol Hill newspaper set me up. Obviously I'm not really a pundit, but the paper was looking for somebody who has an overseas perspective (warped though it may be). I think they're trying to expand their web readership. Unfortunately, it doesn't pay anything.
Here's the link:
http://pundits.thehill.com/author/charlie-law/
Thanks for keeping up with people, Bruce.
-Charlie Law
Hi, there. I like your class notes blog. I think that's a good way to handle this sort of info. Just don't require us to post photos, O.K.? Or at least not current ones.
Here's something you may or may not want to post if you have a slow news month.
Through circumstances beyond my control I've found myself doing a political blog. A friend who works for a Capitol Hill newspaper set me up. Obviously I'm not really a pundit, but the paper was looking for somebody who has an overseas perspective (warped though it may be). I think they're trying to expand their web readership. Unfortunately, it doesn't pay anything.
Here's the link:
http://pundits.thehill.com/author/charlie-law/
Thanks for keeping up with people, Bruce.
-Charlie Law
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