September 2002			Big-Picture Transformation End of an Era Fortunate Son	Letters Sports E Line Books Alumni Passages Classes From the Field First-Person Huskiana
		1950s Murray N. Markson, BA’50, of Brighton, Massachusetts, sends in this update: “I just had some facial surgery, and I am feeling OK.” Friends may e-mail him at <elmar50@aol.com>. Elliott Adelman, BA’51, of Montebello, California, writes, “Joan and I celebrated our fiftieth wedding anniversary (June 22) with a two-week tour of China. Starting in Beijing, we visited Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City (home to China’s emperors), and a section of the Great Wall. A five-day cruise up the Yangtze River included a stop at the construction site of the Three Gorges Dam. Then we flew to Xian, where we saw the Terra Cotta Warriors (reassembling them must have been a jigsaw puzzler’s dream, as most had been smashed during the 2,000 years since they were originally buried). We ended in Shanghai on our actual anniversary. Earlier in the year, we had driven to Stockton, California, to visit friends, and to Grants, New Mexico, for an Elderhostel on ancient and present Native Americans. We also had flown to Raleigh, North Carolina, to visit our older daughter, Ellen. In August, we will travel to Toronto, home of our younger daughter’s in-laws, for a family gathering. Julius E. “Lou” Augunas, BA’52, and his wife, Marion, will celebrate their fiftieth anniversary, on August 1. Lou was a Northeastern News photographer from 1948 through 1952. They live in Hampton, Virginia. John Harold Selander, LC’52, E’61, MBA’67, of Herndon, Virginia, and his wife, Pat, had planned to participate in the class of 1952 reunion, but he was hospitalized for a heart problem and was unable to attend. As a three-time Husky, he started what became a family tradition. Three of his six Selander cousins in the Boston area attended NU: He was followed by Britta Karlsson, LA’59, MS’67; Herbert Selander, UC’68; and Roy Selander, UC’73. They were the first college graduates in their family, which descends from Swedish immigrants. In addition, Francis Cusick, LC’64, is the son-in-law of a Selander sister, Selma. The Northeastern trend continued in the next generation with John’s son, Robert Selander, BA’78; Herbert’s daughter, Diane Selander Naeger, N’84; Roy’s daughter, Linda Selander Garr, N’84; Francis’s son, Glenn Cusick, UC’88, UC’89; Linda’s husband, Jeffrey Garr, AS’83; and John’s son-in-law, Francis Bean, BA’93. Jim Chandler, E’53, of Hull, Massachusetts, says he “doesn’t seem to be able to fully retire.” He is the sealer of weights and measures for Hull and serves on the board of appeals. He’s also chairman of the Braintree Rifle and Pistol Club and is overseeing a construction update of the club’s facilities. Dick Peak, LA’53, of Sun Lakes, Arizona, has competed in the 1,500-meter race walk in the Senior Olympics at Arizona State University for the past four years. He took fourth place in his first three years; this year, he placed third to take the bronze medal. Angelo George, E’55, of Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, writes, “The George family founded Engineered Security Systems, in 1971, from which I retired in 1999. Laurie and I enjoy having eleven grandchildren, produced by four very good friends who used to be our children. We winter in Sarasota (Siesta Key) and travel to Europe with close friends when the spirit moves us. Our websites <www.engineeredsecurity.com> and <www.accessplus2000.com> consume a great deal of my time. Visit them.” Charles Price, E’55, ME’60, of Lexington, Massachusetts, retired as a member of the technical staff at Mitre Corporation in 1993. He returned to school (Boston University), then provided visual basic software support for Microsoft until July 1996. He taught evenings at Northeastern’s Lowell Institute School of Technology from 1960 to 2001. He also devotes much time and effort to the Lexington Minute Men. As a member of this group, he portrays Prince Estabrook, a slave who was a member of the original group of Lexington militia who fought the British Regulars on Lexington Green the morning of April 19, 1775. During the skirmish, Estabrook was wounded, making him the first black casualty of the Revolutionary War. A Boston Globe reporter, Alice Hinkle, has written a book, Prince Estabrook, Slave and Soldier, in which Price is mentioned for having reenacted the main character for the past twenty-seven years. He notes he’d like to hear from classmates (“if any of them are still kicking”) by e-mail at <lmmpcc@rcn.com>. Richard E. Brooks, E’57, is “living by the seashore in Cohasset, Massachusetts, with spouse, Linda, and nine-year-old son, Matthew. I’m still very active in business ventures and golf. Very sad to learn of the passing of Coach Zabilski and teammate George O’Rourke. I respected both greatly. Repeating my inquiry: Where have you gone, Jack Crognale and Bob Barton? Call.” Al Oliva, BA’57, reports that he and Jean have retired to an active adult community in Gainesville, Virginia. “After spending more than thirty years in the Washington, D.C., area, this is where we settled,” he writes. “Still active in golf, skiing, and volunteer work. Still traveling while we are in good health.” Richard F. Desrosiers, E’59, ME’61, delivers an up-to-date (and third-person) assessment of where he is in life. He says he “is not retired; is not married; never owned his own business; never was a corporate principal; is third in line at Baxter & Woodman’s Huntley, Illinois, office; has only one still-mortgaged modest home in Woodstock, Illinois; and has his name on only three bronze plaques (at the town hall, police station, and fire station) in Pembroke, Massachusetts, where he used to live.” Desrosiers adds that he “has always been proud of his seven years at NU; of his four children (Dave, Nancy, Jean, and Carol); of having been an officer in the Navy; of having been an associate at Whitman & Howard; of being able to have more fun fishing than anyone around him; and of being of sound mind (+/-) and body.” He also notes that “in typical civil-engineering planning fashion,” his retirement is scheduled for January 12, 2008.