1950s
Aaron Bluhm, LA'51, was profiled in the July 31 Boston Globe for his
courageous participation in the 192-mile Pan-Massachusetts Challenge bike
ride. Bluhm, who is seventy-four years old, lost part of his right leg
in a land-mine accident during World War II. "I knew my leg was blown
off, but I didn't know what part or how bad," he recalls today, adding,
"My life wasn't over. I had no hang-ups, so I didn't need psychiatric
help. I accepted it. And I figured I would be able to do things that are
within reason. For example, I don't think I'm going to win road races,
so I just don't enter. Overall, I had a pretty good attitude about it."
Bluhm and his wife, Evelyn, were married for thirty-nine years before she
died in 1988 of ovarian cancer. Their son, Jerry, was motivated by his
mother's fight against the disease and joined the Pan-Massachusetts Challenge,
which supports the Jimmy Fund. This year, Bluhm, Jerry, and his grandson,
Jonathan, all participated. In preparation for his first Challenge, Bluhm
took up skiing to get in shape. Now he's an instructor at Mount Sunapee
in New Hampshire.
James A. MacMellon, E'53, of Plainfield, Massachusetts, writes,
"Following a career spanning thirty-five years in Cold Warrelated
systems, including submarine electronics, early warning radars, and underground
command centers, I retired in the late 1980s. Time spent since then includes
visiting our three children and four grandchildren in Amherst, Kentucky,
and California, interspersed with doing home repairs, building a house
high in the Berkshires, and taking courses in insurance and real estate.
I recently sold my four-bedroom house in Chelmsford and moved 'skyward'
to altitude 1,700 feet in western Mass., which provides a microclimate
cooling of eighteen degrees. Even though my wife, Helen, and I have snowshoes
and parkas, we will spend our winters in Mesa, Arizona."
Frank L. Fasano, LA'54, has been elected an honored service member
of the Society of Plastics Engineers. The award was presented at the society's
annual conference and awards luncheon in June in Atlanta. Fasano and his
wife, Carolyn, live in Cudjoe Key, Florida.
Sheldon Aronson, P'57, of Boxford, Massachusetts, has been elected
chair of the Hospice of the North Shore board of directors. He is vice
president for corporate operations for Beverly Hospital and oversees the
Hunt Center and the North Shore Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center.
Aronson has been involved in health care administration for thirty years
and was president and chief executive officer of the Josiah B. Thomas Hospital
in Peabody for nearly ten years.
Richard W. Bishop, BA'57, MEd'61, of Westwood, Massachusetts,
writes, "As for this old Husky, I recently retired following twenty
years of service with a sister institution, Babson College. Now Joan and
I will be able to spend more time with our three children and their families.
If any classmates are interested in sharing memories, I can be reached
at <bishop@aol.com>."
Roger G. Weaving, BA'58, retired in July as a senior vice president
at Providence Health Services of the Archdiocese of New York. He and his
wife celebrated their fortieth wedding anniversary in May at a renewal
celebration and reception. Guests included their 4 children, 9 grandchildren,
and 100 other family members and friends. Weaving and his wife then took
a ten-day cruise to Alaska.
Tristan Leavitt, LA'59, and his wife, Dorothy, live in a forty-four-acre
farm in Princeton, Maine. He writes, "This is a big change from big
cities. I am, if you can believe, the gatekeeper in the local Grange. My
wife, formerly vice president of human relations for a major Baltimore
hospital, and I are starting a new business reviewing position descriptions
for hospitals that need help in passing JCAHO certification inspections.
Any former ACC members wandering up this way, please get in touch."
Robert A. Lehman, BA'59, of Phoenix, Arizona, would like to know
when and where his class is celebrating its fortieth reunion in 1999.