1940s
Nathan Aron, E'40, of Laguna Hills, California, has volunteered for
the past two years at the University of CaliforniaIrvine's Science
Technology Society Program, which seeks to improve science teaching in
public schools.
Harvey S. Miller, E'41, of Newton, Massachusetts, says he's "still
working and still boating."
Virginia Kane O'Connell, BB'41, of Charlotte, North Carolina,
says she's saddened by the death of former classmate Marjorie Clark Lewis,
in June 1998. "A very well respected physical therapist with a wonderful
family," she writes.
James A. Maneatis, E'42, of San Mateo, California, has been retired
for eight years. He says he's in "good health, playing a lot of golf,
and enjoying my grandchildren." The oldest is a sophomore at the University
of CaliforniaSan Diego, and the other is a high school junior.
Violet D. Moyes, L'42, of Wollaston, Massachusetts, writes, "No
exciting activities on which to report. Just that I'm still alive and kicking
and would like to see notes from classmates in 1941 and 1942."
William W. Robinson, BA'42, has retired from the Navy as a rear
admiral. He recently participated in a ceremony that designated Pearl Harbor
as the permanent home of the battleship USS Missouri. Robinson witnessed
the Japanese surrender ceremony ending World War II aboard the Missouri
in Tokyo, Japan, on September 2, 1945. The ship is permanently berthed
next to the USS Arizona on Ford Island in Pearl Harbor, symbolizing the
beginning and end of World War II.
John D. Woodworth, E'42, of Oakhurst, New Jersey, has six grandchildren
and travels by motor home from Florida to Alaska and to the Canadian provinces.
He teaches celestial navigation.
Mel Levine, E'44, of Brighton, Massachusetts, says he continues
to apply engineering skills learned at Northeastern to create businesses
and attractions in communities such as Essex, Connecticut, and Lynn, Massachusetts.