country radio industry. Mike works with his
wife Ginny, and they have two children — a
22-
year-old daughter studying to be a
physician’s assistant, and a 15-year-old son
who is an elite level hockey goalie.
Sunchai A. Rajadhon, Ph.D. ‘72*
sends
his regards. He was last at Storm King in
2003
for the 30th class reunion. Sunchai,
and his wife Kanda, still retain their house
in Bangkok but their kids live there.
Sunchai wrote that he has been living in
Chiang Mai, in the North of Thailand, for
almost four years, the last two full time,
as he in now retired and devoting his
time to animals.
Olly Quayle ‘65
reports that he has
embarked on his third career. His first
career was as a teacher, then he was
principal, and after that he earned a
master’s degree in Psychology and is now
working as a mental health counselor in
Burlington, Vermont. Olly hasn’t been
back to the mountain since graduation, but
hopes to make his first trip back for Reunion
2014 (
a warm up for his 50th!) Olly said “I
remember really feeling nurtured by my
teachers at SKS”.
Bob Corey ‘63*
writes: OMG what a great
50
th reunion in June! We had more
classmates attending than any other class
—
pretty amazing for a bunch of guys over
60.
To all my classmates that came, thanks
for the memories and the wonderful
reconnections. For those that were there in
spirit, I hope you felt some of the vibes
emanating from the mountain that
weekend. Those of us who were there
decided that our next reunion will be in four
years, not five, so we can be part of the
celebration of the 150th anniversary of the
school. Mark your calendars now (before
CRS sets in)! To my classmates —write
something for these class notes!!
Since graduating from SKS,
Peter Boyce
‘54*
,
attended Harvard and graduated in
1958,
earned a PhD in astronomy from
Michigan University in 1963, and worked at
Lowell Observatory for 10 years. He was a
program officer at the National Science
Foundation in charge of astronomical
instrumentation ($6 million budget) for six
years, then received a congressional
fellowship and worked for a year as science
advisor to Congressman Mo Udall from
Arizona. He held the position of Executive
Officer of the American Astronomical
Society (AAS) for 16 years. Under Boyce’s
leadership, the AAS was the first scientific
society to put their scientific journals on line.
Dr. Boyce got an award from
Science
magazine for building the cooperative
organization which combined the NASA
database of abstracts with the electronic
journal and the worldwide databases of
information in 1996. Other fields, like
biology, still have nothing like this electronic
resource. His contributions, especially in the
realm of electronic publishing, have been
meaningful for the advancement of
knowledge about the world we live in. Dr.
Boyce also served as the editor of the
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
from 1979 to 1996 and the editor and
publisher of the
Newsletter of the American
Astronomical Society
during the same period.
He has a number of scholarly papers to his
credit including an article in
Science
on
astronomical detectors.
Lionel L. Rowe ‘51
sent copies of three
tennis certificates of USTA National Rankings
for the grandfather and grandson hard court
national championships held in LaJolla,
California for the past three years. His two
15-
year old grandsons (twins) rotate each
year playing with him in these tournaments.
In 2010, Lionel Rowe and Billy James
Rowe were tenth in the nation. In 2011,
Lionel Rowe and Charlie Wilson Rowe were
sixth in the nation. This year Billy and he
won the nationals and will try to defend out
title in December.
Lionel played varsity tennis for five years
on the mountain, sometimes with Herb
Sauer, who according to Lionel was the only
one that could beat him! He is in the SKS
Hall of Fame for tennis.
Bruce Dolph ‘50*
of Manhattan Beach,
California writes: I’ve obviously put this on
hold for too long, but I was just going
through the latest issue of
On the Mountain
,
and saw a picture of Herb Sauer. He taught
me math during the years (1946-50)
when I was a student at SKS. He was a
great teacher as well as a fine coach. Nine
years later, after graduation from
Annapolis and flying in the USAF, I
returned to SKS as a math teacher —
under the supervision of Herb Sauer. I
also was an assistant baseball coach
under Herb, as well as the JV basketball
coach with Dave VanDyck ‘40. I was
married during my one year there as a
teacher. My Best Man was
Dick Silver
,
who taught English, lived in the
Infirmary, and wound up marrying the
school nurse. One of my ushers was
Arnold Toback
,
who taught history and
was a flaming liberal. We spent many happy
evenings playing Foosball and drinking.
Occasionally we would go with another
teacher (Tom Tenney), to hoist a few in
Newburgh, which Tom referred to as
“
Newbs”.
Opposite: Jun Wang ‘08 with Scott Hunt during
her recent SKS visit; Left: Mike Brophey ‘72
displays a guitar autographed by Taylor Swift;
Right: Peter Boyce ‘54 talks to an 8th grade
biology class.
*
To read more about these
SKS alumni, go to class
notes on our website:
sks.org/alumni/class-notes
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