A Message from Class President Philip Detjens

[image of Class President Philip Detjens] Welcome to the Class website. It is intended to supplement the Princeton Alumni Weekly and help disseminate timely information about the varied activities of the Class and facilitate more effective communication and interaction. Its content is constantly changing so please access it frequently and help us by supplying photos and items of interest that concern our Class. Its value is enhanced by your ideas and participation. The Princeton Alumni Weekly is the only vehicle that goes to all members of the Class, not just those with internet connections, so please continue to supply our Class Secretary, Dick Grieves, with news by clicking here .

Events from previous years can be found on the Archives page.

Lance Robinson sends in a photo of a random weekend in the Green Bar at Cannon Club .

The Class’s new officers, elected by on Saturday night of Reunions, and listed here , are now in place.
posted 30 June 2010

Read about an unexpected Princeton connection at World Cup 2010 here .
posted 26 June 2010

This year’s Sachs Scholar, Josh Grehan ’10, has gained even more honors. Details are here .
posted 11 June

The Class’s 50th Reunion has come to a highly successful close. There are already many features on the Reunions pages with more to come. Some highlights:
Upload your own photos, and see photos by others
View an interview with classmates by the Prince
and more!
posted 30 May, updated 7 June 2010

Annual Giving update from Rich McGlynn: We are now at 58% participation and the total given so far is $2.9M. Remember that our Challenge Fund (see details below) can allow you to multiply your gift, so please consider giving if you haven't already, or giving additionally if you have!
posted 13 May 2010

President Phil Becton proudly announces:
The Class has been awarded the 1932 Plaque for the 2008-2009 fiscal year. This is awarded to the class with the highest percentage of dues payers more than 25 but less than 50 years out of Princeton. Atta Boys and Locomotives to Class Treasurer Extraordinaire John Cartier!
posted 28 April 2010

Dee Rinker has written to all Class Associates, encouraging them to attend Reunions if they have not already decided to do so. Read her letter here.
posted 19 April 2010

Here is an Annual Giving update from President Phil Becton: Our goals are 85% participation with a total of $4.5 million. So far 296 classmates (or 49%) have given or pledged a total of $2.65 million, which beats our previous giving total. Now a $500,000 Class of 1960 Challenge Fund has been established which will match on a dollar for dollar basis all additional and new gifts which are above your previous best. If for example your previous best donation was $100 and you give $1,000, the Challenge Fund will match your increase of $900 and the University will receive a total of $1,900! You will receive shortly a letter providing additional details on exactly how to participate in this program.
posted 8 April 2010

At a planning meeting on 26 March, the Reunions Committee met members of the student crew, (from L) Nellie Morris, registration manager, Cam Ritchie, crew chief, and Marc Hagel, bar manager.
posted 26 March 2010

Firestone Library will be presenting a special exhibition on the works of Clark Gesner in the 18th Century Room during Reunions, May 24-June 3, 2010. The exhibition features ephemera, photographs, scores, and recordings from Clark’s incredibly successful musical, “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown”, and from Triangle Club productions during his undergraduate years.
posted 4 March 2010

Approximately 21 classmates and partners/others attended the Class Dinner on 1 March, and were treated to a fascinating lecture by Preston Haskell, naming some globally recognized best practices where the United States has a way to go to catch up to some portions of the rest of the world.
posted 4 March 2010

We apologize for the recent website downtime. A vendor at our hosting provider accidentally set off a fire suppression system which destroyed a number of servers, including ours, and it took a few days to re-create the website.
posted 28 February 2010

(from left) Wing, Lord, Bush, Willard, Hilles
photo credit: Ted Hilles

This year's Alumni Day on February 20 was supplemented for the first time by Princeton's Office of Stewardship honoring all ten of the Classes of the 1960's at a luncheon the previous day to celebrate all the scholarships associated with those ten Classes and included a number of the undergraduates who are the recipients of the financial assistance these scholarships provide. Representing 1960 was David Rahr, Harry Lord, Philip Detjens, Dave Willard and Joan Sachs Shaw [and Tom Wing and Ted Hilles]. Josh Grehan, this year's Sachs Scholar, was one of the four students who spoke. The Scholarships associated with 1960 are:
The Alfred R. Glancy lll '60 Scholarship
The Haskell Scholarship
The Murray Family Scholarship
The Danial M. Sachs Class of 1960 Graduating Scholarship
The Wertheimer Family Endowed Scholarship

I was the Class Representative at the Service of Remembrance held on Alumni Day on February 20. Members of the Class of 1960 added to the Memorial Roll were:
David Ernest Daum November 1, 2008*
Peter Mark Deluca January 1,1991*
Gerald Scott Hammond July 30, 2009
Clifton Harlan Wells Maloney September 25, 2009
Nicholas Andrew Rey January 14, 2009
by Philip Detjens, 22 February 2010

As of today, the following Classmates and companions have signed up for the Class Dinner:
Robert Baylis
Philip and Betsy Becton
Will and Amber Becton
Evan Bush
John Calk
Bill Cobbs
Philip and Susan Detjens
Lee Fuller
Perry Hall
Preston and Joan Haskell
Jim Hirschy
Mike Southwell and Lillian Salazar
Bob and Rowann Villency
Bart Voorsanger
Peter Williamson
(updated 22 February 2010)

The University's Printing Dept. is experiencing delays in the printing and mailing of the invitation to the annual dinner of the Classes of 1960 and 1961. This event is to be held on March 1, 2010 at the Racquet and Tennis Club, 370 Park Avenue, (between 52nd and 53rd Streets) in New York City. Speaker is Preston H. Haskell lll '60 who is the Founder and Chairman of the Haskell Company and a former Trustee of Princeton University. He will talk on Global Best Practices and the United States. Cost is $115 per person which includes open bar, hors d'oeuvres, dinner with wine. Deadline for payment is February 26, 2010 with no refunds after that date. Members of 1960 are asked to please send your check (made out to Princeton Class of 1960) and the names of all attendees to:
Philip S. Detjens '60
1458 Barnum Street
Sheffield, MA. 01257
If necessary contact Philip by e-mail or phone 413-229-2372.
posted 11 February 2010

The 1960 and 1961 Annual Class Dinner will be on Monday, March 1, 2010 with drinks at 6pm and Dinner at 7pm at the Racquet and Tennis Club, 370 Park Avenue (Bet. 52nd and 53rd Street) in New York City. Cost is $115 per person with Open Bar, Hors d'oeuvres, Dinner with wine.

Speaker will be Preston H. Haskell III ’60 who is the Founder and Chairman of the Haskell Company and a former Trustee of Princeton University. His speech is entitled “Global Best Practices and the United States.” Background on Preston’s career is here .

Start planning now to attend Alumni Day on Saturday, 20 February 2010. Information from the University is here .

John Cartier writes with an update on Class Dues which is here .

Josh Grehan ’10 has been named as this year’s Sachs Scholar. The announcement in The Daily Princetonian is here . The University’s press release is here .

The collected Clark Gesner papers have been donated to the Princeton University Library. A donation from the Class helped to support cataloging, and the entire collection is now available to the public. Information is here . We expect to have a small exhibition at Reunions.

Ed Smith makes an appearance on the Wild and Crazy page.

There is updated information on Clif Maloney's climb of Cho Oyu on the Wild and Crazy page .

John Cartier writes with a second appeal for Class dues .

The threat of bad weather, and who knows what else, consipired to drive down attendance at the Yale game on 14 November, preceded by a “tailgate lunch” in Jadwin Gym (left picture) and followed by the Class Cocktail Party in the Terrace Club Library (right picture). Seen somewhere were Evan Bush and Mack Emmert, Beth and Rick Carrick, Nancy and Bill Deiss, Philip Detjens, Vicky and Rich McGlynn, Bill McMillan, Joan Sachs Shaw, Mike Southwell, Peg and Dave Willard (fresh off the plane returning from Scotland), and Peggy and Tom Wing. Those who did attend got to see a very exciting (if not exactly errorless) victory by Princeton. photo credits: Diane Davidson ’s61, Beth Carrick
A special prize is being offered by Rick Carrick to the first person to identify what is wrong with the picture on the left above. Contact Rick to collect.

Nearly 20 years’ service as Chair of the Grad Board of Terrace Club by Dave Willard were commemorated upon his retirement with the dedication on 31 October 2009 of a formal portrait of him and the renaming of the upper living room as the “David A. Willard Room.” David remains as Chairman Emeritus.

Tex Harris reports: The Mid Atlantic Members of the Class of 1960 are planning to join together at Anna and Stanley Dees lovely farm “Crednal” starting at noon on Saturday, October 17 in Middleburg, VA for a catered country luncheon with added veggies. We will share the costs. Please email Terry.Cooper4@verizon.net and Tex.Harris@gmail.com.

A moving Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Clif Maloney, concluding with the singing of “Old Nassau,” was held on 9 October 2009 in New York City. The Class was represented by Kit Bond, Bush, Cartier, Detjens, Fuller, Rousseau, Joan Sachs Shaw, Southwell, and Williamson, some in Reunion jackets. The University was represented by both Paul Raeder ’h62, longtime Alumni Relations liaison, who had worked closely with Clif over many years, and his successor Nat Howe.

John Cartier, Class Treasurer, writes as follows about the Class’s dues collection:

The opening results for our first dues mailing this Fall has been very successful. We have received over 125 responses, including Class gifts and contributions to the Sachs Scholarship Fund. I am hoping that in this, our 50th year, we can do extremely well in terms of participation. My hope is to exceed the ber which would set a new record for participation and give us a strong balance for the Class treasury. An early response from everyone is very helpful.

Efforts for the 50th Reunion are underway and I encourage everyone to return your Registration forms as soon as possible. If anyone has any comments or questions about the Dues Appeal, please do not hesitate to call me at (212) 472-8177 or via email at JCartier@nyc.rr.com. The sooner you respond, the less expenses we will have to incur for additional mailings. Many, many thanks to all those who have already participated and to all those who will participate soon.

Virginia Maloney ’10 writes as follows:

My father, Clif Maloney, passed away last night [26 September 2009] at Base Camp 3 on Cho Oyu in his sleep. [His guide] Marty notified me this morning. Marty is safe and coming down the mountain... My dad's last words before going to sleep were “I’m the happiest man in the world. I’ve just summited a beautiful mountain.” We know that he died doing what he most enjoyed.

UPDATE At approximately 930am local time on 24 September, after a nine-hour climb in extreme cold, Clif summited Cho Oyu, the oldest [by four years] American ever to do so.

Clif Maloney is climbing again. As of this writing, he is camped at 22,000 feet on Cho Oyu, the sixth highest mountain in the world (8201 m/26906 ft high), on the border between Nepal and China. He is aiming at summiting on Wednesday 23 September. A complete recap will appear on the Wild and Crazy page when he is back.

We know that at least two classmates were at the Citadel game on 19 September 2009: (from left) Mike Hanford ’68, Beaver, Willard.

Recent Deaths

This list will include all recent deaths of which we have become aware. Watch for Class Memorials in PAW. If you have additions to this list, please contact us . Previous years’ lists can be found here.

James Kreder, 20 February 2010
Ed Pell, 4 January 2010
John Wharton, 9 November 2009
John K. Archambault, 21 October 2009
Clif Maloney, 26 September 2009
Gerald Hammond, 30 July 2009
David Daum, 1 November 2008
William Lytle Heiberg, 15 October 2002
William Bailey Hogan, 22 August 1965

Information about locating Class Memorials is here. Special thanks to Paul Taylor for his work in collecting these.