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Paul,

A very Happy Birthday. I saw this annoucement as I was passing by Mount Airy today. Many, many more.

Andy

Happy birthday, Namsoo!

Hey Sheldon! It was great to see you last year. A very Happy Birthday. I am pleased to discover that so many of the 233 are older than me. I am still a young 68 for most of this year.

Marc,
A belated Happy Birthday. Just think, I have known you since our early days at Finletter. We talked about getting together at the reunion and we should definitely do it. All the best.

Andy

Posted on: Sep 09, 2024 at 10:28 AM

Hey Gary,

A very Happy Birthday . It has been much too long and I pray you and your family enjoy good health. I was sorry you could not attend the reunion, but we are talking about one in three years. With all best wishes.

Andy

I first met Allen in 11th grade chemistry class--initially with Mrs. Rosenfeld and later with Mr. Tansley. He was teased relentlessly by the overstocked football team players with the "Bozo" routine, which eventually led to a fight in the hallway after one class between Allen the biggest teaser. The fight was a draw and neither was seriously hurt. That was enough to to earn him a degree of respect. Allen later leveraged his unwanted nickname when he ran for a seat on the student counsel, which he won (I voted for him). We stayed friends through our senior year, though only saw him at reunions afterwards. I made extra time during one of my teaching trips to the Pittsburgh area a couple of years ago to visit him and wife at their apartment followed by dinner at one of their favorite nearby restaurants. I hoped to see them again at our 50th reunion but his health issues prevented that. He was a kind soul, always took the high road, and was a class act. He will be sorely missed by me and many others.

What a loss.  He was clearly an iconic member of the 233 and will be remembered by all.  My prayers are with his family and close friends.

Posted on: Apr 21, 2024 at 8:19 PM

One of my hobbies is railroading in all forms--real, modeling, history, photography. authoring magazine articles and books, and doing presentations on various topics. One of my sidebar hobbies in this space is dining artifacts--most notably china and menus used on the dining cars. The weekend prior to our 50th reunion, I was invited to do PowerPoint lecture presentations on the subject--complete with sample show-and-tell pieces-- at the B&O Railroad Museum in downtown Baltimore MD. I thought they'd have me do this in a conference room, but instead they set me up in the middle of their main 1884 roundhouse building, right on the turntable! I'm wearing an authentic B&O RR head waiter's jacket, Navy blue trousers and bow tie, white shirt, and brass buttons for the jacket I was able to find on eBay. About half of the china pieces in the display were from the museum's collection, while the rest were from my own collection. I may be officially retired now, but I still keep busy teaching project management courses to adults, fitness training and railroading stuff!