RE Log - Spring 2020

46 Ransom Everglades LOG SPRING 2020 Class Notes 1970 REUNION YEAR Class Agents: Chris Haub (chrisdeshaub@yahoo.com ), Steve Pearson (wadadasaw@gmail.com ) Steve Pearson and Tony Lamas got together on January 10 to celebrate Tony’s 68th birthday and One photo was taken at Club Habana, a complex for diplomats that was the pre- revolution Biltmore Yacht and Country Club, where we lunched with our Cuban colleagues. The other photo is of Pat and me in Plaza de la Revolucion in Havana in front of a mural of revolutionary Che Guevara. This was the site of masses held by visiting Popes Francis and John Paul II, as well as rallies and speeches by Cuban President Fidel Castro.” the 50th anniversary of when they were roommates at college. Tony is a cardiologist and researcher at Mt. Sinai Medical Center and Columbia University. Steve plants trees, educates about the environment and protests for climate action and against the current president. 1971 REUNION YEAR Class Agents: Mark Harrison (adevco1@msn.com ), David Skipp (dfskipp2001@yahoo.com) Alec Jones is a retired orthopedic spine surgeon. He has a second career as a medical device inventor. He has so many memories of a happy six years at Ransom, first through sixth form: Bowden, Bell, Kelly – The “Big 3.” Arthur Unger , see Samantha Katz Unger ’97 John Walton writes, “I’ve accumulated assorted bric a brac in numerous desks over five decades. Just the other day rummaging through this collection, I ran into this keepsake (see photo) ... Chris Haub says he still has his shackle belt. Even if I had one we made back then, I admit that my girth has outgrown it.” 1972 Class Agent: Carlos Prio-Touzet (carlos@touzetstudio.com) 1973 Class Agent: Roger Bear (rogerdavidbear@gmail.com) James Cassel is co-founder and chairman of Cassel Salpeter & Co., an independent investment banking firm in Miami. 1974 Class Agents: Andrew Hague (ashague@yahoo.com) , Douglas Weiser ( doug@4weiser.com) Wendell Graham and wife Janice have four children, one granddaughter and a little one on the way. He retired from the judiciary in August 2018 but is continuing to practice law. He writes, “Life is slower, but I remain busy visiting children and family. We look forward to the next class reunion.” Wendell attended the 2019 Holiday Party and took part in a photo with former Ransom Everglades trustees. L-R: Wendell, Donna Fales, John Shubin ’79 , Elaine Stokes, Anthony Rolle ’79 and Robert Sturges. 1975 Class Agents: Edward Casal (emc.home@gmail.com ), John Fleeman (jbflee@gmail.com ) José Armando Tamayo Herrera is managing family businesses along with local premier elite FUTSOC youth soccer club and the ENIGMA Cup international youth soccer tournament. He also plans to launch the FUTSOC International Residential Academy (FIRA) with a soon-to-be-disclosed world renowned European 1st Division professional soc- cer club. Everglades School for Girls 1960 Class Agent: Matilee Howard Johnson (mjohnson@wdfmuseum.org ) 1961 Class Agent: Katherine Swenson Kahan (kkahannyc@mac.com) 1962 Class Agent: Jourdan Moore Houston (vistafluvias@gmail.com)