RE Log Spring 2023

50 Ransom Everglades LOG SPRING 2023 Class Notes Adirondack-Florida School 1903-1949 1939 Carleton A. Cleveland Jr. see In Loving Memory 1942 Jeffrey Pettit, see In Loving Memory Ransom School 1953 Please consider becoming a class agent. 1954 Please consider becoming a class agent. 1957 Please consider becoming a class agent. 1960 Class Agent: Joe Annis (jpannis@aol.com ) 1961 Class Agents: Charles Sands (sandsvest@bellsouth.net ), Edward Seward (etseward1@gmail.com ) 1962 Class Agents: James Beverley (jamescbeverley@bellsouth.net ), Arthur Smith (macuquina@me.com ) 1963 REUNION APRIL 2023 Bruno Caciagli writes, “To my teach- ers, Mr. Bowden, Mr. Bell and Mr. De Carlo, on the occasion of the informal discussion of the JFK inaugural address, January 20, 1961, (‘Ask NOT what your country...’) I took to heart your words! The above-named teachers and I had an informal get together where they answered my questions and explained to me (a foreign student from Venezuela) the famous speech of President Kennedy at his inaugural address. Needless to say, I am so grateful that they took the time to explain it to me. I wish I had the opportunity to say thank you to them personally.” 1964 Class Agent: Lawrence Reeder (larry@howardsreederinc.com ) 1965 Class Agents: James Hobbs (jchobbs3@bellsouth.net ), Kurt Kunzel (kkunzel5@gmail.com ), Joseph Sanders (sandersmarketing@mindspring.com ) 1966 Please consider becoming a class agent. 1967 Please consider becoming a class agent. 1968 Class Agent: Ned Moore (Nmoore157@gmail.com) Michael Wohlfeld, see In Loving Memory 1969 Class Agent: Eric Buermann (eric.buermann@usa.net ) 1970 Class Agents: Chris Haub (chrisdeshaub@yahoo.com) , Steve Pearson (wadadasaw@gmail.com ) Mike Stresau writes, “David Crosby, a troubadour, passed away yesterday. “My reflections aren’t ‘Class Notes,’ but more perhaps a glint of Ransom School history a long time gone. I’m an alum of the Class of 1970, retired, and have lived in Houston, Tex., since my graduation from UF in 1975. I’ll try to stay on point and still include enough for you to perhaps appreciate my perspective of the school and its influences on at least some of us during the tumultuous 1968 to 1970 period. “From my first day as a boarding student, I sensed I was blessed to be a part of the Ransom family. The opportunity of being part of the Ransom life, after the regular school day ended, provided an unexpected and marvelous experience. Although winding down at the time, boarding students received more than just a glimpse of the school life designed by Paul Ransom many years earlier. The school, its teachers, administrators and fellow students were our day-to-day family. “Although it wasn’t apparent to me at the time, the opportunity to share thoughts, meals and impromptu visits with my teachers in unstructured conversations proved invaluable. These casual exchanges occurred spontaneously during breakfast, dinner or perhaps just walking across campus on a Sunday morning. The topics and freedom to voice perhaps unorthodox opinions provided fertile ground for personal development. “The 1968-70 period was the coming of age of the Boomers and we were right in the middle of it. I know we did our best to try the patience of the instructors and staff, but their openness, guidance and tolerance made us far better people than we might otherwise have been. They shaped us to ‘…believe that they are in the world not so much for what they can get out of it as for what they can put into it,’ as Paul C. Ransom said. I sometimes think JFK may have been familiar with his philosophy.