May/Jun 2013

Bruce Mazo, after prodding from your scribe, has submitted this report: “I have relocated myself and my firm, Secure Retirement Advisors LLC, to Brookline, Massachusetts. My office is at Coolidge Corner in an historic building above CVS and Dunkin’ Donuts! After 15 years in Florida, I was ready for a ‘change of scenery.’ My son had moved to Boston for a TV job and has stayed here to write, produce, and direct his first documentary film, Coexist. My daughter lives in Paris. She and her husband very recently brought my first grandchild into the world—what a great joy! At The Game, I ran into John Weber, who goes way back with me because he and I are also members of the Hill School Class of 1965.”

By the time you read this, Len Hill’s film, Dorfman in Love, with Sara Rue and Elliott Gould, will have opened in theaters on March 22. The film also will have had an exclusive PPV showing on DirectTV from March 22 to April 20. Dick Williams and family visited the set during the shooting. Most of the production was centered in the Arts District of L.A. where Len’s real estate company, Linear City, has been converting old warehouses into mixed-use loft space.

Roger Collins e-writes: “After graduating with a BA in psychology, I went on to receive a master of arts in teaching at Yale while serving as the second director of the Urban Improvement Corps at Yale, which is still operating under the auspices of Yale’s Afro American Cultural Center. I taught in the history department at Lee High School in New Haven before going back to graduate school and receiving a doctorate in clinical psychology from Harvard. After completing a post-doc at Northeastern University, I took a faculty position at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Education where I worked for the past 31 years, receiving their teacher of the year award in 1989. Toward the end of my career, I began publishing short fiction and writing stage plays which I look forward to continuing post-retirement. My wife, Patricia Hill Collins, and I have been married for the past 35-plus years and we have one lovely daughter, Valerie, an attorney in Washington, DC.”

A press release from Loews Hotels and Resorts states that Richard Senechal, AIA, “has been promoted to executive vice president of facilities, responsible for all aspects of capital planning, technical services, design, construction, and engineering at all Loews properties. Senechal, who joined Loews Hotels & Resorts in 2005, has played an integral role as the company continues to expand its brand.”

Ted Snow has checked in: “Having spent the last 33 years as a faculty member in astronomy at the University of Colorado, I’m about to retire because of a health problem. I had a major stroke six years ago—but I was able to teach and go on with my research program after that, for the next four years. Then my speech worsened to the point that I couldn’t lecture, but I could work with students outside the classroom. Most of my research is in space astronomy, with several rockets (I can say I am a true rocket scientist!) and satellites, including the Hubble Space Telescope. In the meantime I have three grown-up boys (men) with my wife, Connie.” Your scribe, not given to hyperbole, believes that the Hubble is one of mankind’s great achievements.

Lang Wheeler and Art Segal, our esteemed cosecretaries, propose a mini-reunion at a bargain price at the Weekapaug Inn (Rhode Island) over the weekend of October 25–27. It will be a planning session for our reunion plus fun things like golf, fishing, birding, and camaraderie. Weekapaug Inn is America’s newest Relais et Chateaux so you will eat well and sleep comfortably. Contact Lang (langwheeler@gmail.com) or Art (asegalplus@aol.com) for more details. Our 45th reunion will be held (tentatively) May 29–June 1, 2014. Details will follow in future columns. Plan to be there!

“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” —Leo Buscaglia, author (1924–1998).