1940s—1960s
Andy Newman (St. Louis) is Chairman of Hackett Security Inc. and also serves on the Board of Trustees of Washington University… Bud Schram (Highland Park, IL/Boston) is a brokerage director with Mass Mutual Financial Group… Michael Eastman (St. Louis) had an exhibit of his photography work at the William Shearburne Gallery in St. Louis… Alain Beretz (Strasbourg, France) has been a member of the University of Strasbourg’s pharmacology faculty since 1990 and has served as president of the university since 2009… A photograph of Ricky Gitt (St. Louis/New York) appeared in
Box hockey, 1950
The New York Times in June. It showed him reading a book to an abused dog as part of an effort by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to reintroduce the dogs to human socialization… Lars Kolind (Copenhagen, Denmark) serves as chairman of the World Scout Organization, which is working to transform scouting into the world’s premier leadership development program… Bill Tucker (St. Louis/New York City) has written a book titled Narratives of Recovery from Serious Mental Illness… Steve Wilson (Fort Smith, AR/La Quinta, CA) teaches urological surgery procedures… Dale Wilson (Fort Smith, AR/Houston) has retired after serving 36 years (and seven years of consulting) with the U.S. Customs Service… Ed Altman (Fort Smith, AR/Studio City, CA) serves as a vice president with Value Labs, a firm dealing with media and entertainment sales and solutions.
1970s—1980s
Tri-camp archery team, 1982
Jon Fisher (St. Louis/Pittsburgh) is a senior metals trader at Wimco Metals, a dealer in non-ferrous metals… Kurt Ryden (Wilmette, IL/New York City) is a Managing Director and private client advisor at U.S. Trust, Bank of America… Josh Solomon (New York City) had the pleasure of seeing his BOSS (Manhattan’s Business of Sports School) highlighted last winter in both The New York Times and on Good Morning America. On the latter, a group of students from the school served as guest interviewers. They interviewed Bill and Melinda Gates… Sanjay Jain (St. Louis) is an adjunct professor teaching entrepreneurship at St. Louis University and Washington University… Mitch Cohen (Chicago/Boulder) is the director of surgery at Denver Health medical center and a professor in the department of surgery at the University of Colorado School of Medicine… Matt Goshko (Washington, D.C.) is a Deputy Director in the Office of Western Europe Affairs at the U.S. Department of State… Scott Silk (Louisville/San Francisco) is a regional director for Hands of Peace, an interfaith organization that brings young Palestinians, Israelis and Americans together to pursue peace, equality, freedom and justice… Tom Ruwitch (St. Louis) serves on the boards of the Scholarship Foundation, Aim High St. Louis, the Sheldon Arts Foundation, and Hope Happens.
1990s—2000s
All-camp birthday, 2006
Andrea L’Tainen (Philadelphia) teaches third grade at Germantown Friends School… Michael Tolan (St. Louis/Minneapolis) is community engagement coordinator at Preservation Alliance of Minnesota, a nonprofit organization working statewide for the use, reuse and preservation of historic buildings and sites… Troy Brodsky (St. Louis) is the executive director of the St Louis Brewers Guild and as is in charge of planning the annual St. Louis Brewers Heritage Festival in June along the city’s riverfront. A feature article about his tireless entrepreneurship appeared in November in St. Louis Jewish Light… Henry McKenna (Boston) joined USA TODAY Sports Media Group, where he’s become the blogger-in-chief of their new Patriots-only website, the Patriots Wire… Paul Lux (Cincinnati/St. Louis) is the director of strategic development for Luxco, a liquor producer and marketer… James Atkinson (Australia) has spent a couple of years in Fiji and Cambodia while working on the U.S. TV show “Survivor.” Among his responsibilities: Building and testing the contestants’ challenges… As CEO and founder of Fourlaps Athletic Apparel, Daniel Shapiro (Clayton, MO/New York City) was profiled in Fashion Times, which described his company as providing men with “attractive-but-attainable activewear with unique technical features and an effortlessly cool aesthetic.”
OUR PRODUCTIVE ALUMNI
We congratulate the following alumni on these new additions to their family (and the camp family):
Nikki and Bill Wallenstein (Chicago 89- 93,02) – Jordyn
Lisa and Robert Ramsay (Glasgow 04-07) – Edie
Abby and Charles Dan (Memphis/London 93-99, 01) – Hildy
WE ARE SAD TO REPORT these deaths in the camp family:
Bud Samuels (St. Louis/Naples, FL 34-39, 41)
Marty Hecht (St. Louis/Cape Girardieu 39-41)
Lou Mendelsohn (Cincinnati 41)
Paul Arenberg (Chicago/St. Louis 42-44)
Peter Nathan (St. Louis/Iowa City 44-52)
Gordon Scherck (St. Louis 46-47)
David Fleischaker (Oklahoma City 56-57)
Ed Elisberg (Glencoe, IL, camp doctor 60-63)