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FLASH NEWS UPDATE --
ANOTHER HALL OF EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR CLASS OF 1966 -- BOB BEDOUKIAN has just been awarded a place in the Hall, to be awarded posthumously on September 20, 2025. See his obituary here and it will be obvious as to why he was selected. Thanks to Jay Prather for submitting the nomination. Contact the Alumni Assn for tickets to the dinner -- meet some of Bob's family and join several classmates.
In the meantime -- Who is up for another gathering in 2026?
We’re coming up to 60 years … very hard to believe -- though aching knees and foggy memory speak otherwise….
Your trusty class reps are thinking of a dinner Saturday night on the weekend of the HHS Alumni weekend – probably mid- September 2026. That way we can attend the Friday open cocktail hour and other community events on the weekend.
Who’s in? We know two years out is too far away to make a commitment, but it would help our planning to know who might consider coming. Please respond to the email we're sending out in October with a YES or MAYBE – or a definite NO, if you have to. If you didn't get the email, that means we don't have your up-to--date contact info, so contact Eddie .
Join the Alumni Association
The Alumni Association runs the Hall of Excellence and Sports Hall of Fame, in addition to facilitating reunions. They also offer scholarships to outstanding HHS graduates. Their work is almost totally funded by memberships – so please take a moment to join. It’s only $25 a year, unless you’d like to make a bigger donation. I know many of you joined during our 50th reunion year, but only a few of our classmates have current memberships. We can do better than that!
Alumni Honors
Speaking of the Alumni Association ... FIVE of our classmates have been accepted into the honor halls since our reunion:
- 2017 Hall of Excellence - MaryBeth Koslap Petraco, who rose from nursing ranks to achieve a PhD and national recognition for her work with CDC
- 2018 Sports Hall of Fame - Bill “Otto” Otivich, outstanding Hastings High School athlete and scholar, and long-time coach and community leader in Irvington
- 2019 Hall of Excellence - Vanessa Merton, director of Immigration Justice Center, Pace University and recipient of too many other honors to list here (!) Sadly, Vanessa passed away July 15, 2024
- 2023 Hall of Excellence - John Chang, Lieutenant Colonel U.S. Army (Ret.) and Veteran's Advocate
- 2025 Hall of Excellence -- Robert Bedoukian, president of Bedoukian Research and widely respected leader in the fragrance industry
Pretty good for a class that no one expected to succeed!
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50th Reunion photos
We took multiple group photos ... it was impossible to get everyone serious at the same time!
front row
Bill Otivich, Susan Kultzow Kane, Carol Tauber DeAngeles, Cathy Flaherty, Lee Winship Cook, Mary Beth Koslap-Petraco, Dick Gunther
second row
Kathy Woodard Cain, Susan Senita Radomski, Elaine Greene Ramos, Holly McLaughlin Cole, Angela Cifone Simone, Lee Waddell McCarthy, Jack Deragopian, Fran McCabe, Bob Rainwater, Bill White, Bob Bock, Lynn Loizeaux Smith
third row (3 and 4 are a bit mixed up...)
Bob Bloomer, Lenny Klein, Bob Radomski, Ed McKernan, Laurie Bean Ross, Bob Bedoukian, Patti Anderson, Catherine Lillard, Vanessa Merton, Steve Nemeth, Dorothy DeMichele, Mary Ann Zahurak Hogan,
4th row
Jerry Carr, Dick Baumbusch, Jay Balloffet, Jay Prather, John Chang, Tom Murray, Carl Adams, Ida Susser, Bill Kelly, Hans Mayr, Bill Moronni, Neil Martin
Take 2 -- Turn around, Angie!
Another try ... Now we're really starting to fall apart -- does anyone have a good photo of the whole group?
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