March 25, 1998
by Peter O. Safir
ON SAT., FEB. 21, at the Alumni Day festivities honoring former basketball coach Butch van Breda Kolff ’45, members of the nationally ranked ’67 team Allen Adler, Robbie Brown, Ed Hummer, Larry Lucchino, and Gary Walters all returned to the hardwood at the Dartmouth game to honor their former coach. Only his son’s hockey tournament kept Bill Koch from joining his former teammates. According to Allen Adler, in response to a direct question, Butch finally admitted what we have all known for years, that the ’67 basketball team was Princeton’s BEST EVER, although it’s hard to argue with this year’s edition.
Another great event held the same evening at Prospect House was the ’67 Alumni Day Class Dinner, beautifully organized by Ken Wilson. With 37 progeny now attending Princeton, the parents and children of the class formed the core of what Ken hopes will become a big annual event, not confined to classmates paying tuition. Among those students attending without their alumni fathers were: Juliette Dellecker ’99, Rachel Rubinfeld ’00, Will Holt ’99 and Shep Ryen ’01. Parents and students attending were: Pat and Steve Oxman with sons Gavin ’98 and Matt ’01, Roger Philips’s wife, Jeannette, with son Matt ’98, Ken Wilson with daughter Alix ’99, Greg Hickok with daughter Helen ’98, Rosalyn and Ted Gutelius with daughter Holly ’99, Steve Brown with daughter Emily ’99, and Andy and Jack Laporte with son Chris ’99. Alumni attending without children were Bob Losey and Leslie and David Guyer.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS: There will be a Class Dinner in NYC on Thurs., Apr. 30. Details to follow. If you have questions, please call Roger Liddell at 800-221-2598 or 212-269-7894.
© 1998 Peter O. Safir and The Princeton Alumni Weekly. Used by permission.
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