April 8, 1998
by Peter O. Safir
HUGE CONGRATULATIONS are in order for John Koethe, who is this year’s recipient of the Kingsley Tufts Award for his book of poems, Falling Water, published last fall by HarperCollins. The amount of the award is $50,000, and it is the largest book award there is. The Kingsley Tufts Award is administered by Claremont Graduate School, and John formally received the award on Apr. 7 at the Library of Congress.
Thanks to the organizational efforts of Roger Philips, Tad Howard, Geoff Lipsey, and Dean Wanderer, the Baltimore-Washington Class of ’67 first annual (?) dinner held in Bethesda, Md., on Feb. 26 was a rousing success. Democratic Natl. Committee Chairman Steve Grossman was an inspirational guest speaker, impressing (if not convincing) even his Republican classmates with his dedication, idealism, and political savvy. Attending the dinner were over 25 classmates and many spouses, including Bill Beale, John Bender, Jerry Brashear, John Claster, Brian Donegan, Jim Edmondson, John Fowler, Harry Harding, Tad Howard, Richard Hesel, Ed Hummer, Ron Innerfield, James Kempf, Blair Lee, Bill Paternotte, Roger Philips, John Porter, Steve Ranney, Peter Safir, F. Bennett Stilmar, Tim Tulenko, Tom Tulenko, Ken Wilson, Mike Wyatt, and Dubby Wynne.
Charlie Bloom has successfully made his maiden voyage into politics and is now a township commissioner of Lower Merion Township. Charlie reports, “No Princeton-bound offspring yet, but Zachary is a junior at Hobart and Amanda will attend Johns Hopkins in the fall. There is still hope for Ted (14).”
© 1998 Peter O. Safir and The Princeton Alumni Weekly. Used by permission.
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