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"Hopkins Grammar School"
Class of 1965

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HGS Class of '65

Welcome to "HGS65.org", the Home Page of the "Hopkins Grammar School" Class of 1965. The historic name of "Hopkins Grammar School" has given way to "Hopkins School." What we knew as boys' "Forms I to VI" in the British "junior and senior school" tradition has given way to coeducational "Grades 7 through 12" in the conventional American middle and high school format. But "HGS" it will always be for us, the members of its 305th graduating class. Here we celebrate and share our memories, endurance, and fraternity.

News

We continue to receive news of our classmates and teachers! Keep us posted!
To help fight spam, we are using scripts to conceal the email addresses we post from spammers' spiders. So please do share your email address with your classmates. Tom Delaney is our Class Secretary. Let him know what's up at

2008

• We have learned from his sister that Mr. Richmann has died. (May 27)
• Our upcoming 45th reunion in 2010 will coincide with the the 350th anniversary of the founding of HGS. It promises to be a blast.

2007

• Mr. Preston died at age 86 on March 5, 2007. Follow the link to read more about this much admired teacher.
• Jim Waterman has posted new contact information.

2006

• Mr. Erich died at age 87 on April 25.
• There is a little year end news from or about Bob Schulz, Jim Waterman, John Cherniavsky, Tom Delaney, Tom Burkhard, Bill Walik, and Nick Doob.
• As the year closes, we find that we no longer have working email for Ken Ralph, Bill Walik, Jim Nippes, Greg Jones, or Rob Pulleyn. If anyone has information, do let us know.
• A little bit of information about Mr. Meinecke was sent to us (August).
• The webmaster had 30 seconds of glory in June: http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/tristar/adadaily2/index.php
• A Nick Doob film is coming out this fall. Click here for more information (June).
• The Webmaster had 30 seconds of glory. Click here to learn a little of what he has been up to. (June).
• We have a note from Mr. Preston's daughter, Margaret (June).
• Mr. Erich died at age 87 on April 25.
• George Fasanella died. :( Please see his page for a remembrance by Sal DeMaio. Tom Delaney asks if anyone has "interest in sending something to the family from his classmates? I'm sure we could reimburse the costs through some means at our next mini-reunion or regular reunion." You can email Tom at . (April)
• We have news and a new email address from Peter Gordon. (April)
• We have fascinating news of Paul Howe from Jim Waterman. Click here. (February)

2005

• Your HGS '65 webmaster has set us a scholarship fund in honor of his parents. Click here or here to learn more.
• Bob Schulz found one of his old unit slips! Remember those? Take a look on his page.
• David Kiphuth has checked in with a long message and sent a family photo (July).
• Sal Demaio has checked in again and sent a family photo (May).
• Ben Brown has checked in with an extraordinary story and an email address (May). \
• Larry Lane hopes that his adaptation of Bartleby the Scrivener will open off Broadway in November.
• Nick Payne's son has informed us that he passed away in 2001. Follow the link to read about his life after HGS (February).

2004

• Gordon Clark has a new email address
• John Heath our gentle Senior School math teacher, died on August 17, 2004 at the age of 86 :(
• John Gamble passed away on June 29 :(
• Greg Jones sent us a long letter in the Spring of 2004 :)
• Tom Burkhard received the school's Distinguished Alumnus Award for 2004 on May 8.
  To celebrate the occasion, many of our classmates traveled to New Haven for a special 39th Reunion. :)
  Click here to see a photo album of the event.
  The picture to the right shows Tom in uniform in front of the newly renovated Baldwin Hall; click for a larger image.
   
• Hugh MacArthur attended the 39th reunion.
• There is quite remarkable news from Paul Howe.
• Tom Hadley has checked in.
• There is news from Sal DeMaio about himself and Dave Kiphuth.
• Hopkins has a new website that features us prominently on the alumni page.
• On February 7, 2004 we had a mini-reunion of 9 classmates. Click here to see some photos.
• In January we learned that Tommy Burkhard, now an admiral, will be honored in May by the school as the distinguished alumnus for 2004!
• Peter Ewell and his wife, Helga, have sent much news, new postal and email addresses, and another family photo from Nairobi.
• We have a little news and an email address for Larry Lane.
• There is news of Bill Mack.
• In January, we heard from Mrs. Fought's son. She died in September, 2003. Click here to learn about her exceptional life after HGS..
• The school has a new website

2003

• John Gamble has been quite ill; people may want to write to him.
• We have some information on Jim Nippes.
• Peter Ewell has sent news, a new email address, and another family photo from Nairobi.

2002

• Bob Schulz has written that his daughter Ellen, Harvard senior fencing co-captain, was named to the 2002 All-Ivy women's fencing team on March 12! See the Ivy League's official web site at: www.ivyleaguesports.com.
• Bill Knight - aka William Atherton - is in a play, "The Castle," in NYC running through March 31, 2002. The play is presented by the Manhattan Ensemble and the theater is in lower Manhattan, around Mercer and Broom.
• John Braman is now President of ISACS, the Independent School Association of the Central States and has shared some fascinating news with us.

2001

• September, 2001: Unlike other classes, HGS '65 appears not to have been touched directly by the events of September 11.
• John Braman has sent a new address
• Gordy Clark has sent a new address
• Bill Mack has a new email address
• Roger Poor has sent a new address and telephone number
• Sal DeMaio has sent a new email address and a bit of news
• Doug Romero has sent us a new email address
• Greg Cook has sent us a new email address
• Bill Sarris has a new email address
• Peter Ewell has sent news, a new email address, and another family photo from Nairobi
• Larry Lane: A little information has turned up
• Headmaster Beall has resigned

2000

• Our 35th Reunion is History!
• Peter Ewell has sent a family photo from Nairobi
• Gordon Clark has a new email address
• John Braman has a new email address and sent an interesting note regarding Cory Cramer
• Mike Lopez' email address seems to be defunct. Any information?
• John Braman has a new email address
• Bob Schulz has a new email address
• Peter Gordon has checked in and given us a home email address
• Randy Burwell has checked in and we have an email address

For news going further back, check each classmate's personal page.

Upcoming Class Events

• Our 45^th Reunion will be held May 7-8, 2010. We hope to see you there.
  • We'll maintain the really successful format of our 40th.
  • We'll make it possible for those interested to attend some classes on Friday.
  • Gordy Clark will reserve a room at Mory's for the Friday get-together on our own.
  • Saturday we'll gather in Heath Commons from 11 to 4 for talk among ourselves. We'll move to the Media Room in the Malone Science Center as needed to see presentations, movies (like the Al Franken documentary Nick Doob showed in 2005, and whatever else we have created that we want to share.
  • We will dine at the new Heath Commons on Saturday night and celebrate being over 60 but very much alive!

The Roster of Our Classmates

Our Archive

• Classmates Who Did Not Graduate with Us
• Our Reunions
• Our Teachers
  Those who remember Cory Cramer might find this area of special interest.
• Our Photo Archive: Scenes from the Hill in the 60's: Under construction.
• Things We Wrote at HGS: Under construction.
• Things We Have Written Since: Under construction; please consider contributing.
• Other links: HGS: Hopkins School

From our storied past: Click to see our Graduation Pictures and Graduation Text as printed in The New Haven Register in June, 1965.	Courtesy of Dick Hutchinson

HGS '65 invites you to email comments about and additions to this page to our webmaster and Class President, Dr. John Mordes at .

We list individual classmates' email addresses as they become available in our archive. They are scripted to deter spammers. The School has email available through the Hopkins website. You can send mail to The Razor at .

We would be pleased to work with any alumnae of Day Prospect Hill School '65 who might like to create a similar and perhaps integrated site.

Finally, we thank The Friends of Hemlock Gorge conservation group for co-hosting us on the web!

The HGS '65 Web Site went on line on February 15, 1997.

This page last updated Thursday July 10, 2008.