Our Reunion Coordinator Mickey Cunningham leads off:
“What a great time seeing folks during Reunion weekend. For some it’s been quite a while since you’ve made it back. Let’s make it every five years going forward! I really appreciate the help folks provided and was very proud of the Class Gift effort led by Randy Johnson!
2028 is right around the corner.”
After our fabulous Homecoming weekend, A.J. Murphy headed north:
My trip post-reunion brought us to Maine. Was able to connect up with classmates Eileen Heneghan as well as Steve Nicholson and wife Priscilla. All are doing great and Gretchen and I appreciated spending time with them!
John Kimmerlein noted online that “We did not make it back to KP, but Jim Storey, Steven Kimmel, Mark Lund and I got together at a local KP event and marked or 40 years post-graduation!”
Maureen McKeever can’t get enough of KP football:
On November 18th I attended the 2023 ECAC James Lynah Bowl Game in Washington PA where the Mariners played Washington & Jefferson College. The Mariners played well but were up against a good offense and lost 46 – 21. There were a lot of football parents there from all over the country, and it was fun to talk to them and learn about their sons’ experiences at Kings Point. It was disappointing that there did not appear to be anyone from the school administration in at-tendance. This means that I saw 3 KP games this year, the most since 1st Class year! (I am count-ing the Coast Guard Game on TV.) I worked at the polls (as I have done since 2013) and am an-ticipating a bigger crowd next year for both elections. I am still so happy about attending Home-coming this past September and seeing everyone. I hope everyone has a great Christmas and New Year! The photos are of me at the football game, along with our far-ranging classmate Bob Bennett.
Had a great visit to Jacksonville and St. Augustine last week and got to catch up with Scott O’Connor and Brian Foy on Thursday and Friday, respectively. I do love catching up and am so sorry I missed Homecoming this year. I’ll be trying harder for 2028, that’s for sure.
Steve Keating shares this fascinating update:
I am sorry to have missed the 40th Reunion for the Class of 1983. Looks like it was a great event. Many thanks to the organizers!
For the past twenty-plus years, I have been working as an attorney for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), formerly known as the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, and prior to that the Defense Mapping Agency. My portfolio includes representing NGA in interna-tional negotiations and advancing NGA’s Safety of Navigation mission. It is a privilege to be a public servant working with other Kings Pointers in both NGA and other agencies supporting national security.
NGA has a strong connection to the maritime industry, as it produces nautical charts and other products used by merchant mariners across the world. Since 2019, I have served as the United States Observer to the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) Advisory Board on the Law of the Sea (ABLOS), and in October and November of 2023 I was invited to speak about Crowdsourced Bathymetry (CSB) and its nexus with the Law of the Sea. CSB offers a cost-effective method to help international efforts map the seabed by the year 2030 by leveraging echo sounding data collected by vessels complying with the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS). CSB can advance worthy objectives to build a digital model of the Ocean, which are complementary goals of the United Nations, the IHO, and the USA. CSB also can contribute to situational awareness and change detection in highly trafficked channels involving pilotage and towing. In November, I was honored to speak about CSB at the 2023 Map The Gaps Symposium held at the beautiful Oceanographic Museum of Monaco. Other speakers included IHO Director Luigi Sinapi, Challenger Deep Ocean explorer Victor Vescovo, and Fabien Cousteau (grandson of explorer Jacque-Yves Cousteau and world-known Aquanaut in his own right).
I don’t plan to ever fully retire from my web design gig since I enjoy helping small businesses attract customers. Besides work, I keep busy with regular visits to family in the Catskills, volunteering with my Knights of Columbus brothers, encouraging people to stay fit as president of my running club and begging you guys to get me in touch with our missing classmates (please?). While I’m patting myself on the back, I’ve also donated 10 gallons of blood since 9/11. I’ve been in the same house for 30 years. If you’re passing thru Delaware on I-95, I’m just a few miles from the exit. Here’s a photo of me helping my brother Ken Christensen KP’87/88 boil maple syrup.
On October 6, we lost our classmate Doug Barlow. Please read his obituary in this issue and see photos on our website. I welcome you to email me something to add there. As his daughter noted, “Dougie” lived an adventurous life!
