Joan Hirshman

Please add me, as well! Thanks to those of you who are organizing this on behalf of our class.

Edward Boesel

Please add me to the list as well. 

Sherwin "Jay" Siegall

Class of 64 members are invited to a MEET AND GREET LUNCH/OPEN HOUSE at my home in Miromar Lakes Florida which is between Naples and Ft Myers just 10 minutes from the Ft Myers airport.   (13 classmates and 7 spouses confirmed as of today)

The date, FRIDAY FEB 13th, 2015! THIS DATE HAS BEEN SELECTED BECAUSE webmaster extraordinaire FRED BROSTOFF WILL BE PASSING THRU ON THAT DATE AND IS PLANNING TO JOIN US. Time is NOON till ???????

The Location: 9933 ST MORITZ DR, MIROMAR LAKES (Ft Myers) FL 33913
Home of Alyn (New Trier 66)  and Jay Siegall (Sherwin)

Located just 3-5 minutes off I 75 between exits 123 (Corkscrew) and 128 (Alico Rd) and 10 minutes from the Ft Myers (RSW) airport.

Driving, we are:apx 90 minutes from Sarasota, 2-2.5 hours from Tampa, Miami, Ft Lauderdale, Palm Beach areas. Orlando is about 3 hours.

All who live in South Florida or expect to be in the area are invited.

PLEASE RSVP if you definately will be able join us or if you are a "maybe" so that we can have an idea of how may classmates and spouses/significant others to plan for.

As of 2/9/2015 we have 13 classmates confirmed coming and 4 maybes!

RSVP to jay@siegall.com with your email address and cell phone number!

Please put ETHS in the subject line.

FYI:  There are 2 Marriot properties, Homewood Suites/FGCU AIRPORT, Hilton Garden Inn, Embassy Suites, Hampton Inn within 3-5 minutes of our home.

Also the Florida EverBlades minor league hockey team has a game with "Kalamazoo" at 7:30 Friday evening. Fun cheap entertainment and the arena is just 2 miles from our house!

Also the Miromar Outlet Mall (160 stores) is just 5 minutes!

Looking forward to hearing from you! Jay Siegall (FKA Sherwin) Cell 239-464-9700

Wendy (Wynn) Garber

I think this is a great idea. Count me in, too. I also enjoyed watching Jack on the John Stewart Show--fielding comments and questions witih poise and presence. I was impressed! Rosanne, thanks for including the link and for initiating the idea.

Donna Dullin (Nemanic)

Another great idea - classmates.  I'd like to contribute as well.  Thanks for including the clip of Jack on the John Stewart Show.

Fred Brostoff

Many thanks to Jay and Alyn Siegall for hosting a Florida luncheon for our class on February 13 at the Siegall's home in Miramar Lakes, Florida (near Naples).

After just returning to Ft. Lauderdale that morning after a southern Caribbean cruise, Shelly and I drove across "alligator alley" on I-75 and made it to Jay's home just in time for the class get-together.  It was great to spend a relaxing few hours with my "southern-based" classmates...chatting, swapping lies and enjoying the luncheon spread provided by the Siegalls.

Thanks again to Jay and Alyn for their generous hospitality.

Sherwin "Jay" Siegall

Feb 13th! Great weather for enjoying ETHS classmates! Scroll down to see the pictures. Can you identify everyone in the pictures??

Nancy Schroeder

Thanks for a great time for the luncheon ,the laughs and the get together . It was great to see everyone. Jay and alyn have a beautiful home and had a delicious spread for all of us. Jay very glad you liked the chocolate chip cookies. I knew you would. Thanks for everyone coming. Hope to see you all again before the snow melts and the temperature warms up

Patricia Richey (Wanzenberg)

Thanks for a great Get-Together Jay!  It was fun to catch up with some of our Florida classmates and those just passing through.  We will have to try to make it an annual event!  Stay warm all...Pat & Phil 

Ruth Gross

To those who remember Joyce Fetzer Schutten from Lincoln School, just got this sad news from her husband:

Rosanne Bass (Keynan)

I am sad to see that we have lost another classmate --too many premature deaths among our friends. For that reason, the Class of 1964/Jack Rakove History Award is setting up an online donation link whereby a gift can be given in memory of a friend or loved one. This should be enabled within a few days. Meanwhile, condolences to all who knew Joyce.

Preston Cook

For those of you primarily reading the Message Forum, please go to the Home Page for the announcement of the newly created Class of 1964/Jack Rakove Award in History.  Below you will find a copy of that notice.  For those of you that would like to donate to this award please go to the entry "Class of 1964 Jack Rakove" notice in the left hand column of the Home Page.  We want to thank all of you who have pledged over $10,000 to date for this award. Our goal is to raise $25,000 to make it a lasting annual award.

It’s happening!

The Class of 1964/Jack Rakove Award in History

The ETHS history department every year will name an outstanding “late bloomer,” a senior who did not begin high school as an academic superstar, to receive $1,000 and a book written by our classmate Jack, a Pulitzer Prize winner and Stanford professor.

The germ of this idea took root on our reunion website, with over 40 people expressing support. The more of us who participate, the more meaningful the award. Please join the classmates who have pledged.

To donate online or by check – and to read full details about the Class of 1964 award — go to the left column on this page and click on the link “Class of 1964/Jack Rakove Award.”  Donations of any amount are appreciated, and all are tax-deductible.

Rosanne Bass (Keynan)

Picking up on Preston Cook's call to action, I just donated to our Class of '64/Jack Rakove Award, in memory of my late brother, Alan Bass, ETHS Class of 1968.

I'd like to challenge the people who came to the mini-reunion lunch in the San Fernando Valley last month to contribute  --  as well as to post a photo or two from the get-together on this site.

Kathy Dalgety (Miehls)

I made my donation to the Class of 1964 Jack Rakove Award!  This inaugural prize will be given at the History/Social Sciences Department awards ceremony at 2:45pm on Monday, May 11, in the ETHS Auditorium. Everyone is welcome to attend. 

Susan Chausow (Southam)

I made my donation as well.  Thanks to Rosanne, Preston, and Kath for doing the legwork on this.  Excellent work!

Patricia Richey (Wanzenberg)

I made a donation to the Jack Rakove scholarship fund in memory of Gerri Bach Deerfield ETHS Class of 64 a very dear friend who is so missed.

Holly Romans (Green)

I, as well, have added a donation for the Jack Rakove Award in memory of our deceased classmates.

Pamela Beall (Art)

I am so pleased to be making a donation for this award.  Jack, you've inspired so many of us and now we can honor you!

Terry Levine (Rose)

I, too, made a donation, in honor of our amazing class of 1964 - both present and decesased.

Fred Brostoff

...and I made a donation in honor of my parents who moved from Chicago to Evanston so their children could get a premium education by attending ETHS.

Marjorie Leopold

I made a donation.  Thanks to all who organized this award.   I was not able to attend the reunion but have reconnected with a dear high school friend in the Hudson Valley as a result of the planning and energy that went into this website and the actual event.  To renew old friendships is truly a gift.  Again, many thanks.

Jack Rakove

Having just sent in my contribution to the Class gift that carries my name, I want to add a few remarks of my own. I am deeply grateful to Rosanne for first proposing the idea and to Preston and Kathy for doing so much to get it organized. And it has also been truly pleasing to see how many classmates and old friends have already contributed or promised to do so. The idea behind this, which Kathy helped to work out with the social studies department, is neat, too, because rather than award excellence alone, it takes into account intellectual growth and the whole process of individual students coming alive to learning in the course of high school. It is thus a tribute to teachers as well as students, which is why I dedicated my gift to a few teachers who did so much for me: Bernard Mattson, Thomas Sharp, and Nadine Clark. All of this really fits, I think, with what ETHS has become: still an excellent school like the one we attended, but also one that has evolved significantly over the half century (that amazing period) since our graduation.

Finally, on a more personal note, I have been fortunate to pick up a few honors over my career, but in some ways the ones that are sweetest involve places or associations with which one already has a link. That is the case here, which is why this means so much to me.

Alison Van Swearingen (Brown)

I have made a donation to the Class of '64 Jack Rakove Award in memory of all our deceased classmates. 

Thank you, Jack, for bringing alive the time period and all the founding fathers through your wonderful books.

Sherwin "Jay" Siegall

I have proudly  made contribution to the Jack Rakove Award in memory of:

My Brother Howard A Siegall ETHS 1959, 1942-2010
All our departed classmates, and thanks to Jack's thoughts bringing up the issue, to my parents, Leo and Beverly Siegall for having the foresight in moving our family to Evanston in 1953 from the Austin area on the west side of Chicago!

Jack , I do wish sitting by you in North Hall Home Room every day for 4 years would have resulted in my being a better student.....but I DO know that I am a better person for having been surrounded by you and the other members of our wonderful class!!!

Holly Romans (Green)

Thanks, Jack, for your beautiful response to this honor carrying your name.  It displays the qualities that exemplify what this award should be about - excellence, humility, gratitude, and a philosophy of life that resonates with all of us.  How right you are regarding how especially "sweet" it has all been reconnecting with our classmates with whom we shared four precious years, That has been the reward for all of us.  You phrased it just right!