Class of 1954

William Frazer
Email: frazer@berkeley.edu
Phone: (970) 925-9290
Address: 433 Weat Gillespie Street
Aspen, CO 81611
It's been a number of years since I contributed, so it's about time! I am fully retired from UC Berkeley, and am thoroughly enjoying retirement in Aspen, CO -- hiking (I am a volunteer Forest Ranger), bicycling, mushroom hunting, etc., in the summer; skiing, downhill and XC, and snowshoeing in the winter. In summer there is also the Aspen Center for Physics (of which I am vice-president), and the music festival. For nine glorious weeks we listen to at least one concert a day!
In addition to the Aspen Center for Physics, I keep active professionally by serving on a number of boards and committees. Many of these are for UC as manger of Los Alamos and Livermore labs. On one of these, the NIF advisory committee, I regularly meet Bill Simmons ('53). I recently stepped down after five years as chair of the Program Advisory Committee of the Laser Interferometric Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). In that capacity I was privileged to hear proposals and reports from a very impressive young Carleton faculty member, Nelson Christensen. Congratulations to Nelson on his year in Pisa!

Class of 1956

Jack Gibson
Email: cjgibson@adelphia.net
Fifty years ago I left Carleton, the first and maybe only student to attend MIT on the “3-2 plan”. It was pretty daunting, but I found that Carleton had prepared me well and actually MIT was “easier” than Carleton. I stayed on for a Masters, so after 3 years I received my Carleton BS in Physics and a BS and MS in Aeronautical Engineering from MIT. Thus, I ended up in the Carleton class of 1958, but on my request, Carleton was kind enough to put me back in the class of 1956 where I started. I am now serving on our 50th reunion planning committee that has reminded me again of my time at Carleton and how important it was in preparing me for MIT and my future career. No, I never used the things I learned in Electricity and Magnetism or Electronics, but I did learn how to think critically, analyze problems and develop solutions.
After MIT, I “went west” to work for Northrop in Los Angeles. I spent 35 years there, the last 20 of which I managed the Systems Analysis Department. We developed requirements for future fighter aircraft and provided analytical support to our fighter marketing efforts through out the world. It was a great job. During this time Northrop went from building the small, supersonic F-5, to developing the B-2 bomber. Now, with the recent acquisition of Newport News Ship Building, they are the largest manufacturer of military ships in the world!
I retired in 1994 and began consulting with the Rand Corp. in Santa Monica. Primarily, I work on studies to analyze future force structure options for the US Air Force. Recently we completed a study of options to improve security at LAX. Rand has been a great experience, a good balance between challenging problems and having the time to play bridge and bike along the beach. Life is good!

Bob Hill
Email: rnhill@fishnet.com
Phone: (651) 292-0813
Address: 355 Laurel Avenue
St Paul, MN 55102
It is hard to believe that I have now been retired for 8 years after 33 years of teaching physics and doing research at the University of Delaware. Saint Paul has proven to be a great place to live in retirement for my wife Jo and myself. Our daughter Lauren and her husband live less than a mile from our house. My brother John lives about 200 miles away in Ames IA; two of Jo's sisters live about 200 miles away in Park Rapids, MN. Jo keeps busy volunteering at the Swedish Institute and making painted silk scarves in her studio, which she sells at Open Studios a couple of times a year. I keep busy volunteering at the Twin City Model Railroad Museum, playing basketball at the YMCA, doing maintenance on our house, building things for my toy trains in the basement, and tinkering with math and physics problems. Currently I am struggling with the Riemann hypothesis, which has gone unproven since 1859. I may not succeed in proving it, but working on it is more fun than doing crossword puzzles, and it does keep the brain cells active.

Class of 1957

Robert E. Wall
Hi all. Still enjoying retirement with spouse, Carol. Been doing lots of travel to visit kids and grandkids in Germany, North Carolina, and Idaho and some volunteer work for Habitat for Humanity. Went on “Old Geezer” canoe trip #11 into the Quetico last September with high school buddies. Regards to all!

Class of 1958

David Smith
Email: D.H.SMITH@worldnet.att.net
Retirement has brought freedom to catch up on projects around the house, reading and vacationing. I wonder how there was ever enough time to go to work. I think this illustrates how we prioritize our activities we call life and education enhances the experience.