Dear Westminster Classmates,

I am pleased to write you today as one of your class officers. I, along with Aaron Kaplan, will be serving our class and the school in the capacity of class liaisons and organizers. We hope this email finds you well and that you are as glad to receive news of Westminster as we are to bring it to you.

I was fortunate to be able to go to Commencement this year in the Princeton Chapel. The ceremony was quite moving and featured Dr. Flummerfelt giving the Charge to the seniors and conducting the entire congregation in a performance of the Lutkin Benediction. The address by internationally renowned speaker Peter Gomes (Harvard's Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister at Harvard's Memorial Church) was also quite memorable.

During the commencement weekend I got a chance to meet Westminster's new Director of Annual Giving, Chris Feltham. You will be pleased to know that he is someone who is very capable and committed to working for Westminster's future. In addition, Chris is very personable and I'm sure he would be happy to speak with you if you have any questions. ( cfeltham@rider.edu )

During the welcoming reception, I also had a chance to meet Rider's new president, Mordechai Rozanski. Dr. Rozanski has begun a comprehensive Stragetic Planning Process for both the Westminster and Lawrenceville campuses and is well aware of the needs for maintenance and improvements to the buildings and grounds at Westminster.

A large part of our writing to you is to request contributions towards the Annual Fund. The Annual Fund supports the essential operations of the school and is central to Westminster's ongoing success. At this point, our class (with a handful of notable exceptions) does not have a stellar giving record (3.5%!), but I am trusting that this has more to do with the fact that we as a class have never been overtly asked before now. It is with this trust that I will not spend more time explaining the need for support. I will, however, note that you should not be shy about giving a "small" amount. As Westminster makes its case for grants and backing, it is important that they be able to show that the alumni of the school support its ongoing mission. The easiest way for them to do that is by pointing out how many Westminster alumni make gifts (not necessarily how much they give). [A pledge form is available for download at: www.amherst.edu/~gwbrown/wcc/ Simply print it out, fill it out, and mail it in. If you have problems or need help, you can email me. ]

As class officers, Aaron and I hope to serve as a central point for distributing quarterly Class Notes to everyone. Your contribution could be simply: "I'm living in Albuquerque and doing fine" or perhaps: "Come see my concert in New York on such and such a date." In any case, feel free to respond to this email with any notes that you might have and we will compile them and send them out on July 1. Along with the fall Notes, we'll send out some dates from the 2004-2005 Symphonic Choir schedule and choir tours in case you are interested in trying to catch some concerts in your area.

We hope you will consider making a gift (of any size) and look forward to hearing whatever news you have to share,

Thanks,

Greg Brown ( email ) and Aaron Kaplan ( email )



PS -- If you have a moment, one of the other tasks we are undertaking is the gathering of contact information for some of our classmates with whom we have lost touch. If you have an address for any of the following individuals please send them to me and I will forward them on to WCC. If you have an updated address for yourself, you can send that to me as well.

The following individuals have missing or outdated street addresses: 
Jee Yoon Choi
Stephen Clubb
Jennifer Crymes
Bianca Marosi
Mark Milberger
Arnell Morgan-Bean
James Peebles, Jr.
Fred Rice
Eric Stoll
Stacey Wong

The following individuals have no email address on file: 
Laura Baldasano
Heather Bay
Adrienne Bruchok
Cameron Cahoon
Raghavan Chari
Stephen Clubb
Jennifer Crymes
Gianfranco DeLuca
Wendy Durrant (Barson)
Alyson Gaul
Jesse Glaude
Jeniece Goldbourne
Jeremiah Goldovitz
Harold Good
Renee Grenier
Daniel Hine
Marianne Hughes
Jennifer Jacobs
Mary Jacobsen
Jeniffer Johnson
Rebecca Jones
Sandra Lindsay
Bianca Marosi
Philip Martin
Margery McCrum
Arnell Morgan-Bean
Jared Moskowitz
Christine Chung H. Pak
James Peebles, Jr.
Fred Rice
Emily Ross-Johnson
Hannah Schramm
Jessica Schwartz
Eric Seaholm
Angela Shearer
Rowan Sheehan
Holly Skir
Aaron Smith
Casey Solomon
Eric Stoll
Adam Tavolaro
Raymundo Uy
Leanne Villareal
Marie Wallace
Michael Zmarzly
Any and all help is greatly appreciated -- thanks again
- Greg