{"id":19839,"date":"2026-02-02T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/?p=19839"},"modified":"2026-02-01T17:02:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T22:02:44","slug":"colgate-hello-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/2026\/02\/02\/colgate-hello-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Colgate Hello"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former residents of Kendrick Hall (and \u201988 alumnae) gathered in the Swedish archipelago in June to celebrate more than 40 years of friendship \u2014 and nearly 24 hours of daylight during Midsommar, the longest day of the year. Learn more in the \u201988 column. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Ingrid Eicher \u201914 and Reid Shepard \u201914 married on June 14 at Eicher\u2019s family home in Basking Ridge, N.J., surrounded by Colgate friends. \u201cWe actually didn\u2019t know each other very well in college and reconnected at the Bicentennial Reunion in 2019,\u201d writes Shepard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jim Elrod \u201976 hosted a reunion of 11 fellow ATOs at his Saranac Lake camp over the summer \u201cas a warm-up before our 50th,\u201d writes Mark Johnson \u201976. Read more in the 1976 class column.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Class of 1977 friends Joel Adler, David Kutik, Michael Ahearn, Bruce Glendening, Tom Robinson, and Carl Barone celebrated their 70th birthdays on a trip that began in London and continued with guided walks along the coastal routes in Cornwall. Their signature swag: Colgate caps with \u201c70 and still trekking\u201d on the back. Read more in the 1977 class column. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Todd Estabrook \u201981 and Steve Brown \u201981 hosted a mini-reunion of 24 Colgate Thirteen alumni for a July weekend that featured \u201cswimming, boating, golf, pickleball, croquet, and (of course) singing,\u201d writes Rod Thomas \u201979. Read more in the \u201979 column. <\/p>\n\n\n

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In late June, nine former Colgate Thirteeners and Swinging \u2019Gates and their spouses traveled to southern France for a six-day cruise down the Loire River \u2014 the 40th such trip for the group, who has vacationed together almost yearly since the mid-\u201980s. \u201cWe\u2019re already planning our 41st destination!\u201d writes Alison King Haley \u201984, who shares more on the tradition in the \u201984 column. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Ellie Kucera \u201921 married Oliver Green \u201919 in July in Jackson, Wyo. Ellie\u2019s dad, Bill Kucera \u201994, shared this photo from the celebration, noting: \u201cThere were 56 people from Colgate at the wedding, ranging in age from the Class of 1957 to the Class of 2028. Deacon [and University Chaplain] Mark Shiner flew in from Hamilton to officiate.\u201d

    \u2192 Email your photos, either of yourself or with other Colgaters, showing off your maroon to: magazine@colgate.edu.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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