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Bob Griffin's, C'68, latest book is out, In My African Anthology. It is available on Amazon. Themes in this wonderful collection include trafficking in girls, a long missing treasure, Gacaca justice, fleeing from Ebola, searching for a legendary beast, the U.S. military presence, the emperor’s gold, captured by rebels, a Rwandan update, election sagas, and much more – dogs, golf, spirits and black magic. In total, the collection of pieces – both fiction and non-fiction, humorous and serious - paint a realistic portrait of Africa, its peoples, and its issues as seen and experienced by an astute observer. The collection provides just the right mix of history and modernity, with deep insights into Africa.
John Turpit, C'68 and Caleb Schaubroeck, C'14, both live in Coronado, California. Turpit has been in San Diego/Coronado since 1979 and is a retired California architect. Caleb and his wife Erica moved to Coronado with the United States Navy, where Caleb has served for nearly 10 years. Since graduating from Sewanee in 1968, Turpit returned to his home State of California in ‘79 and has since never met another Sewanee graduate living in San Diego County or California for that matter. About a year ago, Caleb and Erica moved next-door to Turpit and his wife, Virginia, who have been in Coronado for 35 years. Turpit, a former marine, was talking to Caleb about his US Navy service and asked where he’d graduated from college before joining the Navy. Caleb said he’d graduated from a small college in the South few people on the West Coast knew. Turpit said he’d also gone to a small college in the south, Sewanee, the University of the South. The rest is history.
1969
Tony Jordan, C'69 has published his latest novel "Peacock of the CIA" under the alias R.B. Scarlett (at the request of the CIA). It's a five star read if you want to know about the real Clandestine Service. Available online at Amazon, BN.com and Kindle. All profits go to St. Jude or Shriners Children Hospitals.
1970
Dr. Jay David Jamieson C'70 retired as Professor Emeritus from Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas, in May 2024. As directed by the weather, he is spending his retirement with his children and grandchildren in Boyne City, Michigan, Jomtien, Thailand, and Wimberley, Texas.
