News Update from Dick Brown

As a member of the Class of ’61, I was the one who had serious medical issues, resulting in the loss of my appt. to U.S. Coast Guard Academy, in New London/Groton Ct., but went on to S.U. and graduated with business degrees, plus met my wife Kathleen there. My business career was doing Business Turnarounds in the Capital Goods Industry, plus some Corporate time, before retiring in 2011 to Bloomington, Illinois to be near the Grandchildren in Chicago. Unfortunately Kathleen passed away in 2020 with Alzhiemers and COVID 19. And the Grandchildren (4) are now out of College and on their own. Thus my “new life.”

After a chance meeting at a wedding in Tucson Az., I met my Fiance, Dr. Elena M. a widow & retired Cancer Doctor from Mexico, now a U.S citizen and we have moved permanently to Green Valley, Arizona (south of Tucson), to enjoy the climate, play some golf, and assist with her son’s new business of innovating & designing new medical devices for the U.S. market (GSE Medical Co. located in Hermosillo, Mx.). Mexico produces approximately 40% of the U.S. medical devices used annually.

I feel it is important to stay engaged and as active as our health allows, thus I am very Blessed to have had the opportunity to combine Senior living (Gated Community about 40 miles from Nogales, Mx.) along with giving back to others, plus helping the next generation.

Richard A. Brown
Green Valley, Arizona