Deceased October 30, 2016
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50th Reunion Book Entry
In Memory
Although we were not very close, our early lives followed remarkably similar paths.
We first met in Mexico City, where his family moved in the 1950s. He left for Fettes College in Scotland in 1955, and I followed the year after. He was a sort of older brother to me, given the one-year age difference, which at that stage in life seemed an enormous gap. I was impressed by his success on the rugby field and his good fortune with the ladies, who admired his dark good looks and obvious self-assurance.
Towards the end of our school careers, we befriended an American teacher, Monroe Whitney ’27, who convinced us to sign up for Amherst. Ian went there in 1960, and I followed a year later.
At about that time, Ian’s life was turned upside down with the tragic passing of his father and brother in a plane accident in Mexico. The decision was taken with his mother and two sisters to move to the States, where our paths parted and I unfortunately lost contact.
I’m really sorry to see him go.
Andy Irvine ’65
