Email 2005

Costa Hanegraaff

From: Costa Hanegraaff
Date: Monday, January 17, 2005 12:34 am

Dear Nick,

Together with the invitation of the Annual dinner, I also read the desire of the Society to bring its membership list up to date.

I always read with pleasure of the events at Clayesmore and I would miss the slim line, that exists between me and the school of my yesteryears, a school that managed, and God only knows how, to lay a foundation that served me well for the remainder of my life. I will be eternally grateful, both to the school and my parents who footed the bill.

A few weeks ago I saw the TV presentation of "To serve them all my days" with a short part of Clayesmore Prep School in it. I must say that it brought back many a memory. If we were to be allowed to live our lives all over again there would be a fair amount of things we would not repeat, however I would add a few years on to Clayesmore with pleasure.

I continue to be occupied in the field of genetic research and it allows me to travel to Europe a fair amount of my time, unfortunately the UK is not one of my stomping grounds, so I will have to miss another evening at Simpson's in the Strand.

I see there are a few friends attending that I remember from my days, say hello to them for me.

All the best,

Costa Hanegraaff (58-61)