David H. Watt ’59 —March 21, 2004 … My first grandchild, leaving Kalamazoo and retirement…2003 was a busy, eventful year for Karen and me. Amelia Cotsen Watt was born April 11th to my son, Drew and his wife, Sarah. Karen and I happened to be in New York City to visit my children and celebrate Karen’s April 10th birthday when Amelia decided to arrive a few weeks early. All went well and she tipped the scales over 5 lbs. Now we will go to the city in a few weeks to celebrate both birthdays again. Amelia is going to have a little sister this coming July. Boy will Drew and Sarah be busy!
Also in April, Pfizer completed the purchase of Pharmacia where Karen was employed as a Clinical Trials Specialist. There was a lot of tension in Kalamazoo over the next several months and we wondered what the future had in store for us. Pfizer offered Karen a position in LaJolla, California, but as nice as it may be there, we said “no thanks”. Karen started applying for positions at Pfizer’s Connecticut facilities and in October was hired for a position in New London/Groton. We made a house hunting trip in November and purchased a house in Mystic (Mystic Seaport, Mystic Pizza). My new address is 1291 River Rd., Mystic, CT 06355, (860) 536-4183, dwatt99@comcast.net
At the end of December I retired from my computer consultant sales position with Secant Technologies and we left Kalamazoo on the 31st . Two cars, two Golden Retrievers, Karen & I arrived in Mystic New Years Day and got ready to close on our “new” home (built in 1800) and move in the first week in January. The entire move went very smoothly and the big plus is that we are located exactly in between my two older children in NYC and my youngest daughter in Cambridge, MA. It is great to be so close and we visit back
and forth often.
Karen loves her new position and I am enjoying retirement. As one friend said, “don’t think of it as retirement, think of it as adding 5 days to your weekends”. It couldn’t be said better and there is no end of things to keep me busy. The “honey-do” list is always full. If any Beta Brothers are traveling in this direction, give me a call. We have a guest room and bath that would welcome visitors. Yours in —kai— David
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