She Also Tooled Around Town in her Hot Red Convertible My mother, Eleanor Claire (nee Voyer) Healey, earned a PhD in English Literature from Columbia University, became an American Lit Professor, and ultimately became the first woman to chair the English department at Montclair State College (now Montclair State University) — but when I was a kid, growing up in…

Topper Lynn is Honored as “Pool Man” For his Gift To the Pan Athletic Center. by Dr. Ray Healey [In the photos that accompany this story, the only people identified by name are either members of the Phillips Academy class of 1966 or of the Abbot Academy class of 1966.] Dear classmates, On Andover-Exeter weekend last November, when we gathered on campus for our (delayed)…

Soldier of Misfortune: Riding a Wild Horse Across the New Jersey Countryside By: Dr. Ray Healey The first time that I ever rode a horse at a full gallop was a hair-raising experience. [This story is one chapter of a memoir I am writing — “Adventures and Misadventures: Stories I’ve…

My Dad, aka Santa Claus, Started with the Martinis By: Ray Healey When I was five years old, in December of 1953, my parents staged a Christmas bonanza for me and my brother Todd (3), which was a memorable event in our young lives. Santa Claus came to town in a big way. [This story is one chapter in…

By Dr. Ray Healey

How My Buddy George Gave Me The Greatest Gift of All — I have been quietly mourning a dear old buddy of mine, George, ever since he passed away in September of 2007 — when he suffered an untimely death at the age of 61 — but I’ve cherished his memory ever since, because he gave me the single greatest gift I’ve…

Prescription: Tell Your Patients to Act like Zeus.

Top 20 Hypothetical Questions for The Denizens of Dumbfuckistan, Re: Their King Dumbfuck Written by Dr. Ray Healey If you think a man who boasts about grabbing women “by the pussy” is fit to be president, then you are not only ignorant but you are stupid as well, not to mention that you are crude and coarse and sexist and vile and vicious…

Emperor of Dumbfuckistan A Report on a Pilgrimage by a Certain Scholar as told to a fellow scholar, Dr. Ray Healey¹