Close call on the Green, 1950s
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November-December 2026
Class Note 1953. Just when we were beginning to think that Dartmouth had somehow managed to avoid current government scrutiny, the U.S.
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September-October 2026
Class Note 1953. In 1949 the class of 1953 began its freshman year at Dartmouth College. Here are some of the other important events of that year.
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July-August 2026
Class Note 1953. Finally, after one last snowstorm in early April, I think it’s safe to say the long Northeastern winter is finally blowing itself out. No one is sorry to see it go!
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May-June 2026
Class Note 1953. Many thanks to those of you who participated in the second ’53 class Zoom conversation in March. It’s fun to learn how we’re all doing and what’s on our minds these days.
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March-April 2026
Class Note 1953. Although you’re reading this with spring in sight, it was written during a very cold December in Hanover.
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Mar - Apr 2010
Sherwood Norman Salitsky ’53
Sherwood Norman Salitsky ’53 died November 16, 2009. Sherwood excelled early on as a violinist and was selected for the Pennsylvania All State Orchestra and later played professionally with the Lehigh Valley Symphony.
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Mar - Apr 2010
Sidney Harold Widrow ’53
Sidney Harold Widrow ’53 died October 26, 2009. Sid majored in chemistry-zoology and was a Rufus Choate Scholar.
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Jan - Feb 2010
Phillip Myron Elbert ’53
Phillip Myron Elbert ’53 died unexpectedly on August 11, 2009, in the Oak Park (Illinois) Hospital. Phil came to Dartmouth from Proviso Township High School, then living in Maywood, Illinois.
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Jan - Feb 2010
H. Elton Clark ’53
H. Elton Clark ’53 died on September 9, 2009, of Parkinson’s disease in Glendale, California. At Dartmouth he majored in mathematics and government and was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Following a commission in the U.S.
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Jan - Feb 2010
Norman Douglas Cassel ’53
Norman Douglas Cassel ’53 died on October 10, 2009, at his home in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts. Doug entered Dartmouth from the Principia Upper School, where he was an accomplished three-sport athlete.