Class Note 1958. The class enjoyed a vigorous Homecoming Weekend even without a bonfire. We kicked off with our participation in the parade by bringing up the rear, not the usual place for such a golden group.
Class Note 1958. The class held its fall mini-reunion during Homecoming Weekend. We are a predictable group, limited mostly by the three “Ms”: mobility, memory, and mortality!
James D. Brackett ’58 , D.M.D., died October 8, 2025, in Georges Mills, New Hampshire. Jim grew up in Waltham, Massachusetts, and graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy.
Frederick G. Coggin IV ’58 , Tu’59, died on August 29, 2025, in Evanston, Illinois. Skip will be remembered for living out his father’s advice to accentuate the positive, not the negative.
Coleman P. Colla ’58 , Th’59, passed away in Los Angeles on September 3, 2025. He was born in Philadelphia and grew up in nearby Haverford, Pennsylvania, and Buffalo, New York, where he graduated from the Nichols School.
Charles H. Cowperthwaite ’58 died on December 31. “Kit” was born in Denver and lived most of his life there. At Dartmouth he majored in English, was vice president of Kappa Sig, and was active with the ski patrol and DOC.
Mahdi A. El-Baghdadi ’58 , Ph.D., passed away on October 28, 2025. Mahdi came to Dartmouth from Kadhimain, Iraq. He majored in international relations and was active with the Cosmopolitan Club and Arab Students Organization.