Class of 1960

In the spring of their senior year Barry MacLean and Jim Gallagher went to Beantown to see Ted Williams in his final season for the Red Sox. As expected, “The Kid” hit a home run; later, while heading back, Barry realized that his Ford Fairlane didn’t have enough fuel to make it. They stopped at a secluded gas station and knocked on the door without response. What were they to do since the pumps were locked? Barry’s engineering mind decided to wrap the gas hose around the unit and he pulled it several times creating a suction to get 35 cents worth of gas. After leaving the money at the pump they were able to slowly return to the College.

Robert Cooper writes: “After Yale Law School and a few failed marriages with children, I met the love of my life and we have been together for more than 35 years, raising one grandchild from birth to now age 17. Marie, 10 years my junior with a master’s in fine arts and a Yale law degree, keeps me feeling young. I still practice law, can work remotely during the winter from our Florida home, and enjoy Connecticut spring and fall.”

Bruce Ducker writes to say he’s still sullying paper stock as a novelist and poet. His collection Stemming the Flow rose to Amazon’s Top 10 in poetry last year and Gray’s Sporting Journal, that elegant magazine of the outdoors founded by Dartmouth publishers Becky and Ed Gray ’67, published his The Pious Angler in its Spring ’25 issue. Ducker has written 10 books and won several prizes—we don’t understand why the alumni magazine has yet to write a review.

Bob Derderian writes: “Gail and I divide our time between Cambridge and Cape Cod, Massachusetts, plus wintering in Vero Beach, Florida. Sometimes it gets a little confusing knowing where we are. We feel fortunate to be able to walk everywhere while in Cambridge. Being around young, bright people is stimulating. We are sorry that we will miss the reunion as we have longstanding plans to travel in Europe at that time.”

—Sid Goldman, 78575 Avenida Ultimo, La Quinta, CA 92253; (305) 849-0475; sidgoldman@gmail.com