Class of 1967
Class Notes
View All Notes for Class of 1967We asked for favorite quotations and received 39. Darby Bradley quotes his ’38 father: “Wouldn’t you be just as happy if you had some sense?” John Rhead quotes his father: “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk.” Warren Cook quotes Teddy Roosevelt: “The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, [whose] place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” Jack Harris quotes J.F.K.: “Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.”
Roy Kinsey quotes U.S. Gen. James Mattis: “Be polite, be professional but have a plan to kill everybody you meet.” Ted Haynes quotes Plato: “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” Ed Gray quotes George Carlin: “We all know how dumb the average American is. Remember, half of them are dumber than that.” Peter Strassberger quotes his ’31 father: “In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.” David Lowenstein quotes Rod Stewart: “I wish that I knew then what I know now.” Peter Thomas quotes Andy Rooney: “Life is like a roll of toilet paper—the closer you get to the end, the faster it goes!” Fred Behringer quotes Yoda: “Do or do not. There is no try.” Sam Ostrow quotes Gerard Manley Hopkins: “The just man justices; keeps grace that keeps all his goings graces.” Ellis Regenbogen quotes Walt Disney: “Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional.” Charlie Hoeveler quotes Paul Simon: “After changes upon changes we are still more or less the same.” Dean Ericson quotes George Burns: “By the time you’re 80 years old you’ve learned everything. You only have to remember it.” John Manopoli quotes James Thurber: “He who hesitates is sometimes saved.” Dave Larson quotes Brett Maverick: “Everyone’s equal in the sight of the law, but what kind of odds are those?” Thomas Moore shares: “If you’re on the wrong train, it’s best to get off because the longer you stay on the harder it is to get back. And I am not talking about trains.” Read submissions in full at www.1967.dartmouth.org!
—Larry Langford, P.O. Box 71, Buckland, MA 01339; 1967damnotes@gmail.com
Obituaries
View All Obituaries for Class of 1967David M. Millane ’67
David M. Millane ’67 passed away on May 11 with his wife of almost 48 years, Joanie, and dog Mia at his side.
Frederick G. Meyer ’67
Frederick G. Meyer ’67 passed away on February 25. Rick came to the College from Saint Luke’s High School in New Canaan, Connecticut, majored in anthropology, and was a brother of Phi Tau, serving as president in his senior year.
Richard Whitmore Curtis ’67
Richard Whitmore Curtis ’67 died on December 2, 2024, after a long illness. Dick came to the College from Easthampton, Massachusetts, by way of Williston Academy.
