Class of 1970

The Lewis & Clark expedition grabbed my attention. Years later, our classmates named Lewis or Clark tell us about their lives since Dartmouth. We honor the 220th anniversary of the conclusion of the expedition in October 1805.

We have Lewis as a first name as well as last name. Tracy Lewis died in August 2024 from pancreatic cancer. He was born in Ethiopia and taught for 46 years, including 36 as a Spanish and Portuguese professor at State University of New York in Oswego. Fascinated with languages, he taught himself Guarani, Italian, and Amharic. Most classmates will remember Louis Bergesch as “Bob” (the middle name he used mostly at Dartmouth). He now enjoys living in Yarmouth, Maine. Lou Maranzana writes, “I spent most of the 1970s in Hollywood, Florida, teaching English and coaching all sports at my old high school, where I had a lot of fun. My wife, Patricia, was flying for Eastern Airlines and we would spend a month each summer traveling. In 1979 I got my master’s in English at University of New Hampshire. Coaching football taught me to work hard. We were at Dartmouth, Bloomsburg University, and Bucknell. I next joined my brother in a small international logistics company. Patricia and I now live in Longwood, Florida.” John Lewis writes, “My wife, Ruth, and I are enjoying retirement spending time with friends (including Skip Sturman) and family, especially those in Florida and Georgia when it’s cold in Massachusetts. Our daughter, Beth, graduated from UVM and is starting her third career, this time as a personal trainer. By the time you read this we will have downsized and miraculously fit eight rooms of stuff into a two-bedroom condo.” Clark Beier served in the U.S. Army Reserve for four years and taught high school from 1971 to 1984. He then worked at Great Lakes Trading International in Pewaukee, Wisconsin. The firm is one of the largest suppliers of portion meals of poultry and seafood for large institutions.

—Stuart Zuckerman, P.O. Box 85, Bridgehampton, NY 11932; (917) 559-0063; stuartz@gmail.com