I wish all 1934 classmates a most peaceful and happy holiday season and most of all a very healthy new year!


I just received a sad notification from the college that Perkins Bass died in October 2011. He was a decorated World War II veteran, a prominent Republican politician, having served in the New Hampshire state legislature for four years, then as president of the state senate. From 1954 to 1963 he represented New Hampshire’s 2nd District in the U.S. House of Representatives.


Besides being a dedicated public servant, he also was successful in business and in a private law practice. He and his first wife, Katherine, who had died, had five children, among them Charles Bass ’74, who now holds his father’s former seat in the U.S House of Representatives. Perkins remarried after Katherine’s death, and he leaves his wife, Rosaly, as well as his four living children. Charles said it so well: “He taught me tolerance and the value of public service and the fulfilling nature of it. In spite of the unattractive aspect of public service that I see every day, there is a greater cause here, and he taught me that.”


—Gerry Scherman Day, 2850 Classic Drive, Apt. 1203, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126