I just heard from Ada Laurie Bryant, widow of our own F. Leonard Bryant, once our class president, whose son Robert was class of ’66 and daughter was a graduate of Smith who spent her junior year at Dartmouth—another daughter who was in College before it became coed. Jane Bryan Quinn was the first of the children of alums to address the reunion gathering. She was a financial columnist and a book author. Ada, who has remarried, thanks me for keeping the good memories alive. How nice! Thank you, Ada. 


Received another e-mail from Nichola Tucker ’08 thanking me for what she considers a beautifully written article in the May/June Class Notes, which she has passed on to some friends as recommended reading. Thank you, Nichola. You do not really appreciate a sense of what is important in life until you can share that feeling and pass it on. 


Everyone here in California who I have spoken to about my new political party, We Listen, has enthusiastically joined up. How about the rest of you out there?


The amazing Dartmouth Club of Orange County threw a barbecue for new Dartmouth students hosted by Mabelle and John Hueston, both class of ’86. Do yourself a favor and join your nearest alumni club.


The class of ’35 survives: Ed Reich, Irv Sager, Bert Jacobs and yours truly are still hanging in there.


—Edward Gerson, 2400 Mariposa West 3A, Laguna Woods, CA 92653; (949) 829-8400; ejgerson@webtv.net