Exciting news: The Paris Olympics are 100 days away as I write this!

And I just read of the $25-million gift to the arts at Dartmouth. The gift from Daryl and Steven Roth ’62, Tu’63, is the largest ever to the Hopkins Center! I don’t know if you see these announcements. I get them on my email daily and try to report them to you.

Jon Mendes (age 103) is being treated for an infection—he has his usual happy positive attitude. And when people ask how he is doing, he responds: “If it got any better, I couldn’t handle it!”

I tried to reach Tom Harriman to put in a word from him. No reply thus far.

It is getting harder and harder to get news. My “contract” is to keep ’42 in each issue of the alumni magazine as long as there is a living classmate. Every so often I get fan mail from younger classes. That helps!

I would really like to hear from widows. It’s an opportunity to connect with old friends. Just send me an email.

—Joanna Caproni, 370 East 76 St., Apt. A 406, New York, NY 10021; caproni@aol.com