Class Note 1946

I have just received an encouraging response from “Tee” Lotson ’82, president of the Dartmouth Alumni Council, that the council at its fall meeting is now taking steps to consider my request for more equitable representation for senior classes who are allowed a total of only three representatives to represent all the cumulative classes following their 55th reunion celebration. All other classes prior to their 55th reunion are allowed one delegate to the council. These “greatest generation” classes should be allowed a leadership role along with all the other classes if the College is going to be consistent in including all alumni classes in our goal of diversity for all especially during our 250th centennial celebration year. This matter is now being studied by the executive committee of the Alumni Council and the alumni relations team, which I hope could result in a specific amendment to the Alumni Association constitution and an alumni-wide vote.

As an added measure to make my senior class representation request happen, our classmate, the Hon. Frank Guarini, seven-time congressional representative, submitted my nomination to the Dartmouth Alumni Council to fill one of the two vacant alumni nomination seats on the board of trustees in June. Two well-qualified candidates from the classes of ’90 and ’82 were selected from the nominating committee, which did not include any class member from after their 55th reunion, leaving in question what the outcome would have been on a more level playing field, with equal representation before and after 55th reunions.

Sam Florman “simply cannot believe” never accepting Bob Skutch’s invitation to join him for an evening with Robert Frost because of pre-engineering commitments. He intends to discuss this matter, as well as renew old memories, by emailing Bob. Our class has renewed its athletic sponsor program efforts with a donation of $500 for 2018-19. We also renewed our gift of $1,000 to the Rauner Library Preservation Fund.

Our class sympathy to the families of the following deceased classmates. Crawford Murray “Whitey” Campbell died December 5, 2017. Whitey played on the U.S. hockey team at the 1948 Olympics at St. Moritz. Frederick J. Veddigen died September 9, 2018. He was in the Navy V-12 program.

—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 860 Knollwood Road, White Plains, NY 10603; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com