Dan Clouse ’71 has reached back through the years by kindly offering to honor and give a rouse to our class at his class’ 50th reunion in Hanover, coming up in two years, when we will be celebrating our 75th reunion. Unfortunately, our reunion dates will not coincide but the thought is greatly appreciated. Peter Pratt, another ’71 classmate, pointed out that 160 members of his class were sons of alumni. Peter mentioned reunions September 27-29 for the classes of 1944 (75th) 1949 (70th), and 1954 (65th). My brother, Richie ’49, will attend his reunion. Peter wishes to show very special recognition of ’71’s fathers’ classes at his 50th, if not before, by dovetailing it with the Homecoming Yale weekend October11-12 as a counterbalance to the current recognition his class gives to its adoptive class of 2021. It’s another wonderful example of recognizing the young and old in our Dartmouth family. It is my hope we can gather as many able and unable bodies of classmates, their wives, widows, significant others, children, relatives, friends, and pets to celebrate our 75th reunion. We can do better than the reunion class of 1941, who joined our 70th reunion with a total of two classmates.

I will attend the class officers meeting this fall in Hanover and continue beating the tom-toms to draw attention to the need for more adequate senior class representation on the Dartmouth Alumni Council, which currently allows only three delegates to represent all cumulative classes that have celebrated their 55th reunion. I requested an update on this issue from Jo Weingarten Golub ’98, president of the Class Presidents Association. Jo agrees that a “shift should be made to address that issue and make sure there is enough representation.” She will follow up with Alec Casey ’88, the new Alumni Council president, as well as Tee Lotson ’82, former president, who informed me a committee had been formed to study the matter.

Our class treasury currently has $11,949. Our class executive committee—David Chalmers, Bob Levinson, Saul Nirenberg, and Frank Guarini and myself—has agreed to contribute the same amount as last year: $500 to the athletic sponsors program and $1,000 to Rauner Library.

Start planning for our 75th reunion in the fall of 2021.

—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 500 East 77th St., Apt. 1833, New York, NY 10162; (917) 975-3175; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com