The Class Officers Weekend September 23-24 was well attended by your officers: president J. Trethaway, VP J. Hayes, newsletter editor F. Sistare, bequest chairman A. Epstein and secretary D. Page. We heard a great presentation on leadership by President Kim. John Gray has taken up Toastmasters International for recreation and recognition and enjoys it immensely. Dorothy Peterson notes that of their several grandchildren, Jennifer ’06 is in her last year at Tuck School, as is her husband. Everett Nordstrom writes that his daughter, an executive editor, will launch a website for performing arts to include pre-released calendar events from the Hopkins Center. His wife, who previously wrote for the Classical Voice of North Carolina, was a cofounder of the Classical Voice of New England, now doing business as Performing Arts of New England. Stan Geller, who founded Fun World/Eastern U.S. in 1963, has had his son in the firm for more than 25 years and was recently joined by his granddaughter, who returned after working for a year in China. Stan continues to work five days a week. Norm Sissman, M.D., of Sleepy Hollow, New York, commented to Dartmouth Medicine concerning an article on the progress of medicine during the Civil War: President Lincoln’s surgeon general, William Hammond, was court marshaled on trumped up charges after making needed changes in medical supervision and procedures. A later review by Congress recognized his views and rescinded the court marshal.


The sympathy of the class is extended to the families of classmates who died recently: B.V. “Dexter” Brooks, August 31; Richard Cates, August 3; Andrew McCulloch, August 27; Robert Mulligan, June 9; and John Tower, M.D., June 27. Keep in touch.


—Donald Page, 21 Alva St., East Greenbush, NY 12061