Our representative at the Class Officers Weekend September 13-14 was Alan Epstein, who is both head agent and bequest chairman. Separately, he reported a 38-percent class participation in the 2014 Dartmouth College Fund, with $77,000 from 84 classmates and 18 widows. 


At the Dartmouth Night Parade on October 17 Larry Goodman carried the banner and Alan Epstein also marched. The class executive committee meeting on October 18 was attended by Bob Dobson, Alan Epstein, Larry Goodman, Joe Hayes, Hardy Hendren, Don Page, Fred Sistare, Liz Sistare and John Trethaway. The next was set for October 10, the weekend of the Yale football game. At the mini-reunion dinner at the Norwich (Vermont) Inn following the executive committee meeting we were joined by five wives for a total of 14. 


Carolyn Bingham wrote that George and Sandy Adelman were able to attend the memorial service for George Bingham in Belmont, Massachusetts, on July 21. 


Richard Nickelsen, Ph.D., emeritus professor of geology at Bucknell University, was honored at a U.S. Geological Society meeting in March with the announcement of an award in his name to be given to an outstanding senior geology major at commencement. The award was established by several of his former students. “Nick” was also honored by the naming of a symposium on thrust belt structure and tectonics in his name. Forty geologists presented papers at the symposium. Nick’s background includes an M.A. and a Ph.D. in geology from Johns Hopkins University. 


Hardy Hendren, M.D., Robert Goss Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and emeritus chief of surgery at the Children’s Hospital in Boston, was honored on October 17 at a ceremony at the Geisel School of Medicine as one of five graduates to receive the first alumni achievement award. Hardy was recognized for his pioneering career in pediatric surgery and urology. His background includes degrees from the College and the Medical School and an M.D. from Harvard Medical School. 


The sympathy of the class is tendered to the families of classmates who died recently: Norman S. Fink, July 2013; Robert S. Green, September 9; and Henry Reinhardt, M.D., August 10.


Happy holidays and keep in touch. 


—Donald Page, 21 Alva St., East Greenbush, NY 12061; (518) 477-4768