I received a note from our 2018 fund drive chair, Alan Epstein, reporting that we raised $40,247 from 46 classmates. Roughly 40 percent came from class widows. We can certainly thank Joan McCullough, Andy’swidow, for her efforts in making that happen. Stan Geller made a very generous gift of $100,000 to create the Stanley Geller Scholarship Fund. The class thanks you very much. Alan called me and the College mailed me information about our classmate Ralph Warburton. He is being named a recipient of the first Malcolm Chase Memorial Hockey Award for services of a Rhode Islander to the game of hockey. I called Ralph to congratulate him and get an update of Dartmouth hockey of 70 years ago, as he remembered it. To him, it was as if it occurred yesterday! The first line was made up of Bruce Mather, Bruce Cunliffe and Ralph. They were unstoppable. Who can ever forget the rink on Wheelock? Open the wooden shutters and, presto, you made ice. Yes, it was that cold all winter. For Ralph, probably the high point was being part of the U.S. team in the 1948 Olympics that played in St. Moritz, Austria. The team was coached by Dartmouth’s own Eddie Jeremiah and included the Riley brothers, Jack ’44 and Billy ’46. Dartmouth was well represented. Ralph went on to play professionally for three years before calling it a day. He is quite amazing, rattling off scores of games that far back. When Don Page wrote the class column and obituaries, he requested classmates write information about their careers, families, or anything else so he could include it in his column when the time came. I found my “obituary,” but it’s in serious need of an update. If you want to send me something, I’ll keep it on file. Don’t forget to send the Green Cards to Liz; it’s not easy to put out a newsletter without them.

I regret to report the deaths of Eugene P. Whittier, M.D., of Greenfield, Massachusetts, on July 27, 2018; Warren O. Husler of Bronx, New York, on August 9, 2018; and Joseph B. Paul on November 11, 2017.

—Joseph D. Hayes, P.O. Box 697, Rye Beach, NH 03871; jhayes697@yahoo.com