Class Note 1947
Issue
May-June 2021
At this writing I have had one Covid shot, with the second due next month. I get it from the VA, where I also get my glasses, hearing aids and some medicines. The improvement in their service has been nothing short of spectacular.
I recently received news from our class treasurer, Liz Nunez, that our class will continue to receive the alumni magazine free of charge. That’s worth celebrating—and begs the question of how to spend the $9,683 still in our treasury. Our constitution states that unless we do, the money goes to the library. At present and for the last few years we have given $250 to the athletic sponsors program, $250 to the Dartmouth Center for Social Impact, and $500 to the Dickey Center for International Understanding. I spoke to fellow class officer Phil Segal and he is perfectly willing to continue our present policy. I agree, and we will do so.
During John Trethaway’s term as class president he was instrumental in having the board elect Josie Harper, Dartmouth’s first woman to be director of athletics, as an honorary member of the class of 1947. She held the AD position until retiring in 2009. A recent announcement by the athletic department tells of two anonymous donors who have endowed the women’s lacrosse coach position in her honor. What a great tribute to Josie. She deserves it.
In Liz Sistaire’s last newsletter she relates V-12 experiences from several class members. I have one more. In spring 1944 my roommate Gordon Grant and I were invited to a fancy party in Boston. In order to save money, we would hitch a ride. Hitchhiking was strictly against Navy regs, but there we were, thumbs up and in uniform. After a short wait a driver stopped, asked where we were going, and told us to get in. We did and looked over at the driver. It was Major John Howland, our Marine commandant! I can’t remember much conversation on our trip, but I do remember waiting two months for our orders to Parris Island! They never came. A year later we received our commission from Quantico. Gordie finished his college career at Harvard, his first choice, and is the only V-12er I know who was called back in the Korean War.
We are saddened to report the deaths of Richard C. Gerrold on September 5, 2019, in Lexington, Massachusetts; and James McHale on September 26, 2020, in East Hartford, Connecticut.
—Joe Hayes, P.O. Box 57, Rye Beach, NH 03871; jhayes697@yahoo.com
I recently received news from our class treasurer, Liz Nunez, that our class will continue to receive the alumni magazine free of charge. That’s worth celebrating—and begs the question of how to spend the $9,683 still in our treasury. Our constitution states that unless we do, the money goes to the library. At present and for the last few years we have given $250 to the athletic sponsors program, $250 to the Dartmouth Center for Social Impact, and $500 to the Dickey Center for International Understanding. I spoke to fellow class officer Phil Segal and he is perfectly willing to continue our present policy. I agree, and we will do so.
During John Trethaway’s term as class president he was instrumental in having the board elect Josie Harper, Dartmouth’s first woman to be director of athletics, as an honorary member of the class of 1947. She held the AD position until retiring in 2009. A recent announcement by the athletic department tells of two anonymous donors who have endowed the women’s lacrosse coach position in her honor. What a great tribute to Josie. She deserves it.
In Liz Sistaire’s last newsletter she relates V-12 experiences from several class members. I have one more. In spring 1944 my roommate Gordon Grant and I were invited to a fancy party in Boston. In order to save money, we would hitch a ride. Hitchhiking was strictly against Navy regs, but there we were, thumbs up and in uniform. After a short wait a driver stopped, asked where we were going, and told us to get in. We did and looked over at the driver. It was Major John Howland, our Marine commandant! I can’t remember much conversation on our trip, but I do remember waiting two months for our orders to Parris Island! They never came. A year later we received our commission from Quantico. Gordie finished his college career at Harvard, his first choice, and is the only V-12er I know who was called back in the Korean War.
We are saddened to report the deaths of Richard C. Gerrold on September 5, 2019, in Lexington, Massachusetts; and James McHale on September 26, 2020, in East Hartford, Connecticut.
—Joe Hayes, P.O. Box 57, Rye Beach, NH 03871; jhayes697@yahoo.com