Class Note 1947
Issue
January-February 2022
The leaf season in the fall in New England is a very busy time, with tourists arriving from everywhere. Mountains ablaze with color is quite a sight. And Dartmouth is right in the middle of it. Then quick as a flash the colors turn to white. Winter has arrived.
A while back I wrote about a recall to serve in the Korean War. I received an email from Ben Brewster, a Marine V-12er from our class who indeed was called back. Ben received a degree from Thayer, another from MIT, and spent six months in Korea building roads. He says he never fired a shot, nor was he ever fired upon. I also heard from Dave Chalmers ’46. He was called back, but his return was deferred. I noticed from the picture he sent that he is now a member of the exclusive Cane Club. Dave and I were both stationed at Camp Pendleton, in the same tent camp, when the war ended. My favorite story of that time was when Dave and I were walking down the street in nearby Balboa and he yells out, “Hey, Humphrey Gobart.” It was, of course, Humphrey Bogart, and he was not pleased and told us so!
Fifty years ago, after the decision was made to admit women to the College, many men expressed concern that women didn’t understand philanthropy and had neither the inclination nor the means to give back, says Peggy Epstein Tanner ’79, co-chair of the Call to Lead campaign. The goal is to strengthen Dartmouth’s position as a leading model for women’s philanthropy. From that effort, started seven years ago, 103 women have made a total of $379 million in campaign commitments and another $61 million in bequest expectancies. Women represent more than a third of the alumni body and have been well represented as trustees. Peggy, of course is one of the daughters of our recently deceased vice president, Alan Epstein, who also was our longtime class fundraiser. Alan certainly passed that gene on.
We are saddened to report the death of Larry Goodman of Greenwich, Connecticut, on August 4, 2021.
—Joe Hayes, P.O. Box 57, Rye Beach, NH 03871; (603) 964-6592; jhayes697@yahoo.com
A while back I wrote about a recall to serve in the Korean War. I received an email from Ben Brewster, a Marine V-12er from our class who indeed was called back. Ben received a degree from Thayer, another from MIT, and spent six months in Korea building roads. He says he never fired a shot, nor was he ever fired upon. I also heard from Dave Chalmers ’46. He was called back, but his return was deferred. I noticed from the picture he sent that he is now a member of the exclusive Cane Club. Dave and I were both stationed at Camp Pendleton, in the same tent camp, when the war ended. My favorite story of that time was when Dave and I were walking down the street in nearby Balboa and he yells out, “Hey, Humphrey Gobart.” It was, of course, Humphrey Bogart, and he was not pleased and told us so!
Fifty years ago, after the decision was made to admit women to the College, many men expressed concern that women didn’t understand philanthropy and had neither the inclination nor the means to give back, says Peggy Epstein Tanner ’79, co-chair of the Call to Lead campaign. The goal is to strengthen Dartmouth’s position as a leading model for women’s philanthropy. From that effort, started seven years ago, 103 women have made a total of $379 million in campaign commitments and another $61 million in bequest expectancies. Women represent more than a third of the alumni body and have been well represented as trustees. Peggy, of course is one of the daughters of our recently deceased vice president, Alan Epstein, who also was our longtime class fundraiser. Alan certainly passed that gene on.
We are saddened to report the death of Larry Goodman of Greenwich, Connecticut, on August 4, 2021.
—Joe Hayes, P.O. Box 57, Rye Beach, NH 03871; (603) 964-6592; jhayes697@yahoo.com