Sad news: Punchy Thomas died in his sleep on Christmas Eve, just as this column went to the editors. More on Punchy, our class reunion mainstay, in the next issue.


My thanks to Quent Kopp for sending along an interesting article about Ed Graham and a new e-book Ed has written to encourage young people with Asperger’s disease called The Incredible Henry Hof. Ed and I both have special grandchildren, so we can relate to that. We reminisced about his Bob and Ray commercials for Piel’s Beer and his work for Bob Hope. Ed is still in touch with his roommates Dick Hook and Paul Bjorkland.


Jay Urstadt sent along some Tuck School nostalgia: “Late one evening my roommate Tom Swartz and I had just returned from White River Junction, Vermont, where we had been collecting data on the affects of alcohol on female farm workers. Back in Chase Hall we heard a big commotion in the men’s room. Rushing to the scene, we found that a toilet had been blown up. One of our classmates had lit a cherry bomb, having mistaken it for a birthday candle, and then flushed it down the toilet. The explosion spread pieces of the toilet bowl all over the place.” With editorial discretion, I’ll spare you the rest of this tale.


David H. Ward died on August 28, 2012, in Orleans, Massachusetts, where he lived. Dave was in the Navy V-12 program at Dartmouth but did not graduate. He spent his career with Hughes Aircraft as a sales representative, and then became a family alcoholism interventionist. He leaves his wife, Lucille, and two children, to whom the class sends its sympathy.


Leland J. Fancher died on September 15, 2012 in Easton, Maryland where he lived. Lee captained the soccer team at Dartmouth and received his master’s from Thayer. He spent his career as an engineer at Red Devil Tool Co. in Union, New Jersey, and later at Nordson in Westlake, Ohio. Lee is survived by his wife, Muriel, and three daughters, to whom the class sends its condolences.


Marcello A. Marinelli died on November 21, 2012, near East Burke, Vermont, where he lived. Chet received his master’s from Thayer School and spent his career in the industrial scales industry in Vermont and Massachusetts. He leaves his wife, Doris, and four children, to whom the class sends its sympathy.


—John Adler, 1623 Pelican Cove Road, BA123, Sarasota, FL 34231; (203) 622-9069; (941) 966-2943 (fax)