Ray Rasenberger is keeping busy in Washington, D.C., with mediating and arbitrating cases for the Federal Court of Appeals on a pro bono basis. His son Jim has a book called The Brilliant Disaster being published this spring on the Bay of Pigs, 50 years after that unfortunate event. Ray’s work for the government in helping to ransom some of Fidel Castro’s prisoners provided the seed for Jim’s book.


Sally Gorton wrote that the new Slade Gorton International Policy Center opened last fall in a new building across from the University of Washington. Last May Slade was named Seattle-King County (Washington) Man of the Year and was honored at a black-tie dinner. Slade is still flying all over the country for his law firm and the various boards he serves on.


Jay Urstadt was another black-tie honoree when Historic Hudson Valley presented him with its Founder’s Award. And Bill Ballard’s daughters threw a black-tie dinner for him and Nomi to celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary. Bill says that Johnny Everatt’s wife, Susan, has established a class website. Its address is too long to put here, but you can e-mail any news to Susan and she will provide you with the link. Susan says the site is a spin-off of a Dartmouth class master site.


Al Quirk, who is better known for his pitching exploits and his outstanding service to Dartmouth as dean of admissions, is a collector of World War I posters. Al received some publicity recently for donating part of his extensive collection to the Alliance for Visual Arts (New Hampshire and Vermont), of which he is a past chairman.


Dick Stanwood died on September 12 in Palo Alto, California, of a lingering illness. Dick had a stellar career in advertising at the Leo Burnett Agency in Chicago, where he was president and chief creative officer for accounts such as Charlie Tuna, the Keebler Elves, the Pillsbury Doughboy and the Jolly Green Giant. The class sends its condolences to Dick’s widow, Joann, and his three children.


—John Adler, 75 Silo Circle, Riverside, CT 06878; (203) 622-9069; (203) 637-3227 (fax)