Class Note 1949
Issue
After 63 years it was great to hear from my freshman pal Bob Weber, who checked in from Santa Barbara, California. Bob was one of the 49 ’49s who lived in Wheeler. He left for the Army after three semesters, stayed in for 10 years, got polio, retired as a captain, went back to Dartmouth and graduated with the class of 1958. Then came a Ph.D. from Princeton; professorships in Spanish and Latin American literature at Berkeley, Indiana and Wesleyan; a law degree from Connecticut and an L.L.M. from Yale. Bob changed careers and practiced law for 14 years in Los Angeles. Three wives and five kids later, Bob is happily married and enjoys life, especially cruises. Bob has endowed two annual prizes in Spanish and Latin American literature to Dartmouth and given “a ton of first-edition Spanish books to Baker Library.” Variety is the spice of life.
I shared Bob’s letter with his freshman buddy Jay Urstadt. Jay responded with a copy of his op-ed piece in the October 22, 2009, New York Times proposing that N.Y.C. take over Battery Park City (reclaimed land at the tip of Manhattan) for $1; Jay was founding chairman of Battery Park 42 years ago. N.Y.C. could gain about $500 million under Jay’s proposal, which closed: “In this day of trillion-dollar bailouts and stimulus packages, a dollar can still buy something.” Jay says, “You would be amazed at how many dollar bills I have received.” Jay was at our 60th reunion and continues his world-class swimming, along with serving as CEO of Urstadt-Biddle Properties.
Punchy Thomas checked in with an operational report from Hanover. He said that Ed Clogston had brain surgery in October to remove a tumor affecting his vision and is recovering well. Punchy himself was separated from his gallbladder in December; we always knew Punchy had a lot of gall, but that’s going a bit too far. He’s doing fine.
Our condolences to the family of Bob Rencurrel, who died on October 17, 2009.
—John Adler, 530 Old Post Road 3, Greenwich, CT 06830; (203) 622-9069; (203) 629-4865 (fax)
Mar - Apr 2010
After 63 years it was great to hear from my freshman pal Bob Weber, who checked in from Santa Barbara, California. Bob was one of the 49 ’49s who lived in Wheeler. He left for the Army after three semesters, stayed in for 10 years, got polio, retired as a captain, went back to Dartmouth and graduated with the class of 1958. Then came a Ph.D. from Princeton; professorships in Spanish and Latin American literature at Berkeley, Indiana and Wesleyan; a law degree from Connecticut and an L.L.M. from Yale. Bob changed careers and practiced law for 14 years in Los Angeles. Three wives and five kids later, Bob is happily married and enjoys life, especially cruises. Bob has endowed two annual prizes in Spanish and Latin American literature to Dartmouth and given “a ton of first-edition Spanish books to Baker Library.” Variety is the spice of life.
I shared Bob’s letter with his freshman buddy Jay Urstadt. Jay responded with a copy of his op-ed piece in the October 22, 2009, New York Times proposing that N.Y.C. take over Battery Park City (reclaimed land at the tip of Manhattan) for $1; Jay was founding chairman of Battery Park 42 years ago. N.Y.C. could gain about $500 million under Jay’s proposal, which closed: “In this day of trillion-dollar bailouts and stimulus packages, a dollar can still buy something.” Jay says, “You would be amazed at how many dollar bills I have received.” Jay was at our 60th reunion and continues his world-class swimming, along with serving as CEO of Urstadt-Biddle Properties.
Punchy Thomas checked in with an operational report from Hanover. He said that Ed Clogston had brain surgery in October to remove a tumor affecting his vision and is recovering well. Punchy himself was separated from his gallbladder in December; we always knew Punchy had a lot of gall, but that’s going a bit too far. He’s doing fine.
Our condolences to the family of Bob Rencurrel, who died on October 17, 2009.
—John Adler, 530 Old Post Road 3, Greenwich, CT 06830; (203) 622-9069; (203) 629-4865 (fax)