Class Note 1949
Issue
The fall mini-reunion is set for Friday, October 7, to Sunday, October 9. There’s an early-bird dinner at the Norwich Inn on Thursday and a Sunday brunch at Anne and George Hartmann’s home in Lyme, New Hampshire, on Sunday. Friday’s class meeting (4 p.m.) and dinner are in the Faculty Lounge in the Hop, and Saturday’s dinner is in the Wheelock Room at the Hanover Inn. Mini-chairman Punchy Thomas would like to get a head count ASAP at (603) 298-5897 or gakap@myfairpoint.net (gakap translates to “gordon also known as punchy”).
Jay Urstadt has received a lot of well-deserved recognition recently. First, he set the national record for the 80- to 84-year-old age group in the 50-meter breaststroke; that follows his world record set in Australia last year. Next, he rang the bell at the New York Stock Exchange with his own oversized gavel to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Urstadt-Biddle Properties. He also was honored upon his retirement as founding chairman and CEO of Battery Park City; land that cost $25 a square foot in the 1970s is worth $4,000 to $8,000 today in a $30 billion, 10 million square foot development. Jay’s “twin careers as a swimmer and renaissance realtor” are featured in the June issue of Greenwich Magazine (Connecticut).
Our class treasurer Bob Rooke received an honorary degree from Bucknell University this spring. Bob, who has been an extremely generous donor to Dartmouth through the years, served as a longtime Bucknell trustee following in his family’s tradition.
Our condolences to the family of Jim Ruch, who died on February 3 in Harwich, Massachusetts, where he lived. Jim was an All-New England lacrosse player at Dartmouth and had careers in industrial sales and market research.
Frank O’Halloran’s niece called me to tell me that Frank died in December 2008 in Edison, New Jersey, where he lived. Frank, who never married, worked in advertising and marketing. At age 90 he probably was the oldest member of our class.
—John Adler, 530 Old Post Road No. 3, Greenwich, CT 06830; (203) 622-9069; (203) 629-4865 (fax)
Sept - Oct 2010
The fall mini-reunion is set for Friday, October 7, to Sunday, October 9. There’s an early-bird dinner at the Norwich Inn on Thursday and a Sunday brunch at Anne and George Hartmann’s home in Lyme, New Hampshire, on Sunday. Friday’s class meeting (4 p.m.) and dinner are in the Faculty Lounge in the Hop, and Saturday’s dinner is in the Wheelock Room at the Hanover Inn. Mini-chairman Punchy Thomas would like to get a head count ASAP at (603) 298-5897 or gakap@myfairpoint.net (gakap translates to “gordon also known as punchy”).
Jay Urstadt has received a lot of well-deserved recognition recently. First, he set the national record for the 80- to 84-year-old age group in the 50-meter breaststroke; that follows his world record set in Australia last year. Next, he rang the bell at the New York Stock Exchange with his own oversized gavel to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Urstadt-Biddle Properties. He also was honored upon his retirement as founding chairman and CEO of Battery Park City; land that cost $25 a square foot in the 1970s is worth $4,000 to $8,000 today in a $30 billion, 10 million square foot development. Jay’s “twin careers as a swimmer and renaissance realtor” are featured in the June issue of Greenwich Magazine (Connecticut).
Our class treasurer Bob Rooke received an honorary degree from Bucknell University this spring. Bob, who has been an extremely generous donor to Dartmouth through the years, served as a longtime Bucknell trustee following in his family’s tradition.
Our condolences to the family of Jim Ruch, who died on February 3 in Harwich, Massachusetts, where he lived. Jim was an All-New England lacrosse player at Dartmouth and had careers in industrial sales and market research.
Frank O’Halloran’s niece called me to tell me that Frank died in December 2008 in Edison, New Jersey, where he lived. Frank, who never married, worked in advertising and marketing. At age 90 he probably was the oldest member of our class.
—John Adler, 530 Old Post Road No. 3, Greenwich, CT 06830; (203) 622-9069; (203) 629-4865 (fax)