Class Note 1949
Issue
Jan - Feb 2018
Flashback! Dartmouth Forty-niners originally numbered 389: 49 matriculated in March, 1945; 221 in July and 119 in November. Total civilian enrollment in November was 680, so we comprised 57 percent of the College; 958 Navy ROTC V-12s and V5s dominated the campus; our average age was 17 years and nine months, and 24 of us were only 16. How times change!
Bill Ballard checked in from Daytona Beach, Florida, recounting memories from our Dartmouth trip to Ireland with about seven other classmates during which 9/11 occurred. My late wife, Vi, and I and Bill and his late wife, Nomi, journeyed on afterward to a London devoid of Americans. He remembered a lively discussion with the late Burt Proom over his choice of dinner wine, and credits his daily three glasses of vino for keeping him healthy now. Take notice!
Paul Woodberry called to talk about the late John Stearns. Paul remembers “Bull Moose” refereeing a campus tug-of-war between the ’49s and ’50s when he almost swallowed his whistle and needed medical aid to retrieve it. Unlike the seven dwarfs, John stopped whistling when he worked.
Curtis Reed Parke Jr. died on May 11, 2017, in Glenview, Illinois, where he lived. Reed, a lawyer, spent his career as an executive with the Chicago investment firm of Duff Anderson & Clark Inc. A musician, he belonged to the Handel Society and Marching Band at Dartmouth and the music group at his church. Reed is survived by sons David and Mark and daughter Mary.
Robert Donald Hill died on August 22, 2017, in Sleepy Hollow, New York, where he lived. At Dartmouth Bob managed both the tennis and the all-star hockey team featuring classmates Dick Desmond, Joe Riley and Jack Kilmartin. Bob spent his career at his family real estate business in Riverdale, New York. His principal hobby was curling, possibly unique for the class. Bob is survived by daughters Cynthia, Susan and Elizabeth.
Stafford Warwick Keegin II died on September 4, 2017, in Holland, Michigan, where he lived. Staff spent his career in sales for PPG Industries. He is survived by his wife, Margaret, and sons David and John.
—John Adler, 1623 Pelican Cove Road, BA123, Sarasota, FL 34231; (203) 622-9069; (941) 966-2943 (fax)
Bill Ballard checked in from Daytona Beach, Florida, recounting memories from our Dartmouth trip to Ireland with about seven other classmates during which 9/11 occurred. My late wife, Vi, and I and Bill and his late wife, Nomi, journeyed on afterward to a London devoid of Americans. He remembered a lively discussion with the late Burt Proom over his choice of dinner wine, and credits his daily three glasses of vino for keeping him healthy now. Take notice!
Paul Woodberry called to talk about the late John Stearns. Paul remembers “Bull Moose” refereeing a campus tug-of-war between the ’49s and ’50s when he almost swallowed his whistle and needed medical aid to retrieve it. Unlike the seven dwarfs, John stopped whistling when he worked.
Curtis Reed Parke Jr. died on May 11, 2017, in Glenview, Illinois, where he lived. Reed, a lawyer, spent his career as an executive with the Chicago investment firm of Duff Anderson & Clark Inc. A musician, he belonged to the Handel Society and Marching Band at Dartmouth and the music group at his church. Reed is survived by sons David and Mark and daughter Mary.
Robert Donald Hill died on August 22, 2017, in Sleepy Hollow, New York, where he lived. At Dartmouth Bob managed both the tennis and the all-star hockey team featuring classmates Dick Desmond, Joe Riley and Jack Kilmartin. Bob spent his career at his family real estate business in Riverdale, New York. His principal hobby was curling, possibly unique for the class. Bob is survived by daughters Cynthia, Susan and Elizabeth.
Stafford Warwick Keegin II died on September 4, 2017, in Holland, Michigan, where he lived. Staff spent his career in sales for PPG Industries. He is survived by his wife, Margaret, and sons David and John.
—John Adler, 1623 Pelican Cove Road, BA123, Sarasota, FL 34231; (203) 622-9069; (941) 966-2943 (fax)