Class Note 1949
Issue
Mar - Apr 2018
As our class youngsters (who matriculated at age 16) enter their 10th decade, there are still 125 of us on this side of the grass. I hope that will lead to a good turnout at our 70th Reunion next year.
Paul Woodberry reported that he had a nice chat with Ed Clogston: “After Ed retired from his insurance company, he moved to Vermont, where he eventually became the oldest ski instructor in the state. Ed, Jay Evans and I enjoyed skiing together many times at Sunapee, New Hampshire.” Ed now lives in Wilmington, Massachusetts.
Ralph Greenhouse died on February 20, 2017, in Alexandria, Virginia, where he lived. Ralph received his Ph.D. from Columbia in cultural anthropology, and spent 26 years with the U.S. Information Agency’s office of research and intelligence. Upon retiring he became a professional cellist, playing at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. Ralph is survived by sons Mark and William.
Willard Dean Merrill died on October 12, 2017, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. After graduation Dean spent 21 years as a Marine Corps officer, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. During the Cuban missile crisis he served under the joint chiefs of staff. In 1968 Dean moved to Woodstock, Vermont, where he managed the new Woodstock Inn and other properties for Laurance Rockefeller’s Rock Resorts. He established Felicity Farm as a home and a business for raising Angus cattle. In recent years Dean played a leading role in our class activities and was my predecessor as secretary. He is survived by his son Frederic and daughters Janet and Laurel.
Alfred Thomas Quirk also died on October 12, 2017, at his home in Hanover. Al was a three-year star pitcher on the baseball team, which captured the 1948 Eastern Intercollegiate Championship. He was the face of Dartmouth’s admissions office from 1963 to 1995, becoming director in 1979 and dean in 1982, while overseeing the entrance of 28,000 students and Dartmouth’s first women in 1972. Some of our classmates were happy with Al’s selections; others, disappointed legacy fathers, not so much. In retirement, Al became a fine artist. He leaves his daughters, Judith and Louise.
—John Adler, 1623 Pelican Cove Road, BA123 Sarasota, FL 34231; (203) 622-9069; (941) 966-2943 (fax)
Paul Woodberry reported that he had a nice chat with Ed Clogston: “After Ed retired from his insurance company, he moved to Vermont, where he eventually became the oldest ski instructor in the state. Ed, Jay Evans and I enjoyed skiing together many times at Sunapee, New Hampshire.” Ed now lives in Wilmington, Massachusetts.
Ralph Greenhouse died on February 20, 2017, in Alexandria, Virginia, where he lived. Ralph received his Ph.D. from Columbia in cultural anthropology, and spent 26 years with the U.S. Information Agency’s office of research and intelligence. Upon retiring he became a professional cellist, playing at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. Ralph is survived by sons Mark and William.
Willard Dean Merrill died on October 12, 2017, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. After graduation Dean spent 21 years as a Marine Corps officer, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. During the Cuban missile crisis he served under the joint chiefs of staff. In 1968 Dean moved to Woodstock, Vermont, where he managed the new Woodstock Inn and other properties for Laurance Rockefeller’s Rock Resorts. He established Felicity Farm as a home and a business for raising Angus cattle. In recent years Dean played a leading role in our class activities and was my predecessor as secretary. He is survived by his son Frederic and daughters Janet and Laurel.
Alfred Thomas Quirk also died on October 12, 2017, at his home in Hanover. Al was a three-year star pitcher on the baseball team, which captured the 1948 Eastern Intercollegiate Championship. He was the face of Dartmouth’s admissions office from 1963 to 1995, becoming director in 1979 and dean in 1982, while overseeing the entrance of 28,000 students and Dartmouth’s first women in 1972. Some of our classmates were happy with Al’s selections; others, disappointed legacy fathers, not so much. In retirement, Al became a fine artist. He leaves his daughters, Judith and Louise.
—John Adler, 1623 Pelican Cove Road, BA123 Sarasota, FL 34231; (203) 622-9069; (941) 966-2943 (fax)