Class Note 1949
Issue
May - Jun 2018
Richie Wolff may turn out to be the physical miracle-man of our class. He still plays tennis and golf and takes two or three excursions a year with Beth. Most recently, he returned from an Oceania trip that involved stops in Peru and Easter and Pitcairn Islands. (Unlike the Bounty, Beth kept him in line, and he didn’t mutiny.) Richie has good genes; brother John ’46, 93, who writes the 1946 DAM column, still practices medicine and monitors Richie’s health.
I chatted briefly with Paul Bjorkland. Our all-star class agent emeritus is fighting a tough battle with chronic leukemia. Paul keeps in touch with former roommates Ed Graham and Dick Hook and sends a wah-hoo-wah to the rest of his classmates.
John Frederick Goodrich died on September 21, 2017, near Littleton, New Hampshire, where he lived. John spent his career with the Social Security Administration. He is survived by three sons and two daughters.
John Bernard Daukas died on November 19, 2017, five days shy of his 90th birthday. A serious football injury kept John from following his brothers into professional football. John, who lived in Westerly, Rhode Island, operated his own optical company in Middletown, Connecticut, for almost 50 years, and enjoyed sailing and fishing. He is survived by children John Jr. ’84, Galan ’85 and Joan Beth ’88.
Donald Richard Pardee died on January 13. Don, who lived in Palm Bay, Florida, was in the Navy V-12 program at Dartmouth. He spent his career in information technology with Sperry Gyroscope, Hughes Aircraft, General Dynamics, Lear Sigler and the City of San Diego before retiring in 1991. He leaves his wife, Patricia, three sons, a daughter and three stepdaughters.
John Gately died on January 16, 2016. John, who lived in Huntington Beach, California, was a process-quality engineer. He is survived by his wife, Bernadette, four sons and a daughter.
As I submit this column, I have learned class president George Hartmann died on February 21. Talk about a shock. I had plans to meet George and Anne in Sarasota, Florida, in early March. More in the next issue.
—John Adler, 75 Silo Circle, Riverside, CT 06878; (203) 622-9069; (203) 637-3227 (fax)
I chatted briefly with Paul Bjorkland. Our all-star class agent emeritus is fighting a tough battle with chronic leukemia. Paul keeps in touch with former roommates Ed Graham and Dick Hook and sends a wah-hoo-wah to the rest of his classmates.
John Frederick Goodrich died on September 21, 2017, near Littleton, New Hampshire, where he lived. John spent his career with the Social Security Administration. He is survived by three sons and two daughters.
John Bernard Daukas died on November 19, 2017, five days shy of his 90th birthday. A serious football injury kept John from following his brothers into professional football. John, who lived in Westerly, Rhode Island, operated his own optical company in Middletown, Connecticut, for almost 50 years, and enjoyed sailing and fishing. He is survived by children John Jr. ’84, Galan ’85 and Joan Beth ’88.
Donald Richard Pardee died on January 13. Don, who lived in Palm Bay, Florida, was in the Navy V-12 program at Dartmouth. He spent his career in information technology with Sperry Gyroscope, Hughes Aircraft, General Dynamics, Lear Sigler and the City of San Diego before retiring in 1991. He leaves his wife, Patricia, three sons, a daughter and three stepdaughters.
John Gately died on January 16, 2016. John, who lived in Huntington Beach, California, was a process-quality engineer. He is survived by his wife, Bernadette, four sons and a daughter.
As I submit this column, I have learned class president George Hartmann died on February 21. Talk about a shock. I had plans to meet George and Anne in Sarasota, Florida, in early March. More in the next issue.
—John Adler, 75 Silo Circle, Riverside, CT 06878; (203) 622-9069; (203) 637-3227 (fax)