Class Note 1949
Issue
July-August 2021
For more than 30 years Bruce Crawford, Tom Towler, and I have been a seasonal triumvirate in Sarasota, Florida, getting together frequently. All our wives died, and our new partners continued our closeness. In recent years Joel Berson joined us on occasion. Bruce died last year, and Tom is battling Parkinson’s. When Joel visited in April, he hosted our sad but sweet final get-together of lifelong Dartmouth ’49er fellowship.
Doug Thomson, my DAM predecessor, dropped me a note from his assisted living residence in Savannah, Georgia. Approaching 97, Doug says he’s finally beginning to feel old. Not too many years ago, he shot his age on the golf course.
Ray Truncellito reminisced about some of his football experiences. His New Jersey high school team stopped Vince Lombardi’s team’s 25-game winning streak. Johnny Dell Isola, one of Fordham’s “Seven Blocks of Granite” along with Lombardi, became line coach at Dartmouth in 1947. Ray said Dell Isola was the best coach he ever played for. After starring for the Big Green (Indians in those days), Ray and fellow ’49ers Jon Jenkins and Joe Sullivan played for the Eastern All Stars, who beat the New York Giants in a Fresh Air Fund exhibition game at Yankee Stadium. Jon went on to play tackle for the Baltimore Colts for two years and Joe became backfield coach at Georgetown.
John Garner Gallup died on March 2. John, who lived in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, spent his career in the paper products business in nearby Springfield. After retiring as CEO of Strathmore Paper Co., he was active in a number of community organizations. John is survived by son Bruce and daughters Susan and Paula.
Philip Ward Goodspeed died on March 21 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he lived. Phil joined the family real estate management firm in his hometown not long after graduation. After fathering a daughter and five sons—including William ’80—all of whom survive him, Phil became active with Planned Parenthood. He noted and was proud of the irony.
—John Adler, 75 Silo Circle, Riverside, CT 06878; (203) 622-9069; (203) 637-3227 (fax)
Doug Thomson, my DAM predecessor, dropped me a note from his assisted living residence in Savannah, Georgia. Approaching 97, Doug says he’s finally beginning to feel old. Not too many years ago, he shot his age on the golf course.
Ray Truncellito reminisced about some of his football experiences. His New Jersey high school team stopped Vince Lombardi’s team’s 25-game winning streak. Johnny Dell Isola, one of Fordham’s “Seven Blocks of Granite” along with Lombardi, became line coach at Dartmouth in 1947. Ray said Dell Isola was the best coach he ever played for. After starring for the Big Green (Indians in those days), Ray and fellow ’49ers Jon Jenkins and Joe Sullivan played for the Eastern All Stars, who beat the New York Giants in a Fresh Air Fund exhibition game at Yankee Stadium. Jon went on to play tackle for the Baltimore Colts for two years and Joe became backfield coach at Georgetown.
John Garner Gallup died on March 2. John, who lived in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, spent his career in the paper products business in nearby Springfield. After retiring as CEO of Strathmore Paper Co., he was active in a number of community organizations. John is survived by son Bruce and daughters Susan and Paula.
Philip Ward Goodspeed died on March 21 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he lived. Phil joined the family real estate management firm in his hometown not long after graduation. After fathering a daughter and five sons—including William ’80—all of whom survive him, Phil became active with Planned Parenthood. He noted and was proud of the irony.
—John Adler, 75 Silo Circle, Riverside, CT 06878; (203) 622-9069; (203) 637-3227 (fax)