A long-standing assumption that Joel Leavitt, the current class tennis champion and golf enthusiast, is the youngest among us has been proved false. Tommy Ruggles has emerged as the holder of that title. Tom was born on February 29, 1928, and has been giving birthday parties every four years for quite a while. This year, after quizzing a number of town clerks in surrounding counties, he sent out 51 invitations. Seven, along with much older friends and family, attended his 22nd Leap Year party at the Concord (Massachusetts) Green Condominiums, a project originally built by Frank Harrington. The occasion made local headlines. Tom, with his famous banjo, joined his band, Strings ’n’ Things and sang songs reminiscent of the 1920s. “I’m a bit of a showman,” he modestly told a reporter.

On March 14 Randi and I enjoyed a lunch at Mulligan’s Beach House with Jack and Jill Harned, Alex Hoffman, Joan McIlwain (with the poignant memory of recently departed Bob McIlwain) and Twinks Hoffman. I felt a keen sense of nostalgia as Jack and I—once spry young fraternity brothers—were feeling our way to the table, Jack with his historic gold-handled cane and me with my rubber-tipped model. How lucky we were to have been able to do so after all these years. It was a grand occasion. Such good friends.

The Dartmouth Club of Vero Beach, Florida, sponsored a wine and cheese lecture by economics professor David Blanchflower. We and Joan McIlwain were photographed by Joanne Sardella, Joe’s daughter. She is secretary of the club and one of our favorite stockbrokers.

Rita O’Neil, who was married to Timothy Robert O’Neil for 69 years, has written to let the class know that Tim died on May 13, 2015. They met when she was 16 years old. The tone of her letter tells us that their marriage was made in heaven. Please read Alex Hoffman’s obituary of Bob McIlwain at dartmouthalumnimagazine.com.

—Nev Chamberlain, 1835 North Garden Grove Circle, Vero Beach, FL 32962; (772) 569-2893; ranevero03@gmail.com