Class Note 1950
Issue
Nov - Dec 2017
I received a nice note from former U.S. Federal Court of Appeals Judge Lee Sarokin containing some wonderful memories. He, Joel Levitt and Frank Gilroy attended the memorial service for jazz pianist Jack English, with whom drummer Lee and saxophonist Roger Mathes traveled to Europe in the summer of 1949 as members of the Dartmouth Boptet. Dizzy Gillespie came to hear them at the Paris jazz club where they had a summer gig, and then invited them to sit in later with his band at his club. Lee wrote, “I’ve had many great moments in my life, but that still stands out as one of the greatest!”
When I responded to a note from George Woodwell (founder and longtime head of the Woods Hole Research Center), he wrote back, “A real letter! With enclosures! Astonishing! But then in Vermont they apparently still write them and use the ancient language free of ‘likes’ and vulgarity.” (That standard falls when one is writing about the present federal administration.) George mourns the fact that a benighted board of selectmen in his town of Falmouth, Massachusetts, has voted to remove two large wind turbines from 300 acres of town land, ending seven years of productive operation.
Michael Bongiorno ’88 wrote to tell me that his uncle, Gerry Sarno, had passed away in June. Gerry was a force on our winning football teams, received his master’s from Thayer and later served on the Thayer board of overseers.
Lynn Adams, daughter of Nev Chamberlain, kindly wrote to tell me that Nev, my predecessor as class secretary, passed away in May in Vero Beach, Florida, and will be interred in Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I last saw Nev and his beloved wife, Randi, in Vero a year or so ago when Joan McIlwain, Jilly and Jack Harned and I joined them for lunch. I believe Randi’s address is still 1835 North Garden Grove Circle, Vero Beach, FL.
The College informed me that Richard Bill had passed away in 2010.
I hope to see you in Hanover for our mini-reunion in October. Carpe diem!
—Alex Hoffman, 49 Maple St., Apt. 113, Manchester Center, VT 05255; (802) 362-2486; twinksalex@comcast.net
When I responded to a note from George Woodwell (founder and longtime head of the Woods Hole Research Center), he wrote back, “A real letter! With enclosures! Astonishing! But then in Vermont they apparently still write them and use the ancient language free of ‘likes’ and vulgarity.” (That standard falls when one is writing about the present federal administration.) George mourns the fact that a benighted board of selectmen in his town of Falmouth, Massachusetts, has voted to remove two large wind turbines from 300 acres of town land, ending seven years of productive operation.
Michael Bongiorno ’88 wrote to tell me that his uncle, Gerry Sarno, had passed away in June. Gerry was a force on our winning football teams, received his master’s from Thayer and later served on the Thayer board of overseers.
Lynn Adams, daughter of Nev Chamberlain, kindly wrote to tell me that Nev, my predecessor as class secretary, passed away in May in Vero Beach, Florida, and will be interred in Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I last saw Nev and his beloved wife, Randi, in Vero a year or so ago when Joan McIlwain, Jilly and Jack Harned and I joined them for lunch. I believe Randi’s address is still 1835 North Garden Grove Circle, Vero Beach, FL.
The College informed me that Richard Bill had passed away in 2010.
I hope to see you in Hanover for our mini-reunion in October. Carpe diem!
—Alex Hoffman, 49 Maple St., Apt. 113, Manchester Center, VT 05255; (802) 362-2486; twinksalex@comcast.net