Class Note 1951
Issue
Mar - Apr 2019
What keeps 90-year-olds busy at this stage of their lives? For Bill Farnham, a longtime U.S. Air Force pilot, it’s flying his own plane. Bill recently flew from his home town of Tampa, Florida, to Fort Pierce, Florida, for an airport lunch with Art Worden. Art, now a retired pilot, has turned in his license for a new motorcycle. Day-brighteners and mind-stretchers for lots of us are the many rich adult education programs available in our communities. Joe Spound regularly takes advantage of Harvard’s offerings. Ed Landau, an inspiration for his wide-ranging intellectual pursuits (how many M.D.’s do you know who also have a degree in landscape design?), is currently studying the U.S. Supreme Court. Jean and I delight in walking to nearby Northwestern University to sample its exciting non-credit classes.
Peter Martin’s singing voice is still in fine fettle. He is part of two choruses, one of them at the Kendal retirement community in Hanover, where he and Lu live. Lu is active in advancing Dartmouth’s recently launched $3-billion capital campaign. Speaking of which, I attended a campaign kickoff event in Chicago and was wowed by the outstanding presentations and the thoughtfulness of the campaign goals. Similar events will be held in April and May in New York, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Denver, and Hanover. If you live anywhere near one of these programs, don’t miss it!
Bob Shannon (Greenwich, Connecticut) delights in having four Dartmouth graduates among his heirs. Says Bob, “I had the great pleasure of seeing my grandson, Luke Antal ’07, connect with our classmate Henry Nachman at a recent Alumni Council meeting. Besides Luke, my two daughters, another grandson, and his fiancée all attended Dartmouth.”
Peirce McKee traveled from California to Philadelphia, where he joined up with Buck Scott for last fall’s thrilling Dartmouth-Princeton football game.
We report with sadness the deaths of three more classmates: Ben “Bud” Hurd, John Ives, and Ed Tolley.Full obituaries for these men will be included in Charlie Russell’snext issue of ’51 Fables and on our class website.
—Pete Henderson, 450 Davis St., Evanston, IL 60201; (847) 905-0635; pandjhenderson@gmail.com
Peter Martin’s singing voice is still in fine fettle. He is part of two choruses, one of them at the Kendal retirement community in Hanover, where he and Lu live. Lu is active in advancing Dartmouth’s recently launched $3-billion capital campaign. Speaking of which, I attended a campaign kickoff event in Chicago and was wowed by the outstanding presentations and the thoughtfulness of the campaign goals. Similar events will be held in April and May in New York, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Denver, and Hanover. If you live anywhere near one of these programs, don’t miss it!
Bob Shannon (Greenwich, Connecticut) delights in having four Dartmouth graduates among his heirs. Says Bob, “I had the great pleasure of seeing my grandson, Luke Antal ’07, connect with our classmate Henry Nachman at a recent Alumni Council meeting. Besides Luke, my two daughters, another grandson, and his fiancée all attended Dartmouth.”
Peirce McKee traveled from California to Philadelphia, where he joined up with Buck Scott for last fall’s thrilling Dartmouth-Princeton football game.
We report with sadness the deaths of three more classmates: Ben “Bud” Hurd, John Ives, and Ed Tolley.Full obituaries for these men will be included in Charlie Russell’snext issue of ’51 Fables and on our class website.
—Pete Henderson, 450 Davis St., Evanston, IL 60201; (847) 905-0635; pandjhenderson@gmail.com