Class Note 1951
Issue
January-February 2025
Our classmate Haviland Smith, a retired CIA officer and longtime newspaper columnist, died in June.
Hav was often at the center of class reunion gatherings, regaling us with fascinating tales of recruiting CIA agents in hostile, heavily surveilled environments such as Berlin and Prague. More recently, we learned of his and wife Delores’ lives in retirement as farmers in Monroe Township, New Jersey. He was a prolific writer of op-ed pieces that demonstrate his wide-ranging knowledge and interests, especially in the field of foreign affairs.
Jim Rogers takes well-deserved pride in the longtime remarkable track record of the Twin Cities alumni club in fostering a flood of outstanding new high school graduates in the direction of Dartmouth. Although no longer as active as he once was, Jim remains strongly interested in and aware of the success of these recruiting initiatives.
Sandy McDonald, a decades-long Darien, Connecticut, resident, has pulled up stakes and moved with his wife, Gebby, to the Northampton, Massachusetts, area to be nearer their sons. I enjoy these continuing ties to Sandy; he and I were first grade classmates in Winnetka, Illinois, all those years ago.
Our esteemed class president, Al Brout, ably supported by his two Dartmouth daughters, continues to make it easy for us to stretch our minds and keep in touch with the College. If you haven’t been tuning in to Al’s interviews with an impressive sample of Dartmouth professors and key administrators, consider this a warm invitation to do so. I come away from each such conversation stimulated, informed, and admiring of today’s Dartmouth. Announcements of coming events are sent to each of us by email.
Ken Smith practiced law for 35 years. A new interest: He and his son have developed a strong interest in military artifacts. They attend five major gun shows annually and have now become dealers. Ken lives on Staten Island, New York, and is an active scuba diver.
I continue to be impressed with the extent to which members of the class of ’51 remain active, engaged, and contributing, even as we approach our mid-90s.
—Pete Henderson, 450 Davis St., Evanston, IL 60201; (847) 905-0635; pandjhenderson@gmail.com
Hav was often at the center of class reunion gatherings, regaling us with fascinating tales of recruiting CIA agents in hostile, heavily surveilled environments such as Berlin and Prague. More recently, we learned of his and wife Delores’ lives in retirement as farmers in Monroe Township, New Jersey. He was a prolific writer of op-ed pieces that demonstrate his wide-ranging knowledge and interests, especially in the field of foreign affairs.
Jim Rogers takes well-deserved pride in the longtime remarkable track record of the Twin Cities alumni club in fostering a flood of outstanding new high school graduates in the direction of Dartmouth. Although no longer as active as he once was, Jim remains strongly interested in and aware of the success of these recruiting initiatives.
Sandy McDonald, a decades-long Darien, Connecticut, resident, has pulled up stakes and moved with his wife, Gebby, to the Northampton, Massachusetts, area to be nearer their sons. I enjoy these continuing ties to Sandy; he and I were first grade classmates in Winnetka, Illinois, all those years ago.
Our esteemed class president, Al Brout, ably supported by his two Dartmouth daughters, continues to make it easy for us to stretch our minds and keep in touch with the College. If you haven’t been tuning in to Al’s interviews with an impressive sample of Dartmouth professors and key administrators, consider this a warm invitation to do so. I come away from each such conversation stimulated, informed, and admiring of today’s Dartmouth. Announcements of coming events are sent to each of us by email.
Ken Smith practiced law for 35 years. A new interest: He and his son have developed a strong interest in military artifacts. They attend five major gun shows annually and have now become dealers. Ken lives on Staten Island, New York, and is an active scuba diver.
I continue to be impressed with the extent to which members of the class of ’51 remain active, engaged, and contributing, even as we approach our mid-90s.
—Pete Henderson, 450 Davis St., Evanston, IL 60201; (847) 905-0635; pandjhenderson@gmail.com