Class Note 1953
Sixty years back was a
wonderful day!
A charge from the president signaled our
way.
A group of young men, awash with great
verve
Went out from our school a-fired to serve.
The verdict is booked, to be written anon.
It’s now in perspective, these 60 years on.
We’ve made our mark in all ways of living.
We subscribed ourselves to all ways of
giving.
And so, though our record’s not complete
at this time,
It’s still to behold, an exemplar sublime.
So let us rejoice, at this date anon,
Sixty years later, 60 years on.
And so it is fitting that as we enter our seventh post-Dartmouth decade, once again one of our classmates is being honored by Dartmouth. Joseph J. Helble, dean of Thayer School, in his citation to Harlan Fair said in part, “On behalf of the overseers and chair Terry McGuire, it is my honor to inform you that at their February meeting in Houston, Texas, the board elected you to be the 2013 recipient of the Sylvanus Thayer Fellows award in recognition of all you have done for Thayer School. Not only do you serve actively as an agent for the Thayer School Annual Fund, you have served as president of the Dartmouth Society of Engineers and continue to serve as a member-at-large. You also devoted your time and expertise in support of engineering students in their project work and you serve the College as well, most recently as chair of your 60th reunion.”
It is also in our class’ character that 15 hearty classmates and wives enjoyed a marvelous ski day at Cynthia and Dave Donovan’s house at Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire, at almost the same time as Dick Fleming hosted a group of 20 classmates and wives at Harbour Ridge, Florida.
Unfortunately, a consequence of time is the inexorable loss of our esteemed classmates. I am saddened to announce the deaths of Eric Van Schaack, Barron W. Schoder and Ronald Scheman, and offer the sincere condolences of our entire class to their families.
—Mark H. Smoller, 4 Schuyler Drive, Jericho, NY 11753; (516) 938-3616; dartmark@gmail.com
