Classes & Obits

Class Note 1954

Issue

Sept - Oct 2019

The Chicago Tribune ran a lengthy article on Steve Mullins, who passed in early June, and his friend Ed Chainsky’s plan to visit 100 minor league baseball parks—culminating at Reno Aces in Lake Villa, Nevada. The general manager’s mom grew up in Lake Villa. They had invited Steve to throw out the first pitch. If you would like to read the full article, please email me.

Dick Barker wrote, “Lew Milkey and I attended the May meeting of the Dartmouth Club of Cape Cod at the Hyannis Yacht Club, where we were the senior alums there. The featured speaker was Gene Hornsby, Tu’73, former president of the Orleans Firebirds baseball team.”

Pete Kenyon has finalized the 2019 intern list. The internships include, through the Dickey Center, Shae Wolfe ’20, the William E. Murane Class of 1954 Internship. She is a neuroscience major with a passion for research in populations that have had the trajectory of their brain development altered by various cultural, emotional, and socioeconomic upbringings. She spent three months at NeuRA in Sydney, Australia, helping conduct and translate research on aboriginal and Torres Strait islander health and aging. She focused on neurodegenerative diseases, such as dementia and Alzheimer’s, the risk factors associated with cognitive decline, and what preventive measures could be implemented in at-risk aboriginal and Torres Strait islander communities. Through this experience, Shae was able to immerse herself in the aboriginal community, build mutually beneficial and lasting relationships, and gain a better understanding of the power dynamics that have made aboriginal people a target for degenerative brain diseases.

The other students included Gabrielle Hunter ’20, with the Peter E. Bullis Class of 1954 Nelson Rockefeller Center Internship; Maya Frost-Belansky ’20, with the Richard C. Lederer Class of 1954 Nelson Rockefeller Internship; and Zachary Milestone ’20, with the John O. Pope Class of 1954 Dartmouth Center for Service Internship.

We sadly note the passing of Gerald Flathman, Paul Stumph, Bruce Classon, Walter Dahl,Steve Mullins, and Tom Kelsey’s wifeElizabeth.

Wayne Weil, 246 Ridge Road, Rutherford, NJ 07070; (201) 933-4102; wayne@dartmouth graphics.com