Class Note 1956
Issue
Room 116 of the Hanover Inn was packed with classmates, spouses and friends as we gathered for a light supper before the Dartmouth Night parade, speeches and bonfire on Homecoming weekend this past October. Tiny Strong did a great job of putting it all together, and the spirit in Hanover was contagious. I’ve never seen so many folks on the street to catch the parade. Nor have I heard a college president so gung ho as Jim Kim, who after his very upbeat speech raced down the hill in front of Dartmouth Hall and joined the freshmen running around the bonfire! Our class meeting the following morning was informative, and after a light lunch a group of us seated on the 45-yard line cheered through the torrential rain as the Big Green did in Columbia 28-6. Even suffering the memory losses so many of us are experiencing, our brains were indelibly imprinted by that game! That night the DOC house welcomed us in for a great class dinner with eight veterans and one of our new Class of ’56 Scholars.
During the class meeting Elliott Weinstein encouraged us to go online and pull down the Alumni Council liaison committee’s report, which summarizes members’ responses to hundreds of pieces of feedback they’ve received in the past year and a half from alums. And while you’re there, take a look at the video of President Jim Yong Kim’s inauguration. It’ll make you proud and give you new reason to remain engaged.
Roger Schumacher and Doug Keare are off to Turkey with 11 others in May. Among them are John Allen and Jewell, Buddy Schattman and Lenore, Rona and Ginger.
Brad Leonard has won a big “wha-hoo-wha” for competing in the 2009 International Triathlon Union World Championships in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, September 9-13. “I unexpectedly won the gold medal in my (our) men’s 75-79 age group in the sprint distance triathlon, the bronze medal in the Olympic distance triathlon and the bronze medal in the aquathlon (run-swim-run). Earlier in the summer I won the gold medal in the same age group at the 2009 National Senior Games.” He went on to say, “There were probably other Dartmouth alums there, but the only one I recognized and met was Jarrod Shoemaker ’04, who was racing with the pros/elites and finished 13th, top American, in the pro Olympic distance race. It’s hard to break old habits. I’ve been doing triathlons since 1983; 193 of them to date. Just being at the world championships was an emotional experience.” I’d call that an understatement. Way to go, Brad!
Bob Faulkner, Don Davidoff and I attended Class Officers Weekend in September, yet another chance to be on campus and see what’s happening. The place is humming!
We have two new ’56 scholars, Amanda Lee ’12 and John Biberman ’13. I’ll be introducing them in the March-April issue.
—R. Stewart Wood Jr., P.O. Box 968, Quechee, VT 05059-0968; (802) 295-8912; stewwood@aol.com
Jan - Feb 2010
Room 116 of the Hanover Inn was packed with classmates, spouses and friends as we gathered for a light supper before the Dartmouth Night parade, speeches and bonfire on Homecoming weekend this past October. Tiny Strong did a great job of putting it all together, and the spirit in Hanover was contagious. I’ve never seen so many folks on the street to catch the parade. Nor have I heard a college president so gung ho as Jim Kim, who after his very upbeat speech raced down the hill in front of Dartmouth Hall and joined the freshmen running around the bonfire! Our class meeting the following morning was informative, and after a light lunch a group of us seated on the 45-yard line cheered through the torrential rain as the Big Green did in Columbia 28-6. Even suffering the memory losses so many of us are experiencing, our brains were indelibly imprinted by that game! That night the DOC house welcomed us in for a great class dinner with eight veterans and one of our new Class of ’56 Scholars.
During the class meeting Elliott Weinstein encouraged us to go online and pull down the Alumni Council liaison committee’s report, which summarizes members’ responses to hundreds of pieces of feedback they’ve received in the past year and a half from alums. And while you’re there, take a look at the video of President Jim Yong Kim’s inauguration. It’ll make you proud and give you new reason to remain engaged.
Roger Schumacher and Doug Keare are off to Turkey with 11 others in May. Among them are John Allen and Jewell, Buddy Schattman and Lenore, Rona and Ginger.
Brad Leonard has won a big “wha-hoo-wha” for competing in the 2009 International Triathlon Union World Championships in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, September 9-13. “I unexpectedly won the gold medal in my (our) men’s 75-79 age group in the sprint distance triathlon, the bronze medal in the Olympic distance triathlon and the bronze medal in the aquathlon (run-swim-run). Earlier in the summer I won the gold medal in the same age group at the 2009 National Senior Games.” He went on to say, “There were probably other Dartmouth alums there, but the only one I recognized and met was Jarrod Shoemaker ’04, who was racing with the pros/elites and finished 13th, top American, in the pro Olympic distance race. It’s hard to break old habits. I’ve been doing triathlons since 1983; 193 of them to date. Just being at the world championships was an emotional experience.” I’d call that an understatement. Way to go, Brad!
Bob Faulkner, Don Davidoff and I attended Class Officers Weekend in September, yet another chance to be on campus and see what’s happening. The place is humming!
We have two new ’56 scholars, Amanda Lee ’12 and John Biberman ’13. I’ll be introducing them in the March-April issue.
—R. Stewart Wood Jr., P.O. Box 968, Quechee, VT 05059-0968; (802) 295-8912; stewwood@aol.com