Class Note 1956
Issue
You’ll be opening this issue just before Homecoming and our annual battle with Harvard. Tiny Strong has planned this year’s mini-reunion with all the right ingredients: Friday night cocktails and dinner at the Hanover Inn before we climb up on Earl Silloway’s horse-drawn wagon for the parade and bonfire; an 8 o’clock breakfast Saturday before our class meeting that will take us through the morning; a bite at Lou’s or a hot dog on the run; the game; and then the buffet dinner and a chance to get to know our class scholars and a number of the military veterans who’ve made such an impact on the campus. It’s not too late to get on board!
Those of you who frequent our class website have been treated to the reflections of one of our class scholars, John Biberman ’13, in his letters back home while spending last summer working for African Roots in Cameroon. He is the fascinating young man I introduced in a column last spring. He’s a remarkable musician and committed to making a difference, perhaps in the field of international architecture. His mother wrote of the family’s deep gratitude to our class and shared his correspondence so that all of us could know more of this young man. I encourage you to go to www.dartmouth.org/classes/56 and read for yourself of this student’s significant summer overseas.
We’ve had 22 class scholars dating back to the late 1960s, and Buddy Schattman is seeking to reconnect with each of them to find out what life after Dartmouth has been for each of them. He’s had a great letter from Yuan Kit Ha ’73 and his predecessor, Poh Hua Ng ’72. His hope is to find a way to share each of their stories with all of us through the newsletter and this column.
Our 55th reunion is just around the corner: June 13-16, with an after-reunion event crafted after our terrific 50th reunion experience. Classmate authors will gather at the Hop on Tuesday afternoon, June 14, for a book signing and a chance to share something about what they’ve written. The proceeds of sales of those autographed works will go to Project Right Choice, the class-supported College Veterans Association Fund. If you’ve put pen to paper or perhaps published on the Internet, let Tom Harper know about it so we can be in line for your good efforts.
After nine years of trying Bill Hamilton and I finally won our flight in a three-day member-guest golf tournament in Quechee, Vermont, this past summer, not long after Dave Dolben and his wife enjoyed a round on our Highland course over the Memorial Day weekend.
The online edition of the Alumni Magazine now carries the obituaries you were accustomed to reading in the printed edition. Look for them at www.dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/obituaries. Regrettably you will find two for classmates we lost in July: Tony Bruscino and Alan Welty.
—R. Stewart Wood Jr., P.O. Box 968, Quechee, VT 05059-0968; (802) 295-8912; stewwood@aol.com
Nov - Dec 2010
You’ll be opening this issue just before Homecoming and our annual battle with Harvard. Tiny Strong has planned this year’s mini-reunion with all the right ingredients: Friday night cocktails and dinner at the Hanover Inn before we climb up on Earl Silloway’s horse-drawn wagon for the parade and bonfire; an 8 o’clock breakfast Saturday before our class meeting that will take us through the morning; a bite at Lou’s or a hot dog on the run; the game; and then the buffet dinner and a chance to get to know our class scholars and a number of the military veterans who’ve made such an impact on the campus. It’s not too late to get on board!
Those of you who frequent our class website have been treated to the reflections of one of our class scholars, John Biberman ’13, in his letters back home while spending last summer working for African Roots in Cameroon. He is the fascinating young man I introduced in a column last spring. He’s a remarkable musician and committed to making a difference, perhaps in the field of international architecture. His mother wrote of the family’s deep gratitude to our class and shared his correspondence so that all of us could know more of this young man. I encourage you to go to www.dartmouth.org/classes/56 and read for yourself of this student’s significant summer overseas.
We’ve had 22 class scholars dating back to the late 1960s, and Buddy Schattman is seeking to reconnect with each of them to find out what life after Dartmouth has been for each of them. He’s had a great letter from Yuan Kit Ha ’73 and his predecessor, Poh Hua Ng ’72. His hope is to find a way to share each of their stories with all of us through the newsletter and this column.
Our 55th reunion is just around the corner: June 13-16, with an after-reunion event crafted after our terrific 50th reunion experience. Classmate authors will gather at the Hop on Tuesday afternoon, June 14, for a book signing and a chance to share something about what they’ve written. The proceeds of sales of those autographed works will go to Project Right Choice, the class-supported College Veterans Association Fund. If you’ve put pen to paper or perhaps published on the Internet, let Tom Harper know about it so we can be in line for your good efforts.
After nine years of trying Bill Hamilton and I finally won our flight in a three-day member-guest golf tournament in Quechee, Vermont, this past summer, not long after Dave Dolben and his wife enjoyed a round on our Highland course over the Memorial Day weekend.
The online edition of the Alumni Magazine now carries the obituaries you were accustomed to reading in the printed edition. Look for them at www.dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/obituaries. Regrettably you will find two for classmates we lost in July: Tony Bruscino and Alan Welty.
—R. Stewart Wood Jr., P.O. Box 968, Quechee, VT 05059-0968; (802) 295-8912; stewwood@aol.com