One spring day in 1955 Doug Brew was running third in the Ivy League Heptagonal Men’s Cross Country behind Cornell’s David Eckel and another Cornell runner. Doug saw the Cornell runners ahead of him make a wrong turn. As he passed the intersection Doug yelled to them that they were off course. The Cornell runners reversed, eventually passing Doug. Eckel won; Doug finished a close third. 


Last November—60 years later—David Eckel was inducted into the Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame. During his acceptance speech he pointed to that 1955 race as a highlight of his career. “If Doug hadn’t yelled,” he said during his award speech, “who knows where we would have finished, if we had finished.” Eckel added that when Doug was questioned about aiding his opponents, he simply said, “Oh, forget it. You Cornell guys would have done the same for me.”


After five years as head agent for the Dartmouth College Fund, family illness has forced Bob McCollom to step down. Under his leadership the class has raised more than $1.1 million, always exceeding the College’s goals for both dollars and rate of participation. Thank you, Bob, and best wishes!


The Erich Kunzel Class of 1957 Award is made each year by the music department to promising undergraduate music majors. It’s a great way to keep Erich’s life-work alive while helping young musicians. To contribute, send a check to Professor Steve Swayne, Chair, Department of Music, HB 6187, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 03755-3599.


More than 57 classmates and spouses escaped winter’s woes last month for a mini-reunion in St. Augustine, Florida, arranged by Larrie and Gretchen Calvert. Among the celebrants was Bob Slaughter, who said, “This is my first reunion of any sort since our graduation 57 years past—but it won’t be my last!” 


Word has been received of the deaths of John “Jack” Cramer Jr., Martin Anderson, Nick Danforth, Bob J. Forcier and Dave Orr. Our condolences go out to their families and friends.


—Bruce Sloane, 124 Hull School Road, Sperryville, VA 22740; (540) 987-8859; bsloane@wildblue.net