In September 1953 about 740 of us arrived on the Hanover Plain to embark on the Dartmouth experience. Now, 59 years later, some 560 of us are still the stuff of this institution; 180 are known to have passed away, and others may have died without our knowledge.


Dartmouth bonds become more important with each passing year. The College and our classmates have several methods to help us keep in contact. The Class Notes that you are reading is published six times a year and provides brief items of interest.


The class newsletter, edited by Mike Lasser, is published four times a year and provides in-depth articles and photographs of reunions and classmates’ activities.


The class website, run by webmaster Allan Vendeland at www.dartmouth57.com, provides useful and interesting information on class members, spouses, widows, children, current and planned activities, plus links to useful College resources.


Lively and timely discussions take place on the interactive class listserv. While cruising down the Danube Bill Fiero wrote, “The class listserv is an important part of my day. Discussions and class news about events and classmates is important to me.” Contact Adam Block at www.dartmouth57.org to join Bill and the listserv.


Bob Creasy—assisted by Dick Bugbee, Howie Howland, Art Koff and Bob Shirley—manages the Caring Connection to contact classmates who need support or just some friendly words during a difficult or stressful situation. If you know of anyone you think could use this help—or feel the need of it yourself—contact Bob at rkcreasy@pacbell.net or anyone in this group. Spouses of deceased classmates can receive similar help through the widow’s liaison from Cinda Ely, widow of Tom Ely,at cinda.ely@comcast.net.


Retirement has brought many of us new interests. Jay Greene, editor of the “Becoming Human” website, answers queries about human origins. He gets questions from a diverse group ranging from creationists who doubt everything to schoolchildren writing papers to professional scientists seeking help with their research.


Send me news your classmates would like to read about!


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