Class Note 1957
Issue
November-December 2023
First of all, hearty congratulations to George Shimizu ’43 on his 103rd birthday! George is his class scribe for these notes and is a favorite of ’57s. Keep those personal notes and experiences of WW II coming, George. All classes are grateful.
Bill Davidow visited the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, and had his picture taken with the LGP-30, the computer he programmed at Dartmouth back in the day. The LPG-30 weighed 800 pounds and was one of the first desk-sized computers that offered small-scale scientific computing.
Cynthia and Dick Perkins hosted a mini-reunion for New England classmates at Longfellow’s Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Massachusetts, attended by William Ackley,Lita Moses and Bruce Bernstein, Barbara and Walter Burgin, Jane and Al Rollins, Karen and Jay Trepp, and Charles Tseckares. Dick reported, “As always, it’s so good to get together with classmates and spouses, most of us picking up from when we were last together at our 65th reunion and, as we said goodbyes, hoping to see each other again at Homecoming this fall.”
Wayne Kakela’s widow, Linda, reported from Steamboat Springs, Colorado, that Wayne was honored and remembered, as he is annually, at the Yampa River Festival. That’s when he would shoot off his cannon to begin the festivities. “Gone for 14 years,” she wrote, “but not forgotten in the Colorado mountain valley that he loved.” The reaction was immediate from Bob Adelizzi and John Donnelly. Speaking together and for our class, they said, “As long of one of us is alive, Wayne will never be forgotten.”
And finally, I want to note the passing of Bob Marchant as a significant news item. Bob returned to Dartmouth after serving in the Army. He was different, a bit older and wiser, a kind of knowledgeable big brother, who served as our class president, our 50th reunion chairman, committed fundraising chair, and mentor to many of our class officers along the way. We mourn the loss of every classmate, of course, but in the words of our class necrologist Howie Howland, “This one really hurt.”
—John W. Cusick, 105 Island Plantation Terrace, Vero Beach FL 32963; (772) 231-1248; johnwcusick@aol.com
Bill Davidow visited the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, and had his picture taken with the LGP-30, the computer he programmed at Dartmouth back in the day. The LPG-30 weighed 800 pounds and was one of the first desk-sized computers that offered small-scale scientific computing.
Cynthia and Dick Perkins hosted a mini-reunion for New England classmates at Longfellow’s Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Massachusetts, attended by William Ackley,Lita Moses and Bruce Bernstein, Barbara and Walter Burgin, Jane and Al Rollins, Karen and Jay Trepp, and Charles Tseckares. Dick reported, “As always, it’s so good to get together with classmates and spouses, most of us picking up from when we were last together at our 65th reunion and, as we said goodbyes, hoping to see each other again at Homecoming this fall.”
Wayne Kakela’s widow, Linda, reported from Steamboat Springs, Colorado, that Wayne was honored and remembered, as he is annually, at the Yampa River Festival. That’s when he would shoot off his cannon to begin the festivities. “Gone for 14 years,” she wrote, “but not forgotten in the Colorado mountain valley that he loved.” The reaction was immediate from Bob Adelizzi and John Donnelly. Speaking together and for our class, they said, “As long of one of us is alive, Wayne will never be forgotten.”
And finally, I want to note the passing of Bob Marchant as a significant news item. Bob returned to Dartmouth after serving in the Army. He was different, a bit older and wiser, a kind of knowledgeable big brother, who served as our class president, our 50th reunion chairman, committed fundraising chair, and mentor to many of our class officers along the way. We mourn the loss of every classmate, of course, but in the words of our class necrologist Howie Howland, “This one really hurt.”
—John W. Cusick, 105 Island Plantation Terrace, Vero Beach FL 32963; (772) 231-1248; johnwcusick@aol.com