Class Note 1959

Our note about Cliff Eprahim’s acting career reminded Pete Klinge that he and Cliff met on the Dartmouth stage and acquired their Screen Actors Guild cards together. Pete’s career took a different turn than Cliff’s but stayed close to film. He spent many years in advertising at McCann Erickson, The Los Angeles Times, RKO General and Chicago Tribune Broadcasting, followed by a career as a professor teaching television and film.


Good morning, Vietnam! Judy and Alan Hurlburt spent most of February visiting Burma, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. They were amazed at the friendliness of the people, especially in Vietnam. Most of the people are Buddhists who are taught that it is discourteous not to smile and bow when meeting strangers. Alan listed their many highlight sites, which I am passing along to our newsletter editor.


Marianne and Bob Monahan were seen touring the Kennedy Space Center in March. It is another case of the “1959 connection.” Margie and Pete Schreier were doing the same. While Bob and Pete did not know each other in college, they struck up a conversation while waiting for the tour bus and found they are classmates. The Monahans were in the sixth week of a three-month tour of the country. Starting from home in British Columbia, they made their way through the West, came across the Southwest and were heading up through New England to return home across the Northern states.


Our skiing classmate Norrie Nims has stayed where the snow is in Alaska ever since graduation, having grown up in Keene, New Hampshire. Norrie hunts moose and stocks up on salmon. His theater connection was through his deceased wife, Sue, who was an accomplished playwright. Norrie was a founding member of the Last Frontier Theatre Conference, the largest in the Pacific Northwest, when he was on the corporate contributions committee at Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. Sue had a play selected by the conference. Norrie sees Ginny and Bob Foot every year in Florida when he visits his dad (class of 1935) and his sister.


An article in the opinion page of The New York Times (April 3) caught Les Larsen’s eye and raised a question for Les about our class project, Dartmouth Partners in Community Service (DPCS). It made a case that colleges are complicit with corporations in taking advantage of unpaid college interns. He was assured that the DPCS interns are protected by the oversight of the board and the professionals at Tucker Foundation. Besides, each DPCS intern has a Dartmouth alumnus as a mentor. Many 1959s have served in this role. But glad you checked on it, Les!


For Dartmouth sports fanatics, Jim Wooster is performing a great class service. He reports to about 60 of us every week about the varsity and club sports results that do not often make the newspapers outside the Upper Valley. Jim will add you to his reports if you let him know your interest at james.w.wooster@valley.net.


—Allan Munro, 675 Main St., New London, NH 03257; (603) 526-2176; amunro1@comcast.net