At our 55th reunion last May officers were elected to guide class activities for the next five years. In August Doug Wise, who became president, and Scott Palmer, who continued as vice president, led a gathering of officers and wives on what moviegoers know as Golden Pond (actually Squam Lake) in New Hampshire. The group discussed goals and activities for the next five years leading to our 60th reunion. A report will be posted on the class website. The report will probably not convey the striking beauty of the setting and the spirited fellowship of the non-business activities, including hiking up a hill called West Rattlesnake Mountain. The hike resulted in a fitting tableau of a dozen or so ’59 summiteers, male and female, happily perched on a rocky overlook about 1,000 feet above a grand panorama of Golden Pond.


A report of the 55th reunion is also posted on the website. It doesn’t disclose that Vicki and Jim Lust left Hanover as the reunion was barely beginning. Jim, a frequent winner of class golf events, once again excelled on the links but tore his Achilles tendon and departed the next day to seek medical attention. As of mid-summer Jim was still undergoing treatment with the prospect of surgery. He claims that he regrets having had but one leg to sacrifice for his class. Cynics may question both his altruism and arithmetic and wonder if he counts strokes the way he counts legs, but preponderant class sentiment is for Jim to return to the tee with his customary bipedal stance.


Al Munro became secretary at the 50th reunion and wrote the preceding 30 of these ’59 Class Notes, six per year for five years. Rather than waiting for random news, Al planned notes around specific themes and was proactive in reaching out for information. Kudos to Al for those efforts. He will not be resting on his oars as he continues, with Bill Colehower, to be responsible for class leadership giving and takes on, with wife Kathy, responsibility for organizing Hanover mini-reunions.


—Dick Hoehn, 845 Union St., Marshfield, MA 02050; (781) 834-4113; rhoehn@choate.com