Larry Toal once sat on 10 nonprofit boards. He is now chairman emeritus of the Healthcare Chaplaincy (New York City). He chaired the chaplaincy board for eight years. The Healthcare Chaplaincy helps people find meaning and comfort as they cope with life-changing health situations. He still serves on the Big Brothers of New York board, for which he was chairman of the board for a number of years, and has spent 20 years helping the organization. Max Fischer graduated from the NROTC program and spent three years in the Marines in Okinawa. After that tour he earned a law degree at Boston University. In 1967 he re-enlisted with a group of Marine friends whom he served with on the first tour; for the Vietnam War he spent a total of 26 months in the South China Sea and Vietnam. He spent time in the South China Sea and in Vietnam, serving through the TET Offensive. He was in the infantry, but eventually was transferred to Judge Advocate General’s Corps due to his law degree. After leaving the Marines as a major in 1968, Max practiced law for 30 years in Massachusetts, Florida and Texas, where he did a lot of pro bono work for those who could not pay for a lawyer. He was once paid with a pair of goats. For six years he was the Kimble (Texas) County attorney. He lost his wife just before our mini-reunion in Colorado Springs, Colorado, so he could not attend. Max has two daughters and two sons. After nearly 40 years of research, Dick Knutson published the secret of Egyptian wound healing. Egyptians used honey and grease on wounds, killing all bacteria. He and fellow doctors now use three parts confectioners sugar and one part canola oil. (See sugardyne.com for details.) The Hood Museum Quarterly (page 8) shows Joanne Wise, Doug Wise’sspouse,describing how the Wises assembled a collection of Japanese-inspired contemporary prints, drawings and ceramics that they donated to the Hood. Nashville (Tennessee) to Naples (Florida) by bike, 1,132 miles, 21 days riding, four day layovers, 81 total hours in saddle: This was completed by Cindy and John Orcutt. Why? “Because we could.” Memory lane: The Dartmouth, October 20, 1955: “Chances are that every member of the class of ’59 plans to be on the Green this afternoon at 3:30 for the opportunity to shed his beanie after defeating the ’58s in the traditional tug-of-war contest. Immediately after the tug-of-war the ’59s begin construction of biggest, hottest bonfire ever for tomorrow’s Dartmouth Night, Harvard weekend rally.” If we won the tug-of-war we got to toss our beanies on the fire. If we lost we had to wear them until House Party Weekend. We lost, but the football team upset Harvard for the first win under Coach Blackman. Joe Graham, Taylor Tyler and Jim Burke scored to lead our frosh team 20-0 over Harvard’s frosh. Pat Burns, Dave Robinson, Mike Miller and Walt Vincent were elected our freshman class officers.


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