Class Note 1959
Issue
Nov - Dec 2018
Many alumni opening this magazine turn first to the notes for their own class, and some read not only the notes for their class but also notes for other classes, in particular those of similar vintage. Members of ’59 who also look at notes for other classes in the senior wing of the alumni body will find a number of differences in both content and style here. While some class columns chronicle individual deaths, ’59 notes have generally omitted notice of individual passings and related obit-type information, leaving such matters to the “In Memoriam” section of our website (www.1959.Dartmouth.org) and to this magazine, which currently prints just the names of the deceased and posts obituaries on its website. Your current scribe does not intend to change the practice of omitting individual death notices from our Class Notes. However, having tried to focus the notes on common themes, there is no doubt that passing on has become a common theme for us octogenarians. Without listing individual names, here are some general statistics.
There were initially about 750 ’59s. Of those, 234 are known to have died as of the end of June, all of whom are listed on our website. Of those we have lost, almost 50 percent died since our 50th reunion, and 64 have died since the 55th, held in 2014. Some classmates will prefer that these notes, like some others from classes of similar vintage, include individual names and obit-type information. Others will prefer that the delicate subject of death not be addressed in these notes at all, even as a general theme. Regardless of individual preferences, we remember our deceased classmates in several ways. In addition to information on our website and the memorial services held at major reunions, the class has for many years, mostly under the guidance of Jim Bybee, participated in the College’s memorial book program. Through this program the class underwrites the cost of books acquired by the College library system, one for nearly every deceased member of the class, bearing the name of the memorialized classmate.
—Dick Hoehn, 845 Union St., Marshfield, MA 02050; (781) 834-4113; r06hoehn@gmail.com
There were initially about 750 ’59s. Of those, 234 are known to have died as of the end of June, all of whom are listed on our website. Of those we have lost, almost 50 percent died since our 50th reunion, and 64 have died since the 55th, held in 2014. Some classmates will prefer that these notes, like some others from classes of similar vintage, include individual names and obit-type information. Others will prefer that the delicate subject of death not be addressed in these notes at all, even as a general theme. Regardless of individual preferences, we remember our deceased classmates in several ways. In addition to information on our website and the memorial services held at major reunions, the class has for many years, mostly under the guidance of Jim Bybee, participated in the College’s memorial book program. Through this program the class underwrites the cost of books acquired by the College library system, one for nearly every deceased member of the class, bearing the name of the memorialized classmate.
—Dick Hoehn, 845 Union St., Marshfield, MA 02050; (781) 834-4113; r06hoehn@gmail.com