As you traipse around the campus crossing from the Inn to the Green, take note on the southwest corner at the bottom of the giant elm tree of a brass plate. Inscribed thereon is recognition of Gordon DeWitt’s service to our alma mater for 25 years as director of facilities planning. Ike said in the 1950s that, “This is what a college should look like,” and, thanks in large part to Gordie, it still does.


Reuel Stanley reports that, “On July 15 Carley Ward and I got married in New Jersey. Many of you may have met Carley at our 50th reunion. She has strong Dartmouth ties, as her father graduated from both Dartmouth and Tuck. We literally hadn’t seen each other for almost 30 years when we happened to have dinner with a mutual friend and after that dinner I followed Carley down to the Jersey shore, where we now reside.”


Robert Barker died on April 30, 2012. Bob was, from October 1986 to May 1992, assistant to the U.S. Secretary of Defense (atomic energy). This was a presidential appointment requiring Senate confirmation. More in the DAM archives. Someone said to me 74 years is a pretty long ride. I answered, “Not if you’re 73!”


Tony Rodolakis lives near Springfield, Massachusetts, in a facility for guys with severe multiple sclerosis. He is a fast friend to his Tri-Kap brothers so a gang of us went to see him just because we wanted to. We were Tom Aliamo, Bob Armkenecht, Frank Bell, Don Belcher, Jim Burns, Pete Crumbine, Bill Danforth, Paul Goldberg, Bill Langley and I with assorted wives and girlfriends. Fifty-plus years and the ravages of an as-yet-incurable affliction have not dimmed the indomitable spirit of a man who just doesn’t give up. 


Huius anni principe captatorum? Take that, oh ye who cannot read your diploma. It is the encomium lavished on Phil Kron for the second time as Gift Planning Chair of the Year for inter alia his Bartlett Society recruiting efforts.


I am importuned by another planning team to forewarn you that our 75th birthday for the class of 1960 is scheduled for July 25, 26, and 27 in the Emerald City of Seattle, Washington. 


Reed Browning reports, “I used a book-packaging company to help me self-publish a mystery novel titled What Happened to Joan? When I couldn’t get an agent or publisher interested in the project, this seemed the only way to go if I hoped to see the work through to completion. It was loads of fun.” He has moved all the way to Kendal in Granville, Ohio, from Gambier, Ohio, and is pleased with his mellow life there. Reed, in addition to being a roommate of mine who taught me music appreciation, was a beloved history professor at Kenyon College as well as president thereof prior to his retirement. 


—John M. Mitchell, 300 Grove St., Unit 14, Rutland, VT 05701; (802) 775-3716; jmm00033@comcast.net