Class Note 1960
Issue
Did you attend our 50th reunion? No? It was a blast! Here are some facts that may interest you.
Our class treasurer, Bill Moorman, reports that 290 classmates managed to find Hanover again, bringing along enough wives and significant others to swell total attendance to 527. Sadly, at least 20 classmates canceled at the last moment due to injury or illness. Had they not canceled the 50th reunion attendance record of 295 was well within our grasp!
Chaired by Dick Chase and Bill Gundy plus a host of other volunteers, a perfect balance of reunion events, unmarred by inclement weather for a change, resulted. Good cheer, good food and special Great Issues presentations all complemented our primary purpose: the renewal of friendships.
The combined efforts of Bruce Hasenkamp, Jim Adler and Barry MacLean amassed a new 50th reunion record of $4,401,960 (and counting) gift to the College, shattering the ’58’s record of $3,585,858. Our class contributed 154 Dartmouth College Fund scholarships of $25,000 each. By comparison in 2009 the combined Dartmouth College Fund scholarships amounted to 127 from all classes, reunion and non-reunion. In addition the class contributed more than $34 million to the recently concluded Campaign for the Dartmouth Experience. Kudos to all participants!
By now everyone has received and enjoyed reading Musings. This Herculean effort was almost single-handedly nurtured by John Mitchell. Having completed this task, he is now running for the Vermont House of Representatives seat vacated by Bernie Sanders. We wish him well in this pursuit!
At the class meeting Bruce Hasenkamp was elected president to serve through our 55th reunion. At his request a financial oversight committee was created to assist Bill Moorman in managing class finances. Only 187 classmates have helped defray the cost of Musings by sending Bill at least $40. If you enjoyed the book, please send money! If you did not submit a biographical sketch and wish to now, send your prose to me or to Denny Goodman before August 31. We will create free-standing inserts for a future newsletter.
The officiants at our class memorial service in Rollins Chapel were Mike Heitner and the Revs. Russ Ingersoll, Jim Pollard and Ken Taber. Each of our 125 deceased classmates was remembered by name. Thank you all.
Dudley Smith was honored at our Saturday dinner as the eighth member of the class to receive Dartmouth College’s Distinguished Alumni Award. Congratulations, Dudley!
On Sunday morning the class led the graduation procession, receiving the applause of the crowd, and we in turn applauded the entry of the faculty and class of 2010. Among several recipients of honorary degrees was our own Barry MacLean as doctor of humane letters.
For many the reunion continued until Tuesday morning with several athletic, cerebral and social events. If you did not attend, you were missed by your friends and classmates. We hope to find you in Hanover sometime in the near future.
—Spencer Morgan, 315 Inverness Court, Flat Rock, NC 28731; (828) 696-9641; smorgan863@aol.com
Sept - Oct 2010
Did you attend our 50th reunion? No? It was a blast! Here are some facts that may interest you.
Our class treasurer, Bill Moorman, reports that 290 classmates managed to find Hanover again, bringing along enough wives and significant others to swell total attendance to 527. Sadly, at least 20 classmates canceled at the last moment due to injury or illness. Had they not canceled the 50th reunion attendance record of 295 was well within our grasp!
Chaired by Dick Chase and Bill Gundy plus a host of other volunteers, a perfect balance of reunion events, unmarred by inclement weather for a change, resulted. Good cheer, good food and special Great Issues presentations all complemented our primary purpose: the renewal of friendships.
The combined efforts of Bruce Hasenkamp, Jim Adler and Barry MacLean amassed a new 50th reunion record of $4,401,960 (and counting) gift to the College, shattering the ’58’s record of $3,585,858. Our class contributed 154 Dartmouth College Fund scholarships of $25,000 each. By comparison in 2009 the combined Dartmouth College Fund scholarships amounted to 127 from all classes, reunion and non-reunion. In addition the class contributed more than $34 million to the recently concluded Campaign for the Dartmouth Experience. Kudos to all participants!
By now everyone has received and enjoyed reading Musings. This Herculean effort was almost single-handedly nurtured by John Mitchell. Having completed this task, he is now running for the Vermont House of Representatives seat vacated by Bernie Sanders. We wish him well in this pursuit!
At the class meeting Bruce Hasenkamp was elected president to serve through our 55th reunion. At his request a financial oversight committee was created to assist Bill Moorman in managing class finances. Only 187 classmates have helped defray the cost of Musings by sending Bill at least $40. If you enjoyed the book, please send money! If you did not submit a biographical sketch and wish to now, send your prose to me or to Denny Goodman before August 31. We will create free-standing inserts for a future newsletter.
The officiants at our class memorial service in Rollins Chapel were Mike Heitner and the Revs. Russ Ingersoll, Jim Pollard and Ken Taber. Each of our 125 deceased classmates was remembered by name. Thank you all.
Dudley Smith was honored at our Saturday dinner as the eighth member of the class to receive Dartmouth College’s Distinguished Alumni Award. Congratulations, Dudley!
On Sunday morning the class led the graduation procession, receiving the applause of the crowd, and we in turn applauded the entry of the faculty and class of 2010. Among several recipients of honorary degrees was our own Barry MacLean as doctor of humane letters.
For many the reunion continued until Tuesday morning with several athletic, cerebral and social events. If you did not attend, you were missed by your friends and classmates. We hope to find you in Hanover sometime in the near future.
—Spencer Morgan, 315 Inverness Court, Flat Rock, NC 28731; (828) 696-9641; smorgan863@aol.com