Class Note 1960
Issue
Jan - Feb 2019
Dudley Smith writes: “Thanks to each classmate who celebrated his 80th birthday in Key West, Florida, paid class dues, gave to the Dartmouth College Fund, attended class luncheons, and came to Homecoming. The class of 1960 is the only honorable mention for the 2018 Class of the Year Award out of approximately 45 eligible alumni classes more than 26 years out of Dartmouth. You should be justifiably proud of the tremendous and sustained support you give to Dartmouth.”
Reed Browning writes, “I’m pleased to announce that I’ve just self-published a new murder mystery that further tracks the sleuthing adventures of two intrepid senior citizens. Death at the Reunion is$16.95a copy;contact browninr@kenyon.edu.”
John Goyette hosted an 80th birthday party for 30 Pinkerton Academy classmates. Pinkerton is a public-private hybrid with more than 3,500 students. Robert Frost taught there. John has remained class president since elected in 1953.
Joe Batchelder and wife Barrie celebrated his 80th birthday in Key West in August. Retiring to Naples, Florida, in 1990, Joe soon became president of the Dartmouth Club of Southwest Florida and is looking forward to his 23rd year and the 250th anniversary of his favorite institution. Staying grounded, he drives VIPs in black cars from airports to hotel conventions. In his spare time he manages the endowment of a faith-based charitable corporation.
Shel Gisser summarizes his Cuba adventure: “Our trip was an eye-opening experience, hard to call a vacation, but enjoyable and extremely interesting. We really felt like we were in a throwback to some time and place in the past. It is a place that is being held back by its government and economics, as well as the U.S. embargo, which has lasted since the Eisenhower administration. If the economic climate changes, along with the passage of government by the Castro brothers, the dying out of the old wealthy Cubans who fled to Miami in the 1950s, and a more open-minded U.S. government, Cuba could escape its time warp and come into the 21st century.”
So, besides Batchelder and myself (Uber and Lyft), how many of you drive for a living?
—Sid Goldman, 97 Bay Drive, Key West, FL 33040-6114; (305) 745-3645; sidgoldman@gmail.com
Reed Browning writes, “I’m pleased to announce that I’ve just self-published a new murder mystery that further tracks the sleuthing adventures of two intrepid senior citizens. Death at the Reunion is$16.95a copy;contact browninr@kenyon.edu.”
John Goyette hosted an 80th birthday party for 30 Pinkerton Academy classmates. Pinkerton is a public-private hybrid with more than 3,500 students. Robert Frost taught there. John has remained class president since elected in 1953.
Joe Batchelder and wife Barrie celebrated his 80th birthday in Key West in August. Retiring to Naples, Florida, in 1990, Joe soon became president of the Dartmouth Club of Southwest Florida and is looking forward to his 23rd year and the 250th anniversary of his favorite institution. Staying grounded, he drives VIPs in black cars from airports to hotel conventions. In his spare time he manages the endowment of a faith-based charitable corporation.
Shel Gisser summarizes his Cuba adventure: “Our trip was an eye-opening experience, hard to call a vacation, but enjoyable and extremely interesting. We really felt like we were in a throwback to some time and place in the past. It is a place that is being held back by its government and economics, as well as the U.S. embargo, which has lasted since the Eisenhower administration. If the economic climate changes, along with the passage of government by the Castro brothers, the dying out of the old wealthy Cubans who fled to Miami in the 1950s, and a more open-minded U.S. government, Cuba could escape its time warp and come into the 21st century.”
So, besides Batchelder and myself (Uber and Lyft), how many of you drive for a living?
—Sid Goldman, 97 Bay Drive, Key West, FL 33040-6114; (305) 745-3645; sidgoldman@gmail.com