Classes & Obits

Class Note 1960

Issue

March-April 2020

We could be looking at a College record for attendance at a 60th reunion. So far, 180 classmates and guests say they will come in June. Another 32 classmates “hope to.” See names online at 1960.Dartmouth.org. Formal registration opens in March. Don’t be late.Three of George Liebmann’s books, Diplomacy Between the Wars, The Fall of the House of Speyer, and America’s Political Inventors, are being reissued in paper editions by Bloomsbury Publishers. Class of ’60 Tri Kaps and their ladies—numbering 15 in all—attended their fifth mini-reunion since 2012 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in mid-September. Stars of the show were Frank Bell; just declared cancer-free after a yearlong battle with the bladder variety, and Bill Langley, who showed up without his best friend—the 60 pounds he’s been carrying around his middle for the past 55 years. Also deserving kudos were Marie Belcher, Carol McQuate, Jim Burns, and Bob Armknecht: all present despite the recent loss of their mates. For more than 30 years Carol and Ken Weg have been on the front lines of cancer treatment and prevention, both personally and professionally. That commitment has taken many forms, one being their recent gift to support cancer genetics research at the Norris Cotton Cancer Center. Most recently Scott Gerber, Ph.D., an expert in mass spectrometry and proteomics, was named the Kenneth E. and Carol L. Weg Distinguished Professor at Geisel and is the first to hold this newly established professorship. Thanks to Dick Foley, the left coast annual holiday party was held at the St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco. In attendance were Peter Farquhar and Mary, Dave Sammons and Janis, Hap Dunning and Carolyn, Tom Hannan and Denise Cattan, Dick Gale and Luisiana, Carl Mayer and Valerie, plus yours truly, now an official left coaster, Sid Goldman and Deborah. We rated this year’s celebration the best on record. Looking forward to seeing many of you in Hanover this June and hoping you will send me some notes about your lives and events for the next issue of Class Notes.

Sid Goldman, 78575 Avenida Ultimo, La Quinta, CA 92253; ; (305) 849-0475; sidgoldman@gmail.com