Loving friendships are a treasure. Guy Piltz and Mel Kau came to Dartmouth from Punahou High School in Hawaii. Mel was best man as Guy married Jo in 1960. Mel spoke again this February at Guy’s funeral.Retired architect Bill Richmond and wife Jan celebrated 35 years of marriage. Before settling on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, for a beach fix they lived in Calais, Vermont, with wicked winters. Bill’s oldest daughter and son graduated Dartmouth, while Jan’s daughter went to Princeton. Every Monday a bunch of Sigma Nus—Lufti Trabulsi, Rick Roesch, John Bousum, Jack Patterson, John Dimling, George Potts and sometimes Bob Caulfield, Axel Grabowsky, and Haley Fromholtz—hosted by Tom Grow go on Zoom to solve the world’s problems. So far the White House has not taken their advice. Gene Powell left Oregon for Oro Valley, Arizona, where there’s no inheritance tax and warm weather with lots of room for ’60s guests and great desert views. In Anchorage, Alaska, where all the bars are shuttered by edict of Ed Berkowitz’s nephew, Mayor Ethan Berkowitz, Bob Sanders is restoring his 1964 Morgan since a blown engine followed two years of prior hard work. Bob’s knee keeps him from other outdoor passions but he is undaunted. Lynda and Dave Sloper are well isolated at home and enjoy the fact that their property borders a state park, allowing plenty of outdoor time. Priscilla and Barry Sibson, married 60 years now, split their time between my neighborhood in the desert and Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in summer and enjoy hiking, fly-fishing, golf, and tennis. Barry spent his career with Turner Construction Co. overseeing major building construction projects up and down the West Coast. He sums up many of our classmates’ feelings as follows: “Unfortunately, being so far removed from Hanover, I have not been much involved in the activities of the College or of our class. I have not found, however, a more impressive and enjoyable group of people than our ’60 classmates. I do miss those days.”

I say amen to that and let’s look forward to a new year.

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