Class Note 1960
Issue
November-December 2021
Richard Strehle passed away June 3 and made provision in his estate plan to gift $41,864.29 to Dartmouth. In line with his intent, this amount is being directed specifically to support the class’ four projects: dorm art, athletic sponsors, Dickey Center, and Black Visual Arts Center curators. In round numbers, this means that each of our projects will receive $10,000 (one-time) in addition to the $3,000 we give to them each year, giving them a significant “bump” in 2021.
By the time this was published we will have had or not had our mini-reunion and Homecoming on campus. That lag from submission deadline to publishing date leads me to comment on other contemporary methods of keeping up with our classmates. Howie Frankel, for instance, authors two blogs and subscribes to Facebook, including our own class page, which includes only seven of us in total. Take a moment to look at our class website, Facebook page, and Howie’s blogs and postings, which often include wonderful photographs. Here are his comments regarding the process.
“I did it as much for myself to organize my thoughts on the geology blog. The garden blog started as a diary, first written and later on the computer long before I began to post it. I’ve paid more attention to grammar and spelling since I began to post. I posted on Google blogspot long before I began to announce postings on Facebook and Twitter. The diary has about 500 pages in its present form and more in prior versions; Word programs changed several times since I started. The photography started when I began to post online. The oldest diary entry is from February 1996, but a computer accident sometime around then lost older entries. Handwritten entries before ’96 are in some closet somewhere.” Find him at www.geologyuppervalley.com and www.gardendaily.blogspot.com.
Here are links to our class website and forum: 1960.dartmouth.org, www.dartmouth60.org.
With Covid limiting travel, I suggest trying out some of these connections to continue our camaraderie. Please send news, including links to your own blogs, for next year’s DAM notes.
—Sid Goldman, 78575 Avenida Ultimo, La Quinta, CA 92253; (305) 849-0475; sidgoldman@gmail.com
By the time this was published we will have had or not had our mini-reunion and Homecoming on campus. That lag from submission deadline to publishing date leads me to comment on other contemporary methods of keeping up with our classmates. Howie Frankel, for instance, authors two blogs and subscribes to Facebook, including our own class page, which includes only seven of us in total. Take a moment to look at our class website, Facebook page, and Howie’s blogs and postings, which often include wonderful photographs. Here are his comments regarding the process.
“I did it as much for myself to organize my thoughts on the geology blog. The garden blog started as a diary, first written and later on the computer long before I began to post it. I’ve paid more attention to grammar and spelling since I began to post. I posted on Google blogspot long before I began to announce postings on Facebook and Twitter. The diary has about 500 pages in its present form and more in prior versions; Word programs changed several times since I started. The photography started when I began to post online. The oldest diary entry is from February 1996, but a computer accident sometime around then lost older entries. Handwritten entries before ’96 are in some closet somewhere.” Find him at www.geologyuppervalley.com and www.gardendaily.blogspot.com.
Here are links to our class website and forum: 1960.dartmouth.org, www.dartmouth60.org.
With Covid limiting travel, I suggest trying out some of these connections to continue our camaraderie. Please send news, including links to your own blogs, for next year’s DAM notes.
—Sid Goldman, 78575 Avenida Ultimo, La Quinta, CA 92253; (305) 849-0475; sidgoldman@gmail.com