Class Note 1960
Issue
January-February 2024
Homecoming with 28 classmates plus guests totaling 53 was a colossal success! We began Friday afternoon hearing John Ferries ’59 explain “Artificial Intelligence for Dummies” in the leather-muraled Paganucci Lounge of Commons. Happy hour followed and then dinner in old Thayer among the student throng. No food fights or dogs this time.
Saturday class meeting in 104 Wilder proceeded with reports by Jim Adler (Dartmouth College Fund), Ken Johansen, Phil Kron (gift planning), Don Sheffield (financial report), Roger Hanlon (Alumni Council), Bob Hager (reunions), Bill Gundy (athletic sponsors and Summer Enrichment at Dartmouth), Gene Kohn and Rick Roesch (dorm art) and (gallery curators), Dick Chase (Dickey Center intern), and Sid Goldman (DAM and scholarship introductions). As usual the meeting highpoint was hearing the student representatives, including six of our sponsored scholars speak about their achievements and future plans. Then out the door to tailgate in the rain but sheltered under a massive tent erected earlier that morning by the intrepid crew of Roesch, Chase, Gundy, Adler, Hager, Lee Horschman, Kohn, Goldman, and Kron. Scholars joined in conversations as we enjoyed Adler’s BBQ, Linda Roesch’s hot soup, and other treats prior to the game. The battle with Columbia was messy but ended in a Green triumph while some in our group toured the Hood. Our closing dinner at the Coolidge Hotel in White River Junction, Vermont, allowed more catching up with those whose friendships we treasure: classmates, wives, and Laura-Beth Goodman and Doug Bryant with daughter Deb DePeter.
Finally, we cheered as the President’s Award was bestowed on Sheffield in recognition of his tireless service as class treasurer. Duncan Mathewson’s comments may reflect our collective feelings of comradeship: “My wife, Arlene, and I greatly enjoyed staying at the Coolidge Hotel during Homecoming and I’m particularly glad to learn that some classmates asked how they could help preserve the hotel’s historic murals. But my highlights of the weekend were visits with Barry Betters at his home in Hartford, Connecticut, and Gordie DeWitt, who lives at Mertens’ House in Woodstock, Vermont.”
We are a very fortunate class to share such fellowship through so many years. Let’s hope for many more reunions as ’round the girdled earth we roam.
—Sid Goldman, 78575 Avenida Ultimo, La Quinta, CA 92253; (305) 849-0475; sidgoldman@gmail.com
Saturday class meeting in 104 Wilder proceeded with reports by Jim Adler (Dartmouth College Fund), Ken Johansen, Phil Kron (gift planning), Don Sheffield (financial report), Roger Hanlon (Alumni Council), Bob Hager (reunions), Bill Gundy (athletic sponsors and Summer Enrichment at Dartmouth), Gene Kohn and Rick Roesch (dorm art) and (gallery curators), Dick Chase (Dickey Center intern), and Sid Goldman (DAM and scholarship introductions). As usual the meeting highpoint was hearing the student representatives, including six of our sponsored scholars speak about their achievements and future plans. Then out the door to tailgate in the rain but sheltered under a massive tent erected earlier that morning by the intrepid crew of Roesch, Chase, Gundy, Adler, Hager, Lee Horschman, Kohn, Goldman, and Kron. Scholars joined in conversations as we enjoyed Adler’s BBQ, Linda Roesch’s hot soup, and other treats prior to the game. The battle with Columbia was messy but ended in a Green triumph while some in our group toured the Hood. Our closing dinner at the Coolidge Hotel in White River Junction, Vermont, allowed more catching up with those whose friendships we treasure: classmates, wives, and Laura-Beth Goodman and Doug Bryant with daughter Deb DePeter.
Finally, we cheered as the President’s Award was bestowed on Sheffield in recognition of his tireless service as class treasurer. Duncan Mathewson’s comments may reflect our collective feelings of comradeship: “My wife, Arlene, and I greatly enjoyed staying at the Coolidge Hotel during Homecoming and I’m particularly glad to learn that some classmates asked how they could help preserve the hotel’s historic murals. But my highlights of the weekend were visits with Barry Betters at his home in Hartford, Connecticut, and Gordie DeWitt, who lives at Mertens’ House in Woodstock, Vermont.”
We are a very fortunate class to share such fellowship through so many years. Let’s hope for many more reunions as ’round the girdled earth we roam.
—Sid Goldman, 78575 Avenida Ultimo, La Quinta, CA 92253; (305) 849-0475; sidgoldman@gmail.com