The roster of past secretaries of our class is both lengthy and distinguished, reflective of the 50 years since our graduation. In that timespan the post has been held by eight scribes, excluding the incumbent. The average term of office has been four to six years, but two stalwarts each served an entire decade in harness. The principal duty of every class secretary is to produce the (now bimonthly) news columns that adorn the Class Notes portion of Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. These columns inform and edify the classmates who read them to learn who is doing what to whom and where they are doing it.


The function of class secretary is, all things considered, both pleasant to the holder of the office and useful to the class at large. The job, however, comes with a certain amount of baggage, chief of which is the inexorable approach of the deadline for the filing of material for the next issue of DAM. Whatever else may be confronting the scribe (filing of tax returns, foreclosure of mortgages, etc.) the column must be published at the appointed time. Let us record here the names of our classmates who have kept the promise of timely ’62s Class Notes: Paul Weinberg 1962-67; Artie Hoover 1967-77; Richard Gordon 1977-82; Jack Fitzgibbon 1982-87; Charlie Giersch 1987-93; Gordy McKean 1993-97; Richard Hannah 1997-2007; and Jim Haines 2007-12.


We are reliably informed that at least 20 ’62s and assorted companions convened in Hanover for a mini-reunion October 12 through 14. Class officers in attendance were president Al Rapoport, vice president Richard Hannah, treasurer Charlie Balch and Alumni Council rep Gene Gasbarro. Another attendee was Tom Komarek, ’62’s own class tripmeister. Tom has completed the arrangements for the Prague/Blue Danube class trip in the period July 11 to 23. His travel events are justly famous for their great activities and superior accommodations. Contact Tom at tckomarek@aol.com. He says this will be his last overseas trip, so it’s sure to be a sellout.


—Denny Barnes, 17007 Barn Ridge Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20906; (301) 460-4523; dnbarnes62 @verizon.net