Class Note 1962

After retiring from the U.S. Navy, former SEAL and Vice Admiral Craig Dorman served as vice president of academic affairs and research for the Alaska University statewide system, retiring in fall 2007. Cynthia and he decided to remain in Fairbanks because “Alaska is less subject to calamitous weather events than lots of other spots and was a nice place to live until recently,” he says. “We have a new governor who seems intent on destroying everything fine about the state. A recall is just getting underway.” They like the cold and snow, still cross-country ski, and have kept their home in Arlington, Virginia, visiting a couple times a year for business or family.

As for keeping busy, Craig’s done a bit of consulting for the university, been on some National Academy of Science and National Science Foundation studies regarding polar issues, serves on a few nonprofit boards, and travels quite a bit. “All that is getting less frequent as we age.” He weaves Nantucket lightship baskets—part of his Yankee heritage—in addition to walking, birding, gardening, and “futzing with my collection of cow creamers.” (See www.cow-creamers.net. P.G. Wodehouse, anyone?) My wife, Elizabeth, and I had the pleasure of joining Craig and Cynthia on a Dartmouth-sponsored tour of Cuba 10 years ago.

Oli Larmi was recently inducted to his hometown (Glassport, Pennsylvania) sports hall of fame on the basis of his athletic and academic achievements, including high school and freshman football and rugby at Dartmouth and Penn, where he obtained his Ph.D. and taught philosophy from 1968 to 2003. In addition, he is an accomplished cross-country skier, farm-pond hockey player, and legendary ballroom dancer.

I regret to report the deaths of classmates David S. Robins (April 23), Frank J. Milon (June 14), James K. Cowen (May 13, 2015), Frederick B. Giles, M.D. (December 29, 2018), and our adopted classmate and class poet, John L. Smith, whose death was confirmed last June 14. Obituaries can be found on the class website (1962.dartmouth.org) and online at the DAM website (dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/obits). Send remembrances to Peter Knight at dartmouth 62webmaster@gmail.com.

—David L. Smith, RR4 Box 225B4, Galveston, TX 77554; (775) 870-2354; david@davidlsmith.com