Class Note 1962
Issue
March-April 2021
Manuel Buchwald, M.D., who retired “happily” in 2005 after 35 years at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada, the last 10 as director of the research institute and chief of research, writes of his adjustment to the pandemic: getting to know neighbors through daily walks, a jazz concert on his front lawn to celebrate his 80th birthday, but a suspension of his winters in Paris every other year.
Our best wishes go out to Bill Gamble and Ross Burkardt. Bill’s infusions of Keytruda in his battle with stage 4 lung cancer have made progress in reducing the tumor. Ross, diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2016, reports medication and exercise have stabilized his symptoms, permitting him to maintain a steady output of wry poetry commenting on the Trump follies, much to our delight. Both men maintain a positive mental attitude and remind us to enjoy and appreciate life.
Eric Dalrymple writes: “After losing my wife of 49 years in early 2015, some friends fixed me up on a blind date three years ago with a widow in town, Alice Jennings. We dated quite steadily and in August of this year were married. Life is good!” The Dalrymples will be dividing their time between a retirement community in Naples, Florida, and Connecticut.
Richard Hanna, M.D., writes: “Joan and I are alive, well, and soldiering through the Covid-19 maelstrom. Although retired for eight years from active practice of general medicine I still miss being a doctor. Sometimes.”
David Langum recently published his memoirs, The Joy of Scholarship: Teaching Law and Writing History. While focused on his teaching and scholarship, David also includes reminiscences of Dartmouth.
I regret to report the deaths of Roy J. Halstead of Brussels, Belgium, on November 28, 2020; Derek H.L. Buntain of Brackley Beach, Prince Edward Island, Canada, on November 29, 2020; and James A. Eldridge of Denver on August 2, 2020. Obituaries posted to the class website. We send our condolences to Phil Margolius on the recent loss of his daughter, Jennifer Fisher, and to Albert Cantril on the passing of his wife of 47 years, Susan.
—David L. Smith, RR4 Box 225B4, Galveston, TX 77554; (775) 870-2354; david@davidlsmith.com
Our best wishes go out to Bill Gamble and Ross Burkardt. Bill’s infusions of Keytruda in his battle with stage 4 lung cancer have made progress in reducing the tumor. Ross, diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2016, reports medication and exercise have stabilized his symptoms, permitting him to maintain a steady output of wry poetry commenting on the Trump follies, much to our delight. Both men maintain a positive mental attitude and remind us to enjoy and appreciate life.
Eric Dalrymple writes: “After losing my wife of 49 years in early 2015, some friends fixed me up on a blind date three years ago with a widow in town, Alice Jennings. We dated quite steadily and in August of this year were married. Life is good!” The Dalrymples will be dividing their time between a retirement community in Naples, Florida, and Connecticut.
Richard Hanna, M.D., writes: “Joan and I are alive, well, and soldiering through the Covid-19 maelstrom. Although retired for eight years from active practice of general medicine I still miss being a doctor. Sometimes.”
David Langum recently published his memoirs, The Joy of Scholarship: Teaching Law and Writing History. While focused on his teaching and scholarship, David also includes reminiscences of Dartmouth.
I regret to report the deaths of Roy J. Halstead of Brussels, Belgium, on November 28, 2020; Derek H.L. Buntain of Brackley Beach, Prince Edward Island, Canada, on November 29, 2020; and James A. Eldridge of Denver on August 2, 2020. Obituaries posted to the class website. We send our condolences to Phil Margolius on the recent loss of his daughter, Jennifer Fisher, and to Albert Cantril on the passing of his wife of 47 years, Susan.
—David L. Smith, RR4 Box 225B4, Galveston, TX 77554; (775) 870-2354; david@davidlsmith.com