Class Note 1962
Issue
January-February 2022
High praise (“the best ever”) for our annual mini-reunion during Homecoming Weekend organized by Mike Schaefer and Heide Breugmann and attended by 23 classmates and 18 spouses. All the usual festivities were featured, along with the annual class meeting, duly Zoomed by Peter Knight for those unable to attend in person.
Dick Bragaw, who helped compile our 50th reunion book, combed through it to identify some of our class legends. Here’s part of his report: “Alan Rapoport, one of the nation’s leading doctors treating headaches, has written several books on the subject. Peter Brink, a national leader in preservation of historical landmarks, performed wonders in Galveston, Texas, for 17 years. Jim Varnum, more than any other individual, is responsible for making the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center what it is today. Hugh Johnson, one of the most respected securities analysts in the nation, appears regularly on CNBC and in The Wall Street Journal. Charlie Balch recorded many accomplishments in management consulting. Tom Green is the lawyer people in Washington, D.C., go to. Jay Moyer did a lot to make the NFL what it has become. Bill Carpenter,who went into the wilderness to found a new college in Maine, has written several novels and books of poetry. Doctors Manuel Buchwald, Richard Hannah, and George Beller (who recently offered a Zoom presentation on cardiovascular disease to our Caring Class Network) have made important contributions to their fields of medicine. Ted Beal,M.D., contributing to the field of psychiatry in treating returning combat veterans, has written a seminal book on the subject, War Stories from the Forgotten Soldiers. Doug Walgren served in the U.S. Congress for several terms.” Others on Dick’s list, both living and deceased, I will cite in due course. Meanwhile, I hope those of you mentioned will oblige me with interviews to be featured in upcoming Class Notes.
I regret to report the recent deaths of William “Bill” G. Quirk, Ph.D., of Boynton Beach, Florida, on January 25; Arthur “Artie” W. Hoover of Durham, New Hampshire, on September 6; and David C. Dalton of Port St. Lucie, Florida, on September 15.
—David L. Smith, RR4 Box 225B4, Galveston, TX 77554; (775) 870-2354; david@davidlsmith.com
Dick Bragaw, who helped compile our 50th reunion book, combed through it to identify some of our class legends. Here’s part of his report: “Alan Rapoport, one of the nation’s leading doctors treating headaches, has written several books on the subject. Peter Brink, a national leader in preservation of historical landmarks, performed wonders in Galveston, Texas, for 17 years. Jim Varnum, more than any other individual, is responsible for making the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center what it is today. Hugh Johnson, one of the most respected securities analysts in the nation, appears regularly on CNBC and in The Wall Street Journal. Charlie Balch recorded many accomplishments in management consulting. Tom Green is the lawyer people in Washington, D.C., go to. Jay Moyer did a lot to make the NFL what it has become. Bill Carpenter,who went into the wilderness to found a new college in Maine, has written several novels and books of poetry. Doctors Manuel Buchwald, Richard Hannah, and George Beller (who recently offered a Zoom presentation on cardiovascular disease to our Caring Class Network) have made important contributions to their fields of medicine. Ted Beal,M.D., contributing to the field of psychiatry in treating returning combat veterans, has written a seminal book on the subject, War Stories from the Forgotten Soldiers. Doug Walgren served in the U.S. Congress for several terms.” Others on Dick’s list, both living and deceased, I will cite in due course. Meanwhile, I hope those of you mentioned will oblige me with interviews to be featured in upcoming Class Notes.
I regret to report the recent deaths of William “Bill” G. Quirk, Ph.D., of Boynton Beach, Florida, on January 25; Arthur “Artie” W. Hoover of Durham, New Hampshire, on September 6; and David C. Dalton of Port St. Lucie, Florida, on September 15.
—David L. Smith, RR4 Box 225B4, Galveston, TX 77554; (775) 870-2354; david@davidlsmith.com