Class Note 1962
Issue
May-June 2022
From reunion organizers Bill Pierce and Dick Brooks: “We have had a tremendous preliminary response. More than 200 classmates and spouses are planning to attend our 60th this June 13-16. You will not want to miss this opportunity to see old friends and meet new ones. So plan on coming.
“Please promptly fill out your online registration form (no more snail mail), which you probably have received from the College and will help in our planning. Don’t hesitate to seek help if you have any problem with the form.
“We have many activities and meals planned, culminating in a lobster bake (steak for carnivores) on our last night. Most of our activities will be outdoors to take advantage of June in New Hampshire.
“A word on Covid. Our primary concern is everybody’s safety. We will be conforming to the latest College and CDC recommendations with vaccinations a must. We will update guidance as we move closer to June.
“Reservations for College dorms will be sent out to all. Local area hotels may be found at alumni.dartmouth.edu/upper-valley-lodging.
“Any questions in the meantime, please contact any of us: Bill Pierce at wcpierce@att.net, Dick Brooks at rkbrooks40@gmail.com, or Charlie Balch at cabalch@aol.com.”
Our honorary class member, retired computer science professor Tom Cormen, has become “Jeopardy-famous,” featured as the answer to a $1,200 Jeopardy question in a category called, “They wrote your textbooks.” The textbook in question is Introduction to Algorithms, with more than 1 million copies sold.
I regret to report the deaths of Ellis E. Kern on April 1, 2021, at West Palm Beach, Florida; John G. Coe onDecember 7, 2021, at Rio Rancho, New Mexico; Paul R. Duncan of Naples, Florida, on December 15, 2021; George E. Douglas on December 28, 2021, at his winter home in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; Charles J. “Bud” Baumann on January 1 at Billings, Montana; Peter L. Weldy on January 17; James N. “Jim” Johnson III on February 9 at Tucson, Arizona; and Jonathan Gershovitz, who, Ed Hirsch reports, “died a few weeks ago of end-stage Parkinson’s disease in Israel, where he lived for more than 50 years.”
—David L. Smith, RR4 Box 225B4, Galveston, TX 77554; (775) 870-2354; david@davidlsmith.com
“Please promptly fill out your online registration form (no more snail mail), which you probably have received from the College and will help in our planning. Don’t hesitate to seek help if you have any problem with the form.
“We have many activities and meals planned, culminating in a lobster bake (steak for carnivores) on our last night. Most of our activities will be outdoors to take advantage of June in New Hampshire.
“A word on Covid. Our primary concern is everybody’s safety. We will be conforming to the latest College and CDC recommendations with vaccinations a must. We will update guidance as we move closer to June.
“Reservations for College dorms will be sent out to all. Local area hotels may be found at alumni.dartmouth.edu/upper-valley-lodging.
“Any questions in the meantime, please contact any of us: Bill Pierce at wcpierce@att.net, Dick Brooks at rkbrooks40@gmail.com, or Charlie Balch at cabalch@aol.com.”
Our honorary class member, retired computer science professor Tom Cormen, has become “Jeopardy-famous,” featured as the answer to a $1,200 Jeopardy question in a category called, “They wrote your textbooks.” The textbook in question is Introduction to Algorithms, with more than 1 million copies sold.
I regret to report the deaths of Ellis E. Kern on April 1, 2021, at West Palm Beach, Florida; John G. Coe onDecember 7, 2021, at Rio Rancho, New Mexico; Paul R. Duncan of Naples, Florida, on December 15, 2021; George E. Douglas on December 28, 2021, at his winter home in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; Charles J. “Bud” Baumann on January 1 at Billings, Montana; Peter L. Weldy on January 17; James N. “Jim” Johnson III on February 9 at Tucson, Arizona; and Jonathan Gershovitz, who, Ed Hirsch reports, “died a few weeks ago of end-stage Parkinson’s disease in Israel, where he lived for more than 50 years.”
—David L. Smith, RR4 Box 225B4, Galveston, TX 77554; (775) 870-2354; david@davidlsmith.com