Staying connected and involved tops Woody Chittick’s list of priorities as class president. To that end, Jill Schiffman accepted Woody’s invitation to form a group of honorary class members consisting of wives, widows, and distaff partners as a vehicle for communicating with each other and encouraging their participation in class activities, including submitting news to Class Notes and class newsletter; participating in class discussions on the various listservs; joining the Zoom sessions of the Caring Class Network; attending reunions and class trips; and becoming class officers and members of various class committees. Classmates are encouraged to invite their better halves to join in by contacting Jill (at jillschiffman18@gmail.com), who will supply contact information for these activities. For further information, read the minutes of the February 2 class meeting prepared by our co-secretary Mary Vic Giersch, posted on our website: https://1962.dartmouth.org.

Classmates downsizing and moving near family: Nancy and Dave Pritchard relocated to Columbus, Ohio. Anita and Colin Harley moved to a retirement community 10 minutes from Charleston, South Carolina. Zaida and Peter Knight will be heading to Doylestown, Pennsylvania, in June. Elizabeth and I are now living in Sun City Center, Florida. My roommate, Tom Hector, and I will be meeting in mid-March for two days of bass fishing at lakes near Kissimmee, Florida.

Susan and Peter Brink areback visiting in Capetown, South Africa, fulfilling a love affair with the continent beginning with a 1966 Ford Foundation grant in Lesotho.

Mini-reunion organizer Mike Schaefer (my other roomie, mschaefer@octobercompany.com) writes: “The mini-reunion is scheduled for Friday, October 6, to Sunday, October 8. Dinner will be at Jesse’s and the football game will be Yale on Saturday. I will reserve 10 rooms at the Norwich Inn for the class and hold them until June.”

I regret to report the deaths of Dr. Kendall “Ken” A. Gerdes of Portland, Oregon, on July 28, 2022; William “Bill” P. Wolfe III of Chittenden, Vermont, on December 12, 2022; Thomas R. “Bob” Mahoney of Port Charlotte, Florida, on December 29, 2022; and former Vermont Supreme Court Justice the Hon. James L. Morse of Charlotte, Vermont, on January 13.

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