In what resembled a minimalist stage set, where the stately Hanover Inn dining room once stood, Bob Bysshe, Ted Suess, Sam Cabot, Frank Palmer, Dave Schaefer, Ed Mazer, Steve Lewinstein, Bill Russell and I consumed eggs and pancakes while wives and partners congregated at the only other table in the room and discussed—well—whatever Dartmouth wives and partners discuss. It may have been how the Hanover Inn has undergone renovation to bring it, for better or for worse, into the 21st century. The room we sat in has become event space, while the dining space, as it were, has moved to the interior and has an aura of what my son would call cool. It was a fitting climax to a wonderful mini-reunion, which coincided with Class Officers Weekend and a chance for president Larry Bailey to convene with ’63 officers at dinner at Leede Arena.


Saturday morning we got down to business at the executive committee meeting, even Bob Chavey, who found a parking spot for his yellow 2000 Corvette with only 18,000 miles on the odometer, and Bruce Coggeshall, our representative to the Alumni Council. This was our last executive committee meeting before June 7, when we come together for our 50th reunion in Hanover. 


A highlight of the meeting was news that 50th reunion chair Tom Jester has recruited his college roommate Bill Lamb, a retired human resources software consultant in Ashland, Oregon, to coordinate a highly anticipated exhibit of art works by ’63s and spouses. The exhibit will be displayed in a continuous slide show on a large screen at our hospitality center, location to be announced. To participate send digital photos of your work with titles and artist’s name to billlamb01@gmail.com or, if you prefer, mail a CD to Bill Lamb, 785 West Pebble Beach Drive, Ashland, OR 97520; (651) 757-5026. As a woodworking hobbyist Bill has always been interested in art. He and Marcia, an amateur photographer, have three children, including Melissa ’86, a geologist, and seven grandchildren.


Registration for the 50th is expected to begin in February. Registration will be online but classmates will have the option to sign up by mail. For questions on registration contact Mike Emerson, johnmichaelemerson@comcast.net, (206) 242-0992. Room signup will be a separate transaction. Dorm registration will go out separately in March but if you do not wish to stay in a dorm, then seek lodging as soon as possible. Check the class of ’63 website, which can be found at www.dartmouth.edu, by clicking on alumni and classes. You should be getting e-mail updates by now, but you should also check the website.


After the meeting we adjourned to the early starting Penn football game with Marty Bowne and Bill Wellstead, among others, and then onto the home of Dan Muchinsky and Mary Barnes for a great dinner and party with Bill Hindle, Chuck Wessendorf, Bruce Baggaley, Dick Booma, David Goodwillie, George Hellick, Tom Perry, Pete Rotch, Terry Russell, Bob Haubrich and Gordon Weir leading the charge. 


—Harry Zlokower, 60 Madison Ave., Suite 1010, New York City, NY 10010; (212) 447-9292; harry @zlokower.com