Another trustees and alumni association election has come and gone and this one like others had its share of commotion—which in the end is a good thing because it gets more of us to pay attention to how the College is run and how we choose the folks who run it. Our little sparkler began following a letter to all ’63s from Marty Bowne, Alumni Council representative, urging us to vote and expressing preference for Alumni Council-nominated candidates versus petition candidates. This did not sit well with Pete DeForth, who fired off several protesting e-mails to Larry Bailey, our president, who, in turn, got to hear different points of view from executive committee members. Larry and Pete aired it out online with Larry holding that Marty’s actions were in line with his council role and our class constitution. Notwithstanding, Stu Richards, ex-Marine, father of two alumni, husband of a Dartmouth teacher and himself a developer at Killington and Sugarbush, was an unsuccessful petition candidate for the Association of Alumni executive council.

Far from it all Bob Silverman and Barbara Berlin and Mike and Jeanne Prince, Richardson Hall roommates and now neighbors in a Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, condo complex, hosted a mini-reunion with Ralph and Nancy Sanders. Ralph lived across the hall and now owns a home in St. Augustine Beach, Florida. They were joined by Howard and Janet Nannen of Brunswick, Maine. Missing were Chuck Wessendorf and Mary Ellen Sullivan, who could not make it, and Jimmy Fox, who died of cancer in 1970 but “who often fantasized about getting together 50 years after graduation and reminiscing about our time together,” reports Bob, who is in touch with Jane Fox, now married to Jim Anderson. Ralph is retired from teaching and administration at Syracuse University. Over in Palm City, Florida, Art and Sandra Williams, Bob and Joyce Humboldt, Daryl and Joy Smith and Bob and Beth Bysshe enjoyed golf at Harbor Ridge and dinner at Bonefish Mac’s.

Was the unidentified truck driver pictured in a Crain’s New York Business story on online grocer Fresh Direct really company president Rick Braddock? “I’m afraid so,” e-mailed Rick. “I tried to keep my gray hair hidden but it didn’t work.” Next stop reality TV’s Undercover Boss? Jeff and Gerri Lapic celebrated their 25th anniversary with daughter Teresa and family in Paris followed by a week in Marsillargue in Provence. Peter and Susan Rollins have moved to a patio home for retirees in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Our bonding with the class of 2013—in preparation for our 50th celebration in 2013—continues. The ’63 class scholar Ben Spero ’13 writes that he loves the College and is “forever grateful” to our class for helping to make his Dartmouth education a reality. Now with the “Great Issues” program being restored, 50th reunion chair Tom Jester proposes we empty our closets of those blow-lunch wide ties and gift them to the class of 2013. The women could wear them as belts or around their head, he says.

—Harry Zlokower, 60 Madison Ave., Suite 910, New York, NY 10010; (212) 447-9292; harry@zlokower.com