Olympic gold medalist (1964) Gerry Ashworth expects to be at our 50th class reunion in Hanover June 7-9, so do Sturges Dorrance, Whit Kimball, John Rose, Bill King and hundreds of other classmates. How do I know? I saw it on the ’63 class website. Volunteers led by Tom Perry surveyed everyone they could find and posted findings for all to see. The numbers are updated regularly. You can explore the entire list or check by fraternity, team or club to see if your friends are coming and they can do the same. 


The use of an online informational site to build interest in a major reunion is a first for our class. We will also offer online registration for the first time as a class and only the second time for any Dartmouth class, according to reunion chair Tom Jester. Mike Emerson and Bill Russell are being trained to make it as easy as possible to register online, but if you prefer to register manually you will be able to without a problem. 


Even if you cannot make the 50th, you can share in the excitement through the 1963 50th reunion book that will be mailed to everyone free of charge, thanks to the generosity of some of our classmates. The book will include individual life surveys and essays by classmates with their photos, and obituary tributes to deceased classmates.


There is a packed schedule of meals, forums, receptions and commencement exercises as well as cool events you will not want to miss. Did you hike Mount Moosilauke as a student? If not, you still have a chance Thursday and Friday, June 6-7. For details contact Chuck Wessendorf, (203) 762-9334, ckwessendorf@yahoo.com.


You are encouraged to contribute your own memorabilia to the Rauner Library exhibition of class-related archival material that will include Winter Carnival, important sports moments, major buildings completed or opened, plays, concerts and celebrations. Dave Schaefer expects to lend photos of him building the winning 1960 Winter Carnival dorm statue (he designed and sculpted it) and pieces of the clay pipe he smoked and broke over the Old Pine stump. What do you have? Contact College Archivist Peter Carini at peter.carini@dartmouth.edu.


Then there is “the Lisa Love experience.” No, I am not kidding. Lisa Love is the female vocalist of a top New England and East Coast rock, dance and R&B band, consisting of guitar, drums and bass, that has been booked for the gala Saturday night dinner by our veteran impresario, Steve Lewinstein. Bring your ears and your dancing shoes. 


Our 50th reunion will hold a memorial service to remember deceased classmates. The loss of classmates is reported regularly in the newsletter, this column and obituary section of the online Dartmouth Alumni Magazine when sufficient information is available.


Bill Subin’s painting, The Osprey Nest, a Back Bay Ventnor, New Jersey, scene viewed by rowers, is one of 10 winners for the 2012 Ventnor postcard contest. Peter Rollins’ film, Will Rogers’ 1920s, was aired in August on Oklahoma educational TV.


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