Class Note 1963
Stories for a Hurricane Irene watch.
Tom Perry, world traveler who has visited 40 countries in the last 10 years, spearheaed a successful effort to raise money from generous classmates, making the 50th reunion yearbook free of charge to all classmates and widows.
Frank Jerabek and wife Pat were inducted into the Silver Horizons Senior Hall of Fame in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in recognition of their dedication to community service and promoting social justice. Pat and Frank, an information technology and systems specialist, moved to New Mexico in 1994 when his employer was acquired by Sun Healthcare Group. He retired in 2003 and is now an AARP volunteer tax consultant in several Sandoval County locations including four Native-American pueblos. Pat, who taught at University of Massachusetts, has served on the local diversity leadership council. Both are members of Grant Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, the oldest black church in New Mexico, for which Frank has edited the newsletter and handled public relations.
Bob Wagstaff, after 35 years of law practice in Anchorage, Alaska, in 2003 moved to Oxford, England, where he earned a master’s and a doctor of philosophy in law degree. His thesis, “The Specter of Lord Atkin in the Aftermath of 9/11: The Rule of Law and Terror Detentions in the United States and the United Kingdom,” takes aim at the Bush and Blair policies of detainment of suspected terrorists.
Denny Emerson, former Olympic equestrian and survivor of two hip replacements, maintains his full schedule of riding, teaching and training on his farms in Vermont and North Carolina. He just published How Good Riders Get Good, which prescribes lessons that reach beyond success with horses. Denny has accomplished much in his career and is most proud of having recently completed his 50th consecutive year of eventing, a rigorous equestrian competition, at the prelim level or higher.
Daryl Erickson, retired New Hampshire surgeon, attended the dedication of the new Dr. Daryl Erickson Surgical Center at Oasis Hospital, a Christian mission hospital in the United Arab Emirates, where he served from 1976 to 1985 and was known, according to wife Virginia, as “the happy doctor.” Mike Prince rode his 26th consecutive Prouty Century Bike Ride—that’s century as in 100 miles—to raise money for cancer research at Dartmouth’s Norris Cotton Cancer Center.
Mike and Gloria Rie celebrated their 20th with a barge tour on a Burgundy canal. Class president Larry Bailey also did some boating around the San Juan Islands in the far northwest corner of the state of Washington, 10 miles east of Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. He has a home on Lopez Island, one of the larger of the San Juans.
Peter Rollins has created www.susanrollins. net in memory of his recently departed wife, featuring photos and one of Susan’s favorite songs, “What I Did for Love” from A Chorus Line. I regret to report the deaths of Tim Dodd, Ed Lieff, Dave Bunting, Rick Arendt and Bob Burgess. Obituaries will appear on http:// dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/obituaries and in the class newsletter.
—Harry Zlokower, 60 Madison Ave., Suite 910, New York, NY 10010; (212) 447-9292; harry@zlokower.com
