November 9, Yankee Stadium, was a day to be remembered. Nearly 70 years before, in summer of 1951, I visited the old stadium for the first time with Dad to see rookie Mickey Mantle and veteran Joe DiMaggio. Now, thanks to mini-reunion co-chair Chuck Wessendorf, I sat in the class section at field level in the new stadium to cheer on Dartmouth over Princeton along with Tom and Charlene Berardino, George and Mary Jo Hellick, Dan and Lee Matyola and son Greg, Bill and Petie Subin, Steve and Laney Bank with son Josh and grandsons Augie and Moses, Armand Villiger, Mike Jarvis, and Dick Swett, who the night before, joined by wife Carolyn, dined with Nicole and me at a Greenwich Village trattoria. Many alumni, such as Bill King with wife Grace and former teammates Tom Spangenberg ’64 and Bill Madden ’64, made it to higher reaches of the massive park where, in the words of Bill King, they could “experience the pull and tug of the game itself.” With about 10 minutes remaining and victory in sight, classmates still at field level proudly held up large cards, provided by Chuck Wessendorf, that read “Go Green 1963”and were viewed on the stadium’s giant video screen by the some 20,000 fans.

Earlier at halftime at the stadium, Peter Bailey, Princeton ’94, son of former class president Larry Bailey, was honored as one of the top players of the Ivy League football era, as part of the celebration of the 150th anniversary of college football. Princeton and Rutgers met in the first football game ever played, back on November 6, 1869.

Some fans did come down to the stadium class section though to say hello, including Jerry Herlihy, my former roommate Oli Larmi ’62, and Ivan Weissman, Columbia ’64, a good friend who earlier witnessed the Lions’ exciting home overtime win over Harvard. Speaking of Harvard, Dave and Carolyn Schaefer hosted the tailgate at Dartmouth’s tense last-minute win in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the week earlier that included Larry and Mary Stifler, George and Mary Jo Hellick, Sam and Deamie Cabot, and Chuck Wessendorf and Mary Ellen Sullivan. “Lots of finger food, soup, and wine,” said Schaef happily.

And before leaving the topic of football, let us note the full-page tribute to Don McKinnon that appeared in the Dartmouth official game program at the Yale Homecoming game October 12. Don, who died in 2015, is celebrated in the program as center and linebacker on the undefeated and untied 1962 team and as Coach Bob Blackman’s first Dartmouth All-American.

I regret to report the deaths of Michael Bisceglia, John Dickey, Walt Zwick, and Jim Puklin.Obituaries of classmates may be found in the magazine online edition, authored by class necrologist Tige Harris. Let us also recognize the passing on October 26 of Dean Thaddeus Seymour who, in the words of Bill Subin, “was like a brother or father to us in the class of ’63.” Feel free to share your memories with all of us.

—Harry Zlokower, 190 Amity St., Brooklyn, NY 11201; (917) 541-8162; harry@zlokower.com