In March 1962 a vinyl record titled The Ed and Charlie Show surfaced on campus. Named after its creators—M. Edwin Hobbs (“Ed”) and G. Charles Murphy (“Charlie”), better known as Mike Hobbs ’62 and Geoff Murphy, managers of the WDCR news operation—it was also a nod to the “Ev and Charlie Show,” “a moniker attached to a series of meetings about that time between U.S. Senate leader Everett Dirksen and House leader Charles Halleck,” writes DCR deejay Brent Cromley, who is cited on the record and who provided its link to Dan Matyola, Bill Subin, and alumni of all generations who attended a virtual DCR reunion last February, nearly 60 years after the record was created.

With technical direction from Bob Gitt, Ed and Charlie spoofs a day or so of DCR programming in 1961-62, a la Bob and Ray and Nichols and May, a gentle precursor to SNL Weekend Update with imitations of and references to DCR staffers Tim Dodd, Bill Subin, Bill Woolley, Ed McCabe, Andrew Horn, Stu Mahlin, Ron Rosenfeld, Dave Schwartz, Pete Stern, Sturgess Dorrance, and me. It also includes references to campus characters and popular profs such as Lou Stillwell. “Mike and I knew we were both going off to different worlds in fall of 1962, he to Harvard Law and me to Tuck,” Geoff said. “So we took a chunk of time and thought it fun to do as a parting shot.” Mike eventually went on to the Public Broadcasting System, according to Geoff, who launched a career as a CPA with Price Waterhouse, then as senior executive at Esmark and Beatrice Foods before running his own company and later a consulting firm. Geoff and Karyn divide time between Naples, Florida, and Winnetka, Illinois. They have four children between them and nine grandchildren. Brent Cromley spent two years in the Peace Corps in India, earned a law degree at University of Montana, and lives and practices in Billings, Montana. Wife Dorothea chaired music at University of Montana Billings. Family includes sons Brent Jr. ’91 and Giano ’95 and daughter Taya Rose, Stanford ’00.

David Dawley’s groundbreaking work with a Chicago street gang in the 1960s inspired his 1992 book, The Nation of Lords: The Autobiography of the Vice Lords, and career as social services executive, educator, activist, and international consultant. Now living in Hanover, David is compiling and donating files from his work and life to the Rauner Special Collections Library at Dartmouth.

Ed Mazer, editor of the 50th reunion yearbook, vice president, mini-reunion chair, and webmaster, will serve as representative to the Alumni Council, it was announced by president Sam Cabot. Lyle and Ann Bjork, Jack and Russell Huber, and Steve Lister were among ’63s cited in the spring edition of Occom for significant support of the College’s Call to Lead fundraising campaign.

I regret to report the passing of Tell Schreiber, Ralph Sanders, and Jim Libby.Classmate obituaries by Tige Harris appear in the DAM online edition.

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