The “NW (Northwest) Amigos”, six from Washington State and two from Oregon, met on Zoom during the pandemic with organizer Larry Bailey, who resides north of Seattle. Recently the group supported Sturges Dorrance following the passing of wife Pam. Sturges shared works from Eleazar, a mysterious personage, created by Sturges’ dad, Sturges Dick Dorrance Jr. ’36 and Frank Kenneth Kappler ’36, whose campus writings baffled the Dartmouth community between 1933 and 1936. Larry’s recent blog excerpts of Minnesota author-radio host Garrison Keillor pleased amigo Mike Emerson, whose “kids both live and work in Minneapolis,” and Pete Brown, who “traveled to Minnesota every year to visit high schools” when he worked in the Dartmouth admissions office from 1968 to 1975. Pete also covered the boroughs of New York City, prompting amigo Rick Wyckoff to jest, “The College seemed eager to mess with your mind by assigning you to the five boroughs—along with Minnesota and the Dakotas.” Pete responded, “It was because I knew how to fly in and out of O’Hare Airport.” Steve Brenner, Mike Jarvis, and Bill Spencer round out the tightly knit group.

John Willetts retired in Sunset Beach, North Carolina, the state’s southernmost island near South Carolina. A Spanish and economics major who studied at Tuck, John wrote for a publisher of legal briefs and texts used by compliance officers and broker dealers. John and Susan have three married children and 10 grandchildren. A self-styled “gym rat,” John recovered this summer from a broken femur suffered in a freak accident. John hopes to resume traveling throughout Europe, including Portugal, the only country there he has not yet visited.

Mike and Jeanne Prince biked to raise more than $6,000 for Norris Cotton Cancer Center for the 36th consecutive year. Barry Elson, whose death was reported here, recorded instructive commentary for cancer patients on a YouTube video in 2012. Former class president and recent class scholars chair Marty Bowne died in August following magna cum laude graduation of scholar Danny McClafferty ’21. I regret to report the passing of Rick Asher and Mike Whelan. Obituaries by Tige Harris appear in the magazine online edition.

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