Classes & Obits

Class Note 1963

Issue

January-February 2024

Classmates, spouses, and partners Sam and Deamie Cabot, Bill and Pat Russell, Lenore Bowne, Bill Wellstead and Judy Derasse, Ken Kvistad, Dick Swett, Jeff and Taffy Nothnagle, and Steve and Diana Lewinstein launched a rainy Homecoming Friday at Dunk’s Sports Grill, Hanover, and were joined Saturday for dinner at Ariana’s Restaurant, Lyme, New Hampshire, by Tom Kraig, Mike and Jeanne Prince, Norm Buchsbaum, John and Judith Currier,and Dick and Pam Booma.

Twenty-nine executive committee (EC) classmates in person and via Ed Mazer-produced Zoom on Saturday heard sponsored athletes McLane Gmelich ’27 (women’s swim team) and Tyson Grimm ’26 (football), class scholar Gemma Stowell ’27, and former Dartmouth Partners in Community Service (DPCS) participant Grace Bech ’26. DPCS chair Bruce Baggaley’s new mentors search drew interest from EC’s Mel Meyers.

Mini-reunion co-chair Jeff Nothnagle announced an upcoming April Northwest cruise. Lenore Bowne, widow of former EC president Marty Bowne, launched DartMates’ outreach to widows and widowers. Dave Schaefer celebrated 30th year as newsletter editor. Mike Prince presented the Soaring Pine Award to president Sam Cabot for his class leadership, career, and community service.

Stressed out? For a relaxing moment, check out YouTube for “Ted’s Hollywood Stand-Up” or “For the Love of Comedy. The Three Clubs in Los Angeles” to see stand-up comic Ted Morehouse. Retired from business, Ted and Claudia Rose live in Marina Del Rey, California, have four children, and three grandchildren, including a Dartmouth senior. Daughter Lindsay was tragically lost in the World Trade Center on 9/11. The Morehouses take classes and travel.

Retired intensive care specialist and anesthesiologist Mike Rie is working on a memoir, tentatively titled Physician of Conscience, about his work on end-of-life policies in the 1980s. Ken Lease is finishing as interim executive vice president at Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics. Sharon is vice president for academics at a Christian university. Steve Macht spoke on national television at a Yom Kippur service from Beverly Hills Temple of the Arts.

I regret to report the passing of David Bowman, Frank Palmer, George Shanno, George Scott, Jonathan Bates, Sandy Duncan, and William Weber. Read obituaries by Tige Harris on the DAM website.

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