Classes & Obits

Class Note 1963

Issue

March - April 2024

Retired banker John Black lives in Westport, Connecticut. Spouse Margie works as a personal shopper for Bergdorf Goodman, New York. John has two children in Massachusetts and enjoys blues, reggae, and rock and roll. The grandson of retired Blue Cross of Texas executive Greg Moore plays football for Denison University. Greg, of Dallas, left Dartmouth sophomore year for Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, where the late John Sloan Dickey Jr. was at one time dean. Greg recalls Steve Boise and the late Jim vonGal. He and Connie, 61 years married, have two sons and six grandchildren.

Christopher Ryan, Berkley Township, New Jersey, earned an M.A. in Italian from Middlebury, taught, raised two children, and endured “a bitter divorce.” Christopher overcame struggles to marry “love of his life” Sharon Nzwalla. The two served as prison ministers, authoring Why I Shout, about Sharon’s life and redemption, available on Amazon. Bill Manbeck, Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, traveled recently to Rome, Florence, and Milan, Italy. Divorced, Bill retired 10 years ago from contracting and construction. He has three children and five grandchildren. Tige and Peggy Harris planned a visit to son John in the U.S. Agency for International Development in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Tige also visited Danang, where he served in the Navy; Clay Hering served there with the Marines. Richard Morgan, retired Episcopal priest, Westerly, Rhode Island, spent Thanksgiving with daughter Roanna, exec for United Parcel Service, in Woodstock, Georgia.

Tom Kraig helped organize Dartmouth Club of Rhode Island’s tailgate pre-Brown game. Steve Brenner praised video medicine during Dartmouth Caring Network session. Developer Dick Friedman was featured in the Boston Globe “VIP Lounge” column. Bob and Ginny Baxley live in Birmingham, Alabama, near daughter Julia and have a condo in Winnetka, Illinois, near daughter Frances ’99. Norman Buchsbaum reconnected with Peter Dorsen ’66, whom he mentored when Peter was freshman.

There may be rooms on the Lewis & Clark cruise, April 21-29. Visit the class website or contact Jeff Nothnagle, (781) 383-0895.

I regret to report passing of Roger Griffin, executive committee member Ted Suess, and Bill Woolley. Read obituaries by Tige Harris on the DAM website.

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