Class Note 1964
A mini-reunion of our class to celebrate our respective 75th birthdays was held March 13-16 at the Marriott Scottsdale Hotel at McDowell Mountain in Scottsdale, Arizona. The following 56 classmates and spouses or guests attended: Bob Engelman and Lynn Van Buren, Chris and Suzanne Palmer, Peter and Kay Wall, Bruce Cross and Karen Kruse, Steve and Gale Sherman, Bob Brayton, Lee and Tuni Chilcote, Bill and Carol McGregor, Hunt and Lynne Whitacre, Ivars and Jeannette Bemberis, Ray and Ellen Peters, Ed and Jennifer Gingras, Sabin and Ellen Danziger, Newell and Judy Grant, Keith Hartley, Lynn and Paula Bates, Jim and Barbara Miller, Ned and Edie Miller, Neal and Mirella Stanley, Bill and Mary Ann Lewis, Dave and Kate Hewitt, Jim and Leslie Harris, Al Cotton and Carol Potter, Richard Behrens and Loraine Moore, Fran and Josie Hanlon, Jim and Susan Long, Fritz and Glenda Corrigan, Mark and Lou Roseman and Chuck Marsh and Nan Johnson.
The activities were varied. Each day 10 to 12 people and Fritz arranged early tee times at Troon North on one day and TPC Stadium Golf Course on the second day. On two days there were hikes. On the first day a group hiked the Sonoran Preserve with five guides who were specialists in birding, cactus, Southwest fauna and flora. The second hike was at Desert Mountain with Lynn Van Buren and Bob Engelman hosting. Fifteen attended a Diamondback spring training baseball game at Talking Stick Park near the hotel. Twenty-eight classmates visited Taliesin West, the winter home of Frank Lloyd Wright and home of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.
On the third day Newell and Judy Grant hosted a guided tour, cooking demonstration and lunch at the Phoenix Desert Botanical Garden. The two dinners were excellent, with the first at the Marriott and the second at the Cochise Geronimo Club House in Desert Mountain, where Bob Engelman and Fritz Corrigan live. After all, this is one of the main purposes of any reunion: to allow persons of about the same age who shared four years of a common, formative experience to get together and share memories and current life experiences. Age is a great leveler, bringing us all closer together. This togetherness helped make the reunion a success.
The organization and success of the event were the work of Hunt Whitacre, Bob Engelman and Newell Grant as co-chairs, Fritz Corrigan as golf meister and Ray Peters, Dave Hewitt, Steve Sherman, Chris Palmer and Bill Hamm as the brain trust. Special thanks go to Fritz and Glenda, who hosted the wonderful reception at their house on the third night; to Judy and Newell Grant, who were very generous in subsidizing the botanical garden tour; and to Bob Engelman and Lynn Van Buren, who planned a wonderful hike and provided a great lunch. Please visit the class website at 1964.dartmouth.org to catch the details and review photographs of the events.
—Harvey Tettlebaum, 56295 Little Moniteau Road, California, MO 65018; (573) 761-1107; dartsecy64@gmail.com
