Our last column was devoted to classmates who are giving back—and the beat continues.

Scott Cheyne spent Christmas Day as Santa, delivering gifts to 2,500 patients at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. He’s a board member of Santa’s Magic and this was his eighth straight Christmas bringing smiles and presents to patients and veterans at Boston area hospitals.

Scott admits it’s a hardship for his family, but says that they are “totally supportive and the joy we bring (and literally see) to the patients and veterans is well worth the investment.” When the former Hill, Holliday ad exec isn’t impersonating St. Nick, he’s active with committees at the Salem (Massachusetts) Country Club and spends quality time with 8-year-old grandson Jonathan.

Ed Grew has given back by establishing an endowment and a professorship at the school of earth and climate sciences at the University of Maine to continue his legacy of advancement in the field of mineralogy and petrology. Ed, a research scientist, educator and mentor at UMaine since 1984, has done fieldwork throughout the United States, Antarctica, Australia, Germany, India, Tajikistan and Siberia.

In recognition of his outstanding achievements the prominent mineralogical journal The Canadian Mineralogist celebrated Ed’s 70th birthday by dedicating the entire March 2015 issue to his extensive career in mineralogy and petrology. The cover of the journal depicts the crystal structure of the recently discovered mineral edgrewite, named in his honor. (If you are like me, you celebrated your 70th at a fun family buffet.)

One of our class Renaissance men is Dr. Jeff Brown. The Los Gatos, California, geriatric medicine specialist (a good guy for us to know) has been practicing for about 40 years and is currently medical director of a large retirement community. He’s also been a professional artist for 30 years (see jeffcontemporaryoils.com) and the author of a weekly financial column, “Take as Needed,” for 15 years in Physiciansmoneydigest.com.

Mike Bromley, a respected Colorado Springs, Colorado, lawyer, is stepping away, going on inactive status with both the Colorado and Idaho bars. That doesn’t mean Mike will be slowing down, however. He plans to keep skiing, hiking, hunting and spending time with family at his homes in Boise, Breckenridge and Palm Desert. And he and Rebecca, an attorney still engaged in arbitration and mediation, are planning to head East for our 50th.

You know that cliché that things were better in the good old days? Well, when it comes to Dartmouth football, happily back on top now, the good old days were better. Back in 1965 Dartmouth was the undefeated Ivy League champion and Lambert Trophy winner. Remember? To celebrate, a few of the 1966 stalwarts on the record-setting team—Tom Clarke, Jon Colby, Ed Long and George Trumbull—organized a series of events during Homecoming for teammates from the classes of 1966, 1967 and 1968.

Undoubtedly the celebration will continue during our 50th reunion, or, as the Latin scholars might put it, “Reconciliatio L,” now only about three months away. Ibi te pervideat.

—Larry Geiger, 93 Greenridge Ave., White Plains, NY 10605; (914) 860-4945; lgeiger@aol.com