Dr. Wallace Hodges is back where he belongs: “We take care of people with complex med and psych problems and have fun doing it.” After 24 years in a large internal medicine clinic, Wally has opened a solo practice in Seattle. He does concede that times have changed—“My referrals come from Yelp and Google rather than Uncle Howard or Aunt Sallie.”

Medical and other good works run in the Hodges family. Daughter Alison ’97 is a part-time pediatrician and full-time mom of two. Her husband, Jim, is a plastic surgeon. Daughter Jessica is a teacher with three kids. Son Michael just finished flood-relief work in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Stepchildren Stephanie and Chris live in the Seattle area, where Chris runs a management construction business and, Wally reports, “was instrumental in removing the tree trunk that skewered our roof in the recent wind storm and repairing the roof. A French major couldn’t do that.”

Bill Gruver, former chief operating officer of Goldman Sachs equities division, its largest, is currently a professor of management practice, teaching courses in investments, investment banking, strategy, international relations and leadership. He has received Bucknell’s most prestigious teaching recognition—the Lindback Award for distinguished teaching. Bill has also remained active in business through consulting assignments and board memberships and is now the chairman of the audit committee of Geisinger Health System Foundation and co-chairs the advisory committee at Hamburg biotech company Indivumed GMBH.

Two wonderful things happened to Noel Fidel, a distinguished Arizona jurist and law professor who has now returned to private practice,after he “had a fine time” at our 50th reunion. Noel and Anne enjoyed a short reunion follow-up with Jim and Jennifer Makol in Sacramento, California, which included some open-water swimming in nearby Donner Lake. And Noel was chosen for the challenging and key position as our head agent, succeeding Bob Spence, who did a terrific job leading the class to record-setting giving levels during the past 15 years. We can all look forward to hearing from Noel in the not-too-distant future!

Speaking of our 50th reunion, Ben Day and Bob Serenbetz are starting to prepare a supplement to “…The Road Continues,” our spectacular reunion yearbook. It will include 50th reunion photos, along with entries from the 300 or so classmates who “forgot” or were late in submitting biographical entries or photos of themselves and family the first time around. It’s a rare second chance. For all the details visit www.dartmouth66.org/50th-reunion-yearbook. The final deadline is January 15.

It is with sadness that we report the recent passing of three distinguished and accomplished classmates—Dick Birnie, an esteemed member of the Dartmouth earth sciences faculty for 34 years and a pillar of the Hanover community; Rick King, an astute and successful businessman who led major consumer products companies for three decades; and Mike Nadel, a lawyer, counselor and judge who served the city and state of New York in a variety of key positions during his remarkable 45-year career. Please refer to the online Dartmouth Alumni Magazine for more in-depth tributes to these three gentlemen.

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