Class Note 1966
Issue
Jul - Aug 2017
This 66th Night thing, where ’66ers gather around the country on or about March 7, is catching on. More than 110 classmates and 60 spouses and partners came together in two dozen informal mini-reunions from Maine to Hawaii.
In the Aloha State Marty Adler, Steve Coles and Rock Ley and their wives found their way to the Honolulu’s La Mariana Sailing Club and the last of the tiki bars (of course) in business for 60-plus years—about as long as all of us. “I hadn’t seen Marty (who lives on Maui) since we were in the same English 2 class at Dartmouth in 1962,” wrote Steve, an Oahu resident. “We all had a great time.”
Inspired by Wally Buschmann and Will Wilkoff, 10 classmates and five spouses converged on Sea Dog Brewing Co. (where else?) near Brunswick, Maine. Joining in were Jack Aley, Bob Baldwin, Roc Caivano, George Emlen, Larry Hopperstead, Steve Lanfer, Roger Pezzuti and Lance Tapley.
Wally summed up the appeal and the special value of these annual local events: “Ten of the 25 ’66ers in Maine, plus several wives, had our first class-connected gathering in Maine despite the fact that most of us have been living here for decades. It rekindled friendships, provided an occasion to spend time with classmates, both those we knew from our four years on the campus and those whose paths didn’t cross ours at Dartmouth, and to relive memories from the past.”
Beyond 66th Night there was the sixth annual golf mini-reunion in Palm Desert, California, in February. Jeff Brown, Rich Daly, Al Keiller, Rick MacMillan, Mike Smith, Dean Spatz and Tim Urban took on the challenge of three top-flight courses and four excellent restaurants and came through unscathed.
Tim turned right around and hosted the 2017 ski mini-reunion in mid-March at Winter Park, Colorado, with Steve Coles, Joff Keane and Peter Tuxen reveling in the sunny skies, 40-degree temperatures, evergreen-lined trails and magnificent sunsets.
According to the Census Bureau about 6 percent of married couples make it to their 50th anniversaries. Many of us may be approaching that golden anniversary and we’ll be happy to acknowledge what is a rare and meaningful major milestone in this column. Let us know, please.
Jeannette and Tripp Miller will be toasting their 50th in December. Tripp retired from McGraw-Hill in 2005 and Jeannette from the faculty of N.Y.U. Medical Center in 2008. They live on Carnegie Hill in Manhattan and are avid collectors of rugs and textiles and active and longtime members of the Hajji Baba Club, which features monthly lectures by very prominent scholars and curators in the field.
It is with great sadness that we report the recent passing of three classmates: Bill Jevne, proud Marine, Vietnam War vet and teacher; George Robertson, financial analyst and decorated marksman; and Robin Williams, a dedicated and innovative middle school teacher for 35 years. Our sympathies to family and friends. More fulsome obituaries can be found online at dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/class-1966.
—Larry Geiger, 93 Greenridge Ave., White Plains, NY 10605; (914) 860-4945; lgeiger@aol.com
In the Aloha State Marty Adler, Steve Coles and Rock Ley and their wives found their way to the Honolulu’s La Mariana Sailing Club and the last of the tiki bars (of course) in business for 60-plus years—about as long as all of us. “I hadn’t seen Marty (who lives on Maui) since we were in the same English 2 class at Dartmouth in 1962,” wrote Steve, an Oahu resident. “We all had a great time.”
Inspired by Wally Buschmann and Will Wilkoff, 10 classmates and five spouses converged on Sea Dog Brewing Co. (where else?) near Brunswick, Maine. Joining in were Jack Aley, Bob Baldwin, Roc Caivano, George Emlen, Larry Hopperstead, Steve Lanfer, Roger Pezzuti and Lance Tapley.
Wally summed up the appeal and the special value of these annual local events: “Ten of the 25 ’66ers in Maine, plus several wives, had our first class-connected gathering in Maine despite the fact that most of us have been living here for decades. It rekindled friendships, provided an occasion to spend time with classmates, both those we knew from our four years on the campus and those whose paths didn’t cross ours at Dartmouth, and to relive memories from the past.”
Beyond 66th Night there was the sixth annual golf mini-reunion in Palm Desert, California, in February. Jeff Brown, Rich Daly, Al Keiller, Rick MacMillan, Mike Smith, Dean Spatz and Tim Urban took on the challenge of three top-flight courses and four excellent restaurants and came through unscathed.
Tim turned right around and hosted the 2017 ski mini-reunion in mid-March at Winter Park, Colorado, with Steve Coles, Joff Keane and Peter Tuxen reveling in the sunny skies, 40-degree temperatures, evergreen-lined trails and magnificent sunsets.
According to the Census Bureau about 6 percent of married couples make it to their 50th anniversaries. Many of us may be approaching that golden anniversary and we’ll be happy to acknowledge what is a rare and meaningful major milestone in this column. Let us know, please.
Jeannette and Tripp Miller will be toasting their 50th in December. Tripp retired from McGraw-Hill in 2005 and Jeannette from the faculty of N.Y.U. Medical Center in 2008. They live on Carnegie Hill in Manhattan and are avid collectors of rugs and textiles and active and longtime members of the Hajji Baba Club, which features monthly lectures by very prominent scholars and curators in the field.
It is with great sadness that we report the recent passing of three classmates: Bill Jevne, proud Marine, Vietnam War vet and teacher; George Robertson, financial analyst and decorated marksman; and Robin Williams, a dedicated and innovative middle school teacher for 35 years. Our sympathies to family and friends. More fulsome obituaries can be found online at dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/class-1966.
—Larry Geiger, 93 Greenridge Ave., White Plains, NY 10605; (914) 860-4945; lgeiger@aol.com