Okay, what’s the chance this would happen? Bob Spence’s grandfather, Walter Abbott Conley, was a fullback on the 1905 Dartmouth football team, which, as you will recall, finished 7-1-2 under 32-year-old Coach Fred Folsom, class of 1895. Blocking for Walter was guard Joseph Taylor Gilman, who turns out to be the great-grandfather of Susan, the wife of Bob’s middle son, Kevin ’97, Th’98. You could look it up in Bob’s copy of the 1905 Aegis.

You could also look up that Bob and Linda celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary last July by taking their three sons, their spouses and four grandchildren to the very same dude ranch in Montana where, in 1962, Bob, then a $100-a-week horse wrangler, and Linda, exploring the high country on vacation with her family, first met on a cold and rainy day. Bob lent Linda his rain coat and gloves and, well, the rest is history.

Following Bob’s three-year stint in the Marines and a 30-year career as a Citibank global commercial banker, he and Linda have settled down in Medford, Oregon. They do venture east, however, to visit their oldest son, Brian ’95, an anesthesiologist and assistant professor at DHMC.

It was during one of those trips back east that Bob participated in class Homecoming activities on the October weekend highlighted by that historic 21-point comeback win over Yale. At a class meeting president Jim Lustenader announced a couple of well-deserved College awards to the class: Erv Burkholder and Bob Cohn were Honorable Mention Newsletter Editors of the Year and Al Keiller won the Outstanding Mini-Reunion Award, with big assists from Chuck Sherman (66th Night) and Brad Stein (class trips).

In addition to the Spences, the Homecoming mini-reunion was attended by more than 30 classmates and spouses, including Mary and Pete Barber, Dan Barnard, Sharon and Gary Broughton, Teresa and Robin Carpenter, Sue and Jon Colby, Budge Gere, Nancy and John Hughes, David Johnston, Jo and Al Keiller, Margy and Rick Kornblum, Ed Larner, Barbara and Steve Lanfer, Kathy and Wayne LoCurto, Terry Lowd, Elizabeth and Jim Lustenader, Myra and Hector Motroni, Chuck Sherman and Margie Carpenter, and Susan and Gus Southworth.

Our award-winning class webmaster, Ben Day, and wife Sharon welcomed their first grandchild, Jason Benjamin, on August 19. Mom Alexandra, VP marketing and communications at Julliard, lives in New York City, giving Ben a good reason to take a break from his activities as a councilman in Rumson, New Jersey, and head to the Big Apple.

Veteran reporter Lance Tapley has written a major investigative series on Maine’s treatment of its seriously mentally ill citizens. It can be found at pinetreewatch.org.

Dr. Bill Ramos is still engaged in his Las Vegas ob-gyn practice, although down to every other week, and still flies his Cessna 414, with support from ace mechanic Mike Busch. What’s new is a new granddaughter who lives in Vermont, so Bill may be heading his Cessna east.

It is with sadness that we report on the recent passing of three classmates—George Bond, Bill Roberts and Rick Worland. We extend our deepest sympathies to their family and friends. Obituaries can be found on the class website and the online alumni magazine.

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