Class Note 1966
Issue
Jan-Feb 2020
Happy holidays and happy new year to all! Here comes 2020. There’s a special ring to it. Maybe its clear vision, perhaps a certain “hunch” bet in roulette? Wouldn’t you like “MMXX” on your RV license plate? And I wonder what the guys back in MX, half the distance to zero, were up to.
Maybe it’s the Glee Club’s rousing renditions of those stirring Dartmouth songs. Perhaps it’s the BBQ chicken in the Faculty Lounge in Hopkins Center or delicious Saturday night dinner at the Norwich Inn. It could be the prospect of a Dartmouth gridiron victory (an easy 42-10 coast over Yale). Certainly, old friends and fellowship factor in. And who doesn’t like an autumn evening bonfire in the middle of a New England college campus.
Whatever the reason, 21 classmates plus family members enjoyed the ’66 Homecoming mini-reunion on October 11-12 that marked the 250th anniversary of the founding of Dartmouth.
Participants included Kathy and Mark Blanchard; Sharon, Laura, and Gary Broughton; Teresa, Abigail, and Robin Carpenter and Robin’s sister, Carol; Renuka and Steve Coles; Margo and Paul Doscher; Anne and Larry Focier; Penny and Jeff Gilbert; Andrea and Gary Jefferson; David Johnston; Joff Keane; Jo and Al Keiller (the prime event organizer!); Barbara and Steve Lanfer; Ed Larner; Terry Lowd; Elizabeth and class president Jim Lustenader; Myra and Hector Motroni; John Pearson; Anne and John Rollins; Chuck Sherman and Margie Carpenter; Eva and Bill Todd; and Steve Zegel.
One highlight was a chance to spend time with and hear from students who had benefitted from class of ’66 programs at the College: Raphael Preston ’20, the first class of 1966 scholar; Sam Koscho ’23, young football player (who played safety at the end of the Yale game) whose recruiting trip was covered by the class athletic scholarship program; Cecily Craighead ’22, a Class of 1966 Dickey Scholar who spoke about her experiences in Costa Rica working for the UN Organization for Migration; and John Caramichael ’20, also a Class of 1966 Dickey Scholar, who described his experience in Ghana working on a Gates Foundation project. It feels good to pay it forward.
Nancy and Jack Stebe have been flying high together for 53 years. After earning his engineering degree from Thayer, Jack entered the U.S Air Force, embarking on a 20-year career that included a tour in Vietnam, flying U-2s, and test piloting military aircraft.
After the Air Force Jack was a program manager for Draper Labs at M.I.T. and then president of a flight inspection equipment company. He and Nancy settled in Tucson, Arizona, in 2015 and recently bought a summer home in Woolwich, Maine.
“Both of us are doing well and are watching our grandchildren (boys in college and young girls) grow up,” Jack reports. He and Nancy volunteer extensively and are involved in the Tucson Rotary, which helps support the folks in a small copper mining town. “We have been able to offer a hand up to some of the people and children there,” Jack says.
Our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of David Muchnick, lawyer and environmental activist, and Ron Safko, award-winning architect and community leader in Columbia, South Carolina, who passed away recently. More information is available at the DAM online.
—Larry Geiger, 93 Greenridge Ave., White Plains, NY 10605; (914) 860-4945; lgeiger@aol.com
Maybe it’s the Glee Club’s rousing renditions of those stirring Dartmouth songs. Perhaps it’s the BBQ chicken in the Faculty Lounge in Hopkins Center or delicious Saturday night dinner at the Norwich Inn. It could be the prospect of a Dartmouth gridiron victory (an easy 42-10 coast over Yale). Certainly, old friends and fellowship factor in. And who doesn’t like an autumn evening bonfire in the middle of a New England college campus.
Whatever the reason, 21 classmates plus family members enjoyed the ’66 Homecoming mini-reunion on October 11-12 that marked the 250th anniversary of the founding of Dartmouth.
Participants included Kathy and Mark Blanchard; Sharon, Laura, and Gary Broughton; Teresa, Abigail, and Robin Carpenter and Robin’s sister, Carol; Renuka and Steve Coles; Margo and Paul Doscher; Anne and Larry Focier; Penny and Jeff Gilbert; Andrea and Gary Jefferson; David Johnston; Joff Keane; Jo and Al Keiller (the prime event organizer!); Barbara and Steve Lanfer; Ed Larner; Terry Lowd; Elizabeth and class president Jim Lustenader; Myra and Hector Motroni; John Pearson; Anne and John Rollins; Chuck Sherman and Margie Carpenter; Eva and Bill Todd; and Steve Zegel.
One highlight was a chance to spend time with and hear from students who had benefitted from class of ’66 programs at the College: Raphael Preston ’20, the first class of 1966 scholar; Sam Koscho ’23, young football player (who played safety at the end of the Yale game) whose recruiting trip was covered by the class athletic scholarship program; Cecily Craighead ’22, a Class of 1966 Dickey Scholar who spoke about her experiences in Costa Rica working for the UN Organization for Migration; and John Caramichael ’20, also a Class of 1966 Dickey Scholar, who described his experience in Ghana working on a Gates Foundation project. It feels good to pay it forward.
Nancy and Jack Stebe have been flying high together for 53 years. After earning his engineering degree from Thayer, Jack entered the U.S Air Force, embarking on a 20-year career that included a tour in Vietnam, flying U-2s, and test piloting military aircraft.
After the Air Force Jack was a program manager for Draper Labs at M.I.T. and then president of a flight inspection equipment company. He and Nancy settled in Tucson, Arizona, in 2015 and recently bought a summer home in Woolwich, Maine.
“Both of us are doing well and are watching our grandchildren (boys in college and young girls) grow up,” Jack reports. He and Nancy volunteer extensively and are involved in the Tucson Rotary, which helps support the folks in a small copper mining town. “We have been able to offer a hand up to some of the people and children there,” Jack says.
Our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of David Muchnick, lawyer and environmental activist, and Ron Safko, award-winning architect and community leader in Columbia, South Carolina, who passed away recently. More information is available at the DAM online.
—Larry Geiger, 93 Greenridge Ave., White Plains, NY 10605; (914) 860-4945; lgeiger@aol.com