Class Note 1966
Issue
May-June 2021
Looking in the mirror is not the only way we can tell that we are rounding third and heading for home. First, as folks born while F.D.R. was in the White House, most of us may well have received our Covid-19 vaccinations by the time you read this. A good thing. Second, some classmates now have grandchildren attending Dartmouth. An amazing, but, when you think about it, not surprising, development.
By an unofficial count, about 110 ’66ers have had at least one child graduate from Dartmouth. And now here comes the next generation!
Jane and Bill Higgins’ daughter, Molly ’91, married Rich Aube ’91. Molly and Rich had two sets of twins, neither set identical. The older twins, girls Haley and Claire, are now sophomores at Stanford and Dartmouth, respectively. The younger set, boys Andy and Mac, will graduate from Brunswick School in Greenwich, Connecticut, this month. Andy will attend Virginia, Mac will join sister Claire at Dartmouth. Bill proudly reports that all four are playing or will play competitive squash in college.
Anyone else with a grandchild at Dartmouth?
Noel Fidel’s latest grandchild was born last July 30. Clara Belle Fidel is named after her great-great-grandmother, Clara Hagler Fidel Sauter, born in 1899 in what is now the eastern Ukraine, and who, with courage and resourcefulness, made her way to and fashioned a fulfilling life in the United States. She ran Edith’s Cut Rate sundries shop on Main Street while we were in school. Young Clara’s dad, Nathan ’02, is named after Noel’s grandfather, Nathan Fidel.
More milestones and extended families. Tom Noyes, son of Big Green track coach Eli Noyes during our time, has proudly announced two firsts. Born in Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital in 1940, Tom is now, at 80, our oldest classmate and was the first to ever see Hanover.
Tom came to Dartmouth and the class of 1966 after serving in the U.S. Army Security Agency as a codebreaker. He brought some credits with him and graduated with an A.B. in 1965 and from Tuck in 1966. Tom has been advising and assisting owners and CEOs of small- and medium-sized businesses in a variety of industries around Portland, Oregon, for the past 30 years.
Dr. Wallace Hodges reports that he is “still practicing internal medicine and geriatrics full-time in Seattle and kicking virus ass.” Hodges, who started his career in the U.S. Army and the U.S. Public Health Service, had been part of a large medical group for 26 years. He established a solo practice in 2014 “to better continue to provide comprehensive, patient-oriented care on an individual rather than production-line basis.”
John Chapin, who ran the Canoe Club on Main Street for 14 years, is now an Upper Valley realtor. He reported a few months ago that “all of us in the buzzing real estate biz carry on with caution but relatively little fear.”
Our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Dr. Michael Passero, who passed away in early January. More at dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/obits.
Be well and stay safe.
—Larry Geiger, 93 Greenridge Ave., White Plains, NY 10605; (914) 860-4945; lgeiger@aol.com
By an unofficial count, about 110 ’66ers have had at least one child graduate from Dartmouth. And now here comes the next generation!
Jane and Bill Higgins’ daughter, Molly ’91, married Rich Aube ’91. Molly and Rich had two sets of twins, neither set identical. The older twins, girls Haley and Claire, are now sophomores at Stanford and Dartmouth, respectively. The younger set, boys Andy and Mac, will graduate from Brunswick School in Greenwich, Connecticut, this month. Andy will attend Virginia, Mac will join sister Claire at Dartmouth. Bill proudly reports that all four are playing or will play competitive squash in college.
Anyone else with a grandchild at Dartmouth?
Noel Fidel’s latest grandchild was born last July 30. Clara Belle Fidel is named after her great-great-grandmother, Clara Hagler Fidel Sauter, born in 1899 in what is now the eastern Ukraine, and who, with courage and resourcefulness, made her way to and fashioned a fulfilling life in the United States. She ran Edith’s Cut Rate sundries shop on Main Street while we were in school. Young Clara’s dad, Nathan ’02, is named after Noel’s grandfather, Nathan Fidel.
More milestones and extended families. Tom Noyes, son of Big Green track coach Eli Noyes during our time, has proudly announced two firsts. Born in Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital in 1940, Tom is now, at 80, our oldest classmate and was the first to ever see Hanover.
Tom came to Dartmouth and the class of 1966 after serving in the U.S. Army Security Agency as a codebreaker. He brought some credits with him and graduated with an A.B. in 1965 and from Tuck in 1966. Tom has been advising and assisting owners and CEOs of small- and medium-sized businesses in a variety of industries around Portland, Oregon, for the past 30 years.
Dr. Wallace Hodges reports that he is “still practicing internal medicine and geriatrics full-time in Seattle and kicking virus ass.” Hodges, who started his career in the U.S. Army and the U.S. Public Health Service, had been part of a large medical group for 26 years. He established a solo practice in 2014 “to better continue to provide comprehensive, patient-oriented care on an individual rather than production-line basis.”
John Chapin, who ran the Canoe Club on Main Street for 14 years, is now an Upper Valley realtor. He reported a few months ago that “all of us in the buzzing real estate biz carry on with caution but relatively little fear.”
Our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Dr. Michael Passero, who passed away in early January. More at dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/obits.
Be well and stay safe.
—Larry Geiger, 93 Greenridge Ave., White Plains, NY 10605; (914) 860-4945; lgeiger@aol.com