Class Note 1966
Issue
January-February 2022
Classmates shared what they are most thankful for at the end of this challenging year. Space restrictions require condensed versions here. Find full responses in our class newsletter.
“Thankful for my wife, Betsie, and my health. I’m a lucky man.” writes Mike Smith from Temecula, California. “Friends and family,” says Tom Steinmetz, active in Habitat for Humanity and hiking in Park City, Utah.
“I am of course most grateful that my wife, Polly, and I and our two sons and two daughters-in-law and four grandchildren have come through these trying times reasonably unscathed,” reports Dr. Don Schwartz from Evanston, Illinois. “And I am grateful for the lessons it has taught me: Life is short and can’t be taken for granted.”
“I am thankful,” writes former tech company executive Steve Smith, “that I have found friends both in Michigan and Arizona that can rise above the divisiveness and are willing to have open and constructive discussion about what the issues are and possible ways to solve them.”
“I am forever grateful,” writes Bill Duval, “that Dartmouth afforded me, a country boy from northern Vermont where they did not have universal electricity until 1964, the opportunity to interact with such amazing people.”
And from Peter Pritchard: “I try to thank God every day for a multitude of blessings. I’m thankful to be an American. I’m thankful for our Dartmouth experience. I’m thankful I was lucky enough to survive Vietnam and go on to have a long and varied career. But the greatest blessing is our family: the love of my life, Ann (we’re celebrating 50 years of marriage this year), our two children, Oliver and Lindsay, and our six lively, irrepressible grandchildren.”
The class is grateful for the return of our Homecoming mini-reunion in October attended by Mary and Pete Barber, Chris and Erv Burkholder, Teresa and Robin Carpenter, Sue and Jon Colby, Penny and Jeff Gilbert, Andrea and Gary Jefferson, Barbara and Steve Lanfer,Kathy and Wayne LoCurto, Terry Lowd, Rick MacMillan and guest Augusta Pertrone, Myra and Hector Motroni, Jane and Tom Noyes, Ken Reiber, Anne and John Rollins, Mary and Brad Stein, Karen and Bob Serenbetz, Chuck Sherman and Margie Carpenter, and Jo and Al Keiller, the skillful event organizer.
Our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Arne Rovick and Dave Coughlin,who both sadly passed away in September.
Peace, health, and happiness in 2022.
—Larry Geiger, 93 Greenridge Ave., White Plains, NY 10605; (914) 860-4945; lgeiger@aol.com
“Thankful for my wife, Betsie, and my health. I’m a lucky man.” writes Mike Smith from Temecula, California. “Friends and family,” says Tom Steinmetz, active in Habitat for Humanity and hiking in Park City, Utah.
“I am of course most grateful that my wife, Polly, and I and our two sons and two daughters-in-law and four grandchildren have come through these trying times reasonably unscathed,” reports Dr. Don Schwartz from Evanston, Illinois. “And I am grateful for the lessons it has taught me: Life is short and can’t be taken for granted.”
“I am thankful,” writes former tech company executive Steve Smith, “that I have found friends both in Michigan and Arizona that can rise above the divisiveness and are willing to have open and constructive discussion about what the issues are and possible ways to solve them.”
“I am forever grateful,” writes Bill Duval, “that Dartmouth afforded me, a country boy from northern Vermont where they did not have universal electricity until 1964, the opportunity to interact with such amazing people.”
And from Peter Pritchard: “I try to thank God every day for a multitude of blessings. I’m thankful to be an American. I’m thankful for our Dartmouth experience. I’m thankful I was lucky enough to survive Vietnam and go on to have a long and varied career. But the greatest blessing is our family: the love of my life, Ann (we’re celebrating 50 years of marriage this year), our two children, Oliver and Lindsay, and our six lively, irrepressible grandchildren.”
The class is grateful for the return of our Homecoming mini-reunion in October attended by Mary and Pete Barber, Chris and Erv Burkholder, Teresa and Robin Carpenter, Sue and Jon Colby, Penny and Jeff Gilbert, Andrea and Gary Jefferson, Barbara and Steve Lanfer,Kathy and Wayne LoCurto, Terry Lowd, Rick MacMillan and guest Augusta Pertrone, Myra and Hector Motroni, Jane and Tom Noyes, Ken Reiber, Anne and John Rollins, Mary and Brad Stein, Karen and Bob Serenbetz, Chuck Sherman and Margie Carpenter, and Jo and Al Keiller, the skillful event organizer.
Our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Arne Rovick and Dave Coughlin,who both sadly passed away in September.
Peace, health, and happiness in 2022.
—Larry Geiger, 93 Greenridge Ave., White Plains, NY 10605; (914) 860-4945; lgeiger@aol.com