Class Note 1968
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A happy holiday season to all. We had a great Homecoming Weekend mini-reunion in Hanover during Columbus Day weekend, with a Friday evening parade and bonfire and a full Saturday including executive committee meeting, tailgating at Alpha Delta, football victory over Yale and dinner at Murphy’s Farm in Quechee, Vermont. Classmates and guests joining in some or all of the activities included Adele and Dan Hedges, Sandy and Larry Smith, Pat and Dennis Donohue, Peggy and Allen Ott, Peter Baylor, Mike Lenahan, Helen and Peter Fahey, Diane and David Peck, Ed Heald, Dave Walden, Gerry Bell, John Everett, John Engelman and Bill Rich. The next executive committee meeting, which as always will double as a mini-reunion, will be on Winter Carnival Weekend, February 7 through 9. All are welcome! On to classmate email news. From Rich Farrand, an update: He and wife Karen were married one week after graduation. Three years in the military, including one year in Vietnam, were followed by an M.B.A. from Tuck. At mid-career, after 20 years in business, he and Karen felt called to go to Nigeria as Bible-teaching missionaries. The experience reinforced a sense of calling and he obtained a master’s of divinity, since which Rich has served for 10 years as pastor in Sunset Beach, North Carolina. He and Karen enjoy their two children, seven grandchildren and extensive traveling, including on three transatlantic cruises and trips to Portugal, Spain, Italy, Israel, Jordan and all around the United States. Whew! Jim Cruikshank stays connected to Dartmouth by serving on the hockey alumni advisory board and helps with fundraising for Friends of Dartmouth Hockey. He retired in 2007 and spends as much time as possible from May to October at his cottage on Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, Canada. He and wife Patricia celebrated their 40th anniversary this past summer. Rick Pabst, writing from Washington State, has his 30-foot sloop Liberty ashore in Ketchikan, Alaska, winterized and awaiting May to start cruising around southeast Alaska. Anyone interested in joining, let him know. Rick’s Blue Ribbon Farm breeds racehorses, and for the past several years has been the leading Washington-bred breeder in money won. He also notifies his band geek friends: “I’m delighted to be trying to play my trombone in three groups. When with the Dartmouth Marching Band, I really thought B was always flatted. Whoa!” Alas, other recent notices included two classmate deaths: Jon Doll, who was Robbie Peacock’s freshman roommate, died in Asia in August 2010 (we received belated notice) and Michael Sprando died August 21, 2013, in the Portland, Oregon, area. Both Jon and Michael left Dartmouth before graduating, but were still part of our class family. In addition, I learned that Rick Shepard ’67 who graduated with our class has also recently died. Further information is available on the alumni magazine website. And hey, guys, try our class of 1968 group on Facebook. Great way to share news, among each other and with this news-thirsty secretary. —David Peck, 54 Spooner St., Plymouth, MA 02360; davidbpeck@aol.com
Jan - Feb 2014
A happy holiday season to all. We had a great Homecoming Weekend mini-reunion in Hanover during Columbus Day weekend, with a Friday evening parade and bonfire and a full Saturday including executive committee meeting, tailgating at Alpha Delta, football victory over Yale and dinner at Murphy’s Farm in Quechee, Vermont. Classmates and guests joining in some or all of the activities included Adele and Dan Hedges, Sandy and Larry Smith, Pat and Dennis Donohue, Peggy and Allen Ott, Peter Baylor, Mike Lenahan, Helen and Peter Fahey, Diane and David Peck, Ed Heald, Dave Walden, Gerry Bell, John Everett, John Engelman and Bill Rich. The next executive committee meeting, which as always will double as a mini-reunion, will be on Winter Carnival Weekend, February 7 through 9. All are welcome! On to classmate email news. From Rich Farrand, an update: He and wife Karen were married one week after graduation. Three years in the military, including one year in Vietnam, were followed by an M.B.A. from Tuck. At mid-career, after 20 years in business, he and Karen felt called to go to Nigeria as Bible-teaching missionaries. The experience reinforced a sense of calling and he obtained a master’s of divinity, since which Rich has served for 10 years as pastor in Sunset Beach, North Carolina. He and Karen enjoy their two children, seven grandchildren and extensive traveling, including on three transatlantic cruises and trips to Portugal, Spain, Italy, Israel, Jordan and all around the United States. Whew! Jim Cruikshank stays connected to Dartmouth by serving on the hockey alumni advisory board and helps with fundraising for Friends of Dartmouth Hockey. He retired in 2007 and spends as much time as possible from May to October at his cottage on Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, Canada. He and wife Patricia celebrated their 40th anniversary this past summer. Rick Pabst, writing from Washington State, has his 30-foot sloop Liberty ashore in Ketchikan, Alaska, winterized and awaiting May to start cruising around southeast Alaska. Anyone interested in joining, let him know. Rick’s Blue Ribbon Farm breeds racehorses, and for the past several years has been the leading Washington-bred breeder in money won. He also notifies his band geek friends: “I’m delighted to be trying to play my trombone in three groups. When with the Dartmouth Marching Band, I really thought B was always flatted. Whoa!” Alas, other recent notices included two classmate deaths: Jon Doll, who was Robbie Peacock’s freshman roommate, died in Asia in August 2010 (we received belated notice) and Michael Sprando died August 21, 2013, in the Portland, Oregon, area. Both Jon and Michael left Dartmouth before graduating, but were still part of our class family. In addition, I learned that Rick Shepard ’67 who graduated with our class has also recently died. Further information is available on the alumni magazine website. And hey, guys, try our class of 1968 group on Facebook. Great way to share news, among each other and with this news-thirsty secretary. —David Peck, 54 Spooner St., Plymouth, MA 02360; davidbpeck@aol.com