Class Note 1969
I must extend apologies to our classmates who, bold as they are, were not given bold type in the last column. To compensate for that oversight, here they are, recognized for their many contributions as well as their boldness, Paul Tuhus and Greg Lau. If you skipped them in the last edition you will have to dig out the Eleazar Wheelock-covered issue and read it again to find what they are doing.
It is surprising to me how few ’69s live in the Kansas City area, including suburbs in Kansas and Missouri. Fortunately one of those few keeps in contact with me and Doug McKenna and I caught up on happenings in his life in April. Doug reported he had attended the Dartmouth Lawyers Association gathering held in Beaver Creek, Colorado, this year and was able to spend time with Jim Baller, who is still practicing in Washington, D.C.; Lonnie Donovan practicing in Denver and married to Doug’s sister Trisha, whom he met at our graduation and wed the next year; and a host of other Dartmouth attorneys from other classes. He did not see our own Scott Balcomb at the meeting but we can be certain he is still practicing in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Doug added that he had caught John Mathias’sons Johnny, Teddy and Pete’s band Filligar when it played Kansas City, Missouri, and enjoyed the group greatly. Doug and his wife, Nina, travel often for business and a trip to New York City last summer brought him together with Russ Granik for a dinner. Russ is a former deputy commissioner and COO of the National Basketball Association, having joined that organization in 1976. His new role is as vice chairman of Galatioto Sports Partners, a group supporting clients in the professional sports industry with advisory services, lending, capital raising and other business needs. Doug and Nina’s next trip is to Switzerland the end of May for the graduation of their youngest son Dylan from the American School. Unfortunately they will miss a Kansas City visit by Dudley Kay, who will be there with Jill to attend a conference and trade show. I will report on that visit in the next column.
Wally Sizer contacted me with good news about his career and his future. The north central section of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) awarded him its 2011 Meritorious Service Award for “extraordinary service to the section.” His 31 years as a member and his role at Minnesota State University Moorhead hosting section meetings and making numerous presentations at those meetings through the years were recognized. The MAA is the primary professional mathematical organization for undergraduate educators in the United States and Canada. As to his future, Wally reported he will likely retire sometime in the next year and a half and intends to remain in Moorhead, Minnesota. As he said, “there’s something in my background that accepts 20 below and blizzards.” Congratulations and have a happy retirement.
—Steve Larson, 9101 W 146th St., Overland Park, KS 66221; (360) 770-4388; wheat69@earthlink.net
