We can continue reliving our grand experience at the reunion in June with a report from Paul Tuhus about the gift from the class to President Hanlon following our gathering. The map of the campus that we all received for attending the reunion was framed and presented to him by Paul as an expression of our enthusiasm for his appointment. In response, President Hanlon sent Paul a letter saying: “This map will be a great touchstone for remembering our alma mater’s rich history. I am encouraged by the extraordinary dedication that the class of ’69 has shown to Dartmouth.”


An important but sad part of our reunion was the memorial service held at the Top of the Hop, led by Bill Stableford and Peter Schaeffer, who provided poignant tributes to our missing classmates. The ’63 names were read by Rick Willets and we were led in song by Roy Hitchings and John Myers. The bagpipe recessional was beautifully done by Nick Perencevich. 


We are disheartened to learn of the passing of three more classmates, two of whom were not listed in that reunion memorial. Geoffrey Goodfellow died of ALS September 2012, Bill Rollings passed away in May of this year and Ed Levin died unexpectedly in August. We will have their obituaries on the class website by the time you read this.


While at the reunion Arthur Fergenson told many of us about his plans to join Dartmouth alumni at a sesquicentennial seminar in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to learn more about that three-day battle. Following the August event Arthur reported that several classmates joined Shirley and him including Gregg Dobbs, Dud Kay and Jill Ford, Jeffrey and Ellen Kelley and Tom McWhorter with Ellen. Participants enjoyed coach tours of the battlefield with excellent tour guides describing the scenes as they passed through the fields. The lectures provided by the two accompanying professors were informative but received mixed reviews.


Our new president John Mathias has sent a letter to reunion attendees to begin working to obtain great participation at our 50th reunion. John writes: “We need your help. You are the core of our class reunion effort. We have about five years to reach out to every last member of our class with a phone call or some other kind of inveiglement. Our goal is to get every last one on board to return to Hanover for our 50th reunion in June 2019.” With that call to action we should all start reminding one another of what we can gain by coming together to share our lives.


In August Allen Denison presented us with his latest edition of The ’69 Times containing many photos of the reunion and a great recap of the daily events. Be sure to look for more in the next offering and if you are not receiving the hard copy or online edition of the newsletter contact Allen or me. And please keep the information flowing to the two of us.


—Steve Larson, 9101 W 146th St., Overland Park, KS 66221; (360) 770-4388; wheat69@outlook.com