We are quickly approaching the time when we will be remembering, or trying to remember, just what we were doing 50 years ago on a September day when we first stepped on campus as incoming freshmen. As you ponder that concept please put your memories of those days in the fall of 1965 on paper and send Allen Denison and me the anecdotes and experiences you can recall. We would like to have this column and his upcoming newsletters report those happenings close to the days 50 years after they actually occurred. As we try to encourage participation in our 50th reunion the class executive committee has been working to make this event seminal. To that end it has established a planning committee and has made this year’s Homecoming the first official event of our reunion as the anniversary of our matriculation.


A helpful former secretary of the class of ’80, Wade Herring, sent me a copy of the magazine of the general practice and trial section of the State Bar of Georgia containing a lengthy article on Judson Graves, who was honored with the Tradition of Excellence Award for 2014. The judge who introduced Jud referred to his lengthy history of service to his profession and community and the outstanding accomplishments he has achieved in his career, including recognition by the National Law Journal as one of the top 10 trial lawyers in the country. Jud retired from his practice in 2013 after 40 years focusing on the law, its practice and teaching it at Emory Law School. He recalled it as a “great ride” and added that he loved being a busy trial lawyer then, and loves not being one now!


Head agent John Myers reports we are nearing our class goal of $300,000 for this year, but overall participation by class members at only 28 percent needs to improve. If you have not yet contributed to the Alumni Fund please do so before June.


Following two terms on the Scarsdale, New York, village board, Jon Mark has been named mayor of that city. He has served as Scarsdale’s police commissioner, fire commissioner and deputy mayor and is a partner at the Manhattan-based law firm Cahill, Gordon & Reindel LLP.


After three years of exemplary service Peter Elias is stepping down as our class Alumni Council representative. Peter, president John Mathias and two other officers are the committee seeking a replacement, and this notice might reach you in time to volunteer for the position by contacting any of the class officers.


In January The Wall Street Journal had an article on the longest serving Dartmouth class secretary, Ed Gerson ’35. Ed turned 100 that month and is still providing information on his two remaining classmates as well as his insights on life. His column is well worth reading. 


Sadly we must report the loss of another iconic member of our class. Bob Lundquist died peacefully on February 8 after a lengthy battle with cancer. He is missed by many.


—Steve Larson, 465 Miller Road, Winchester, VA 22602; (360) 770-4388; wheat69@outlook.com