We are making serious progress toward contacting classmates from whom we have heard little or nothing during the past decade or more. In an effort to reach out to all “lost” classmates—those who have not provided updated contact information to either the College or our class—the ’69 executive committee has put several people on the task of trying to contact those folks. If you have received nothing from your class in the past 12 months or longer, please reach out to any of the class officers listed on the website, www.dartmouth69.org or directly to Dudley Kay at dudkay69@gmail.com and provide an updated email address or phone number. We wish only to provide you with information about our 50th reunion and how you can submit your piece to “The Book” at no cost!

Meantime, we still have some classmates getting together to enjoy each other’s company. In February Randy Wallick, John Mathias,and Bill Stableford met with several other ’60s-era basketball teammates to attend two Dartmouth vs. Penn and Princeton games in Philadelphia. Neither went well for the Big Green.

The Class Connections program we have with the ’19s continues to be very popular with both the younger set and classmates who attend. Norman Jacobs and Dona Heller have done a terrific job of organizing events and they held two in April. First was the third annual trivia night on April 7.About 60 ’19s were in attendance, and there were eight ’69s, plus Dona’s daughter, Melissa Saphier ’12, and John Leavitt and Greg Lau’s brides, Sue and Nancy. The team at Peter Elias’ table won the contest. A full accounting of the event, including photos, is in the newsletter and on the website. Two days later there was a panel discussion on sports management primarily for the ’19s but open to all Dartmouth students. Panel members included ’69s Russ Granik, Bob Sturgis,and Sandy Alderson plus football coach Buddy Teevens ’79, Catie Griggs ’03, and Andrea Perez, Tu’08. All these major league sports experts provided an interactive discussion describing career opportunities in the sports management world.

Allen Denison provided some background on his thespian activities in recent years, but only after a request from me. A drama class in high school led to some parts in plays and talent shows. In 2010 a movie was shot in his Portland, Oregon, home, and movie people suggested he do voice work. He took acting lessons and auditioned for some parts and, after a 47-year hiatus, he returned to the stage. He has since appeared in more than a dozen plays in the Portland area as well as numerous TV and radio commercials and will continue to do more.

We have received news of the 2014 passing of Lyle “George” Matthews III. Our condolences to his family.

Please send your stories to Allen for the newsletter, Peter for the website, and me.

—Steve Larson, 837 Wildcat Trail, 10328 Big Canoe, Big Canoe, GA 30143; (360) 770-4388; wheat69@outlook.com