Class Note 1969
Issue
November-December 2024
Because of our old age, DAM has slashed our word limit for Class Notes, beginning with this issue, from 500 to 350 words. Feel free to voice your objections by email and I will forward them. Is this not sadly discriminatory? Flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo!
Bruce Alpert has been honored for a lifetime of award-winning research and service in pediatric cardiology, and he has not neglected his passion for all things N.Y. Yankees. His memorabilia include some of the coolest collectibles on the planet. The North American Society for Pediatric Exercise Medicine has named a new annual distinguished lecture series in Bruce’s honor. As a scientist and physician, he has improved the health of children worldwide.
Our monthly class of 1969 social hour on Zoom continues with vigor and enthusiasm. In August Dick “Jug” Jenson hailed the English Premier Soccer League, while several classmates debated finer points of bourbon vs. whisky, scotch, and rye. Arthur Fergenson held forth on Monongahela Rye, which surely you remember from Freshman English and Moby Dick. (Melville describes the blood from a harpooned whale as “red as some Old Monongahela.”) Greg Lau, Bill Howell, Greg Dobbs, John Leavitt, Dona Heller, Charlie Pineo, Jim Staros (host), Bruce Alpert, and others told war stories and tall tales as well. We also learned that classmate L. Andrew Stone put his director’s stamp on many movies we have enjoyed.
Jay “Yogi” Glaser, a distinguished internist, recruited Chris Hart, former National Transportation Safety Board chairman, for a lively “Casual Conversation” on improving healthcare safety. If you missed Chris, you can find his many talks on YouTube.
Your generous gifts have made our support of the Dartmouth College Fund (DCF) an unparalleled success. Our 55th reunion DCF campaign and the Class of ’69 Endowed Scholarship Fund reflect the tireless work and devotion of John Myers, Tom Hunt, Andy McLane, and many others. The DCF final tally was $919,042, exceeding our $800,000 target by 15 percent.
—John “Tex” Talmadge, 3519 Brookline Lane, Farmers Branch, TX 75234; (214) 673-9250; johntalmadgemd@gmail.com
Bruce Alpert has been honored for a lifetime of award-winning research and service in pediatric cardiology, and he has not neglected his passion for all things N.Y. Yankees. His memorabilia include some of the coolest collectibles on the planet. The North American Society for Pediatric Exercise Medicine has named a new annual distinguished lecture series in Bruce’s honor. As a scientist and physician, he has improved the health of children worldwide.
Our monthly class of 1969 social hour on Zoom continues with vigor and enthusiasm. In August Dick “Jug” Jenson hailed the English Premier Soccer League, while several classmates debated finer points of bourbon vs. whisky, scotch, and rye. Arthur Fergenson held forth on Monongahela Rye, which surely you remember from Freshman English and Moby Dick. (Melville describes the blood from a harpooned whale as “red as some Old Monongahela.”) Greg Lau, Bill Howell, Greg Dobbs, John Leavitt, Dona Heller, Charlie Pineo, Jim Staros (host), Bruce Alpert, and others told war stories and tall tales as well. We also learned that classmate L. Andrew Stone put his director’s stamp on many movies we have enjoyed.
Jay “Yogi” Glaser, a distinguished internist, recruited Chris Hart, former National Transportation Safety Board chairman, for a lively “Casual Conversation” on improving healthcare safety. If you missed Chris, you can find his many talks on YouTube.
Your generous gifts have made our support of the Dartmouth College Fund (DCF) an unparalleled success. Our 55th reunion DCF campaign and the Class of ’69 Endowed Scholarship Fund reflect the tireless work and devotion of John Myers, Tom Hunt, Andy McLane, and many others. The DCF final tally was $919,042, exceeding our $800,000 target by 15 percent.
—John “Tex” Talmadge, 3519 Brookline Lane, Farmers Branch, TX 75234; (214) 673-9250; johntalmadgemd@gmail.com