Greetings, fellow ’70s. Yet another classmate has hung up the spikes, or in this case, the stethoscope. Dave Gilmour, M.D., retired at the end of March. Shortly thereafter he and his wife, Kim, set out on a three-month European adventure starting in Sweden, where they picked up a new Volvo and then drove it 5,000 miles to southern Italy and back. Along the way Dave reports, “We paraglided in the Alps, took a hot air balloon over rural Czech Republic, saw classics such as David, the Sistine Chapel and ‘The Last Supper,’ climbed both the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the dome of the basilica in Rome and sailed to small towns in Cinque Terre. Afterward, we left the car in Hamburg to be shipped back to the states, then took a cruise along the Norwegian coast as far north as the isolated village of Longyearbyen, which is the northernmost town in the world, about 800 miles from the North Pole.” Talk about attacking your bucket list! Dave goes on to say that, “As long as health and money permit we will continue traveling along with spending time with kids and grandkids in southern Oregon and New Zealand.” On the occasion of his retirement Dave was honored by the Oregon Academy of Family Practice with its doctor of the year award. Well deserved, I am sure.

A couple of issues back I declared Dennis Jolicoeur’s 12-year-old to be the youngest 1970 offspring. It wasn’t long until there was a legal challenge from attorney David Grossi, whose daughter Sarah, as it turns out, can now claim the title. David admits that Sarah “actually likes Hanover despite having visited Phi Delt with me.” Apparently he is not aware that taking a minor inside 5 Webster Ave. may constitute child endangerment. David is a partner with the law firm of Bowditch & Dewey, LLP in Worcester, Massachusetts.

That’s all for now folks. The class news pipeline is starting to look drier than a California creek bed so any updates from your corner of the globe would be much appreciated.

—Bill Wilson, 304 Highlands Bluffs Drive, Cary, NC 27518; wilson8689@aol.com