Class Note 1970
Issue
May - Jun 2017
As I write the notes for this issue, I look out my home office window to the snow in my backyard on a sunny New England day. My thoughts are of the waning winter, not the coming of spring. Your email reactions to the last two columns are encouraging, especially those pertaining to the last newsletter with expanded Class Notes.
Joe Garrett writes: “I was at Dartmouth for only my freshman year, so almost no one reading this will remember me. Still, I was back in Hanover recently and my room on the top floor of the Hanover Inn looked out over the Green, and with the leaves changing color, it couldn’t have looked more spectacular. I walked just about everywhere on campus and I stood in front of Little Hall, where I lived that year, exactly 50 years ago. That and the whole campus brought back memories and a wave of nostalgia that I hadn’t expected. It was surprising that Dartmouth had such a hold on me after only one year there and all these years later.”
I also heard from Bill Sewall, who just wanted to express how pleased he was with the new email newsletter.
John Morse was thankful for my plug of Half Staff 2018. If you have not read his book yet, he would be very interested in your feedback. John retired from Lockheed Martin at the end of January and was looking forward to pursuing numerous other interests full time, including writing the sequel to Half Staff 2018 that I rightly predicted would feature Dan Steele.
Take a look at our class website under the reunions section. Under Mark Heller’s direction, the executive committee is working to broaden the mini-reunion effort. I have incorporated our own mini-reunion schedule and have included invitations from the class of 1971, which always includes the classes of 1970 and 1972.
Lacking any further news from you, I feel obliged to add my own news. Shortly after taking on the class secretary assignment, I became the executive director of the Canton, Connecticut, Chamber of Commerce. As a past president of the chamber, I welcomed the opportunity to take on the part-time position. The office is a five-minute walk from my home. After spending the last 10 years driving all over Connecticut providing school business administration services to more than a dozen public school districts, I decided it was time to go local. A 20-year career as a naval aviator and 25 years in public school business administration seemed like a good place to stop. My wife, Debbie, will retire at the end of the school year from her position as a technology specialist for the Southington, Connecticut, school district. We will enjoy more time with our five grandchildren in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Pittsford, New York. We will also have more time for cycling and skiing trips.
Keep those cards and emails coming.
—Gary Miller, 7 East Hill Road, Canton, CT 06019; william.g.miller.jr.70@dartmouth.edu
Joe Garrett writes: “I was at Dartmouth for only my freshman year, so almost no one reading this will remember me. Still, I was back in Hanover recently and my room on the top floor of the Hanover Inn looked out over the Green, and with the leaves changing color, it couldn’t have looked more spectacular. I walked just about everywhere on campus and I stood in front of Little Hall, where I lived that year, exactly 50 years ago. That and the whole campus brought back memories and a wave of nostalgia that I hadn’t expected. It was surprising that Dartmouth had such a hold on me after only one year there and all these years later.”
I also heard from Bill Sewall, who just wanted to express how pleased he was with the new email newsletter.
John Morse was thankful for my plug of Half Staff 2018. If you have not read his book yet, he would be very interested in your feedback. John retired from Lockheed Martin at the end of January and was looking forward to pursuing numerous other interests full time, including writing the sequel to Half Staff 2018 that I rightly predicted would feature Dan Steele.
Take a look at our class website under the reunions section. Under Mark Heller’s direction, the executive committee is working to broaden the mini-reunion effort. I have incorporated our own mini-reunion schedule and have included invitations from the class of 1971, which always includes the classes of 1970 and 1972.
Lacking any further news from you, I feel obliged to add my own news. Shortly after taking on the class secretary assignment, I became the executive director of the Canton, Connecticut, Chamber of Commerce. As a past president of the chamber, I welcomed the opportunity to take on the part-time position. The office is a five-minute walk from my home. After spending the last 10 years driving all over Connecticut providing school business administration services to more than a dozen public school districts, I decided it was time to go local. A 20-year career as a naval aviator and 25 years in public school business administration seemed like a good place to stop. My wife, Debbie, will retire at the end of the school year from her position as a technology specialist for the Southington, Connecticut, school district. We will enjoy more time with our five grandchildren in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Pittsford, New York. We will also have more time for cycling and skiing trips.
Keep those cards and emails coming.
—Gary Miller, 7 East Hill Road, Canton, CT 06019; william.g.miller.jr.70@dartmouth.edu