Class Note 1970
Issue
Mar - Apr 2018
These notes were written during the week running up to Christmas. Debbie and I will be headed south to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for a Cajun Christmas with two of our five grandchildren. The Class Notes mailbox has also been a bit sparse lately. Like many of you, I became a septuagenarian in February. When your age has a name, you must be really old.
Hicks “Tex” Morgan, 50th reunion chair, has done a marvelous job of putting together the reunion committee with an ambitious set of goals. Tex introduced the plan at the first planning teleconference in mid-November. He has assigned the 19 committee members to 14 subcommittees, with specific tasks to coordinate over the next two and half years. Tex will be working closely with his two vice chairs, Tim Welch and Liz Tarlow. Jeff Demerath, class president; Mark Heller, VP; Dave Noyes, treasurer; Gary Miller, secretary; and Dave Masselli, Denny Brown and Stu Zuckerman make up the balance of the steering committee. The committee and subcommittees will be holding teleconferences periodically to keep the timeline on track. We haven’t had a reunion book since our 25th. Dave Masselli and Bill Wilson are the 50th reunion book committee chairs. Our reunion will be closely tied to the class of 2020. We will march with them on graduation day in June 2020. I’ll be using this column and e-newsletter for updates on reunion planning. On behalf of Tex and the whole committee, I invite you to join in the planning. Two of our class authors, John Morse and Dave Muller, both fellow NROTC members and career naval officers, were recently reunited. After learning about each other’s books via this column, they have agreed to exchange books. Dave’s book, Knowing the Enemy, An Intelligence Officer’s Memoir, 1966-2014, detailed his years at Dartmouth and subsequent career. John, author of Half Staff 2018, has offered to make a similar reflection for a future issue.
Bill Wilson wrote, “Don’t know if you responded to the Alumni Council’s request for input on the College’s proposal to increase enrollment by 10 to 25 percent, but here is mine. My freshman roommate, John Stern, also weighed in, and I will send you his response. Bottom line is that this topic could provide input for ’70 communication for months to come. By the way, you are doing a fantastic job as class secretary—I mean it—and know that positive (or any) feedback is not easy to come by. On a personal note, Ann and I are about to become first-time grandparents in January. It could happen on my 70th birthday. What? 70? I thought that only had to do with when I graduated from college.”
We end on a sad note. Jeffrey Dow passed away in Newberry, Florida, on December 3 after being diagnosed with cancer. Jeff came to Dartmouth from Belfast, Maine. He had a 47-year career as an educator following graduation.
Please send Class Notes contributions to me at the addresses below.
—Gary Miller, 7 E Hill Road, Canton, CT 06019; garettmiller@mac.com
Hicks “Tex” Morgan, 50th reunion chair, has done a marvelous job of putting together the reunion committee with an ambitious set of goals. Tex introduced the plan at the first planning teleconference in mid-November. He has assigned the 19 committee members to 14 subcommittees, with specific tasks to coordinate over the next two and half years. Tex will be working closely with his two vice chairs, Tim Welch and Liz Tarlow. Jeff Demerath, class president; Mark Heller, VP; Dave Noyes, treasurer; Gary Miller, secretary; and Dave Masselli, Denny Brown and Stu Zuckerman make up the balance of the steering committee. The committee and subcommittees will be holding teleconferences periodically to keep the timeline on track. We haven’t had a reunion book since our 25th. Dave Masselli and Bill Wilson are the 50th reunion book committee chairs. Our reunion will be closely tied to the class of 2020. We will march with them on graduation day in June 2020. I’ll be using this column and e-newsletter for updates on reunion planning. On behalf of Tex and the whole committee, I invite you to join in the planning. Two of our class authors, John Morse and Dave Muller, both fellow NROTC members and career naval officers, were recently reunited. After learning about each other’s books via this column, they have agreed to exchange books. Dave’s book, Knowing the Enemy, An Intelligence Officer’s Memoir, 1966-2014, detailed his years at Dartmouth and subsequent career. John, author of Half Staff 2018, has offered to make a similar reflection for a future issue.
Bill Wilson wrote, “Don’t know if you responded to the Alumni Council’s request for input on the College’s proposal to increase enrollment by 10 to 25 percent, but here is mine. My freshman roommate, John Stern, also weighed in, and I will send you his response. Bottom line is that this topic could provide input for ’70 communication for months to come. By the way, you are doing a fantastic job as class secretary—I mean it—and know that positive (or any) feedback is not easy to come by. On a personal note, Ann and I are about to become first-time grandparents in January. It could happen on my 70th birthday. What? 70? I thought that only had to do with when I graduated from college.”
We end on a sad note. Jeffrey Dow passed away in Newberry, Florida, on December 3 after being diagnosed with cancer. Jeff came to Dartmouth from Belfast, Maine. He had a 47-year career as an educator following graduation.
Please send Class Notes contributions to me at the addresses below.
—Gary Miller, 7 E Hill Road, Canton, CT 06019; garettmiller@mac.com