Class Note 1970
Issue
Jul - Aug 2018
A sunny April Saturday is my inspiration after four snowy Nor’easters and a very cold start to spring in Connecticut. Thankfully, the April e-newsletter spawned several lengthy responses to my appeal for updates.
Stu Zuckerman wrote about the “other reunion” he’s planning and its link to Dartmouth. Camp Merrimac is a camp for boys and girls in the small town of Contoocook, New Hampshire (about 12 miles west of Concord). “I started spending summers at Merrimac in 1958. Every summer back then Dartmouth hosted a softball tournament for camps in New Hampshire and Vermont. In 1960 I got off the bus that drove us from Contoocook to Hanover. I looked out the bus window and saw Baker Library, the Green, Dartmouth Row. It was love at first sight. Five years later I applied early decision.” Stu decided to organize a camp reunion and now has about 75 people committed for September.
Marc Jolicoeur sends his first communication in years. Jackie and he moved to Chicago almost two years ago to be nearer family. Their daughter, Jennifer ’97, and her husband, Jeremy ’97, moved there a few years. “The other choice was to move to Shanghai, China, to be close to my son, Peter ’95, and his family.” Marc is retired, so Jackie and he travel, play a little golf, and enjoy the grandkids. He finished the Chicago Half Marathon last fall. Marc and Jackie look forward to seeing everyone for our 50th.
Doug Morton says he is retiring from the Bobrick Corp. on May 1, which is also his 25th anniversary with the company. Doug’s family will be relocating from Los Angeles to Sevierville, Tennessee. Their son, John, is 13 now, and his sister, Lily, is 11. The two have lived in only one place all their lives, so this will be a big adventure for them. Doug has made somewhat of a specialty in industrial real estate development during the past 20 years and will continue doing some consulting for a while. He and his wife plan to make some commercial investments in the Sevierville-Gatlinburg area. Doug has not been able to attend the last couple of reunions, but he is definitely planning on the 50th.
Peter Van Demark reports that it is not easy to be descended from the Shakers (they were celibate), but Peter is a descendant. His great-great-grandfather was with the Shakers for 20 years; he left in 1840. His uncle, Elder Rufus Bishop, was one of the senior leaders of the Shakers at the community in New Lebanon, New York. Elder Rufus kept a day book from 1815 to 1829 and a daily journal from 1830 until his death in 1852. Peter arranged for his journals to be transcribed and annotated. The two volumes were published as Elder Rufus Bishop’s Journals, Shaker Series #14. His next project targets the ministry journals written from 1853 to 1890.
Save the date for our 50th—June 11-16, 2020.
—Gary Miller, 7 East Hill Road, Canton, CT 06019; william.g.miller.jr.70@dartmouth.edu
Stu Zuckerman wrote about the “other reunion” he’s planning and its link to Dartmouth. Camp Merrimac is a camp for boys and girls in the small town of Contoocook, New Hampshire (about 12 miles west of Concord). “I started spending summers at Merrimac in 1958. Every summer back then Dartmouth hosted a softball tournament for camps in New Hampshire and Vermont. In 1960 I got off the bus that drove us from Contoocook to Hanover. I looked out the bus window and saw Baker Library, the Green, Dartmouth Row. It was love at first sight. Five years later I applied early decision.” Stu decided to organize a camp reunion and now has about 75 people committed for September.
Marc Jolicoeur sends his first communication in years. Jackie and he moved to Chicago almost two years ago to be nearer family. Their daughter, Jennifer ’97, and her husband, Jeremy ’97, moved there a few years. “The other choice was to move to Shanghai, China, to be close to my son, Peter ’95, and his family.” Marc is retired, so Jackie and he travel, play a little golf, and enjoy the grandkids. He finished the Chicago Half Marathon last fall. Marc and Jackie look forward to seeing everyone for our 50th.
Doug Morton says he is retiring from the Bobrick Corp. on May 1, which is also his 25th anniversary with the company. Doug’s family will be relocating from Los Angeles to Sevierville, Tennessee. Their son, John, is 13 now, and his sister, Lily, is 11. The two have lived in only one place all their lives, so this will be a big adventure for them. Doug has made somewhat of a specialty in industrial real estate development during the past 20 years and will continue doing some consulting for a while. He and his wife plan to make some commercial investments in the Sevierville-Gatlinburg area. Doug has not been able to attend the last couple of reunions, but he is definitely planning on the 50th.
Peter Van Demark reports that it is not easy to be descended from the Shakers (they were celibate), but Peter is a descendant. His great-great-grandfather was with the Shakers for 20 years; he left in 1840. His uncle, Elder Rufus Bishop, was one of the senior leaders of the Shakers at the community in New Lebanon, New York. Elder Rufus kept a day book from 1815 to 1829 and a daily journal from 1830 until his death in 1852. Peter arranged for his journals to be transcribed and annotated. The two volumes were published as Elder Rufus Bishop’s Journals, Shaker Series #14. His next project targets the ministry journals written from 1853 to 1890.
Save the date for our 50th—June 11-16, 2020.
—Gary Miller, 7 East Hill Road, Canton, CT 06019; william.g.miller.jr.70@dartmouth.edu