Class Note 1970
Issue
Sep - Oct 2018
Normally, I start this column with a brief comment to put the rest of my words in context. Today I feel a bit like Old Mother Hubbard because my mailbox is bare. Our 50th reunion is less than two years away. The reunion committees have been meeting regularly to create an outstanding experience.
One major task involves communication with our surviving classmates and their spouses. We typically provide updates via email newsletters and other social media. We will, of course, use traditional mail to reach as many classmates as possible with regard to reunion planning. The last electronic newsletter was sent to 493 email addresses, with a surprising 61-percent open rate. About half the emails were opened on a desktop computer, 24 percent on a mobile phone, and 12 percent on a tablet. Although that “open” statistic is nearly twice the norm for email services, our emails are not reaching everyone. If you have recently retired, changed jobs, or simply changed your email, please update your information in the College’s alumni records. Paste this shortcut link into your web browser to update your information: www.dartgo.org/update.
During the past couple of years we have adopted six alumnae to our class. About 68 women from college exchange programs were part of our campus lives. An effort started by the class of 1971 and aided by a member of the Dartmouth faculty has grown into an all-out effort to contact each alumna and ask her if she would like to be adopted by her contemporary class. Lis Tarlow has been doing a wonderful job performing this valuable service for our class.
Expect to learn more about reunion planning via this column and other means in the future.
A recent Facebook encounter was posted by Peter Logan, who had a visit from Harvey Katz and his wife, Mary, in San Francisco. The accompanying picture of three happy faces will appear in a future newsletter.
Sadly, I must report the loss of two of my Sigma Nu Delta brothers, Chris Henderson and Robert King.
Chris Henderson spent most of his legal career in Maryland and lived in St. Thomas. Chris returned to the Rochester, New York, area before beginning a lengthy battle with cancer. Chris passed on January 23.
Robert King served as an officer in the U.S. Navy before receiving an M.B.A. from Harvard. In addition to a successful business career, Bob had a deep commitment to prison ministry for 20 years. Bob is survived by his wife, Cheryl, three children, and three grandchildren. Bob passed on March 16.
Save the date for our 50th—June 11-16, 2020.
—Gary Miller, 7 East Hill Road, Canton, CT 06019; garettmiller@mac.com
One major task involves communication with our surviving classmates and their spouses. We typically provide updates via email newsletters and other social media. We will, of course, use traditional mail to reach as many classmates as possible with regard to reunion planning. The last electronic newsletter was sent to 493 email addresses, with a surprising 61-percent open rate. About half the emails were opened on a desktop computer, 24 percent on a mobile phone, and 12 percent on a tablet. Although that “open” statistic is nearly twice the norm for email services, our emails are not reaching everyone. If you have recently retired, changed jobs, or simply changed your email, please update your information in the College’s alumni records. Paste this shortcut link into your web browser to update your information: www.dartgo.org/update.
During the past couple of years we have adopted six alumnae to our class. About 68 women from college exchange programs were part of our campus lives. An effort started by the class of 1971 and aided by a member of the Dartmouth faculty has grown into an all-out effort to contact each alumna and ask her if she would like to be adopted by her contemporary class. Lis Tarlow has been doing a wonderful job performing this valuable service for our class.
Expect to learn more about reunion planning via this column and other means in the future.
A recent Facebook encounter was posted by Peter Logan, who had a visit from Harvey Katz and his wife, Mary, in San Francisco. The accompanying picture of three happy faces will appear in a future newsletter.
Sadly, I must report the loss of two of my Sigma Nu Delta brothers, Chris Henderson and Robert King.
Chris Henderson spent most of his legal career in Maryland and lived in St. Thomas. Chris returned to the Rochester, New York, area before beginning a lengthy battle with cancer. Chris passed on January 23.
Robert King served as an officer in the U.S. Navy before receiving an M.B.A. from Harvard. In addition to a successful business career, Bob had a deep commitment to prison ministry for 20 years. Bob is survived by his wife, Cheryl, three children, and three grandchildren. Bob passed on March 16.
Save the date for our 50th—June 11-16, 2020.
—Gary Miller, 7 East Hill Road, Canton, CT 06019; garettmiller@mac.com