Class Note 1970
Issue
May - Jun 2019
Winter is waning as I prepare for this spring column. From this avid snow skier’s point of view, this winter has been pretty disappointing in southern New England with less than 20 ski days, but golf season is not far away.
Wallace Ford brings greetings from New York City! He lives in Harlem and works as a college professor, teaching at Medgar Evers College School of Business. In addition to a birthday in January, he celebrated his 18th year in higher education. Prior years were spent as an international lawyer, government official, investment banker, venture capitalist, and management consultant. Two previously published novels (The Pride and What You Sow) were published as e-books at the beginning of this year. These books may become the basis for a TV series. Wallace hopes that our fellow alumnus, Shonda Rhimes ’91, finds this column. His Point of View contemporary commentary column—www.thewallaceford.com—is now read in more than 60 countries. The columns will be compiled into a book, The Eyes of Janus. Wallace plans a wedding in June at the Museum of Art in New Orleans.
Duncan Wood writes that he has agreed to organize a panel discussion at our 50th reunion on the thoughts and reflections of our classmates who served in the U.S. military after our time in Hanover. He would like to find a classmate from each of the three ROTC programs, plus folks who were drafted or entered the service in some role. Duncan also seeks anyone who left during our four years to serve and later returned to Dartmouth to graduate. During our time in Hanover there was a strong sentiment on the campus opposing the United States’ involvement in Vietnam and then in Cambodia. But many in our class had won ROTC scholarships to finance their Dartmouth education and owed the government four years of active duty. In addition, a fair number of us had draft lottery numbers lower than 180 and were subject to the draft in the summer of 1970.
The panel discussion will focus on what you learned while serving and how that likely changed from your expectations when you left Hanover. Please contact him at duncanwwood@gmail.com.
Duncan was drafted in August 1970 but managed to finish his fifth year at Thayer School. He was commissioned in the Navy’s Civil Engineer Corps. His military experience had nothing to do with Vietnam but was all about the Soviet nuclear threat.
David Aylward ’71 posted a note on Facebook in January about spending an hour with the “Genius of Joyce,” Peter Bien. They had corresponded, but not seen each other since graduation. Professor Bien’s freshman seminar on the “Ulysses Theme through Literature” was the intellectual highpoint of David’s time at Dartmouth. Peter was a wise and caring counselor during David’s struggles with war, fear, conscience, and religion. David reports that Professor Bien is as “with it” and delightful as ever at 89.
Save the date for our 50th reunion: June 11-16, 2020.
—Gary Miller, 7 East Hill Road, Canton, CT 06019; garettmiller@mac.com
Wallace Ford brings greetings from New York City! He lives in Harlem and works as a college professor, teaching at Medgar Evers College School of Business. In addition to a birthday in January, he celebrated his 18th year in higher education. Prior years were spent as an international lawyer, government official, investment banker, venture capitalist, and management consultant. Two previously published novels (The Pride and What You Sow) were published as e-books at the beginning of this year. These books may become the basis for a TV series. Wallace hopes that our fellow alumnus, Shonda Rhimes ’91, finds this column. His Point of View contemporary commentary column—www.thewallaceford.com—is now read in more than 60 countries. The columns will be compiled into a book, The Eyes of Janus. Wallace plans a wedding in June at the Museum of Art in New Orleans.
Duncan Wood writes that he has agreed to organize a panel discussion at our 50th reunion on the thoughts and reflections of our classmates who served in the U.S. military after our time in Hanover. He would like to find a classmate from each of the three ROTC programs, plus folks who were drafted or entered the service in some role. Duncan also seeks anyone who left during our four years to serve and later returned to Dartmouth to graduate. During our time in Hanover there was a strong sentiment on the campus opposing the United States’ involvement in Vietnam and then in Cambodia. But many in our class had won ROTC scholarships to finance their Dartmouth education and owed the government four years of active duty. In addition, a fair number of us had draft lottery numbers lower than 180 and were subject to the draft in the summer of 1970.
The panel discussion will focus on what you learned while serving and how that likely changed from your expectations when you left Hanover. Please contact him at duncanwwood@gmail.com.
Duncan was drafted in August 1970 but managed to finish his fifth year at Thayer School. He was commissioned in the Navy’s Civil Engineer Corps. His military experience had nothing to do with Vietnam but was all about the Soviet nuclear threat.
David Aylward ’71 posted a note on Facebook in January about spending an hour with the “Genius of Joyce,” Peter Bien. They had corresponded, but not seen each other since graduation. Professor Bien’s freshman seminar on the “Ulysses Theme through Literature” was the intellectual highpoint of David’s time at Dartmouth. Peter was a wise and caring counselor during David’s struggles with war, fear, conscience, and religion. David reports that Professor Bien is as “with it” and delightful as ever at 89.
Save the date for our 50th reunion: June 11-16, 2020.
—Gary Miller, 7 East Hill Road, Canton, CT 06019; garettmiller@mac.com