Class Note 1970
Issue
May-June 2020
Our 50th reunion is just two months away. An astounding number of classmates are making the trek to Hanover. Quite a few are traveling long distances and from other countries. Stu Zuckerman reminded me of the phrase, “Though ’round the girdled earth they roam, her spell on them remains.”
Tex Morgan, 50th reunion chair, says we are expecting a record turnout. Check out the full reunion schedule on our class website and register now. We begin on the afternoon of Thursday, June 11, with a welcome reception and dinner in the new Moosilauke Ravine Lodge. On the morning of Sunday, June 14, we lead the class of 2020 to its graduation ceremony. Our class tent will provide a comfortable and inviting space for visiting old friends and making new ones.
Class president Jeff Demerath had a lengthy list of reasons why classmates might not to travel to Hanover. A bad back since his 30s has become unbearable and very difficult to walk or stand for more than a few minutes. Planned surgery in May and subsequent recovery precluded attending the reunion. Jeff knew the reunion might be the last time to see so many classmates and talk of wonderful shared memories, our plans, and hopes for our last few decades on this earth. Consequently, he postponed surgery until July. Jeff will endure the pain to march with his class at graduation and experience this once-in-a-lifetime five days. Jeff hopes you can join him in Hanover if you and your family can possibly do so.
Tim Welch plans to arrive Wednesday or Thursday and stay through Tuesday morning. He especially looks forward to the panel discussions Jeff Dahlman’s committee has organized.
Mark Heller, Tim Welch, Denny Brown, and Wayne Bardsley were headed to Beaver Creek, Colorado, in early March for a week of skiing as part of a scientific experiment to see whether modern equipment can compensate for aging bodies. They will surely have lots of tales to tell.
Bruce Rich concluded a wonderful run of 46 years practicing law. Bruce is a fellow at Harvard’s advanced leadership initiative to further develop his expertise in the education reform field as board chair of English language education, training teachers to give promise for meaningful lives to K-12 public school students nationally. He is serving on the New York regional committee supporting the Call to Lead campaign and recently was appointed to the board of visitors of the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy. He and Melissa plan to attend the reunion.
Chip O’Brien reported that Dwight Timbers died on February 11. Chip had convinced Dwight to return for our 50th reunion, but his illness got the better of him. We will honor Dwight and other classmates at Rollins Chapel, remembering that “there is no time like the present” for all of us to come back to Hanover.
I look forward to seeing you for our reunion on June 11-16.
—Gary Miller, 7 East Hill Road, Canton, CT 06019; garettmiller@mac.com
Tex Morgan, 50th reunion chair, says we are expecting a record turnout. Check out the full reunion schedule on our class website and register now. We begin on the afternoon of Thursday, June 11, with a welcome reception and dinner in the new Moosilauke Ravine Lodge. On the morning of Sunday, June 14, we lead the class of 2020 to its graduation ceremony. Our class tent will provide a comfortable and inviting space for visiting old friends and making new ones.
Class president Jeff Demerath had a lengthy list of reasons why classmates might not to travel to Hanover. A bad back since his 30s has become unbearable and very difficult to walk or stand for more than a few minutes. Planned surgery in May and subsequent recovery precluded attending the reunion. Jeff knew the reunion might be the last time to see so many classmates and talk of wonderful shared memories, our plans, and hopes for our last few decades on this earth. Consequently, he postponed surgery until July. Jeff will endure the pain to march with his class at graduation and experience this once-in-a-lifetime five days. Jeff hopes you can join him in Hanover if you and your family can possibly do so.
Tim Welch plans to arrive Wednesday or Thursday and stay through Tuesday morning. He especially looks forward to the panel discussions Jeff Dahlman’s committee has organized.
Mark Heller, Tim Welch, Denny Brown, and Wayne Bardsley were headed to Beaver Creek, Colorado, in early March for a week of skiing as part of a scientific experiment to see whether modern equipment can compensate for aging bodies. They will surely have lots of tales to tell.
Bruce Rich concluded a wonderful run of 46 years practicing law. Bruce is a fellow at Harvard’s advanced leadership initiative to further develop his expertise in the education reform field as board chair of English language education, training teachers to give promise for meaningful lives to K-12 public school students nationally. He is serving on the New York regional committee supporting the Call to Lead campaign and recently was appointed to the board of visitors of the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy. He and Melissa plan to attend the reunion.
Chip O’Brien reported that Dwight Timbers died on February 11. Chip had convinced Dwight to return for our 50th reunion, but his illness got the better of him. We will honor Dwight and other classmates at Rollins Chapel, remembering that “there is no time like the present” for all of us to come back to Hanover.
I look forward to seeing you for our reunion on June 11-16.
—Gary Miller, 7 East Hill Road, Canton, CT 06019; garettmiller@mac.com