Greetings from warm and sunny Lake Tahoe, California. We were all saddened to hear of the untimely passing of Jonathan Wolken (see “Big Picture,” Sept/Oct). Jonathan and classmate Moses Pendleton started the Pilobolus Dance Theater our senior year in college and turned it into one of the most famous modern dance companies in the world and still going strong after 40 years. Jonathan is famously quoted as saying, “We created a circus and then ran off and joined it.” Thanks for the memories. You can read more in Jonathan’s obituary at www.nytimes.com/2010/06/16/arts/dance/16wolken.html?ref=obituaries.


Malcolm Jones reports that he has recovered completely from his heart surgery and is back enjoying the bountiful benefits of living in the Sonoma Valley, California. Malcolm (or more accurately his wife, Karen) used an interesting application called CarePages to keep everyone abreast of latest status. 


Oz Griebel ran for governor of Connecticut after taking a leave of absence as president of Metro Hartford Alliance. He was defeated in the Republican primary in August but still got 19 percent of the vote. In his concession speech he said his decision to run was one of “three quixotic things I’ve done in my life,” citing his attempt to pursue a career in professional baseball and his first date with his wife, Kirsten, 32 years ago. “On that night I was convinced I would get her to marry me, so one for three.” We could use a lot more people like Oz in the political world.


Murray Bowden, Jack Manning and Wayne Young are leading the coordination of the 40th reunion of the1970 football team planned for the Harvard homecoming game on October 30. Barry Brink, Russ Adams, Bob Cordy, Mike Hannigan and others are organizing a fun-filled weekend to celebrate the undefeated, 14th-ranked 1970 team.


Our class made a donation to the athletic department to support its recruiting efforts. We enabled Edward von Kuhn, a receiver from Birmingham, Alabama, to make a trip to Hanover. His brother Andrew was on the team a few years ago. Edward has matriculated into the class of 2013 and will be helping bring the football team back to where it belongs.


The class of ’71 has changed the dates of the 40th reunion from June 13-16 to Homecoming Weekend Thursday, October 20, to Sunday, October 23, 2011. Wayne Hobin has blocked out rooms at local hotels and inns and reserved a block of 300 tickets for the Columbia football game. Additional activities include but are not limited to a golf tournament, a tennis tournament, hiking, kayaking/canoeing and a tent for imbibing, eating and socializing right on the Connecticut River. If anyone is interested in volunteering to help with the reunion please contact Wayne at reunion71@hotmail.com. Check your e-mails and get the latest information on the class website, www.dartmouth.org/classes/71.


The admissions office requested additional help to interview potential Dartmouth candidates. Alums can sign up by clicking the “sign up for interviewing” link at www. dartmouth.edu/~interviewers. Check out the latest edition of “Notes to Interviewers” at www.dartmouth.edu/~interviewers/pdfs/notes_winter09.pdf. 


Keep the news coming,


—Bob Moore, P.O. Box 1797, Tahoe City, CA 96145; (408) 203-5303; bob4moore@aol.com