Since our last class column our class has had several gatherings around the country, beginning with CarniVail the first week in March. More than 100 Dartmouth skiers, including some 20 classmates and significant others, had great sun, deep powder and wonderful times. From the Friday night cocktail party to first tracks in the back bowls of Vail, Colorado, on Sunday morning, it’s an experience not to be missed. The first Sunday of April saw our continuing class involvement in the Boston MS Walk, as part of Team Zrike and Steve Zrike’s fundraising efforts. Again this year his team was the top fundraiser, and he tells me that about a third of those funds came from 41 generous classmates. Turnout this year was a bit off, but his large extended family and circle of close friends more than made up the balance. Steve and his family are most appreciative of our class participation. The 71st day of 2014 saw Georgine and Frank Anton hosting a ’71 D.C. dinner at their University Club March 12. Attending were Bernie Wysocki, Frank Hanley, Mark Stevenson, Bob Lafsky, John Hanley, David Krakoff and Peter Pratt. Most recently some 43 classmates, spouses and family members gathered at the home of Yola and Jim Rager in sunny Naples, Florida, during Masters weekend April 10-13 for the first of our “rolling 65th collective class birthday gatherings.” Bob Lider and wife Lisa won the prize for greatest distance traveled by flying in from Singapore. David Edson provided individual awards of a dozen glasses engraved with the great 1970 football team’s season results; one of which went to team QB Jim Chasey, now back from New Zealand and working with classmate Murray Bowden’s Hanover Co. in Texas. Michael Maynard was presented with the greatly deserved Class of 1971 John G. Kemeny Award for Distinguished Service to Class and Dartmouth. The Ragers treated the group to a Thursday welcome dinner and Sunday goodbye brunch at their beautiful home. Sandwiched between that were class banquets at the Golf Club of Naples and Hamilton Harbor Yacht Club, where the crowd was serenaded by Emmy-winning singer Jim Salestrom, not to mention golf, fishing and boat tours to Marco Island for brunch—a party to remember for the class of 1971! Thanks, Jim and Yola! The third annual Bay Area mini-reunion will be held July 24-27, when we will be hosted by Sam Cuddeback, Willis Newton and Malcolm Jones. Planned activities include a seminar led by Tuck professor Gregg Fairbrothers ’76, “Success or the Road to Fulfillment?” Thursday dinner at the Olympic Club, sailing around Alcatraz on an 82-foot boat with Anthony Sandberg, followed by cocktails at Willis’ house, a deYoung docent-led tour, Napa wine tour and Giants baseball game. Contact mjones@trinitypartners.us.


Finally, from Ramon Marks: “Susan and I have retired after almost 40 years of law practice and are living year round now at our home on Ossipee Lake in Freedom, New Hampshire. I was a partner with Arnold & Porter in New York.” 


Yellowstone Park: Mark your calendars for Feb 22-26, 2015. More to come—and keep those cards coming!


—Pete Webster 7 Leblanc Drive, South Hadley, MA 01075; weebs71@gmail.com