From John Ritchie: “We are saddened to report the death of our dear friend, Cameron Bopp, in an automobile accident on December 20, 2016. We—John Ritchie, Rusty Brough, Vinnie Ferraro,Rod Smith ’69 and Dave Gilliat ’69—formed an organization in the spring of 1970 called the Dartmouth Alternatives! Society (DA!S), whose goals and purposes are still a mystery even to us. It is a club that has kept us closely united throughout the years. Cam was a doctor who ended up, after medical school, in Farmington, Maine. His farm served as a gathering spot through the decades as the DA!S grew to include wives, children, girlfriends and ex-wives. Our last get-together was on January 7 at Cam’s memorial service. In 2009 he retired from practicing medicine in Maine and underwent rigorous training to join Doctors Without Borders. It was an organization he loved. He ended up serving on roughly 17 missions to the world’s most dangerous and afflicted areas, mostly in Africa, including South Sudan, Malawi, Uganda and Liberia, his final posting at the height of the Ebola outbreak. Last year he returned to Maine and renewed practicing in his home community. He was a remarkably brilliant and adventurous soul who never knew how special he was, though the rest of us did. Somehow, having survived various illnesses and seven years in disease or war ravaged locations, he didn’t survive a patch of ice one morning while driving to work. We miss him terribly.” Jim and Yola Rager hosted another fun-filled Naples, Florida, mini-reunion in February. Attending were Peter Pratt, Mickey Stuart, Jim Chasey, Bob Kelcourse, Chris Kirk, Janet Rosa, John and Mary Bacon, Tony and Julie FitzPatrick, Jerry and Marguerite O’Brien, Richard and Liz Wooster, Ted and Betsy Eismeier, Bob and Lisa Lider, Bernie and Holly Wysocki, Jeff and Judy McElnea, John and Martha Shanahan, Robert and Kate Mustard, Gerald and Anne Nielsten, David and Mary Chatel and David and Susanne Edson.During the three days we enjoyed warm weather, sumptuous dinners at the Ragers’ and Hamilton Harbour Yacht Club, golf at Treviso Bay, Pelican Nest and the Naples Country Club, a cruise to Marco Island on Jim’s new and improved boat, the Island Dreamer, fishing and a final Sunday brunch at Tony FitzPatrick’s country club. Jim and Yola have graciously agreed to host this special Naples mini-reunion again next year in February (the dates to be confirmed). Joe Cecere reports: “I had a great time at the reunion. We evidently have a very intelligent, hard-working, over-achieving class. I enjoyed the events, as did my wife, Dottie. Since then I’ve slowed down my oral and maxillofacial surgery practice and have enjoyed more time for golf, playing with my grandkids and fly-fishing in Utah.” Save the dates: N.Y.C. dinner on May 22 at the Yale Club; contact Richard Wooster, rwooster71@gmail.com, for further information; fifth annual ’70-’72 Bay Area mini-reunion in Carmel, California, August 3-6; contact Malcolm Jones, malcolmjones49@gmail.com, for further information.

—Bob Lider, 9225 Veneto Place, Naples, FL 34113; liderbob@yahoo.com