Class Note 1971
Issue
May - Jun 2018
Jim and Yola Rager hosted another memorable Naples, Florida, mini-reunion. Enjoying the sunny weather were Jack and Diane Burnett, Joe and Dorothy Cecere, Jim Chasey, Sarah Marter ’72, John and Denise Colangelo, Bob and Peggy Cordy, David and Susanne Edson, Ted and Betsy Eismeier, Tony and Julie Fitzpatrick, Bill Kennedy, Bob and Lisa Lider, Michael Maynard and Ilene Greenberg, Jerry and Marguerite O’Brien, Peter and Marsha Pratt, Kathy Duff Rines, Bob and Olga Kelcourse, Janet Rosa, Martha Shanahan and Mickey Stuart. The O’Briens and Ragers hosted dinners at their beautiful homes on Thursday and Friday evenings. Saturday night’s dinner was held at the Hamilton Harbour Yacht Club. During the festivities, Peter Pratt and Jim Rager honored Bob Cordy with the Class of 1971 John Sloan Dickey Award for distinguished lifetime performance by a classmate on a global stage. Our classmates and their guests had a fun-filled weekend thanks to the hospitality of the O’Briens, Ragers and Fitzpatricks.
Don O’Neill writes: “Youngest son Max has been an enthusiastic participant in his high school’s theater program since freshman year. As a senior he performed the role of M. Thenardier in the spring production of Les Miserables. Max graduated in June, and in September matriculated as a freshman at the University of Denver. He is taking courses in the theater department and has an internship involved in marketing their theater productions. His other big interest is video game design. He is taking courses in the computer science department toward earning a B.A. in game design. He also hopes to minor or double-major in theater. Older son Donny, 27, continues as senior editor of Freeskier Magazine in Boulder, Colorado. He became engaged to his long-time girlfriend Alexa ‘Lexie’ Shaefer in August with a wedding planned for next September in Park City, Utah. Sally and I (and our golden retriever Charlie) are spending the ski season at our place in Winter Park, Colorado, to be with our sons and, of course, ski.”
John Bacon reports: “I was able to escape the warm sunny beaches of Florida for some cold snowy relief skiing in the mountains of Park City, Utah, with Roger Louder ’72 and Bill Malcolm ’69 from my DOC ski school instructor days. I had trouble finding my warm clothes and equipment, but my skis still turned both ways.”
Steve Zrike and Ted Eismeier, our class webmasters, have added many new features to our class website at www.1971.Dartmouth.org. Visit the website and view updated honor roll of class dues payers (contribute), an update on Dartmouth’s first women film project (led by Kathy Duff Rines), a listing of upcoming class events, a preview of Bob Lider’s next DAM Class Notes column, new items in musings and memories, our class’ innovative care committee, a list of memorable songs and books during our college days and updated obits on our fallen classmates and remembrances contributed by fellow classmates. Our webmasters’ goal is to keep the class website fresh, so visit it often, browse and contribute ideas and content.
—Bob Lider, 9225 Veneto Place, Naples, FL 34113; liderbob@yahoo.com
Don O’Neill writes: “Youngest son Max has been an enthusiastic participant in his high school’s theater program since freshman year. As a senior he performed the role of M. Thenardier in the spring production of Les Miserables. Max graduated in June, and in September matriculated as a freshman at the University of Denver. He is taking courses in the theater department and has an internship involved in marketing their theater productions. His other big interest is video game design. He is taking courses in the computer science department toward earning a B.A. in game design. He also hopes to minor or double-major in theater. Older son Donny, 27, continues as senior editor of Freeskier Magazine in Boulder, Colorado. He became engaged to his long-time girlfriend Alexa ‘Lexie’ Shaefer in August with a wedding planned for next September in Park City, Utah. Sally and I (and our golden retriever Charlie) are spending the ski season at our place in Winter Park, Colorado, to be with our sons and, of course, ski.”
John Bacon reports: “I was able to escape the warm sunny beaches of Florida for some cold snowy relief skiing in the mountains of Park City, Utah, with Roger Louder ’72 and Bill Malcolm ’69 from my DOC ski school instructor days. I had trouble finding my warm clothes and equipment, but my skis still turned both ways.”
Steve Zrike and Ted Eismeier, our class webmasters, have added many new features to our class website at www.1971.Dartmouth.org. Visit the website and view updated honor roll of class dues payers (contribute), an update on Dartmouth’s first women film project (led by Kathy Duff Rines), a listing of upcoming class events, a preview of Bob Lider’s next DAM Class Notes column, new items in musings and memories, our class’ innovative care committee, a list of memorable songs and books during our college days and updated obits on our fallen classmates and remembrances contributed by fellow classmates. Our webmasters’ goal is to keep the class website fresh, so visit it often, browse and contribute ideas and content.
—Bob Lider, 9225 Veneto Place, Naples, FL 34113; liderbob@yahoo.com