Classmates, I’m introducing survey questions as a new feature in Class Notes. I invite you to respond to these survey questions when they appear periodically. I anticipate that your insightful and witty comments will add to the reading pleasure of Class Notes. As I’m subject to a strict 500-word limit on Class Notes published in the DAM, I may not be able to include all of the responses you submit. Not to worry. I publish an expanded Class Note on our class website, 1971.dartmouth.org, that accompanies each of the Class Notes in the DAM. The expanded Class Note doesn’t have a word limit. Here’s the first survey question: This year and next almost all of us turn 70. What thoughts have been roused by this milestone? Have you been inspired to develop a new habit (or kick an old one)? Pursue a new goal (or abandon an obsolete one)? Or is this the first time you’ve even thought about it? Send your responses or any other personal or class news to me at liderbob@yahoo.com.

A newswire article recently reported that Mitchell Wallerstein is stepping down as president of Baruch College in N.Y.C. Interim chancellor Vita C. Rabinowitz stated in the news article that Mitchell “has been one of CUNY’s most innovative and effective leaders of the past decade. He firmly established Baruch as a renowned driver of social and economic mobility. He raised graduation rates and strengthened the faculty.”

Bob Joy has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2019. Bob is a member of the management committee of Morgan, Brown & Joy. His practice is in employment and labor law.

Numerous class events will take place in 2019. In February a mini-reunion dinner will be held in Denver. Jim and Yola Rager will host the annual Naples, Florida, mini-reunion from March 28 to 31. Special activities are being planned to celebrate our 70th birthday party. There are numerous attractions to this popular event. March is high season in Naples. The weather is sunny with temperatures in the mid 80s. It’s perfect weather for golf, fishing, and boating. The Everglades are only 25 minutes away if you’re interested in taking an airboat tour. In May you can join Dartmouth students on a canoe trip down the Connecticut River. Pete Webster hosts a dinner event at the end of the trip. Richard Wooster will once again host the annual N.Y.C. mini-reunion dinner at the Yale Club in June. The final summer event will be the Nantucket, Massachusetts, mini-reunion from August 25 to 28, hosted by Michael Maynard and Ilene Greenberg, Frank and Georgine Anton, and Alice Reno and Jim Malone. Our class is also planning numerous other gatherings to coincide with Dartmouth’s scheduled celebrations of its 250-year anniversary. My expanded Class Note that’s published on our class website, 1971.dartmouth.org. covers additional past events. such as Class Officers Weekend and Homecoming.

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