Class Note 1971

Classmates, you are likely to be receiving this hard copy edition of the DAM in the mail by mid-February. The good news is that you still have time to sign up for the upcoming Naples, Florida, mini-reunion on March 28 to 31. This will be a great occasion for many of us to celebrate our 70th birthday party, which occurs this year. Jim and Yola Rager are once again hosting this mini-reunion. Many events and activities have been scheduled. You’ll enjoy dinners to be held at the homes of Jerry and Marguerite O’Brien and Jim and Yola Rager. Golf outings will take place at great courses located in Naples and Bonita Springs. Jim will take us fishing on one of his boats in the Naples’ estuaries. There will also be a boat excursion to Marco Island, where Ted and Betsy Eismeier will host a luncheon. Saturday night’s banquet will be held at the Hamilton Harbour Yacht Club. This promises to be a special weekend and a great opportunity for you to reconnect with classmates. Contact Jim Rager at ragerjim@gmail.com for further details. Another scheduled mini-reunion will be held in Denver on March 6 at the Denver Country Club. Tom Hancock is organizing this event. Contact him at thomcock@scanet.com for further details. The special issue of the January-February DAM was devoted to Dartmouth’s 250th birthday. One of the articles in that DAM highlighted the College’s “25 Most Influential Alumni,” as voted by a faculty panel. Do you agree with the faculty’s selections? If not, why not? In your opinion, which Dartmouth classmate influenced you the most (either during our years at Dartmouth or in the years since we graduated)? I welcome your comments to these survey questions and will share them with classmates in a future Class Note. With the College’s 250th birthday still in mind, what aspect(s) of Dartmouth’s character or ethos do you think must be preserved for the next 250 years? Your thoughts on this survey question would be appreciated. Mark your calendars to join Team Zrike on April 7 for the Boston MS walk. This annual event raises funds to support the research efforts of the National MS Society. Team Zrike has been the leading fundraising team for the past few years. Steve Zrike’s ’71 classmates have annually contributed a substantial portion of the funds raised by Team Zrike. Details on this event and how to contribute to Team Zrike’s participation in the Boston MS walk will be published in our class website, 1971.dartmouth.org. Don’t forget to view expanded versions of Class Notes that are published in the aforementioned class website. Many of the expanded Class Notes have accompanying photos taken at class events. Kudos to our class webmasters, Ted Eismeier and Steve Zrike, for constantly adding new features to the class website to make it more informative and entertaining. And, of course, we should all be grateful for having the best class newsletter, thanks to Bernie Wysocki’s editorial brilliance.

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