On a frigid winter’s eve, Peter and Marsha Pratt, Malcolm Jones, Bob Cordy, Garret Rasmussen, Gene Elrod, and Bill Kennedy attended the reenactment of the Dartmouth College case at the U.S. Supreme Court. Chief Justice John Roberts played the Justice Marshall role. Distinguished Dartmouth alums former acting U.S. Solicitor General Neal Katyal ’91and former U.S. Solicitor General Gregory Garre ’87 presented oral arguments of the case. The College sponsored this special event in honor of its 250th anniversary. Daniel Webster’s peroration was performed: “It is, sir, as I have said, a small college and yet there are those who love it.” Wah hoo wah to Garret Rasmussen, who biked to the Supreme Court in 10-degree weather. Peter Pratt observed that he was “a true son of the North.” Bob and Lisa Lider joined Ted and Betsy Eismeier at the Little Bar Restaurant adjacent to Marco Island, Florida, to see son Tim’s performance. Tim is a talented guitarist and singer from Austin, Texas, with a repertoire of Texas ballads. Also attending were Tim’s wife, Rachel, son Townes, and many of Ted and Betsy’s friends from Marco Island.

David Aylward had a reunion with professor Peter Bien, the “genius of Joyce.” David had corresponded with but had not seen Professor Bien in person since graduation. David reports that the professor’s “freshman seminar on the ‘Ulysses Theme through Literature’ was the intellectual highpoint of my time at Dartmouth, and he was a wise and caring counselor about my struggles with war, fear, conscience, and religion. He is very happy in retirement with his wife at Kendal. He is ‘with it’ and delightful as ever at 89 and teaching Ulysses to an adult education group on Wednesdays.” My expanded Class Note that’s posted on our class website, 1971.Dartmouth.org, includes photos of the aforementioned class events as well as other classmate postings. I am deeply saddened to report the death of Andy Harvard. He was a world-renowned mountaineer, accomplished lawyer, and former Dartmouth Outing Club director. At the age of 59 Andy was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Faced with this incurable disease, Andy confronted this challenge with the same dignity with which he conducted his extraordinary life. Our deepest and heartfelt sympathies go to his wife, Kathy, and her family. Andy left a legacy that will be documented in a film, The Final Climb, that is directed by our classmate, Dartmouth film and media professor Bill Phillips. Bill stated in The Dartmouth that “Andy’s can-do spirit—his willingness to let us see and walk with him at the end of his life—was admirable.” Numerous articles on Andy’s extraordinary life and accomplishments will be posted in our class website together with an expanded obit.

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