Class Note 1971

I’m writing this Class Notes column during one of the most torrid heat waves in recorded European history. Here in Venice, the temperatures have been soaring in the high 90 degrees. Elsewhere, in southern France in the town of Gallargues-le-Monteueux, the temperature reached 115 degrees, the hottest temperature ever recorded in the country. I hope the weather was less brutal for you this summer. It certainly hasn’t deterred classmates from getting together. David Aylward traveled to Washington State to visit with Adele and Dan Clouse. Malcolm Jones and Sandi Blodgett attended the U.S. Open golf tournament and met with Catherine Briggs ’88. Peter Pratt was in Italy and reported: “Nothing more fun than connecting with another 1971—classmate John Baldwin, who has lived in Cernobbio, Italy, for the past 17 years. Sam Cuddeback and family visited John a few weeks ago and former fraternity brother Willis Newton is due there in a few weeks. A beautiful part of the world, albeit really hot in Milan last week.” Sam Cuddebackwas also in Italy and posted a photo showing him piloting a motorboat on Lake Como in the same manly manner as George Clooney. See my expanded column on our class webpage, 1971.dartmouth.org, for Sam’s photo and George Clooney’s. Spoiler alert: George Clooney has a better tan but Sam has a Dartmouth degree. Kudos to John Hanley for a well-planned ’21-’71 Connections career discussion and a Ledyard Canoe Club cookout on July 13 in Hanover. John moderated and was on a panel with classmates Jim Bays, Sam Cuddeback, Sheldon Perry, Peter Pratt, and Mark Totman. Each classmate spoke about his diverse and interesting career and then responded to questions from the ’21s. Many thanks to Peter Webster, who was in charge of the cookout at the Ledyard Canoe Club.

The following are key year-end class events.

October 11-13: Homecoming. By popular demand the overnight trip to Moosilauke will again be offered on the Thursday of Homecoming, October 10. Kathy Rines will be hosting brunch on Sunday, October 13, as well as serving as bootlegger extraordinaire for the weekend.

November 7-15: Greek cruise aboard the five-star Le Bougainville, which just launched this year. Dartmouth professor Sonu Bedi, the Joel Parker 1811 Professor of Law and Political Science, will be joining us on this trip. Our trip begins and ends in Athens, with calls on Santorini, Delos, Mykonos, Patmos, Rhodes, and the Peloponnese peninsula.

November 9: Dartmouth vs. Princeton at Yankee Stadium. Our class will sit together in an assigned section. See details of ticket purchase on our class website, 1971.dartmouth.org.

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