Our 2019 Class of the Year has received letters from three students who have been recipients of class of 1971 scholarships. Thanks to Ted Eismeier,our class webmaster, you can read these letters in the news section of our class website, 1971.dartmouth.org. The expressions of gratitude from these students underscore the impact that our scholarships have had on their Dartmouth experience. We should continue to support the fund’s growth so that we can provide scholarship funds to more talented students in pursuit of their academic goals. Contact Jim Rager if you would like to contribute to the 1971 endowed scholarship. Congratulations to David Aylward, who has been appointed assistant clinical professor of family medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. David will be working with terrific colleagues in this department, across the university’s Anschutz Medical Campus in Colorado and nationally. The short description of this work is “how do you transform the health system for disadvantaged people from one focused on repairing illness, where most of the grants are spent on specialists and acute care, to one focused on producing thriving people with a focus on vitality and well-being?” David will be commuting every other week from the District of Columbia. Arthur Hittner’s third novel, titled The Caroline Paintings, has just been released. It’s an art sleuthing novel loosely inspired by the saga of Andrew Wyeth’s Helga pictures. The description on the book’s back cover reads, “a Florida retiree, dabbling in the art market, buys the contents of a storage locker in a foreclosure sale. Included in his bounty is a cache of unsigned paintings of a beautiful young woman by a supremely talented hand. Who is she, who is the artist, and what gave rise to these poignant works?” Buy the book on Amazon to learn the answers to these and other questions. Steve Hoverman has graciously accepted the class executive committee’s nomination to serve as our new class alumni councilor. He succeeds Ted Eismeier, who has ably represented our class during his three-year term. Quite a number of class events have been scheduled in 2020, including the MS Walk in Boston on April 5 with Steve Zrike and his award-winning team; the Mississippi cruise April 26-May 4; San Francisco dinner on April 6; Denver dinner on May 16; N.Y.C. dinner, date to be determined; U.S. Open at Wingfoot June 18-21; Upper Valley mini with dinner, “Carnevale,” and Lake Sunapee boating and brunch July 10-12; class cruise in Russia July 18-29; Nantucket, Massachusetts, mini August 27-30; Homecoming October 1-3; and VOX weekend in Hanover October 16-17. And, of course, there’s our 50th reunion June 11-15, 2021. Speaking of which, I welcome your creative thoughts on what should be the theme for our 50th. Send me an email with your recommendations. I am deeply saddened to report the deaths of our classmates John S. Selfridge, Darrel R. Gavle, and John D. Pfeifle. “The hill winds know their names.”

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