Class Note 1971
As I write this Class Note, our country and the world are in the midst of the worst pandemic of our lifetime. I hope that you and your family are safe and well. The pandemic has profoundly impacted our lives and the College. The 50th reunion team and I are now planning for our reunion June 11-15, 2021. Sadly, this year’s senior class won’t have a campus Commencement and the great class of ’70 won’t be able to conduct its 50th reunion in Hanover. Our class had to cancel its Naples, Florida, mini-reunion in March. Many thanks to Jim and Yola Rager for having planned a fun-filled weekend that our classmates and guests would have enjoyed.
During Homecoming on October 2-4 Dartmouth’s undefeated and nationally ranked 1970 football team will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its Lambert Trophy Award and Ivy League championship. No other Dartmouth football team since then has achieved these dual accomplishments. Murry Bowden and Bob Peters led this great team. Many of our classmates and football team members are planning to attend. Come join the celebration during Homecoming and enjoy two class dinners, a golf tournament, and a class farewell breakfast. Another 50th anniversary celebration now in the planning stage for 2021 is a dance event at Hopkins Center honoring Pilobolus and Momix. Our classmates Moses Pendleton and the late Jonathan Wolken founded Pilobolus during their senior year. Moses later left Pilobolus and founded Momix. These two great dance companies will perform in late March and early April, dates to be confirmed. Stay tuned for updates on this dance celebration in upcoming class communications. David Aylward, editor-in-chief of our 50th reunion yearbook, plans to have the first draft of our book to the publisher in September. Please do your part to make it a big success. Simply enter https://dartmouth71.reuniontechnologies.com and update your profile. Share your humor, scars, wisdom, and flattering pictures. Our class vice president, Jim Rager, is recruiting captains for teams, frats, dorms, clubs, and other college groups. These captains will reach out to encourage classmates to tell their stories in the yearbook and to attend the reunion. Please volunteer to be a captain. You’ll have to verify (authenticate) your basic contact information to the above reunion yearbook website. If you already haven’t done so, here’s what to do with your Dartmouth NetID and password: go to https://dartm.dartmouth.edu; on the right of this link, you’ll see a place to check if you don’t know your NetID (type in your name and you’ll get your NetID); then enter your Dartmouth password. If you’re having a senior moment and can’t remember it, click the “forgot” button and answer the security questions. Then you’ll create a new password. If you still need assistance, contact the Dartmouth alumni help desk at (603) 646-3202 or (855) 215-9024 (toll free) or help@dartmouth.edu.
—Bob Lider, 9225 Veneto Place, Naples, FL 34113; liderbob@yahoo.com
