As we approach our collective class birthday of 65 next year, one of the frequent topics of our executive committee conference calls the past year has been the great goal of increasing the number and variety of mini-reunions; any occasion or excuse to get us together. Many of our classmates have already retired, and more of us should have the opportunity to gather at nice venues around the country. In that spirit (and the fact that I’ve nothing in the mailbag from classmates) here are some upcoming gatherings to put on your calendars. When this issue of the DAM comes out in late April, our annual class dinner in New York City and out in San Francisco will be right around the corner—contact Dick Wooster (rwooster@gmail.com) for the May 13 event at the Yale Club in New York and Malcolm Jones (mjones@trinitypartners.com) for the western dinner on May 6. Another San Francisco event, July 11-14, will be viewing the America’s Cup qualify races, winery tours, sailing in San Francisco Bay with Anthony Sandberg’ssailing school, with the weekend wrap-up being a private art tour of the new French impressionists exhibit at the DeYoung—contact, again, Malcolm Jones. Then in the fall plan on Homecoming Weekend (Yale game) October 11-13 in Hanover, with pre-bonfire dinner at the DOC House, seminars, golf and tennis tourneys and a Saturday night dinner graciously hosted by Judy and Tom Oxman in their Hanover home. Off in the distance of 2014, I have been making noise about organizing a four-night, five-day outing in Yellowstone Park the last week of February, just prior to CarniVail. This is something I’ve had on my bucket list for years, snowshoeing or cross-country skiing around those thermals and geysers, seeing the wildlife up close without the crowds. More on this in a forthcoming column, but mark that date. As this issue reaches you, we will have just had our second annual class Walk for MS in Cambridge, Boston, for Steve Zrike. This was a great gathering last year and promises to grow. One most recent reunion of classmates, at the Waldorf in New York, comes from Greg Fell and president Peter Pratt: Some 14 classmates dusted off their tuxedos to attend this dinner held every two years by the Ivy Football Association to honor a player from each Ivy school. The Dartmouth honoree this year was Willie Bogan, accompanied by his wife, Carmen, and daughters Natalie and Erin. Classmates in attendance were former class presidents Fell, Pratt (with wife Marsha) and Tony Fitzpatrick, along with Murray Bowden, Jim Rager, Bob Peters, Tom Price, John Hammerschmidt, Jeff McElnea, Ken Davidson, John Colangelo and Mike Hannigan. Also joining the group was teammate Jim Chasey, the first recipient of this award from our class back in 1970. We are delighted to see Jim back in the ’71 fold after many years in various corners of the world. Finally, from Wayne Hobin (dreunion71@gmail.com), please send your e-mail addresses in, and from me, keep those cards and notes coming! 


—Pete Webster, 17 Woodbridge St., South Hadley, MA 01075; weebs71@gmail.com