Class Note 1971
Issue
May-June 2022
In just more than three months we will celebrate our 50-plus-one Dartmouth reunion in person. Scheduled for June 13-15, we will spend time together, laughing, learning, reminiscing, and celebrating our friendships. The reunion team, led by Bob Lider, has put together a wonderful collection of activities, meals, and dancing to tire out the hardiest of us! Beginning on Monday, registration throughout the day with a buffet lunch will be held in our class tent. In the afternoon there will be tours of the Hood with Judy Oxman, a lecture by anthropology professor Jeremy DeSilva, and a back-to-class opportunity to learn about the Geisel School of Medicine followed by happy hour in the tent and a sumptuous clambake on Baker lawn. As if that’s not enough, we will spend the evening at band night in the tent!
Tuesday starts bright and early with a Vietnam discussion with former President Jim Wright at 8:00 a.m. That will be followed by President Hanlon’s address to the clustered classes of ’70,’71, and ’72. A barbeque lunch catered by Maple Street and our class meeting follow. Mid-afternoon, there will be a tour and reception at the Center for Engineering and Computer Science and our very own Class of 1971 Emerging Technologies Lab with Thayer dean Alexis Abramson. That will lead into another back-to-class opportunity with Colin Calloway, professor of both history and Native American studies.
Happy hour, again in our tent, will be followed by our gala dinner in the grand ballroom at the Hanover Inn. There will be opportunity until midnight to socialize back in the tent. Wednesday morning marks the end of our reunion. There will be a farewell brunch 7:30 a.m. to noon before we say adieu. Note: Residence hall checkout is noon.
Wayne Hobin reports that despite Covid, the annual CarniVail mini reunion happened in February. Stephen Johnson, Randy Wise, Sam and Jane Webster, and Lisa and Craig Robelen spent three hours at the AlpenRose having a wunderbar time reuniting and enjoying a lot of fun and interesting conversation. Dinner was Wiener schnitzel, spaetzle, red cabbage with apples and, of course, strudel mit schlagobers. The group will meet again next year and looks forward to others in or visiting Colorado to join them.
Finally, the Naples, Florida, mini-reunion was a “go” March 24-27 with more than three dozen participants hosted by Yola and Jim Rager, Marguerite and Jerry O’Brien, and Julie and Tony Fitzpatrick. Golf at two courses, fishing, and two cruises on the Island Dreamer with lunch at the Island Gypsy or on the beach kept everyone busy. The weekend began with a reception at the O’Briens’, Saturday dinner at the Hamilton Yacht Club, and a closing brunch at the Ragers’. This ensured that all activities would be outdoors so we could enjoy our winter escape!
The age to engage is here! Go to dartmouth71.org and click on “Class Engagement” to see what’s up.
—Alice Reno Malone, 834 Colridge Drive, Charlottesville, VA 22903; tammyarm@aol.com
Tuesday starts bright and early with a Vietnam discussion with former President Jim Wright at 8:00 a.m. That will be followed by President Hanlon’s address to the clustered classes of ’70,’71, and ’72. A barbeque lunch catered by Maple Street and our class meeting follow. Mid-afternoon, there will be a tour and reception at the Center for Engineering and Computer Science and our very own Class of 1971 Emerging Technologies Lab with Thayer dean Alexis Abramson. That will lead into another back-to-class opportunity with Colin Calloway, professor of both history and Native American studies.
Happy hour, again in our tent, will be followed by our gala dinner in the grand ballroom at the Hanover Inn. There will be opportunity until midnight to socialize back in the tent. Wednesday morning marks the end of our reunion. There will be a farewell brunch 7:30 a.m. to noon before we say adieu. Note: Residence hall checkout is noon.
Wayne Hobin reports that despite Covid, the annual CarniVail mini reunion happened in February. Stephen Johnson, Randy Wise, Sam and Jane Webster, and Lisa and Craig Robelen spent three hours at the AlpenRose having a wunderbar time reuniting and enjoying a lot of fun and interesting conversation. Dinner was Wiener schnitzel, spaetzle, red cabbage with apples and, of course, strudel mit schlagobers. The group will meet again next year and looks forward to others in or visiting Colorado to join them.
Finally, the Naples, Florida, mini-reunion was a “go” March 24-27 with more than three dozen participants hosted by Yola and Jim Rager, Marguerite and Jerry O’Brien, and Julie and Tony Fitzpatrick. Golf at two courses, fishing, and two cruises on the Island Dreamer with lunch at the Island Gypsy or on the beach kept everyone busy. The weekend began with a reception at the O’Briens’, Saturday dinner at the Hamilton Yacht Club, and a closing brunch at the Ragers’. This ensured that all activities would be outdoors so we could enjoy our winter escape!
The age to engage is here! Go to dartmouth71.org and click on “Class Engagement” to see what’s up.
—Alice Reno Malone, 834 Colridge Drive, Charlottesville, VA 22903; tammyarm@aol.com