Class Note 1971
Issue
March-April 2023
In 2020 our class created a Zoom reading group, which has taken up a variety of fiction and nonfiction. This year the theme has been “Re-viewing the Culture of Our Youth” with Zooms about Hermann Hesse, movies, and Kurt Vonnegut. The final Zoom in April will consider the music of our college days. For more information contact Ted Eismeier at tjeismeier@gmail.com.
By now you should have received a notice from our treasurer Jerry O’Brien about 2022-23 class dues. They are $71 annually (fiscal year is July 1 to June 30) with encouragement from your class officers to round up to $100. With no overhead expenses, your class dues go directly to support a variety of worthy projects. For example, the production and mailing of your class newsletter, your 50th reunion yearbook, and the annual fees for our classmate-only website come from your dues. In addition, your dues and donations help support class of ’71 scholarships, undergrad internships, emergency aid to students during the pandemic, efforts by Dartmouth students to mentor high school students from under-resourced Upper Valley communities, student programs, and more. Thank you.
Our class is always traveling. The annual offering of weekend get-togethers in Naples, Florida (February 23-26), hosted by Jim Rager and CarniVail (March 3-5) hosted by Wayne Hobin will be supplemented by a new program in Austin, Texas (April 28-30), organized by Ted and Betsy Eismeier. Details available at dartmouth71.org.
“A Celebration of Women: 50 Years of Coeducation at Dartmouth” during the November weekend marking the 50th anniversary of the vote to offer women admission to the College was a great success. For those who missed the multi-day event, the sessions were filmed and are available on demand at coeducation.dartmouth.edu. Of particular interest is “A Conversation with Sian Leah Beilock, President-elect of Dartmouth, and Liz Lempres ’83, Th’84, Chair of the Dartmouth Board of Trustees.” Please remember there were 153 exchange women at Dartmouth while we were there (1968-71), including 32 who have since been adopted by the great class of ’71! None of these women received a Dartmouth degree, but all attended classes, lived in dorms, ate at Thayer, got mail at the Hop, studied at Baker, cheered at games, participated in all things Green, and paved the way for the vote in November 1972!
Early-decision acceptances for the class of ’27 have been mailed and that class appears to be as strong if not stronger than those before it. I encourage you to consider joining other classmates who interview prospective students. It is a humbling experience but also reinforces that the best is yet to come.
We regret to report the passing of Peter Michael Etzel on December 15, 2022. A full online remembrance will appear in dartmouthalumni magazine.com/obits in a future issue.
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
By now you should have received a notice from our treasurer Jerry O’Brien about 2022-23 class dues. They are $71 annually (fiscal year is July 1 to June 30) with encouragement from your class officers to round up to $100. With no overhead expenses, your class dues go directly to support a variety of worthy projects. For example, the production and mailing of your class newsletter, your 50th reunion yearbook, and the annual fees for our classmate-only website come from your dues. In addition, your dues and donations help support class of ’71 scholarships, undergrad internships, emergency aid to students during the pandemic, efforts by Dartmouth students to mentor high school students from under-resourced Upper Valley communities, student programs, and more. Thank you.
Our class is always traveling. The annual offering of weekend get-togethers in Naples, Florida (February 23-26), hosted by Jim Rager and CarniVail (March 3-5) hosted by Wayne Hobin will be supplemented by a new program in Austin, Texas (April 28-30), organized by Ted and Betsy Eismeier. Details available at dartmouth71.org.
“A Celebration of Women: 50 Years of Coeducation at Dartmouth” during the November weekend marking the 50th anniversary of the vote to offer women admission to the College was a great success. For those who missed the multi-day event, the sessions were filmed and are available on demand at coeducation.dartmouth.edu. Of particular interest is “A Conversation with Sian Leah Beilock, President-elect of Dartmouth, and Liz Lempres ’83, Th’84, Chair of the Dartmouth Board of Trustees.” Please remember there were 153 exchange women at Dartmouth while we were there (1968-71), including 32 who have since been adopted by the great class of ’71! None of these women received a Dartmouth degree, but all attended classes, lived in dorms, ate at Thayer, got mail at the Hop, studied at Baker, cheered at games, participated in all things Green, and paved the way for the vote in November 1972!
Early-decision acceptances for the class of ’27 have been mailed and that class appears to be as strong if not stronger than those before it. I encourage you to consider joining other classmates who interview prospective students. It is a humbling experience but also reinforces that the best is yet to come.
We regret to report the passing of Peter Michael Etzel on December 15, 2022. A full online remembrance will appear in dartmouthalumni magazine.com/obits in a future issue.
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