Our class is so proud that our own Willie Bogan has been nominated to the executive committee of the Alumni Association of Dartmouth. He writes: “I’m pleased to have this opportunity to be of service in this way to the Dartmouth community. I view service on the association as a way to become more engaged with what is going on at the College. I hope my background, experience, and perspective will be useful. In the past I’ve passed up certain such opportunities to serve because of my concern that my professional work demands might make it difficult to devote the time warranted to serve Dartmouth properly. However, now that I’m well settled into retirement, I don’t have that concern. It’s significant, too, that I was asked to serve by Morris ‘Rocky’ Whitaker ’74, who is president of the executive committee. My respect and admiration for Rocky made it easier to say yes.” I hope each of us will find our own way to give back to our College and our class!

Ever the traveler, Willis Newton reports that “a group of 12 or so classmates and spouses will travel together June 10-18 starting in Victoria, British Columbia, go to Vancouver, take the train for two days to Banff, and then explore the Canadian Rockies. Additional classmates are welcome. ContactWillis or Dartmouth travel.”

The dates for this year’s Naples, Florida, mini-reunion have been changed! In order to include the two classes adjacent to ours in some of our activities, the dates are now March 17-20. For further details, contact Jim Rager.

Charlottesville, Virginia, will be the site of the newest ’71 mini-reunion scheduled May 6-9. Museums, architecture, golfing, mountains, vineyards—contact Alice Reno Malone for details.

The’71 book Zoom has been meeting several times a year since 2020 for lively and informal discussions about interesting books. Last year’s readings included Hermann Hesse and Kurt Vonnegut. The focus this year has been novels by Dartmouth women about Dartmouth (or fictional places very much like Dartmouth). Ted Eismeier reminds us that the last Zoom this academic year is scheduled for April 18 at 8 p.m. EDT and will feature My Last Innocent Year by Daisy Alpert Florin ’95. Suggestions for future books and themes are most welcome. For details, contact Ted.

Class treasurer Jerry O’Brien remains ready and willing to accept your annual dues with a special thank you to those who round up their checks to $100 or more.

Dartmouth offered early decision admission to 606 students at a record-low 17-percent acceptance rate, including Ray Abruzzo’s “grandson, Ben Campion, who has been accepted to Dartmouth’s class of 2028. Whole family is very excited. It’s pretty cool to have a third generation attending. I did not foresee this while I was drinking beer in the basement of Phoenix House. I haven’t been to Hanover since daughter Carolyn Abruzzo Campion’s graduation in 1997; guess I’ll be going back.”

When were you last in Hanover?

—Alice Reno Malone, 834 Colridge Drive, Charlottesville, VA 22903; tammyarm@aol.com