Hail, noble ’72s, far and wide!


Despite a nine-day stay in Mt. Sinai hospital that included (but allegedly did not result from celebrating) his 61st birthday, my estimable and revered co-scribe John Rockwell has just published our latest newsletter (as always, great work, Rocky, even in the face of adversity!), which has left me somewhat short of news from the hinterlands. I am thus delighted to share this just in from our classmate Bill Price in Bellevue, Washington, “Lori Nelson [University of California, Santa Cruz, B.A. ’80, and University of Iowa, M.A. ’12] and I tied the knot in Carmel Valley, California, on July 2. Joining me were fellow ’72s Dennis Cullen, Mike Sack and Thurm Lowans, along with other close friends and relatives from Australia, Ireland, the United Kingdom and all over the States. We met in August 2008 at a mutual friend’s wedding in Sonoma Valley, California, and built our relationship as she pulled up stakes from San Francisco, where she had been an Internet marketer, to pursue her new dream to become a speech and language therapist. Lori has one more semester at Iowa (meaning one more exciting Big Ten Football season for the Hawkeyes, and one more beginning of winter), before we ‘settle down’ in Bellevue for her outplacements and clinical fellowship. We’ve both traveled a lot overseas so we decided to take our honeymoon in a new place—Indonesia, on Java and Bali and Sumatra—with a final three days in Singapore at Raffles Hotel.” Our warmest congratulations, Bill!


Bill Schur chimes in from Chicago, “Recently I was riding home on the train, falling asleep over my newspaper. I was awakened by none other than Dick Donahue, who was on his way home to Wilmette, Illinois. He’s well and continuing to try cases in the Daley Center with much success.”


My good friend Shel Prentice shares he had a visit from Marc Josephson and Jamie McArthur. They had dinner and Marc and Jamie stayed at his house. Shel’s wife, Barb, recently gathered their trio of Dartmouth daughters (Hilary ’01, Amanda ’06 and Julie ’09) for a very enjoyable trip to Carmel, California. With different post-college pursuits, getting them all together is a rewarding challenge!


Back here in Hanover we’ve just come though another busy Commencement and reunion period, that annual gathering where friendships and fellowship are kindled and renewed in the loving embrace of our alma mater. We’re now less than a year from our own 40th reunion where I hope we set a new record for attendance. Your reunion committee is forming and much more will be forthcoming as the planning progresses. Both Rocky and I will keep you abreast of developments!


On a sad note, word has just now reached me of the passing of our classmate Michael Gracey on September 12, 2007, at his home in Mount Holly Springs, Pennsylvania. I am still trying to gather details and a fitting obituary will be published shortly. 


Yours always in green.


—Lauren “Duff” Cummings, P.O. Box 580, Hanover, NH 03755-0580; lauren.cummings@dartmouth.edu