Class Note 1972

Congratulations to Greg Yadley, who reported from Florida that he was recently appointed to the board of directors of Helios Technologies Inc., a public company trading on the Nasdaq. Greg has served the company as outside counsel for the past 25 years under four CEOs and is thrilled to be part of its success stories. Greg is also staying busy with clients facing severe cash-flow shortages and revenue losses due to the Covid-19 crisis.

Bill Schur tells me he is still practicing law in Chicago. He attended the Dartmouth Lawyers Association continuing legal education and ski conference in late February at Lake Louise in Alberta, Canada, where he encountered Dave Stephens and Greg Yadley. Dave lives in Houston and just retired after a long career in BP’s law department. Earlier this year Bill was also lucky enough to attend the Montreal Canadiens fantasy hockey camp and was thrilled to meet and play with some of the game’s greatest talents, including Guy Lafleur! Lucky man to get this in before the coronavirus shut down all sporting events. Bill also caught me up on several other classmates. Bev Love and his wife reside in Huntsville, Alabama. Bev is a retired physician. Gaylord Toft and his family live in Wilmette, Illinois. Gaylord is the CFO of Pharmazz, a Chicago-based pharmaceutical company.

Andy Harrison reported in from New Rochelle, New York, where he resides with his wife, Adrienne. Andy lived for 35 years in Larchmont, New York, where he raised his family. With retirement he sought to downsize and found the perfect condo facing Long Island Sound. They moved there in September. Sadly, with the arrival of the Covid-19 crisis, life has taken on a different rhythm for them now. Stay safe, Andy. This too shall pass.

Shel Prentice writes to say that he was in Hanover in early March and had dinner with Wayne Young and Jack Manning, who, like many of us, was celebrating his 70th birthday. Wayne lives in Hanover and is still practicing law. Jack is retired from his legal career in Montana and looks forward to traveling more now that he has more free time. God willing, we will all be able to do so soon.

Finally, I heard from Marty Cain, who reached out to tell me that this fall the College will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of Dartmouth football’s Lambert Trophy-winning team. This will take place during Homecoming weekend, October 1-4, and will feature a team introduction during the game against UPenn. Co-captains Murray Bowden and Bob Peters and other members of that undefeated team (which also won the Ivy League trophy that year) have invited all members of our class who were part of the Dartmouth football program to participate in the event. There were more than 100 of us on the freshman team and everyone who was part of the experience, however briefly, is invited to come and reconnect with old friends. So mark your calendars!

Kind regards to all.

—David Hetzel, 997 State Blvd., Franklin, TN 37064; dghetzel@gmail.com