Class Note 1972
Issue
January-February 2024
Dear ’72s, our mini-reunion chair, Dan Cooperman, announced we will team up with ’70s and ’71s for three days in Naples, Florida, on March 21. More details will follow. Separately, Dan reports that he and his wife, Linda, spent some time in Morocco last summer, observing that Morocco has an interesting culture and environment very different from other Arab countries. Hans Stumm checked in from his summer home in Massachusetts, reporting that he won a member guest golf tournament with a friend after 20 years. Congrats to Hans for persistence and staying in good physical shape.
Joe Davis and Jack Manning have done their share of globetrotting by spending time together in Vietnam and the Far East and then traveling to France for a rugby tournament.
Although fall is now behind us, the face of Dartmouth football changed before the first home game with the passing of the great Buddy Teevens ’79. My nephew, Andy Atterbury ’96, relayed a familiar type of story about Buddy. “Buddy came into our home and sold us on Dartmouth, where I went instead of accepting Princeton.” Andy subsequently married my niece, Gwyn Prentice ’96, during Sophomore Summer, starting an ongoing tradition of the wedding party between a bride from Kappa Delta Epsilon, Gwyn’s sorority, and Beta, Andy’s fraternity. We will miss Buddy’s presence.
During a nice summer day in early August I was walking under the porch at the Lake Mansfield Trout Club in Vermont, when I heard a rousing, “Wah-hoo-wah!” I turned to see a grinning Dr. Don Miller ’57. Don grew up in Montpelier, Vermont, across from my current home. Subsequent buyers of Don’s home found a Dartmouth vs. Navy football program in their attic and gave it to me. I finally met Don about 10 years ago at the trout club and have always enjoyed seeing him and discussing Dartmouth events. I told Don that day to read the ’72 column because I was going to mention his name. Perplexed, he asked why I would do that. Don will read this from the great Dartmouth in the sky, as he left us about two weeks later. I will never forget that grin. The hill winds know his name.
When someone who never experienced Dartmouth asks about crazy traditions and the references to the still North, just smile and say, “It’s a small college but there are those who love it.”
—Shel Prentice, 2311 Tradition Way, #102, Naples, FL 34105; shelprentice72@gmail.com
Joe Davis and Jack Manning have done their share of globetrotting by spending time together in Vietnam and the Far East and then traveling to France for a rugby tournament.
Although fall is now behind us, the face of Dartmouth football changed before the first home game with the passing of the great Buddy Teevens ’79. My nephew, Andy Atterbury ’96, relayed a familiar type of story about Buddy. “Buddy came into our home and sold us on Dartmouth, where I went instead of accepting Princeton.” Andy subsequently married my niece, Gwyn Prentice ’96, during Sophomore Summer, starting an ongoing tradition of the wedding party between a bride from Kappa Delta Epsilon, Gwyn’s sorority, and Beta, Andy’s fraternity. We will miss Buddy’s presence.
During a nice summer day in early August I was walking under the porch at the Lake Mansfield Trout Club in Vermont, when I heard a rousing, “Wah-hoo-wah!” I turned to see a grinning Dr. Don Miller ’57. Don grew up in Montpelier, Vermont, across from my current home. Subsequent buyers of Don’s home found a Dartmouth vs. Navy football program in their attic and gave it to me. I finally met Don about 10 years ago at the trout club and have always enjoyed seeing him and discussing Dartmouth events. I told Don that day to read the ’72 column because I was going to mention his name. Perplexed, he asked why I would do that. Don will read this from the great Dartmouth in the sky, as he left us about two weeks later. I will never forget that grin. The hill winds know his name.
When someone who never experienced Dartmouth asks about crazy traditions and the references to the still North, just smile and say, “It’s a small college but there are those who love it.”
—Shel Prentice, 2311 Tradition Way, #102, Naples, FL 34105; shelprentice72@gmail.com