Class Note 1974
Issue
July-August 2022
Dear ’74 classmates, it’s almost freezing tonight in New Hampshire, more than a month into spring. It just goes to show that we aren’t safe until Memorial Day, even with global warming.
I’m happy to report that Duncan Todd was unanimously approved as our class representative to the Alumni Council beginning in September. We all pass along our gratitude to Tom Guidi for his three years of fine service. You should have received Tom’s final summary from the spring meetings already.
Although we just began collecting for our Dartmouth Class of 1974 Scholarship after our 45th reunion, our treasurer, Peter Blodgett, reports that we’ve already raised nearly $170,000 as of this April, on our way to a goal of $500,000 by our 50th reunion. Congratulations on a great start! We already have two undergraduates who are our beneficiaries.
Peter is joined by webmaster Ken Hall in reminding everyone that you can pay your class dues and donate to the scholarship fund and class projects via the links on our website. About 30 percent of you have paid up for dues this year.
Peter DeNatale and Jerry Bowe want to congratulate the class for the rapid response within 72 hours to Matt Putnam’s poll on hat design for our reunion. This was an impressive and encouraging response which, we hope, bodes well for the future of our class communications and reunion events.
In the last issue of the alumni magazine it was noted that the College was notified of the death of Paul Kaminski, even though he died in 2010. This is unusual, in this day and age, to say the least. But I’ll use it to note that we should all consider reaching out to the friends we made on the Hanover Plain, especially now with a worldwide pandemic and our approaching 50th reunion in two years.
In the past I’ve avoided the potential duplication of news by not specifying most individual classmate deaths in this venue. But I see that many other classes list these, so I’m going to begin to do that as well. In case you missed them, here is a list of those classmates deceased in 2021: Karen Jennings Lewis, Carl Levick, Wayne Guerrant, Dudley Flander, James Burke, Miguel Pulido, Bradford Davis, HoKeung “Freddie” Fu, and Richard Woolworth. They are sorely missed. Happily, there have been no reported deaths in 2022.
Finally, I want to let all of you know that my wife, Linda, and I live just 10 minutes from the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, which, unless you fly into Logan at Boston or West Lebanon, New Hampshire, itself, is the closest major airport to the College. In these days of frequent flight delays and cancellations, if you are ever stranded in Manchester, New Hampshire, please don’t hesitate to contact us. We are happy to provide emergency accommodations and a hearty meal to wayward travelers to or from Dartmouth. Maybe I’ll even get some news that way.
Praying for peace. Hope to see you soon.
—Philip Stebbins, 17 Hardy Road, Londonderry, NH 03053; p.stebs@gmail.com
I’m happy to report that Duncan Todd was unanimously approved as our class representative to the Alumni Council beginning in September. We all pass along our gratitude to Tom Guidi for his three years of fine service. You should have received Tom’s final summary from the spring meetings already.
Although we just began collecting for our Dartmouth Class of 1974 Scholarship after our 45th reunion, our treasurer, Peter Blodgett, reports that we’ve already raised nearly $170,000 as of this April, on our way to a goal of $500,000 by our 50th reunion. Congratulations on a great start! We already have two undergraduates who are our beneficiaries.
Peter is joined by webmaster Ken Hall in reminding everyone that you can pay your class dues and donate to the scholarship fund and class projects via the links on our website. About 30 percent of you have paid up for dues this year.
Peter DeNatale and Jerry Bowe want to congratulate the class for the rapid response within 72 hours to Matt Putnam’s poll on hat design for our reunion. This was an impressive and encouraging response which, we hope, bodes well for the future of our class communications and reunion events.
In the last issue of the alumni magazine it was noted that the College was notified of the death of Paul Kaminski, even though he died in 2010. This is unusual, in this day and age, to say the least. But I’ll use it to note that we should all consider reaching out to the friends we made on the Hanover Plain, especially now with a worldwide pandemic and our approaching 50th reunion in two years.
In the past I’ve avoided the potential duplication of news by not specifying most individual classmate deaths in this venue. But I see that many other classes list these, so I’m going to begin to do that as well. In case you missed them, here is a list of those classmates deceased in 2021: Karen Jennings Lewis, Carl Levick, Wayne Guerrant, Dudley Flander, James Burke, Miguel Pulido, Bradford Davis, HoKeung “Freddie” Fu, and Richard Woolworth. They are sorely missed. Happily, there have been no reported deaths in 2022.
Finally, I want to let all of you know that my wife, Linda, and I live just 10 minutes from the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, which, unless you fly into Logan at Boston or West Lebanon, New Hampshire, itself, is the closest major airport to the College. In these days of frequent flight delays and cancellations, if you are ever stranded in Manchester, New Hampshire, please don’t hesitate to contact us. We are happy to provide emergency accommodations and a hearty meal to wayward travelers to or from Dartmouth. Maybe I’ll even get some news that way.
Praying for peace. Hope to see you soon.
—Philip Stebbins, 17 Hardy Road, Londonderry, NH 03053; p.stebs@gmail.com