Class Note 1974
Issue
March - April 2024
Classmates, no snow here in New Hampshire as of the Christmas/New Year’s Eve interim, but lots of news to impart. By now you’ve all had a chance to read both president Matt Putnam’s holiday greeting as well as Rick Ranger’s newsletter. Likely, you’ve also received updated reunion information from Jerry Bowe and Peter DeNatale. If you somehow missed them, go to the class website, where they are available.
Since my last notes Duncan Todd, Tom Guidi, Dave Von Loeske, Peter Haffenreffer, and I attended President Sian Beilock’s inaugural tour stop in Boston. Tom commented: “I thought that she was pretty impressive. She seems to get what makes Dartmouth different from so many other top universities and treats that as a strength. She seems very down to earth.”
Further, “On Homecoming Weekend Chuck Bralver, Peter Haffenreffer, Rick Thatcher, and his wife, Sally, gathered at Peter’s home in Winchester, Massachusetts. All were Bissell Hall denizens. Our plan was to drive up to Hanover for the football game. Due to the day-long rain on Saturday we watched the game at Peter’s house instead and caught up with the Thatchers, whom we hadn’t seen in 10 years or more. They had been living in Washington state and moved to Oregon a couple of years ago to be closer to their son, Jim, and grandchildren. They also have a daughter, Karen, who was a stalwart member of the U.S. women’s national hockey team, medaling in the Olympics and several world championships.”
Congratulations to former class president Rocky Whitaker, who was reelected president of the Dartmouth Association of Alumni. Rocky hasn’t retired and continues assisting in the development and execution of sports marketing initiatives for college and conference athletics.
Dick Pantalone checked in: “Recently, several members of the class of ’74 had a mini-reunion in the upper Midwest. Three of us decided we would bike to our reunion in Hanover next summer from Wisconsin (1,200 miles). We are in the process of negotiating with Trek bikes, which originated in Wisconsin, to buy the bikes. We were all college athletes in our day and have no serious health problems now except for a few titanium joints. We think it’s a realistic goal but will take some planning and of course training. The three D’s 1974 reunion group includes Dick Cates, varsity skier and now owner of a beef cattle farm in Spring Green, Wisconsin; Dave Winters, rugby player and Illinois state representative for 18 years while working the family farm in northeast Illinois; Dick Pantalone, lightweight crew and a general and hand surgeon during his time in the United States and overseas. Maybe others can join them.”
Tim Geisse and Peter Conway recently zoomed with Dartmouth Area Christian Fellowship alumni and noted their plans to attend reunion. They hope that others whom they knew will be attending and an extension to reunion weekend can be arranged. Eric Wadsworth and his wife, Laurie, who live in Lyme, New Hampshire, offered to help organize. If interested, please contact Eric and Laurie at lauriewads49@gmail.com.
See you soon.
—Philip Stebbins, 17 Hardy Road, Londonderry, NH 03053; p.stebs@gmail.com
Since my last notes Duncan Todd, Tom Guidi, Dave Von Loeske, Peter Haffenreffer, and I attended President Sian Beilock’s inaugural tour stop in Boston. Tom commented: “I thought that she was pretty impressive. She seems to get what makes Dartmouth different from so many other top universities and treats that as a strength. She seems very down to earth.”
Further, “On Homecoming Weekend Chuck Bralver, Peter Haffenreffer, Rick Thatcher, and his wife, Sally, gathered at Peter’s home in Winchester, Massachusetts. All were Bissell Hall denizens. Our plan was to drive up to Hanover for the football game. Due to the day-long rain on Saturday we watched the game at Peter’s house instead and caught up with the Thatchers, whom we hadn’t seen in 10 years or more. They had been living in Washington state and moved to Oregon a couple of years ago to be closer to their son, Jim, and grandchildren. They also have a daughter, Karen, who was a stalwart member of the U.S. women’s national hockey team, medaling in the Olympics and several world championships.”
Congratulations to former class president Rocky Whitaker, who was reelected president of the Dartmouth Association of Alumni. Rocky hasn’t retired and continues assisting in the development and execution of sports marketing initiatives for college and conference athletics.
Dick Pantalone checked in: “Recently, several members of the class of ’74 had a mini-reunion in the upper Midwest. Three of us decided we would bike to our reunion in Hanover next summer from Wisconsin (1,200 miles). We are in the process of negotiating with Trek bikes, which originated in Wisconsin, to buy the bikes. We were all college athletes in our day and have no serious health problems now except for a few titanium joints. We think it’s a realistic goal but will take some planning and of course training. The three D’s 1974 reunion group includes Dick Cates, varsity skier and now owner of a beef cattle farm in Spring Green, Wisconsin; Dave Winters, rugby player and Illinois state representative for 18 years while working the family farm in northeast Illinois; Dick Pantalone, lightweight crew and a general and hand surgeon during his time in the United States and overseas. Maybe others can join them.”
Tim Geisse and Peter Conway recently zoomed with Dartmouth Area Christian Fellowship alumni and noted their plans to attend reunion. They hope that others whom they knew will be attending and an extension to reunion weekend can be arranged. Eric Wadsworth and his wife, Laurie, who live in Lyme, New Hampshire, offered to help organize. If interested, please contact Eric and Laurie at lauriewads49@gmail.com.
See you soon.
—Philip Stebbins, 17 Hardy Road, Londonderry, NH 03053; p.stebs@gmail.com