Class Note 1975
Issue
July-August 2023
I remain under the curse, or perhaps the privilege, of business travel. However, I have decided to make these trips more memorable as mobile class secretary events. During one recent swing through Chicago and Denver, I stopped by to see Tom Denison and Gray Houlton, respectively. Tom is doing very well and was ensconced in his new offices at the Chicago Corp. The boxes had not even been fully unpacked, but Tom was very welcoming and the office is in a nice old building with a giant atrium.
Gray and I enjoyed a nice Indian lunch in walking distance from his Denver home. It was a great treat to connect with Gray and Patricia. He and I are fraternity brothers and we had not seen each other in at least 40 years, but we somehow picked up right where we left off. Gray sees Bill Mead and Scott Wallace at least annually for what he referred to as their geriatric ski trip. Good for you guys; my knees would explode.
In other news, Michael Sites, has reminisced about hanging out in Fayerweather together, but he assures me that a lot has happened in the intervening years. Through the years he has remained engaged with Dartmouth through many applicant alumni interviews. He is now temporarily retired in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts. I am not sure I like the temporary bit. Michael, take a break. He practiced law in his hometown of Brockton, Massachusetts, and served for many years as chair of the Easton Conservation Commission and deputy town moderator. From 2005 to 2006 he served as president of the Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions, where he served with Gregor I. McGregor ’60.
Dave Spicer chimed in from Seattle, where he is in his last year as an attorney. He has enjoyed an intense 25-year career as a trial lawyer followed by solo law practice. Dave has also found purpose in nonprofit work focusing on economic development work in Africa and Latin America and homeless issues in Seattle. Through Rotary International in the developing world, he has worked in six different countries with most key work in Ethiopia. These projects have brought clean water to more than 200,000 people since 1998. He says, “After my wonderful wife (almost 45 years) and two kids, my church, and, of course, Dartmouth, Rotary was one of my best decisions ever!”
From Tom Delancey comes this: “I often talk to Craig Stone ’76, who lived next to me on the first floor of Fayerweather, and he says Doug Richmond stopped by and is in good health. As for myself, I can report I just returned from a trip to New Hampshire, where I camped out with a bunch of friends that I have known since grade school.” How about a bunch of septuagenarians on a canoe trip next year? He says it is happening. Stay active, my friends!
Vox clamantis in Tejas.
—Stephen D. Gray, 3627 Avenue M, Galveston, TX 77550; (650) 302-8739; fratergray@gmail.com
Gray and I enjoyed a nice Indian lunch in walking distance from his Denver home. It was a great treat to connect with Gray and Patricia. He and I are fraternity brothers and we had not seen each other in at least 40 years, but we somehow picked up right where we left off. Gray sees Bill Mead and Scott Wallace at least annually for what he referred to as their geriatric ski trip. Good for you guys; my knees would explode.
In other news, Michael Sites, has reminisced about hanging out in Fayerweather together, but he assures me that a lot has happened in the intervening years. Through the years he has remained engaged with Dartmouth through many applicant alumni interviews. He is now temporarily retired in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts. I am not sure I like the temporary bit. Michael, take a break. He practiced law in his hometown of Brockton, Massachusetts, and served for many years as chair of the Easton Conservation Commission and deputy town moderator. From 2005 to 2006 he served as president of the Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions, where he served with Gregor I. McGregor ’60.
Dave Spicer chimed in from Seattle, where he is in his last year as an attorney. He has enjoyed an intense 25-year career as a trial lawyer followed by solo law practice. Dave has also found purpose in nonprofit work focusing on economic development work in Africa and Latin America and homeless issues in Seattle. Through Rotary International in the developing world, he has worked in six different countries with most key work in Ethiopia. These projects have brought clean water to more than 200,000 people since 1998. He says, “After my wonderful wife (almost 45 years) and two kids, my church, and, of course, Dartmouth, Rotary was one of my best decisions ever!”
From Tom Delancey comes this: “I often talk to Craig Stone ’76, who lived next to me on the first floor of Fayerweather, and he says Doug Richmond stopped by and is in good health. As for myself, I can report I just returned from a trip to New Hampshire, where I camped out with a bunch of friends that I have known since grade school.” How about a bunch of septuagenarians on a canoe trip next year? He says it is happening. Stay active, my friends!
Vox clamantis in Tejas.
—Stephen D. Gray, 3627 Avenue M, Galveston, TX 77550; (650) 302-8739; fratergray@gmail.com