Class Note 1976
Greetings! I hope all is well with you and your families. I’m sure Jeff Reed would not have told me, but my sources have revealed that he has been coaching the Hanover High School boys lacrosse team for the last four seasons. This past season the team won its second New Hampshire state lacrosse championship in the last three years, and during his career there they have compiled a 63-16 record, while winning the last three state Sportsmanship Awards. Through the years Jeff has coached close to 30 sons of Dartmouth alums, including four on this year’s team. In 2007 Jeff was voted N.H. Coach of the Year and has two Hanover lacrosse alums currently playing on the Dartmouth varsity lacrosse team. Jeff’s two state championships were the first for the program, which was started in 1975 by Dartmouth lacrosse managers Mike Varley ’75 and Marty Doyle. I hope there is no truth to the rumor that those two were using that as a way to get Carnival dates. From another source I understand that Jeff has created the ideal feeder system in his 16 years working with youth lacrosse in the area. Congratulations, Ceeps.
Martha Hennessy has sent news that her oldest daughter, K.J., had her wedding in the Bema in June and our own Parker “Speedy” MacDonell sang at the wedding, just as he did at Martha and Steve Severson’s 1974 wedding in the Bema 33 years ago. Martha’s daughter is in her final year at DMS and will be an ob-gyn. Martha’s youngest daughter, Lizzy, just graduated from Dartmouth, but not before claiming the College pong championship with Cindy Wolcott’s daughter Molly Scott ’11, representing KDE sorority. Molly also holds the No. 1 spot on the Dartmouth women’s tennis team.
An unexpected pleasure was reconnecting with Paul H. “Sandy” Sanders at the suggestion of class president Andy Gettinger. Sandy has been on St. Simon’s Island, Georgia, where he’s had a mortgage brokerage company for the past 10 years. He’s been in the mortgage business for the past 25 years. Sandy has a 17-year-old son who’s a high school quarterback and hard-throwing left-handed pitcher. I wonder if he’s as handy with power tools as his dad.
Also through Facebook, Reggie Williams helped me reconnect with Harrison B. Wilson III ’77, whose son Russell was last year’s All-ACC quarterback as a freshman. Like his dad, Harry B., Russell plays both football and baseball—though at NC State. I’m looking forward to following him this year in both sports. Harry B. says he’d love to hear from friends from Dartmouth. Reggie relayed that he, himself, is doing well, recovering from knee replacement surgery. Those who remember watching him play during our years know that that right knee was given gladly by an alum who “loved his alma mater so much, he gave his only right knee to contribute to the lore of the ‘granite’ of New Hampshire…as teammates and classmates fight their own battles of resilience and determination.”
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—Jay Josselyn, 106 Yukon Lane, Chapel Hill, NC 27514; (919) 493-7814; jayjosselyn@hotmail.com
