In our first ever mini-reunion Zoom, Reggie Williams inspired us with his life story chronicled in his book Resilient by Nature: Reflections from a Life of Winning On and Off the Football Field. His rendition of “Invictus,” his poetic battle cry since Dartmouth days, was a highlight. Pulitzer Prize-winner David Shribman moderated the discussion with his customary sensitivity. Jim Beattie,our brainstorming mini-reunion chair, served as enthusiastic host. Most dazzling was the array of close to 50 classmates gracing all those tiny squares, including Elise Erler, Jack Fidler, Cindy Shannon, Rick Clark, Carolyn Johnson Allenby, Paul Robinson, Mary Dougal, Lee Englebardt, Brewer Doran, Emily Geoghegan, Nancy Kepes Jeton, Bob Casey, Judy Burrows Csatari, Jeff Long, Bill Kobokovich, Naomi Baline Kleinman, Ken Mickens, Michael Feasel, Wendy Simila Snickenberger, Austin Whitehill, Kipp Barker, Carl Little, Meri Miller Lowry, Alan Jones, Andy Shaw, George Smith, John Eldredge, David Fisher, Bruce Kelley, Warren Dell, Ken Cohen, Gordie Nye, Thomas Miller, Julie Schuetz Lowe, David Bandfield, and Parker MacDonell.In attendance were many we haven’t heard from recently. Warren Cassidy wrote that Reggie’s stories brought back memories of sitting with Chase Hall friends at Harvard Stadium in 1973 and “watching Reggie lead Dartmouth to an upset win with 20 tackles.” Warren and his wife, Anne, are retired and living in Teaneck, New Jersey, after his 34-year career in education, most of it with the New York City Department of Education (DOE), where he served as a teacher, principal, and network leader for the DOE. Charlie Potts continues his longtime service in higher education as director of the student union at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute—having previously built strong student unions at Marquette, Southern Methodist University, and Indiana State. He loves being closer to Hanover and shared a moving story about a Dartmouth dinner (pre-Covid) where he stood to introduce himself as an alum, adding, “compliments of my mother and father, neither of whom finished high school.” The spontaneous applause honoring his parents was one of the happiest moments in his life. As always, Louise Erdrich has done us proud, this time winning the Aspen Words Literary Prize for The Night Watchman, a story inspired by her grandfather, a leader of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. She will donate her prize to “assist in the revitalization of the Ojibwe language,” her grandfather’s first language. In remarks for National Public Radio, she said, “I reread his letters every so often to get a grip on why I’m doing this writing…and what I think I absorbed was his sense of decency and his commitment to his family and his people.” Accolades also to Karen Marie Turner, broadcast journalism professor and recipient of Temple University’s highest teaching award. In addition to a stipend, Karen will have her name permanently engraved on the Great Teachers Wall in Temple’s Founder’s Garden. Gratitude and congratulations to Andrea Lewis and Tom Reinhart, our newest class executive committee members, and to Sharon Ali, our new Alumni Council representative.

—Sara Hoagland Hunter, c/o DAM, 7 Lebanon St., Suite 107, Hanover, NH 03755; sarahunter76@gmail.com