Dear classmates, by the time you read this reunion will be a glowing memory thanks to the creative and inclusive efforts of our heroes: reunion co-chairs Rick Zimmerman and Stephen Melikian. You will also have a new slate of class officers, including my successor, determined by your votes. My friend Steve Bell, a former AP and Buffalo News editor, graciously agreed to co-write this issue’s column. Steve was squash team captain, a member of Psi Upsilon, and continues, going on 30 years, to reunite for annual pilgrimages with nine of our classmates, the self-christened, fun-loving “Boys of Summer.” (Yes, and the Eagles are still touring.) The class owes much to outgoing president Stephen Melikian for his intrepid leadership during the past five years. His gracious style, attention to detail, and devoted stewardship of the class have strengthened our bonds and ensured a successful march toward our 50th. The ever-faithful Paul “Kim” Windrath has kept up with class dues and correspondences as our patient, caring treasurer, having served as our webmaster prior to that. Thanks to his watchful eye, the class is in great financial shape. Dana Rowan will step down as vice president of communications but will, I hope, continue connecting us through his generous outreach. They will all be missed. Jenny Kemeny treated the Dartmouth Club of Suburban New Jersey and all of us who gratefully zoomed into its spring seminar to up-close and personal reminiscences of our historic era at Dartmouth and the role of her father, President John Kemeny. Jenny brought treasured memories to life through engaging anecdotes and humor as viewed from her front row seat. As I write, there are welcome plans for her to share this terrific talk with our class pre-reunion, thanks to Jim Beattie, our mini-reunion chair. Rob Saltzman writes that Gerry Rosenberg returned to Dartmouth last fall to teach a government seminar and enjoyed seeing the College “from the other side of the desk.” Currently teaching at the University of Chicago Law School, Gerry has also taught at Yale and Northwestern and in India and China (more news of Gerry in Jim Burns’next newsletter). Thank you for the privilege of serving as your class secretary and Class Notes scribe. I loved making new friends and pestering all my old ones for news. Our group of 900-plus peers came together 50 years ago this fall. A wide range of individual experiences during our fleeting time on campus engraved Dartmouth on our hearts. For each of us, the experience was different but for me, like many of you, it included precious, lifelong friendships, devoted professors who influenced my path, and indelible memories of youth and New England in every season—including mud. Our class is a force: a continuing source of friendship, mutual support, and affection. Lucky me to have been given the job of connecting with all of you during these past six years and 36 issues.

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