Hello, ’76 classmates. Your class leaders are working to involve as many of you as we can as we work toward our 50th. Through the years many people helped keep records of where you are and what you do. We need to update those records. If you’re even possibly maybe perhaps considering coming to the 50th, please email Kipp Barker with your basic contact information (address, phone, email) at kippbarker@yahoo.com. Kipp alsoreports that Reggie Williams informed him that freshman football head coach, and later varsity coach, Jerry Berndt, died December 4, 2022, at 84 in Hilton Head, South Carolina. His obituary states: “Jerry’s family, friends, players, and fellow coaches will remember him as a man with an unshakable, positive spirit, belief in good things to come, and unique ability to make people feel special. They will remember his devotion to his family and his goals, and his admirably infectious pride in his story. He will always be profoundly missed and loved in death as he was in life.” Kipp adds: “I have extremely fond memories of Jerry, who recruited Kirk and me to come to Dartmouth from Orange County, California. He was such an upbeat and authentic man who clearly loved and respected his team.” Blair Dickerson remembers that when he addressed the team, he’d always start with calling us “Gentlemen.” Kirk Barker remembers his rousing pregame and halftime speeches intended to “jack us up” to do their best on the field. Jerry Berndt touched the lives of more than 120 students who came out to play on the football team our freshmen year, more than 10 percent of the class. Kim Conroy continues as global career advisor at the Lauder Institute, a 24-month program whose students receive an M.B.A. from Wharton and a master’s in international studies from Penn. At any given time there are roughly 150 students in the program and Kim regularly counsels them one on one. She also travels extensively to meet with the institute’s 3,000 alumni across the globe, as they actively mentor the Lauder students. Kim was scheduled to travel to Singapore for a Wharton Global Forum in March, to South America in April, and to Europe in June to meet with Lauder alumni. Her great joy is visiting her son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter in Seattle and having them visit her in New York City. The College’s Rockefeller Center in November presented a program on 50 years of women at Dartmouth that featured our own Martha Hennessy and Jenny Kemeny. Starting in 2022, our class began providing significant financial support for the annual Karen E. Wetterhahn Science Symposium, an offshoot of the Women in Science Program Wetterhahn began in the early 1990s. Wetterhahn, who died in 1997, began her Dartmouth career in 1976 and was the first female tenure-track professor in the chemistry department. The lecture was scheduled for May 24 at the Hanover Inn. The symposium provides an opportunity for undergraduates to present their STEM-focused research projects, and more than 2,300 students have participated. More information about the program and the lecture are available on multiple websites. Please send news of yourself or classmates to steve@stevebellcommunications.com.

—Steve Bell, 15 Harbour Pointe, Buffalo, NY 14202; steve@stevebellcommunications.com