And now for something completely different. A few weeks ago I issued the class of ’78 a challenge: Can you tell your life story in six words?


W. Scott Axford: “No, I am sorry, I cannot.” Audubon “Tod” Lenagh Bakewell: “Still roaming ’round the girdled earth.” Anne Bagamery: “Midwestern girl goes east, keeps going.” Rick Beyer: “The Ghost Army changed everything. Wow!”


David Casper: “Everything better due to Dartmouth experience.” Brooks Clark: “Much done, much yet to do.” Mike Coffin: “Peripatetic internationalist, at sea and ashore.” Geoff Crew: “Random walk through physics with family.” Paul A. Ehrsam: “Life has been good. Few regrets.”


Mark Felder: “I came…I saw…I left.” Nancy Freedman: “So many roles, so little time.” Susan Kepes: “California college tour exciting and bittersweet.” Kevin Hoffman: “That is just some people dreaming!” Chris Hughes: “Navy brat. Found home port. Lucky.” Dave Jones: “Been there. Now here. Good run.” Cay Kendrick: “Living in Maine. Vacationland. Two kids.” Charlie Kreter: “God made me the luckiest person!”


John Larson: “Why not? I’ve never done that.” Miles LeBlanc: “Great plans. Life begs to differ.” Jim Lattin: “Embraced my inner nerd. No regrets.” Helen Lukash: “Made in Vermont, tempered at large.” Lisa Miles McNamara: “Dartmouth spouse, three kids, always adventures! Walter Malmquist: “Born blessed…great family and friends!” David Master: “Perspective and balance: love, work, knowledge.” Jeff Miller: “Post-retirement: Fulfilling work, fuller life. Kids!” Wally Morgus: “One run, three hits, no errors.” Chris Morris: “Life too serious to be taken too seriously.” (I told Chris, “That’s eight words.” His reply: “I’m no Hemingway!”)


James Newman: “Studied hard. Aimed high. Great view!” Brian Pilcher: “Run like 16 so I am.” Kay McKusick Ralston: “Love, joy, family, generosity, appreciation, fun.” Marva Stevens Ray: “Empathy directs us to the mountaintop.” Jack Reeder: “Son, husband, father. Student, worker, advisor.” Trish Singer: “Happily employed Vermonter with grown children.” Mark Spradling: “Family first, always; we’ve been blessed.” Glen Swarthout: “Theory of consciousness, immortality and everything.” Tom Swartwood: “Jersey boy. Iowa. What the hell?” Leonard Weiser-Varon: “Buddy. Budding pen. Bad puns. Bedpans.” Charlie Wise: “Sought challenges, adventure, variety. Did okay!” Craig Woods: “Went to Dartmouth; changed my life.”


As for the rest of you: If you didn’t submit anything but now feel inspired by seeing your classmates’ responses, no worries! Send your six words to me and they will appear either in a future Class Notes or in the class newsletter put out by the fabulous Helen Lukash!


Next month, back to our regular format. Probably. Send news!


—Rick Beyer, 34 Outlook Drive, Lexington, MA 02421; rick@rickbeyer.net