Sound View Presbyterian pastor Cleo Robertson is front and center in many a wedding photo. Cleo is pictured prayerfully officiating as Marie and Bob Ponce exchanged vows a few years ago. At the September 7 wedding, however, Cleo is shown not in the middle but on the right side. Pure joy and love radiate from the photos of Cleo’s marriage to Ana Luisa, accurately described on Facebook as the “rock star” bride. 


Frank Leddy joined 20 Theta Delt alums from the classes of ’78 to ’82 who descended on St. Pete Beach, Florida, in September. The Lodge boys were in town for Fizzbin, an annual gathering for the card game Joe Gleason ’77 invented. Frank cut through the competition with the surgical precision required in his urology practice and earned a share of the 2014 world championship. 


In October Ellen Martin Taratus and husband Ken met Chantal and me at the Epicurean Hotel Rooftop lounge after driving down from Atlanta to visit son K.T., who works for Raymond James. Ellen was gearing up for a reunion warm-up at Lori Zelikow Florio’s in New York. Monica Williams Knox was scheduled to fly from Munich, Germany, to join Marjie Scheckner Gart, Meg Blakey, Lisa Shanahan and several others.


Co-chairs Lisa, Kate Wiley Laud and Cathy McGrath report that 35th reunion plans are well under way. The dates: June 18-21. Denise Dupre, Bill Koch, Debo Hart Goth, Carlie Geer, Mary Ann Carolan, Todd Pellett, Curt Richardson, Curt Flight, Susan Green Spagnola, Carol Pelmas, Trina Olin Santry, Hans Morris, Jeff Citrin, Susan Fagerstrom and others are arranging engaging activities and sumptuous meals. Another highlight: The first Parker A. Small 1980 Award will be given to a classmate whose work has made a significant impact in his or her community or field of endeavor. 


Thanks to Deke DesCombes our revamped class website will have the reunion deets. We also are periodically posting to Facebook and LinkedIn and emailing. Please let us know if you are not on any of the lists. Email addresses change and alumni records may need updating, as Mark Flom recently discovered. Emails intended for Mark in Atlanta, where he works for Dell SecureWorks were instead going to another Mark Flom, an Arizona State alum, in Chicago. If you have reunion suggestions, please email dartmouth80@gmail.com, the catchy address Tom Leach kindly donated to the class. 


Unfortunately, another name has been added to the list of classmates we will remember at the reunion memorial service Wade Herring is organizing. Regina Ketting received a call from Anne Murray Patterson with news that Judy Recke passed away on October 21 at her home in Chicopee, Massachusetts. Amy Hume Bellisano noted that Judy fought her lengthy illness bravely and with grace. North Mass friend Crystal Phillips Morgan vouched for the accuracy of this tribute written by Judy’s nephew: “Her dedication to intellectual pursuits was matched only by her emotional sensitivity and awareness.” 


Please join us as we celebrate our lives with our Dartmouth family next June.


—Rob Daisley, 3201 W. Knights Ave., Tampa, FL 33611; robdaisley@me.com; Frank Fesnak, 111 Arbor Place, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010; (610) 581-8889; ffesnak@yahoo.com