As I write this column summer is just beginning, but by the time you read it summer will be almost over. Tempus fugit.


In between cruise ship performances, Matt Yee traveled to New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles to perform his “Outrageous Adult Sing Along” show. Lisa Keller and I attended his Los Angeles gig and Matt pulled Lisa (and my husband, Richard) up on stage as back up singers/dancers for his rendition of “Summer Lovin’” from Grease. Matt, Karl Klug and I had dinner the following night in West Hollywood. Matt also met up with Leslie Fleming while he was in San Francisco.


Did you know that we have two Jay Gellers in our class? One is a doctor and one is a lawyer. Jay David Geller, the doctor, lives in Chester, New Jersey. His son Joseph is a sophomore at Dartmouth. Jay was looking forward to returning to Hanover for Sophomore Family Weekend this summer. Jay Steven Geller is an attorney in Portland, Maine, where he specializes in bankruptcy and creditor-debtor rights and insolvency. Jay writes, “The Portland area is a great place to live and raise a family.”


James Nadler teaches at Ryerson University, where he runs a two-week U.S. TV industry boot camp with his students each August on the campus of the University of California Los Angeles. James has joined the Dartmouth Alumni in Entertainment and Media Association.


I got to catch up on the telephone with Barry Caldwell. Barry works for Waste Management Inc. (W.M.), the nation’s largest recycling and waste removal-collection company, based in Houston. Barry manages all of W.M.’s government affairs, communications, community relations and investor relations. Barry also volunteers his time with Keep America Beautiful and the Discovery Green Conservancy. In addition, Barry serves on the Dartmouth Alumni Council, where he is chair of the professional development committee. His son Brendan just finished his freshman year at Dartmouth.


I want to thank Eileen Morris, wife of our classmate Bob Morris, for allowing us to share Bob’s recent health struggles. Bob was diagnosed with ALS in November 2008. For the first three years he continued to work at his law firm in Boston. When he could no longer drive himself to work, he took the train and went by power chair from the station to his office. He worked right up until he had a minor heart attack in January 2012. Bob is currently at a skilled nursing facility in Rhode Island. He has very limited movement in his hands, which allows him to use a simple talking machine. Mike Fowler, Bob’s roommate in Hitchcock sophomore year (along with Tony Pasol Campbell), visits him regularly. If you would like to send Bob a note of support, please email me and I will get you his address.


Upon hearing of Bob’s health issues, class newsletter co-editor Carol Davis writes, “Makes me realize how many of my ‘difficulties’ are really no more than inconveniences as opposed to hardships.” Please keep Bob and Eileen in your thoughts.


—David Eichman, 9004 Wonderland Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046; dme4law@sbcglobal.net; Robin Shaffert, 5044 Macomb St., NW, Washington, DC 20016; robinshaffert@yahoo.com