Class Note 1982
Issue
January-February 2023
One of the best things about turning 62 is that you can purchase a lifetime “senior” National Parks visitor pass for just $80! There are also all kinds of other discounts—from movies to restaurants to rental cars. Class of ’82s are settling into our new status as “older adults.” If you do visit a National Park, be sure to post a photo in the “Class of 1982” Facebook group.
Twins Catherine Munson Reed and Diana Munson celebrated their birthdays with each other as well as their 95-year father, class of 1948. Cathy writes, “Went to birthday dinner at New Thailand restaurant in Lebanon [New Hampshire].” Diana also made and canned 24 pints of applesauce on her special day.
Glenn Gilliam has worked hard to make sure that Althea Gibson is remembered for her athletic achievements in tennis and golf. Gibson was the first Black tennis player to win the U.S. National Championships, in 1950. She also went on to win Wimbledon (twice) and the French Open. Glenn successfully lobbied to have part of West 143rd Street in Harlem named after Gibson. That is where her family lived after moving to New York City from South Carolina during the 1930s. Go see the Althea Gibson sculpture on the grounds of the U.S. Open in Forest Hills, New York, where Glenn graduated from high school. He also helped raise money for the 2015 documentary film, Althea.
While having brunch with Dana Kurtz in San Francisco in June, I discovered that the book I was reading, Three Minutes in Poland, was written by her brother, Glenn. The impetus for the book was three minutes of a home movie shot by their grandfather, David Kurtz, while on a 1938 trip to the village in Poland where he was born. This brief footage shows hundreds of the Jewish residents of Nasielsk celebrating. A few years later most of them would be rounded up and sent off to be murdered or worked to death. Dana’s brother has made it his life’s mission to try and identify as many of the people who appear in this film as possible—this three-minute clip being the only documentation for many that they even existed. This year a movie was released documenting Glenn’s (and Dana’s) journey.
On October 10 Dartmouth President Emeritus James E. Wright ’64 (adopted) died. Jim was a much-loved history professor and visionary leader who contributed much to making our alma mater the diverse and welcoming campus it is today. Many of us were fortunate to call him a friend and mentor. Watch the emotional tribute Jake Tapper ’91 gave him on the October 27 edition of CNN Tonight. Our deepest condolences to Susan and the entire Wright family.
Our 40th reunion will take place June 15-18 in Hanover. If you have ideas for specific events or activities that you would like to see happen during reunion or if you would like to help with reunion planning, please contact either of our reunion co-chairs Eric Miller (eric.miller@tigerpresentations.com) or Jim Vahey (javahey@att.net).
—David Eichman, 9004 Wonderland Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046; dme4law@sbcglobal.net; Jenny Chandler Hauge, 3506 Idaho Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20016; jchandlerhauge@gmail.com
Twins Catherine Munson Reed and Diana Munson celebrated their birthdays with each other as well as their 95-year father, class of 1948. Cathy writes, “Went to birthday dinner at New Thailand restaurant in Lebanon [New Hampshire].” Diana also made and canned 24 pints of applesauce on her special day.
Glenn Gilliam has worked hard to make sure that Althea Gibson is remembered for her athletic achievements in tennis and golf. Gibson was the first Black tennis player to win the U.S. National Championships, in 1950. She also went on to win Wimbledon (twice) and the French Open. Glenn successfully lobbied to have part of West 143rd Street in Harlem named after Gibson. That is where her family lived after moving to New York City from South Carolina during the 1930s. Go see the Althea Gibson sculpture on the grounds of the U.S. Open in Forest Hills, New York, where Glenn graduated from high school. He also helped raise money for the 2015 documentary film, Althea.
While having brunch with Dana Kurtz in San Francisco in June, I discovered that the book I was reading, Three Minutes in Poland, was written by her brother, Glenn. The impetus for the book was three minutes of a home movie shot by their grandfather, David Kurtz, while on a 1938 trip to the village in Poland where he was born. This brief footage shows hundreds of the Jewish residents of Nasielsk celebrating. A few years later most of them would be rounded up and sent off to be murdered or worked to death. Dana’s brother has made it his life’s mission to try and identify as many of the people who appear in this film as possible—this three-minute clip being the only documentation for many that they even existed. This year a movie was released documenting Glenn’s (and Dana’s) journey.
On October 10 Dartmouth President Emeritus James E. Wright ’64 (adopted) died. Jim was a much-loved history professor and visionary leader who contributed much to making our alma mater the diverse and welcoming campus it is today. Many of us were fortunate to call him a friend and mentor. Watch the emotional tribute Jake Tapper ’91 gave him on the October 27 edition of CNN Tonight. Our deepest condolences to Susan and the entire Wright family.
Our 40th reunion will take place June 15-18 in Hanover. If you have ideas for specific events or activities that you would like to see happen during reunion or if you would like to help with reunion planning, please contact either of our reunion co-chairs Eric Miller (eric.miller@tigerpresentations.com) or Jim Vahey (javahey@att.net).
—David Eichman, 9004 Wonderland Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046; dme4law@sbcglobal.net; Jenny Chandler Hauge, 3506 Idaho Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20016; jchandlerhauge@gmail.com