One of the best things about serving as co-secretary of our amazing class is learning all of the fascinating stories about other classmates and their parents. When I sent a condolence card to Seth Swirsky a few months ago in connection with the death of his father, Stephen ’63, I had no idea of the journey I would take with Seth and his mother, Joan. Seth was born while his father was in his sophomore year, which means Seth probably wins the award for having the youngest father in the class. Seth then sent me a copy of his father’s Pi Lambda Phi photo which included toddler Seth as the fraternity mascot. Do we have any other classmates who were fraternity mascots? Joan shared insights with me about being one of the only women on campus in the early 1960s and how she ended up on the cover of Dartmouth Alumni Magazine during one Winter Carnival.

Next up was the revelation by Sam Carlson that his mother had dated Captain Kangaroo, whose real name was Bob Keeshan. The show first aired on October 3, 1955, which is why October 3 is designated as Captain Kangaroo Day. October 3 is Sam’s birthday. Coincidence? Thanks to Jenny Chandler Hauge for her creative birthday emails, which elicited this discovery.

But the classmate with the biggest TV star father has to be Steve Avruch, whose father, Frank, was the Boston TV host who played Bozo the Clown from 1959 to 1970. As Bozo, Frank toured the world performing for UNICEF and received an award from the United Nations for his work with children.

Congratulations to our youngest classmate Tee Lotson on her appointment as a hearing officer with the New York City Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings. Tee will conduct settlement conferences and due process hearings for students with disabilities when a parent or guardian and a school district have a disagreement about the identification, evaluation, or placement of a student with a disability.

There were many gatherings of ’82s during the past few months, including in Hanover for the inauguration of President Sian Leah Beilock, in Boston for the Head of the Charles crew races, and again in Hanover for Homecoming Weekend, which included a reception at the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding, but I have no more space….

Steve Gendler, husband of our deceased classmate Sally Adnopoz Gendler, asked me to thank all classmates who donated funds to Dartmouth and other organizations in memory of Sally.

I will close this column with the sad news that Winky Stearns Hussey died in October of a heart attack while bicycling in Europe. Our deepest condolences to her husband, Peter, and children Luke, Duncan, and Clarkie.

Finally, to Jay Rosenberg, Ita Olesker, Jay Shofet, and Bruce Zev Weissberg and other classmates currently living in Israel: We are thinking of you and holding you close in our hearts.

Where did the year 2023 go?

—David Eichman, 9004 Wonderland Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046; dme4law@sbcglobal.net; Philippa M. Guthrie, 2303 Woodstock Place, Bloomington, IN 47401; (812) 325-7512; philippaguthrie@yahoo.com