Class Note 1954
Issue
Jan-Feb 2020
Gabrielle Hunter ’20, the Peter E. Bullis ’54 Rockefeller Center 2019 intern, interned with the Dartmouth Center for Global Health Equity. She worked with a team involved with the development of strategic engagement in Nigeria and was involved in working with several major donor foundations, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. She spent much of her effort in forming the combination of improved health with other efforts in Nigeria to improve the organization’s efforts with those of others with similar goals to form a single focus on better health within the Nigerian population.
We had a great 65th reunion, with 137 total attendees—this is a new 65th reunion record, surpassing the total attendance of 135 for the classes of ’51 and ’53—with 67 alumni (the record is 69, held by the class of ’42) and 10 widows. Send any photos from reunion to David Dames for the newsletter. Some reunion notes from Dick Barker: “Carol Mullins attended the reunion with her daughter, Stephanie. They were in the process of removing personal items from the Vermont homestead, after having disposed of the property some time ago. We have lots and lots of great memories of class gatherings together with Steve and Carol’s hospitality at their historic Vermont homestead. I saw Ed Hayes’ wife, Brenda, recently and she reported that Ed is doing well in East Dennis, Massachusetts, after having given up lawn mowing. Ed is still active in searching for postal covers from lost (sunken) ships. Sorry to hear that Don Berlin’s wife was not at reunion due to an automobile accident.”
Thirty-four classes provide funding for attracting student-athletes to Dartmouth, and our class gift of $3,000 ranks seventh in size of gift. Largest is $9,000 from the class of 1963. Additionally, 21 members of our class were individual sponsors, ranking ninth among classes, while seven were “leadership donors” (giving $600 or more), ranking fourth among classes. Interestingly, three classes tied at No. 1 with eight members. Thus, with one more ’54 giving $600, our class would tie for first in this category.
—Wayne Weil, 246 Ridge Road, Rutherford, NJ 07070; (201) 933-4102; wayne@dartmouthgraphics.com
We had a great 65th reunion, with 137 total attendees—this is a new 65th reunion record, surpassing the total attendance of 135 for the classes of ’51 and ’53—with 67 alumni (the record is 69, held by the class of ’42) and 10 widows. Send any photos from reunion to David Dames for the newsletter. Some reunion notes from Dick Barker: “Carol Mullins attended the reunion with her daughter, Stephanie. They were in the process of removing personal items from the Vermont homestead, after having disposed of the property some time ago. We have lots and lots of great memories of class gatherings together with Steve and Carol’s hospitality at their historic Vermont homestead. I saw Ed Hayes’ wife, Brenda, recently and she reported that Ed is doing well in East Dennis, Massachusetts, after having given up lawn mowing. Ed is still active in searching for postal covers from lost (sunken) ships. Sorry to hear that Don Berlin’s wife was not at reunion due to an automobile accident.”
Thirty-four classes provide funding for attracting student-athletes to Dartmouth, and our class gift of $3,000 ranks seventh in size of gift. Largest is $9,000 from the class of 1963. Additionally, 21 members of our class were individual sponsors, ranking ninth among classes, while seven were “leadership donors” (giving $600 or more), ranking fourth among classes. Interestingly, three classes tied at No. 1 with eight members. Thus, with one more ’54 giving $600, our class would tie for first in this category.
—Wayne Weil, 246 Ridge Road, Rutherford, NJ 07070; (201) 933-4102; wayne@dartmouthgraphics.com