We did it! With the last gift of $2,000 from Paul Dalton, solicited by Dick Page, we accomplished our goal of raising $100,000 for the Seaver Peters athletic sponsor endowment. Our total is $100,700 and will grow. This endowment ensures that the class of ’54 will almost double its previous level of support for this great program and do it in perpetuity. I never cease to marvel at the willingness of our class to support Dartmouth and do it with generosity and enthusiasm. This endowment sets yet another ’54 benchmark for other classes to strive to match.

Following is the first of the comments from our new set of interns. Anindu Rentala ’21 is the Richard A. Pearl ’54 Dartmouth Center for Social Impact 2020 class of 1954 sponsored intern at the Georgetown Law School criminal justice clinic in Washington, D.C. She writes: “I worked closely with a team of attorneys and law professors, taking on pro bono criminal defense cases. I went to crime scenes and canvassed for witnesses, went to jail to meet with clients, and helped attorneys with trial preparation. I met with low-income clients and African Americans and began to understand the condition of the American project. It’s the guilty project. For most of our clients, their stories were tragic. The job of the public defender is to tell those stories.”

We mourn the passing of Larry Mamlet, Edwin Bruce Haertl, Luke Case, David Snow, Donn Hill, Thomas Osborn, Robert Basset, Nelson Putnam,and James Conlin.

—Wayne Weil, 246 Ridge Road, Rutherford, NJ 07070; (201) 933-4102; wayne@dartmouthgraphics.com