Class Note 1965
Issue
September-October 2020
The much-anticipated 55th reunion got the Covid-19 shove into 2021. Keep an eye on this column for more details as we and the College navigate the unknown.
Being, as we are, liberally educated modern sorts, we held the annual meeting that is always a part of the reunion by Zoom. Thirty-odd participants included Hank Amon, Carl Boe, Dave Beattie, Ted Bracken, Don Bradley, Duncan Burke, Brian Butler, Gerry D’Aquin, Rick Davey, Brad Dewey, Bob Ernst, Pete Frederick, Mike Gonnerman, Jim Griffiths, Walt Harrison, Gary Herbst, Bill Hicks, Stu Keiller, Jaan Lumi, John McGeachie, Bob Murphy, Ken McGruther, Mike Orr, Joe Picken, John Rogers, Joel Sternman, Bill Webster, Tom Wise, George Wittreich, Allen Zern, and Bob Ziemian.
I should mention that Gonnerman is the instigator and driving force behind our assimilation of internet technology into our class activities. He and Stu Keiller have given us all bragging rights as savvy old guys boogying into the 21st century. We are grateful for their leadership.
Although the reunion may have to wait a year, a new slate of officers does not. Griffiths chaired the nominating committee for the quinquennial beginning July 1. The officers proposed and unanimously elected are president, Don Bradley; vice president, Mike Gonnerman; treasurer, Mark Sheingorn; secretary/DAM column editor, Bob Murphy; Dartmouth College Fund head agent, Joel Sternman; planned giving/Bartlett Tower Society, Hank Amon; webmaster, Stu Keiller; newsletter editor, John Rogers.
In response to the question, “What are you doing during the pandemic?” Brian Butler wrote, “Carolyn and I will live the class motto in July and August, driving from Arizona to visit family and friends in Wyoming, Montana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, and Maine. We’ll spend about three weeks in Maine, where we have dear friends and I have two brothers (also dear friends, of course). On the leg from Wisconsin to Maine we’ll tow our Rangeley guide boat, which we’ll leave in Maine where she belongs. Social distancing will be observed throughout.”
Tom Bettman adds, “Stayin’ alive here in Eugene [Oregon], where Covid is still rare. Daughter Amanda ’12 is managing to survive and still working from home in Boston. Up til the pandemic closed things down I was tutoring math, science, and Spanish at one of our local high schools as a volunteer for 20-plus hours a week; now I am useful only to my dog and assorted fruit trees.”
Tom Balogh wrote a marvelous, painful reminiscence that begins, “Where were you 50 years ago? Where were you for the first moon landing and the Woodstock festival in the summer of 1969?” He speaks of his experience in Vietnam, losing friends and a classmate, Stephen MacVean. I will return to Tom’s piece in the newsletter or biggreen65.com.
Finally, thank you all for reading and commenting. It has been a signal honor to write the ’65 story these past five years. I hope you will continue to help Murph tell more of it in this column. I’ll be looking forward to your longer-form news for the newsletter.
—John Rogers, 6051 Laurel Ave., #310, Golden Valley, MN 55416; (763) 568-7501; johnbairdrogers@comcast.net
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Being, as we are, liberally educated modern sorts, we held the annual meeting that is always a part of the reunion by Zoom. Thirty-odd participants included Hank Amon, Carl Boe, Dave Beattie, Ted Bracken, Don Bradley, Duncan Burke, Brian Butler, Gerry D’Aquin, Rick Davey, Brad Dewey, Bob Ernst, Pete Frederick, Mike Gonnerman, Jim Griffiths, Walt Harrison, Gary Herbst, Bill Hicks, Stu Keiller, Jaan Lumi, John McGeachie, Bob Murphy, Ken McGruther, Mike Orr, Joe Picken, John Rogers, Joel Sternman, Bill Webster, Tom Wise, George Wittreich, Allen Zern, and Bob Ziemian.
I should mention that Gonnerman is the instigator and driving force behind our assimilation of internet technology into our class activities. He and Stu Keiller have given us all bragging rights as savvy old guys boogying into the 21st century. We are grateful for their leadership.
Although the reunion may have to wait a year, a new slate of officers does not. Griffiths chaired the nominating committee for the quinquennial beginning July 1. The officers proposed and unanimously elected are president, Don Bradley; vice president, Mike Gonnerman; treasurer, Mark Sheingorn; secretary/DAM column editor, Bob Murphy; Dartmouth College Fund head agent, Joel Sternman; planned giving/Bartlett Tower Society, Hank Amon; webmaster, Stu Keiller; newsletter editor, John Rogers.
In response to the question, “What are you doing during the pandemic?” Brian Butler wrote, “Carolyn and I will live the class motto in July and August, driving from Arizona to visit family and friends in Wyoming, Montana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, and Maine. We’ll spend about three weeks in Maine, where we have dear friends and I have two brothers (also dear friends, of course). On the leg from Wisconsin to Maine we’ll tow our Rangeley guide boat, which we’ll leave in Maine where she belongs. Social distancing will be observed throughout.”
Tom Bettman adds, “Stayin’ alive here in Eugene [Oregon], where Covid is still rare. Daughter Amanda ’12 is managing to survive and still working from home in Boston. Up til the pandemic closed things down I was tutoring math, science, and Spanish at one of our local high schools as a volunteer for 20-plus hours a week; now I am useful only to my dog and assorted fruit trees.”
Tom Balogh wrote a marvelous, painful reminiscence that begins, “Where were you 50 years ago? Where were you for the first moon landing and the Woodstock festival in the summer of 1969?” He speaks of his experience in Vietnam, losing friends and a classmate, Stephen MacVean. I will return to Tom’s piece in the newsletter or biggreen65.com.
Finally, thank you all for reading and commenting. It has been a signal honor to write the ’65 story these past five years. I hope you will continue to help Murph tell more of it in this column. I’ll be looking forward to your longer-form news for the newsletter.
—John Rogers, 6051 Laurel Ave., #310, Golden Valley, MN 55416; (763) 568-7501; johnbairdrogers@comcast.net