Class Note 1955
Issue
November-December 2020
No 65th reunion this fall and no makeup in 2021! The executive committee has been working on a plan to bring us together in 2021 and most certainly in 2022. Details will be carried in the newsletter and individual mailings.
The August newsletter reported that we held new officer elections via the executive committee; the slate was 100-percent approved. Mike Gorton is our new class president. Congratulations, Mike!
Nancy and Frank Carlton celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary with a family dinner at Cascade Manor, Eugene, Oregon, in June. A photo of them holding their newest great-grandson was posted on Facebook in August.
Bonnie MacAdam, Hood Museum curator of American Art, announced her retirement. Bonnie has been a key factor in the selection of the class’s three major gift acquisitions, starting with Abbott Thayer’s Below Mount Monadnock in 1997. We thank her and wish her well.
Al Van Huyck provided a thoughtful recollection in the newsletter about Professor Eldredge ’31, whose exploits in WWII were featured in the July/August alumni magazine. Described as “my mentor and most influential professor while at Dartmouth and beyond,” he had a major impact on Al’s noteworthy career in urban planning.
Dick Mount continues to raise money for youth tennis in New England. He completed his tour of a match in 48 states and is in the process of climbing, solo, 26 mountains in New England—one for each letter of the alphabet—and trying to find one that begins with an “X.” The funds he raised enabled purchases of equipment for inner-city youth programs and to build a backboard practice facility.
Mabel and Hod Symes summered as usual in Wells River, Vermont, and even had a social distance lunch at Lou’s! Shirley Tenney, Paul Merriken’s wife, emailed from their retirement facility in Asheville, North Carolina, that she is recovering successfully from hip replacement even with all the Covid isolation requirements. Paul, who turned 87 this summer, does well, but is limited by macular degeneration. “Dartmouth is still prominent in his prideful reflections—a most special part of his life,” she stated.
—Ken Lundstrom, 1101 Exchange Place, #1106, Durham, NC 27713; (919) 206-4639; kenlundstrom@yahoo.com
The August newsletter reported that we held new officer elections via the executive committee; the slate was 100-percent approved. Mike Gorton is our new class president. Congratulations, Mike!
Nancy and Frank Carlton celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary with a family dinner at Cascade Manor, Eugene, Oregon, in June. A photo of them holding their newest great-grandson was posted on Facebook in August.
Bonnie MacAdam, Hood Museum curator of American Art, announced her retirement. Bonnie has been a key factor in the selection of the class’s three major gift acquisitions, starting with Abbott Thayer’s Below Mount Monadnock in 1997. We thank her and wish her well.
Al Van Huyck provided a thoughtful recollection in the newsletter about Professor Eldredge ’31, whose exploits in WWII were featured in the July/August alumni magazine. Described as “my mentor and most influential professor while at Dartmouth and beyond,” he had a major impact on Al’s noteworthy career in urban planning.
Dick Mount continues to raise money for youth tennis in New England. He completed his tour of a match in 48 states and is in the process of climbing, solo, 26 mountains in New England—one for each letter of the alphabet—and trying to find one that begins with an “X.” The funds he raised enabled purchases of equipment for inner-city youth programs and to build a backboard practice facility.
Mabel and Hod Symes summered as usual in Wells River, Vermont, and even had a social distance lunch at Lou’s! Shirley Tenney, Paul Merriken’s wife, emailed from their retirement facility in Asheville, North Carolina, that she is recovering successfully from hip replacement even with all the Covid isolation requirements. Paul, who turned 87 this summer, does well, but is limited by macular degeneration. “Dartmouth is still prominent in his prideful reflections—a most special part of his life,” she stated.
—Ken Lundstrom, 1101 Exchange Place, #1106, Durham, NC 27713; (919) 206-4639; kenlundstrom@yahoo.com