Class Note 1965
Issue
November-December 2020
Your class met virtually on July 16, our 55th reunion having fallen victim to the pandemic. New class officers elected include president Don Bradley, VP Mike Gonnerman, treasurer Mark Sheingorn, secretary Bob Murphy, head agent Joel Sternman, webmaster Stu Keiller, newsletter editor John Rogers, and Bartlett Tower/scholarship fund agent Hank Amon. A round of snaps for Gonnerman and his crew for a successful five years just completed. Among those successes, your class received the Alumni Fund award for largest percentage increase in donors for a reunion class under head agent Don Bradley.
Many of us are involved directly or indirectly in fighting the pandemic. One very active participant has been Rick Leach, as noted in a Warren County, New York, newsletter. A retired local physician and epidemiologist, Rick has given hundreds of hours to spearhead the collection of thousands of handmade masks and face coverings. Initially he arranged with local dentists to sterilize the masks; with dental practices resuming, recipients still receive the masks but must wash them before use. “Those who have made the masks should be very proud, not just because of their beautiful work, but also because of how much they have meant to our community,” Rick was quoted as saying. Although retired from active practice, he serves as Warren County Public Health’s infectious disease consultant. He calls his donors “masketeers, as it calls up chivalry and altruism and protecting the community against a marauding and sneaky enemy!” Rick is part of the small but loyal ’65 cadre that gathers for lunch several times a summer at Lake George, New York.
Making a cameo appearance in (of all things) the Harvard Alumni Magazine was Mark Tuttle. An article on the 50th reunion of Aiken Computation Lab there noted that he was hired “not because Tuttle knew much about computer programming (he didn’t), but because he had been an undergrad at Dartmouth, which was already evangelizing computing for everyone.” Mark is founder and director for 32 years of Silicon Valley medical technology company Apelon.
Finally, with sadness I report the loss of classmates Peter Akley, Paul Helgesen, David Oesterheld, and Ed Wynot.
—Bob Murphy,7 Willow Spring Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-5589; murph65nh@comcast.net
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Many of us are involved directly or indirectly in fighting the pandemic. One very active participant has been Rick Leach, as noted in a Warren County, New York, newsletter. A retired local physician and epidemiologist, Rick has given hundreds of hours to spearhead the collection of thousands of handmade masks and face coverings. Initially he arranged with local dentists to sterilize the masks; with dental practices resuming, recipients still receive the masks but must wash them before use. “Those who have made the masks should be very proud, not just because of their beautiful work, but also because of how much they have meant to our community,” Rick was quoted as saying. Although retired from active practice, he serves as Warren County Public Health’s infectious disease consultant. He calls his donors “masketeers, as it calls up chivalry and altruism and protecting the community against a marauding and sneaky enemy!” Rick is part of the small but loyal ’65 cadre that gathers for lunch several times a summer at Lake George, New York.
Making a cameo appearance in (of all things) the Harvard Alumni Magazine was Mark Tuttle. An article on the 50th reunion of Aiken Computation Lab there noted that he was hired “not because Tuttle knew much about computer programming (he didn’t), but because he had been an undergrad at Dartmouth, which was already evangelizing computing for everyone.” Mark is founder and director for 32 years of Silicon Valley medical technology company Apelon.
Finally, with sadness I report the loss of classmates Peter Akley, Paul Helgesen, David Oesterheld, and Ed Wynot.
—Bob Murphy,7 Willow Spring Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-5589; murph65nh@comcast.net