Class Note 1945
Issue
January-February 2021
As you read this, we will be about to enter a new year. The past year will stand as another historic and unprecedented time experienced by the class of 1945. I offer heartfelt hopes that the year ahead will bring healing. We again will hug each other, be with family, and give all people the benefit of the doubt as we work together to solve what seemed insurmountable at times in 2020.
Ted Bracken ’65 shared research done for an alumni trip to Normandy, France. He learned about Fletcher Burton,who was killed on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1945. Fletch came to Dartmouth from Providence, Rhode Island, and enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard during his sophomore year. He was one of 23 in the class of 1945 who joined the armed forces prior to graduation, never to return. Ted invites you to email him at ted.bracken@yahoo.com for a copy of this sadly compelling story.
Giulio Pontecorvo’s son, Andrew, shared that Giulio and his wife, Margaret, are living in New York City, across the street from Columbia, where Giulio taught in the Graduate School of Business. The pandemic kept them from their home on Martha’s Vineyard this summer, but Giulio still fills his days writing about economics.
James Fannon’s son, Doug, wrote that Jim passed away on August 20, 2020, in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Jim founded a pioneering multimedia agency in New York City. At Dartmouth he was a member of the Dartmouth Outing Club and skied. Throughout his life he loved to paint, sail, and play tennis. We send our sincere condolences to his family.
I am saddened to share that the College has learned of the passing of Stevens Belknap in 2016 and John Hoffman in 2018. This year brought losses of classmates Kenneth “Ken” Eldredge, James “Jim” Torian, and Robert Hanson. All of these classmates served their country in World War II and shared the unique and abbreviated Dartmouth experience that shaped the great class of 1945. We honor and remember them all.
Please send me your news and stay well. My best to all!
—Martha J. Beattie, 6 North Balch St., Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 667-7611; mbeattie76@gmail.com
Ted Bracken ’65 shared research done for an alumni trip to Normandy, France. He learned about Fletcher Burton,who was killed on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1945. Fletch came to Dartmouth from Providence, Rhode Island, and enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard during his sophomore year. He was one of 23 in the class of 1945 who joined the armed forces prior to graduation, never to return. Ted invites you to email him at ted.bracken@yahoo.com for a copy of this sadly compelling story.
Giulio Pontecorvo’s son, Andrew, shared that Giulio and his wife, Margaret, are living in New York City, across the street from Columbia, where Giulio taught in the Graduate School of Business. The pandemic kept them from their home on Martha’s Vineyard this summer, but Giulio still fills his days writing about economics.
James Fannon’s son, Doug, wrote that Jim passed away on August 20, 2020, in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Jim founded a pioneering multimedia agency in New York City. At Dartmouth he was a member of the Dartmouth Outing Club and skied. Throughout his life he loved to paint, sail, and play tennis. We send our sincere condolences to his family.
I am saddened to share that the College has learned of the passing of Stevens Belknap in 2016 and John Hoffman in 2018. This year brought losses of classmates Kenneth “Ken” Eldredge, James “Jim” Torian, and Robert Hanson. All of these classmates served their country in World War II and shared the unique and abbreviated Dartmouth experience that shaped the great class of 1945. We honor and remember them all.
Please send me your news and stay well. My best to all!
—Martha J. Beattie, 6 North Balch St., Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 667-7611; mbeattie76@gmail.com