Of the many roads our class has traveled, one of the more unusual certainly belongs to Ahmed Osman (featured in an article in the last issue). He writes, “You may wonder what brought this Nubian African to Hanover. I first came to the United States in 1960 to represent my country, the Sudan, in the New York Herald Tribune World Youth Forum. We were hosted by American families and the high schools in their neighborhoods. On my return I was admitted to the law school at the University of Khartoum, but I wanted to pursue my education abroad. I applied to Brandeis and Dartmouth; Brandeis offered a full scholarship while Dartmouth offered tuition only. I was tempted to accept Brandeis’ offer when the class of 1956 stepped in with its first full scholarship for a foreign student, including hosting the awardee by the families of the class during vacations. Thus, I was honored to belong to two classes, ’65 and ’56. Reflecting back to the time I spent at Dartmouth, I consider that period as the happiest of my life in terms of human friendship and support I found and developed at Dartmouth, the knowledge I gained there, and possibly the change I brought in Malcolm X to believe, after his pilgrimage to Mecca, in the brotherhood of all races irrespective of color and origin. It was that changeover that drove me to facilitate his invitation to Dartmouth, eulogize him at his funeral against all odds, and miss my timely graduation to accompany his widow to the hajj to have her experience the same rituals of human brotherhood as did her husband.” You can read Ahmed’s full letter to the class at www.biggreen65.com.

Add Philo Willetts to the list of published ’65 authors. His children’s book, Nursery Rhymes for Modern Times: Vol I: Great Americans, came out in 2019. Phi is still doing orthopedic medicine in Westerly, Rhode Island, where he landed after two years in the Navy and “44 countries and 48 states.”

Finally, with sadness I report the loss of classmates Claude “Rocky” Liman and Tom Morton.

—Bob Murphy, 7 Willow Spring Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-5589; murph65nh@comcast.net