Be on the lookout for email announcements of class of ’51 Zoom events. The most recent, in mid-December, brought together (virtually) 27 of us to celebrate Dr. Al Tarlov’s receipt of our “Spirit of ’51” award. Al has made extraordinary contributions to understanding and responding to the causes of declining life expectancy in the United States. See the next issue of ’51 Fables for the complete citation accompanying his “Spirit” award. I was especially glad to see Howard Glickstein, Giles Hamlin, Lu Martin, and Jim Tobin among the most recent Zoomers; it had been much too long since we had connected. It was another reminder of what interesting and accomplished classmates we’ve been privileged to know. Chuck Nadler fits that description to a T. He was an active outdoorsman at Dartmouth (Bait & Bullet president and Outing Club member). After graduation from medical school at Northwestern University, Chuck focused his research in biochemical genetics on the evolution of Asian rodents and their relationship to the Bering Land Bridge. He and his late wife, Nancy, and their three children made numerous research trips to Iran, Siberia, Alaska, and Canada, working as a team in the field and the lab. Hunting and wilderness canoe trips were favorite recreation activities. Jean and I had dinner a few years ago with Chuck and Nancy in their beautiful Chicago apartment overlooking Lake Michigan. Among lasting memories of that event: a long, somewhat scarred hallway where Chuck sharpened his skills with a crossbow (his preferred deer-hunting weapon), and a slightly worse-for-wear front window ledge where Chuck picked off annoying pigeons with a rifle.

Welcome notes and phone calls this month came from Fumiko Halloran, Herb Sorensen, Tom Barnett, and Doris Lindner.Tom and Doris are recovering from recent strokes. Tom and his wife, Suzanne, are moving to Round Rock, Texas, near their son’s home. We have lost five more members of the ’51 family: George Biggs, Nina Geilich, Marr Mullen, Nancy Roberts, and Hal Stahmer. We remember fondly these longtime friends.

—Pete Henderson, 450 Davis St., Evanston, IL 60201; (847) 905-0635; pandjhenderson@gmail.com