Class Note 1955
Issue
March-April 2021
As this is being written, the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are being distributed to local hospitals and the first shots are being given. A welcome positive change in the news for sure. Optimistically, let’s be thinking that we’ll soon be getting out and visiting again.
The Olympics article in the most recent issue of Dartmouth Alumni Magazine led me to think of our Olympic skier, Ralph Miller, who was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated, February 6, 1956. In August 1955 in Portillo, Chile, while serving in the Army, he was the first to ski more than 100 mph. In 1957 he was the first NCAA skimeister. He graduated from Dartmouth Medical School in 1959 and received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1961. He had a 39-year career with the University of Kentucky hospital and medical school. He and Pam are retired in Lexington, Massachusetts. In a jolly Christmas card Dick Mount notes that he has four to go on his solo youth tennis fundraising climb of the alphabet of New England mountains. John LeFever and his partner have relocated from Kingston, New York, to the warmer climes of Pompano Beach, Florida, nearer to family. John Barker and Barbara are now comfortably set up in a Kendal retirement center in Mitchellville, Maryland. John golfs frequently, is active in the community, and serves as chair of the association. Their Dartmouth family includes son John ’83, daughter Julie ’86, and granddaughter Elizabeth ’24.
I had a good series of emails with Magne Johnsrud, Horby, Sweden. After Tuck he worked for a few years at J.P. Morgan in New York City. City life was unappealing, and he became a professional horseman based in France, Norway, and the United Kingdom. He sold his horses and farm in Normandie and retired to Horby, Skåne County, about an hour north of Malmo. His hometown is Oslo, Norway, but Skåne is more central for him. He has positive memories of his happy years in Hanover.
Sadly, we report the passing of Doug Archibald, John Baldwin, Jed Isaacs, Harry Lewis,and Richard Swenson.
—Ken Lundstrom, 1101 Exchange Place, #1106, Durham, NC 27713; (919) 206-4639; kenlundstrom@yahoo.com
The Olympics article in the most recent issue of Dartmouth Alumni Magazine led me to think of our Olympic skier, Ralph Miller, who was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated, February 6, 1956. In August 1955 in Portillo, Chile, while serving in the Army, he was the first to ski more than 100 mph. In 1957 he was the first NCAA skimeister. He graduated from Dartmouth Medical School in 1959 and received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1961. He had a 39-year career with the University of Kentucky hospital and medical school. He and Pam are retired in Lexington, Massachusetts. In a jolly Christmas card Dick Mount notes that he has four to go on his solo youth tennis fundraising climb of the alphabet of New England mountains. John LeFever and his partner have relocated from Kingston, New York, to the warmer climes of Pompano Beach, Florida, nearer to family. John Barker and Barbara are now comfortably set up in a Kendal retirement center in Mitchellville, Maryland. John golfs frequently, is active in the community, and serves as chair of the association. Their Dartmouth family includes son John ’83, daughter Julie ’86, and granddaughter Elizabeth ’24.
I had a good series of emails with Magne Johnsrud, Horby, Sweden. After Tuck he worked for a few years at J.P. Morgan in New York City. City life was unappealing, and he became a professional horseman based in France, Norway, and the United Kingdom. He sold his horses and farm in Normandie and retired to Horby, Skåne County, about an hour north of Malmo. His hometown is Oslo, Norway, but Skåne is more central for him. He has positive memories of his happy years in Hanover.
Sadly, we report the passing of Doug Archibald, John Baldwin, Jed Isaacs, Harry Lewis,and Richard Swenson.
—Ken Lundstrom, 1101 Exchange Place, #1106, Durham, NC 27713; (919) 206-4639; kenlundstrom@yahoo.com