Class Note 1961
Issue
March-April 2021
As we begin the new year, we see a country and a world still mired in the worst throes of the Covid-19 pandemic, which began exactly a year ago. However, a light has appeared at the end of the long dark tunnel—a viable vaccine that is first being distributed and administered to people around the world. In the meantime, life goes on in a limited and restricted manner.
The class of ’61, however, has not been sitting idly by. After a most successful two-day virtual reunion in October, the class is following this up with one-day quarterly virtual Zoom reunions beginning in January. These will be led by Maynard Wheeler (nominated to become the next class president in June) and ably assisted again by Harris McKee, Pete Bleyler,and Don O’Neill.
As our class moves toward its 60th reunion, scheduled for June 14-17, it has become necessary for Pete Bleyler, chair, and his committee as well as the class executive committee led by class president Don O’Neill, to make certain decisions. Our 60th reunion is planned to take place in June; the reunion will be planned to be multi-day and entirely virtual; the reunion will be free to all classmates, spouses, widows, and other guests (including the reunion booklet and all or most other planned reunion gifts); should the College permit any on-campus activities, the class will evaluate whether to integrate any activities into its 60th reunion planning. By having all or most of our 60th reunion as virtual, we anticipate a larger turnout than if held entirely on campus because of the participation by those either unable, due to health or financial considerations, or unwilling to travel a long distance. Oscar and Nyla Arslanian graciously volunteered to produce the booklet for our 60th reunion.
One last sad point of irony, the November/December issue of DAM reviewed 12 recently published books by Dartmouth alumni. The first book listed, written by classmate Tony Horan, M.D., and titled The Rise and Fall of the Prostate Cancer Scam,was both fortuitous and too late for Tony, a fitness buff his entire life who passed away from prostate cancer around the time his book was published.
—Victor S. Rich, 94 Dove Hill Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030; (516) 446-3977; richwind13@gmail.com
The class of ’61, however, has not been sitting idly by. After a most successful two-day virtual reunion in October, the class is following this up with one-day quarterly virtual Zoom reunions beginning in January. These will be led by Maynard Wheeler (nominated to become the next class president in June) and ably assisted again by Harris McKee, Pete Bleyler,and Don O’Neill.
As our class moves toward its 60th reunion, scheduled for June 14-17, it has become necessary for Pete Bleyler, chair, and his committee as well as the class executive committee led by class president Don O’Neill, to make certain decisions. Our 60th reunion is planned to take place in June; the reunion will be planned to be multi-day and entirely virtual; the reunion will be free to all classmates, spouses, widows, and other guests (including the reunion booklet and all or most other planned reunion gifts); should the College permit any on-campus activities, the class will evaluate whether to integrate any activities into its 60th reunion planning. By having all or most of our 60th reunion as virtual, we anticipate a larger turnout than if held entirely on campus because of the participation by those either unable, due to health or financial considerations, or unwilling to travel a long distance. Oscar and Nyla Arslanian graciously volunteered to produce the booklet for our 60th reunion.
One last sad point of irony, the November/December issue of DAM reviewed 12 recently published books by Dartmouth alumni. The first book listed, written by classmate Tony Horan, M.D., and titled The Rise and Fall of the Prostate Cancer Scam,was both fortuitous and too late for Tony, a fitness buff his entire life who passed away from prostate cancer around the time his book was published.
—Victor S. Rich, 94 Dove Hill Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030; (516) 446-3977; richwind13@gmail.com