In my notes reporting our 70th reunion, my list of attendees failed to include good old Ed Stone. He was very much there, but somehow the list I had copied omitted his name.


I was also reminded of this in a note from Walt Lipman and then by telephone from Ed himself. Ed informs us that he had a telephone chat with classmate Francois Boutin, who was unable to make the reunion but who wants it to be recorded that he is still very much with it!


Ed Stone also reported that he had reached John Devaney’s wife, Claire, who asks that she be included among the list of current wives of our classmates, from which she had been omitted. John himself was not available, but Claire conveys his regards. Keep me hearing from any of you who wish to get a message to our doughty survivors. The winter has been too mild for good skiing. I recall that at one Winter Carnival way back in our time we had to have snow delivered to the ski jump by truck!


More serious news is a message to alumni from President Kim. At the December 2011 Dartmouth Alumni Council meeting he challenged the Dartmouth community to chart a bold path toward the College’s 250th anniversary: “If Dartmouth aspires to maintain its reputation as the institution of choice for the best faculty and the strongest students, then it must adapt, innovate and invest in its core strengths of teaching, research and student engagement and strive to become more global in its reach and impact,” he said. “The strategic planning initiative now under way is designed to find a path toward this goal.”


Yes, times are changing for the mission of the old College.


—Gene Stollerman, 53 Lyme Road, Apt. 10, Hanover, NH 03755; gstollerman2@comcast.net