Dear ’45s, I am writing to you from Hanover as the summer heat has just broken and the first scent of fall is in the air. As you read this, the glorious colors of fall are done, the leaves have fallen, and the first snow is coming soon. The change of seasons is a big part of the powerful sense of place that we all take away from our days in Hanover. Please let me know what your favorite place on campus was! Speaking of seasons, the baseball postseason will have just ended as you read this. I hope you all saw the cover story in the September/October issue of DAM. I found Bianca Smith ’12, who steps up as Major League Baseball’s first Black female coach, inspiring. She’s “got game” indeed! The San Francisco Chronicle of July 6 shared the news that classmate Edward Harlan Wilson passed away on May 22 in Greenbrae, California. After Dartmouth, Ted attended Ohio State Medical School. He completed a surgical residency at Mass General and in 1953 went to the Hospital of Special Surgery in New York City, after serving in the U.S. Army in Germany as chief of orthopedic surgery. He married Ruth Sams in 1954 and three years later moved to San Francisco, where he continued his practice for more than 40 years. Well into his 80s, Ted was known to walk from his home in Pacific Heights to the Golden Gate Bridge and back, six miles, reflecting the love of the outdoors he shared with his family throughout his life. Preceded in death by Ruth, Ted is survived by his four children, to whom we send our heartfelt condolences. News came to the College that Frank Nourse Youngman Jr. died in June. Following a year at Dartmouth, he transferred to the University of Washington for the U.S. Navy’s V12 program. He and his wife, Marilyn, settled in Portland, Oregon, and raised seven children. I send best wishes for a joyful holiday season to all ’45s. I sincerely hope this will be unlike last year and we can be with the ones we love in person. I’ll raise an eggnog to that!

—Martha J. Beattie ’76, 6 North Balch St., Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 667-7611; mbeattie76@gmail.com