Class Note 1951
Issue
March-April 2022
What can we do as an encore after last fall’s brilliant reunion celebration in Hanover? The College doesn’t sponsor formal reunions after the 70th, but class president Al Brout is orchestrating regional lunches in cities where ’51 alumni and surviving spouses are concentrated. In the works: Boston (Joe Spound and Howie Allen in charge), Hanover (Mike Choukas), Florida (Chick Geilich), and California (Al). Stay tuned for details of these opportunities to meet conveniently with other classmates and widows.
We will continue to offer Zoom gatherings. Al and his astonishingly tech-friendly daughters have arranged four such events so far, featuring classmates Al Moses and Al Tarlov, Marcy and Joe Caldwell’s son Jay, and Rosie Kerr, director of sustainability at Dartmouth who briefed us on the College’s trail-blazing efforts to reduce its carbon footprint.
Another rich source of class news is our outstanding website (1951.dartmouth.org). You will find photos and stories from the 2021 reunion, copies of all 40 “Spirit of ’51” award citations, every issue of Charlie Russell’s Fifty-One Fables newsletter, obituaries, and more.
Or we can just pick up the phone and call a ’51 friend. It will make everyone’s day! I will be glad to provide contact information.
I was especially pleased to see and visit with Nate Jacobson during our most recent Zoom meeting. Nate and his wife, Leila, emigrated to Israel upon his retirement from law practice in 1984 and lived there for many years. He describes this major life change as the most important and satisfying adventure of their lives. Nate and Leila now live in a retirement community in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.
Other welcome reconnections via the Zoom call: Joyce LeClair (widow of Al) checking in from Boca Grande, Florida; Fred Ranney (Kendall Park, New Jersey); and Deirdre Welch (Josiah’s widow), newly settled in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
With sadness, I report the deaths of nine more ’51 family members: Dick Bacon, Dave Barker, Suzanne Barnett (widow of Tom),Isobel Christensen (widow of Herm), Tom Goodman, Don Kope, Pete Martin, Ron Thorburn,and Dick Wright.
—Pete Henderson, 450 Davis St., Evanston, IL 60201; (847) 905-0635; pandjhenderson@gmail.com
We will continue to offer Zoom gatherings. Al and his astonishingly tech-friendly daughters have arranged four such events so far, featuring classmates Al Moses and Al Tarlov, Marcy and Joe Caldwell’s son Jay, and Rosie Kerr, director of sustainability at Dartmouth who briefed us on the College’s trail-blazing efforts to reduce its carbon footprint.
Another rich source of class news is our outstanding website (1951.dartmouth.org). You will find photos and stories from the 2021 reunion, copies of all 40 “Spirit of ’51” award citations, every issue of Charlie Russell’s Fifty-One Fables newsletter, obituaries, and more.
Or we can just pick up the phone and call a ’51 friend. It will make everyone’s day! I will be glad to provide contact information.
I was especially pleased to see and visit with Nate Jacobson during our most recent Zoom meeting. Nate and his wife, Leila, emigrated to Israel upon his retirement from law practice in 1984 and lived there for many years. He describes this major life change as the most important and satisfying adventure of their lives. Nate and Leila now live in a retirement community in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.
Other welcome reconnections via the Zoom call: Joyce LeClair (widow of Al) checking in from Boca Grande, Florida; Fred Ranney (Kendall Park, New Jersey); and Deirdre Welch (Josiah’s widow), newly settled in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
With sadness, I report the deaths of nine more ’51 family members: Dick Bacon, Dave Barker, Suzanne Barnett (widow of Tom),Isobel Christensen (widow of Herm), Tom Goodman, Don Kope, Pete Martin, Ron Thorburn,and Dick Wright.
—Pete Henderson, 450 Davis St., Evanston, IL 60201; (847) 905-0635; pandjhenderson@gmail.com