Class Note 1961
Issue
March-April 2022
The class of ’61 column for the January/February issue of DAM stated that the class had received a letter of achievement (one of only 10 to 12) from the Class Officers Association executive boardand the office of alumni relations. This was a nice recognition for the class of ’61 and for the class officers, members of the class executive committee, and multiple other classmates who commit their time, talent, and effort to make the class a continuing success from year to year.
However, we are now in a new fiscal year and again hope and expect to prove our net worth as a class. We are off to a great start, winning our class decade in the College’s Forever Green Challenge, which took place in November 2021, by raising $72,384 from 63 classmate donors. As a result, an incoming student in 2022 for the class of 2026 will be named a Class of 1961 Scholar. Kudos to our class’ cochairs of fundraising, Harris McKee, Henry Eberhardt, and Rog McArt, with assistance, as usual, from Denny Denniston, Gerry Kaminsky, and Don O’Neill.
Some classmates receive star status early in their careers, whereas a few other classmates receive rock star status later in life. John White has pushed this comment to the limit. An educator who has turned a childhood interest in alleged UFO sightings and alleged alien encounters into a now prominent career, John has chronicled accounts of UFO sightings and alien encounters, lectured widely, hosted annual conferences on UFOs, and published several books on the existence of UFOs and the paranormal. Now that the Pentagon has recently admitted the existence and validity of UFOs, the entire field of study has received much more credibility. Many in the field believe that more public admissions by the Pentagon in the areas of UFOs and the paranormal will be forthcoming within the foreseeable future.
As a result of John’s success in the areas of alleged UFO sightings, paranormal experiences, and alien encounters, he has been highlighted in a full-page interview on the back page of the November/December 2021 issue of DAM (including an excellent caricature of John).
—Victor S. Rich, 94 Dove Hill Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030; (516) 446-3977; richwind13@gmail.com
However, we are now in a new fiscal year and again hope and expect to prove our net worth as a class. We are off to a great start, winning our class decade in the College’s Forever Green Challenge, which took place in November 2021, by raising $72,384 from 63 classmate donors. As a result, an incoming student in 2022 for the class of 2026 will be named a Class of 1961 Scholar. Kudos to our class’ cochairs of fundraising, Harris McKee, Henry Eberhardt, and Rog McArt, with assistance, as usual, from Denny Denniston, Gerry Kaminsky, and Don O’Neill.
Some classmates receive star status early in their careers, whereas a few other classmates receive rock star status later in life. John White has pushed this comment to the limit. An educator who has turned a childhood interest in alleged UFO sightings and alleged alien encounters into a now prominent career, John has chronicled accounts of UFO sightings and alien encounters, lectured widely, hosted annual conferences on UFOs, and published several books on the existence of UFOs and the paranormal. Now that the Pentagon has recently admitted the existence and validity of UFOs, the entire field of study has received much more credibility. Many in the field believe that more public admissions by the Pentagon in the areas of UFOs and the paranormal will be forthcoming within the foreseeable future.
As a result of John’s success in the areas of alleged UFO sightings, paranormal experiences, and alien encounters, he has been highlighted in a full-page interview on the back page of the November/December 2021 issue of DAM (including an excellent caricature of John).
—Victor S. Rich, 94 Dove Hill Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030; (516) 446-3977; richwind13@gmail.com