During the past 70-some years our focus has been heavily weighted to news of classmates and class events. Given the name of this publication that seems fair enough, but in fact, it goes only so far. We have not been attentive enough to the commitment, interest, support, and participation of family members, especially our spouses and partners. Many of our events and much of our news is a family shared experience and this is especially true even as we pass on. For example, we recently received very nice messages from Kay Taylor, widow of Wey Lundquist; from Judy Merrill, widow of Fred Merrill; from Ann Mandel, widow of Steve Mandel; from Judy North, widow of John North; and from Janet Kinnier, widow of Richard Kinnier. They all shared personal news and wished us the best for our reunion. Locally, around Hanover, wives staying interested after their husband’s passing include Judy Breed (Bill), Kay McCrillis (John), and Joan Kinne (Rem), to name a few. Two widows who drop us interesting notes from time to time are Susan Gutterman (Dan) and Ruth Guild (Alden). We also recently received news from Sharon Smith, advising us that she and Alan will be in Hanover for the reunion. Finally, indirectly, we received news from Melise Gramm ’88, daughter of Pat Gramm, regarding his move to a retirement community. At our last reunion several classmates came with one or more children, and we know this will happen again in 2022. Doug Corderman plans to attend from Oregon with his daughter, for example. So, clearly, support is not limited to the partner level. Also, we know that interest and involvement is not limited just to those who choose to communicate, it goes much deeper than that, but it seems appropriate to widen our perspective and to pay our sincere respects to the entire class family. We’ll have a full report to the class post-reunion. Condolences for the loss of several classmates: Lee H. Cliff, Richard R. Kinnier, Robert A. Barton, Marshall J. Smith, and Stanley E. Smiley.All passed away recently except belated notice of Stan Smiley.

—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com