Congratulations once again are due to the class of 1961 for putting together and presenting another outstanding class mini-reunion on May 27, its third during the fiscal year ended June 30. Once again Pete Bleyler (the mini-reunion chair as well as the producer and director of the event) along with Harris McKee and Maynard Wheeler (the online managers and technical wizards for the event) deserve much of the credit. However, as always, it was the panelists who made the show a success; they were well-prepared and interesting speakers and moderators, both from the class of ’61 (Oscar Arslanian, Al Ward, and Dick Noel as classmate speakers, and Charlie Buffon, Bob Hargraves, and Pete Bleyler as classmate moderators), spouses of ’61 classmates (Nyla Arslanian), and three current Dartmouth studentswho are or were Dickey Center or Bosworth awardees of stipends from the class of 1961.In addition, Vic Rich and Harris McKee presented a 1961 Special Classmate Award(on behalfof the class’ special classmate awards committee) to Al Rozycki for his outstanding service to the class of ’61, Dartmouth College, and the Geisel School of Medicine. The approximately five-hour mini-reunion ended with several breakout discussion sessions on several different topics designed to be of interest to the attendees.

Don O’Neill andVic Rich,as the class’s designated alumni liaisonsto the Dartmouth trustee-appointed presidential search committee, have been working hard with the other ’61 class officers and executive committee members to compile a recommendation list from the perspective of older and more seasoned alumni as to what qualities and viewpoints the committee should be seeking in a new president for Dartmouth and in what general order of priority. Completion and submission of the list is scheduled for July.

The Mike Kirst biography project, promoted by Stanford University, has concentrated on structured conversations with and about Mike and about educational reform and the politics of education. The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2022.

—Victor S. Rich, 94 Dove Hill Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030; (516)446-3977; richwind13@gmail.com