Class Note 1954
Issue
March-April 2023
I just returned from our mini reunion, and what a success it was. After three years of planning by president Shelly Woolf and multiple starts and stops, everything came together.
First was an informal Friday meeting, as “formal” meetings occur only on official reunion years. This was followed by a discussion and a reading of names of classmates who passed on since our last meeting. We then started party time with a cocktail party and dinner at the Hanover Inn and a performance by the premier coed a cappella group, the Dartmouth Dodecaphonics.
Saturday started with a continental breakfast and a roundtable led by Dick Page, with classmates talking about activities since graduation. Then we had lunch and a “Retrospective of 50 Years of Dartmouth Coeducation” facilitated by Sarah Page ’86 and Cheryl Bascomb ’82, vice president of alumni relations. Afternoon activities included optional tours of venues, including the latest at the Hood Museum and new campus buildings that combine a new computer science facility with the Thayer School of Engineering. Evening consisted of cocktails with guest speakers Sylvia Racca, executive director of the Dartmouth College Fund, accompanied by Debra Stearns, ’54 development coordinator. Dinner finished the day with guest speaker Susan Wright.
Sunday concluded the weekend activities with a farewell continental breakfast. Pete Kenyon gave an overview of the 2022 internships. We sponsored six interns, two each at the Rockefeller Center, Dickey Center, and Dartmouth Center for Student Impact. The funding came from the earnings produced by the $600,000 class internship fund. The six students came from the 18 choices sent to our internship committee (Bob Levine, Dan McCarthy, and Norm Veasey). The internships were to Seoul, South Korea; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Jackson, Mississippi; New Hampshire and Vermont; and New York City (working on the U.S. committee to the United Nations).
We no longer sponsor an individual athlete, as the College sent our athlete fund ($100,000) directly to the athletic department. We continue our book placement in the library in the name of each dead classmate.
We note the passing of John Bergensen Sr., Frank Carey,Natalie Fenn, Don Brief, and Tim Wagner.
—Wayne Weil, 246 Ridge Road, Rutherford, NJ 07070; (201) 933-4102; wayne@dartmouth graphics.com
First was an informal Friday meeting, as “formal” meetings occur only on official reunion years. This was followed by a discussion and a reading of names of classmates who passed on since our last meeting. We then started party time with a cocktail party and dinner at the Hanover Inn and a performance by the premier coed a cappella group, the Dartmouth Dodecaphonics.
Saturday started with a continental breakfast and a roundtable led by Dick Page, with classmates talking about activities since graduation. Then we had lunch and a “Retrospective of 50 Years of Dartmouth Coeducation” facilitated by Sarah Page ’86 and Cheryl Bascomb ’82, vice president of alumni relations. Afternoon activities included optional tours of venues, including the latest at the Hood Museum and new campus buildings that combine a new computer science facility with the Thayer School of Engineering. Evening consisted of cocktails with guest speakers Sylvia Racca, executive director of the Dartmouth College Fund, accompanied by Debra Stearns, ’54 development coordinator. Dinner finished the day with guest speaker Susan Wright.
Sunday concluded the weekend activities with a farewell continental breakfast. Pete Kenyon gave an overview of the 2022 internships. We sponsored six interns, two each at the Rockefeller Center, Dickey Center, and Dartmouth Center for Student Impact. The funding came from the earnings produced by the $600,000 class internship fund. The six students came from the 18 choices sent to our internship committee (Bob Levine, Dan McCarthy, and Norm Veasey). The internships were to Seoul, South Korea; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Jackson, Mississippi; New Hampshire and Vermont; and New York City (working on the U.S. committee to the United Nations).
We no longer sponsor an individual athlete, as the College sent our athlete fund ($100,000) directly to the athletic department. We continue our book placement in the library in the name of each dead classmate.
We note the passing of John Bergensen Sr., Frank Carey,Natalie Fenn, Don Brief, and Tim Wagner.
—Wayne Weil, 246 Ridge Road, Rutherford, NJ 07070; (201) 933-4102; wayne@dartmouth graphics.com