Class Note 1965
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May-June 2023
The most rewarding part of compiling these columns has been hearing the real-life stories of our classmates, particularly those who have followed the road less traveled. Photojournalist George Bellerose of Weybridge, Vermont, has written Portrait of a Forest: Men and Machine. The 304-page book, published by Vermont Folklife, documents how logging has shaped Vermont and examines the economic and environmental challenges facing the forest today. The traveling exhibit of Portrait can be found at vt.folklife.org (traveling exhibits). The book is for sale at vermontbookshop.com.
As background, George explains, “Why 50-plus years in journalism? That was not my intention at Dartmouth. Grad school, without real-world experience, led me to two years in the Peace Corps as a secondary school teacher in Thailand. (Ken Behar, Phil Edgerton, and Tony Garland were fellow volunteers.) My first full-time job, four years as staff reporter at The Providence Journal, was followed byeight years of peripatetic journalism—work at rural weeklies in Wyoming and Vermont, freelancing in Vermont and Asia, and my books. I’m interested in stories and people who are essential to community well-being but who are often overlooked or understood only superficially.” A longer piece on his work, and his three most recent books, will appear in an upcoming class newsletter.
I regret to report the loss of Kent Kesler (2020), Gregg Hannah (2021), Richard Thornley (2022), and Dick Furniss (2023). See our class website at www.biggreen65.com for details. In addition, Tom Meacham wrote to me of the death of his son, Scott Meacham ’95. This particularly impacted me because Scott was a fraternity brother of mine (Sigma Nu) as well as a classmate of my daughter, Cory Murphy Christensen ’95. Tom wrote “Scott loved Dartmouth, and he acted on that love by authoring the definitive book on the College’s architectural history, Dartmouth College: The Campus Guide. In 1995 Scott had started a website that became a running commentary on Dartmouth’s architecture and campus planning as the blog Dartmo.com, which he continued until his death.” Our condolences to the Meacham family; the extended ’65 family is diminished by Scott’s passing.
—Bob Murphy,7 Willow Spring Lane, Hanover, NH 03755, (603) 643-5589, murph65nh@comcast.net
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As background, George explains, “Why 50-plus years in journalism? That was not my intention at Dartmouth. Grad school, without real-world experience, led me to two years in the Peace Corps as a secondary school teacher in Thailand. (Ken Behar, Phil Edgerton, and Tony Garland were fellow volunteers.) My first full-time job, four years as staff reporter at The Providence Journal, was followed byeight years of peripatetic journalism—work at rural weeklies in Wyoming and Vermont, freelancing in Vermont and Asia, and my books. I’m interested in stories and people who are essential to community well-being but who are often overlooked or understood only superficially.” A longer piece on his work, and his three most recent books, will appear in an upcoming class newsletter.
I regret to report the loss of Kent Kesler (2020), Gregg Hannah (2021), Richard Thornley (2022), and Dick Furniss (2023). See our class website at www.biggreen65.com for details. In addition, Tom Meacham wrote to me of the death of his son, Scott Meacham ’95. This particularly impacted me because Scott was a fraternity brother of mine (Sigma Nu) as well as a classmate of my daughter, Cory Murphy Christensen ’95. Tom wrote “Scott loved Dartmouth, and he acted on that love by authoring the definitive book on the College’s architectural history, Dartmouth College: The Campus Guide. In 1995 Scott had started a website that became a running commentary on Dartmouth’s architecture and campus planning as the blog Dartmo.com, which he continued until his death.” Our condolences to the Meacham family; the extended ’65 family is diminished by Scott’s passing.
—Bob Murphy,7 Willow Spring Lane, Hanover, NH 03755, (603) 643-5589, murph65nh@comcast.net