I lead with the sad news that my wife of 65 years, Kathryn, passed away in the cardiac ICU of our Wilmington, Delaware, hospital of a severe heart attack. I thank you, classmates who I was able to notify, for your expressions of sympathy in cards, calls, emails, and especially the green and white flowers at the service for the celebration of her life.

By the time you are reading this issue, our new Dartmouth president, Sian Leah Beilock, will be firmly established at the helm. By all reports from the College and various media and interviews, she is off to a good start, including a hike up Mount Moosilauke with members of the class of 1983! Welcome! Challenges await, for sure, such as artificial intelligence and how that will be handled in the classroom. Also of note, Dartmouth football will be underway under the direction of interim head coach Sammy McCorkle, who has coached for 18 seasons at Dartmouth, as Buddy Teevens ’79 continues to recover from his bicycle accident in Florida in March. Buddy had coached for 23 seasons prior to the accident.

The Canadian wildfire smoke caused us some real problems in the East, such as canceled ball games. Marty Aronson’s answer was to go to Cleveland to see the Red Sox! They swept the Yanks recently, too—the wild card is in sight.

The class is transitioning into their 90s! Rousing birthday reports for Ross Robbins in Chicago and Dick Roberts in Peterborough, New Hampshire. Fred Pessel is very active in the tennis scene (has a No. 3 ranking) and played recently in the national grass courts championships. Al Van Huyck turned 90 in January and has dialed back his major efforts in local civic causes and activities in his home area of Loudon County, Virginia. Al’s reduced outside efforts permit him more caregiving time to his wife, Betty.

Sadly, we report the passing of Hi Allman, Larry Hagar, Jay Hogan III.

—Ken Lundstrom, 1912 Marsh Road, IL Apt. 132, Wilmington, DE 19810; (919) 641-5219, ken lundstrom@yahoo.com