Class Note 1951
Issue
March - April 2024
Paul Orth is the latest published author among our ’51 classmates. He has written Adventures in Court, true stories based on fascinating court cases. When pressed, Paul described his book as “short, clear, and moving, and it even contains some significant history.” I have ordered a copy from Amazon. Paul and Ilsa are residents of a senior living community in Bloomfield, Connecticut.
Jim Ballard is their neighbor.
Dick Eitel reported in from Florida, where he was competing in senior (over-90) singles and doubles tennis tournaments. While there he connected with Art Worden in nearby Fort Pierce. Dick lives in Seattle, where he puts us couch potatoes to shame as he heli-skis and monitors snowpack samples in remote backcountry areas.
Spotted: Elaine Bovaird (Jim’s widow), who still lives in the Winnetka (Illinois) house in which she and Jim raised their family. Elaine looks just the same as she did when she married Jim all those years ago. And a phone visit with Sandy and Gebby McDonald alerted me to their recent move from their longtime home in Darien, Connecticut, to Northampton, Massachusetts, to be closer to their sons. Herb Knight and I are regular phone visitors; he is still in his home in St. Charles, Illinois, very active, but just far enough from my Evanston home that most of our visits are now virtual.
Ailing: Berl Bernhard, Mike Choukas, Bill Farnham, Jack Giegerich, Chuck Nadler, and Herb Shay.They would love to hear from you. I’m happy to provide contact information.
Have you tried joining our class Zoom meetings, arranged by Al Brout and featuring talks by some of Dartmouth’s most eminent professors? These sessions also offer an opportunity to visit with participating classmates (usually 15 or 20 of us peering out of our little Zoom boxes). Invitations to these events are sent to all ’51s via email. Connecting is a breeze (especially if one has tech-savvy kids and grandkids coaching from the sidelines).
We have lost six more classmates. Recent deaths include George “Suds” Bissell, George Dimon, John Homsy, Ed Isbey, Don Smith, M.D., and Al Tarlov.
—Pete Henderson, 450 Davis St., Evanston, IL 60201; (847) 905-0635; pandjhenderson@gmail.com
Jim Ballard is their neighbor.
Dick Eitel reported in from Florida, where he was competing in senior (over-90) singles and doubles tennis tournaments. While there he connected with Art Worden in nearby Fort Pierce. Dick lives in Seattle, where he puts us couch potatoes to shame as he heli-skis and monitors snowpack samples in remote backcountry areas.
Spotted: Elaine Bovaird (Jim’s widow), who still lives in the Winnetka (Illinois) house in which she and Jim raised their family. Elaine looks just the same as she did when she married Jim all those years ago. And a phone visit with Sandy and Gebby McDonald alerted me to their recent move from their longtime home in Darien, Connecticut, to Northampton, Massachusetts, to be closer to their sons. Herb Knight and I are regular phone visitors; he is still in his home in St. Charles, Illinois, very active, but just far enough from my Evanston home that most of our visits are now virtual.
Ailing: Berl Bernhard, Mike Choukas, Bill Farnham, Jack Giegerich, Chuck Nadler, and Herb Shay.They would love to hear from you. I’m happy to provide contact information.
Have you tried joining our class Zoom meetings, arranged by Al Brout and featuring talks by some of Dartmouth’s most eminent professors? These sessions also offer an opportunity to visit with participating classmates (usually 15 or 20 of us peering out of our little Zoom boxes). Invitations to these events are sent to all ’51s via email. Connecting is a breeze (especially if one has tech-savvy kids and grandkids coaching from the sidelines).
We have lost six more classmates. Recent deaths include George “Suds” Bissell, George Dimon, John Homsy, Ed Isbey, Don Smith, M.D., and Al Tarlov.
—Pete Henderson, 450 Davis St., Evanston, IL 60201; (847) 905-0635; pandjhenderson@gmail.com