As we settle in with the current events of 2024, it is interesting to think back 76 years, to the spring of 1948, when we first learned of our acceptance to the Dartmouth world and the class of 1952. It was an exciting time for all, finishing our high school/prep school experience with a bang and looking forward with excitement, and some trepidation, to the challenge in front of us. Now, here we are, some 100 of us, doing our best to understand the world of technology, artificial intelligence, increasing climate change, cryptocurrency, the latest medical advice—all the good stuff. This led to the thoughts of contacting some friends from the “good old days,” our freshman fall in Hanover. Gil Ellenberger, originally from Cleveland, Ohio, but now comfortably settled in a retirement community in Palo Alto, California, with his partner, Jo Howard, reports things are going well there, but he is less active, i.e., not driving and traveling. Another contact was with Ross Daniels, who lived freshman year in Streeter Hall, across from Gil. Ross came to Dartmouth from Pawling, New York, and he still lives in Pawling. As with most of us, Ross reports some health issues, but he is at home and has good support from his five offspring, three of whom are also Dartmouth alumni. Not many of us are now very close to where we started, but another who qualifies is Kermit Ingham, a native of Stillwater, Oklahoma. He’s still there and enjoying the comforts of a retirement community and missing the Dartmouth days. His father was also an alum—and from Stillwater. Another recent contact was with our colorful classmate Jack Boyle. He and his wife, Dodie, are retirement community denizens in the Boston area, close to their roots, and being well cared for.

How say you? Drop us a line, so we may pass along your news, and we surely hope it is positive. Sadly, in these past few months we have lost four more classmates, Charles Best, Richard Kezer, Douglas Corderman,and Laurence Sterne;remembrances are online.

—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com