I write this at the end of December 2023, and this column will focus on the accomplishments of the class of 1961 during the current calendar year.

First, there were the three mini-reunions produced by Pete Bleyler and his support group consisting of Maynard Wheeler and Harris McKee. Two sessions werefull Zoom and one was a combined onsite and Zoom session. The sessions were of high quality, well produced, interesting, and popular.

Second, an expanded and more permanent home for the Robert Frost statue, begun in late 2022, was completed by the class of 1961 during 2023, including a significant stone wall and wooden seating area, as well as other improvements to the entire upper area of College Park with the class of 1973. Al Rozycki, with much assistance from Maynard Wheeler, Pete Bleyler, and Ron Wybranowski, led this third and final segment.

Third, there were the two awards received from the College during the year, one for the joint two-year class project in collaboration with the class of 1973 to clean up and renovate the entire upper portion of College Park and the other to recognize the class of 1961 for its exceptional success in Dartmouth College Fund participation (ranked No. 1 at more than 80 percent in 2023 and in most prior years during the past decade). For this latter award, thanks to Harris McKee, Henry Eberhardt, Rog McArt, Denny Denniston, Gerry Kaminsky, Don O’Neill, and several other classmates who led this effort.

Finally, we say farewell to the many, too many, classmates who passed away during the calendar year 2023. The class will never forget them and the contributions each one had made to the class of 1961 during the 67 years since convocation in the fall of 1957.

—Victor S. Rich, 94 Dove Hill Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030; (516)446-3977; richwind13@gmail.com