Greetings to all ’45s. This issue of Dartmouth Alumni Magazine is a special issue focusing on books. It highlights class authors, book clubs, and favorite Dartmouth titles. I looked through all the ’45 Class Notes that are in the magazine’s archive hoping to find books written by your classmates, but alas, I could not find any mentioned by our previous class secretaries. I certainly know they exist! Several Google searches also proved to be ineffective. If you are so inclined, we can celebrate the class of ’45 authors in our next class column. Please share any books that you remember were written by classmates or by you. I am eager to remind everyone of our literary friends and applaud their accomplishments. James Dickson is one classmate who was an author and a doctor, and I am sad to share that he passed away last August at the age of 99. James went on to Harvard Medical School after Dartmouth and became a leader in the world of general and thoracic surgery. During the Korean War he was chief of surgery at the 8055 Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in Korea. He went on to engage with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Electronic Systems Laboratory and became a major part of the development and implementation of a computer-oriented system for biomedical research and healthcare. From 1965 to 1989 Dr. Dickson was director of the engineering in biology and medicine program at the National Institutes of Health, director of health for the President’s Advisory Council on Management Improvement, and assistant surgeon general. Dr. Dickson was a member of the National Academy of Medicine, a diplomat of the American Board of Surgery, a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a past president of the Biomedical Engineering Society, and an author of some 50 professional papers on surgery and biomedical research. He was the editor and coeditor of six books dealing with science, technology, and medicine. Certainly, a prolific and scholarly author! Dr. Dickson is survived by his loving wife of 45 years, Vivian, three children, and six grandchildren.

—Martha Johnson Beattie ’76, 6 North Balch St., Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 667-7611; mbeattie76@gmail.com