This month I, Ron Lazar, am temporarily replacing Mark Smoller, our long-time devoted class secretary, whose wife, Bobby, passed away in April. They had been married for 68 years and were friends for 15 years before that. We pray for Mark and his family.

In the mid-1980s Don Goss had an idea to memorialize each deceased class member with a book to be purchased by the class and held at Baker Library. He asked John Kennedy if he’d be the point person for the project, which he wholeheartedly accepted and has been doing so ever since. Once he receives the name of the classmate from Mark, John then notifies librarian Tim Wolfe, who records that name on the inside cover of the chosen book and then relays the title back to John for documentation.

John has diligently recorded this information during the last 40 years, now with a total of almost 550 classmates and book titles. He has taken great pride in handling the memorial books project with great care and attention, as it has been a very meaningful way for him to give back to his class and the College. Thank you, John, for your many years of devoted service.

—Mark H. Smoller, 401 Lake Here Road, Putnam Valley, NY 10579; (845) 603-5066; dartmark@gmail.com