It was truly serendipitous when rain and cool weather prompted reunion chairman Dave Batchelder to opt for Collis Center as our indoor venue Monday and Tuesday evening. Wives, friends and children attending those dinners saw Collis as just another College building but classmates knew it as Freshman Commons, relatively unchanged from 1947-48. Eighty-eight classmates, seven widows along with wives, children and friends to equal 170, set a record for a 60th reunion. Beginning on Monday with registration at our headquarters in the new McLaughlin Cluster near Dick’s House, classmates were given opportunities to visit open houses and take walking tours before dinner. Tuesday brought us a panel discussion titled “World Perspectives,” moderated by Peter Martin, with Dick Halloran, Al Moses and Hav Smith. That was followed by a talk with President Kim and a luncheon at the Collis Center. Dinner that night was highlighted by a whole boiled lobster—what a treat! On Wednesday the first reunion class photo we have ever had took place on the Dartmouth Hall steps. The shoot was two-fold, classmates only and then everyone. Then came our memorial service with sensitive, thoughtful and stirring performances by our wearers of the cloth, Dick Bucey and Bill Leffler. It was a challenge for all of us to listen to class president Loye Miller read the names of 69 classmates who have died since our last reunion. The service concluded with George Biggs leading the Glee Club in its rendition of “Dartmouth Undying,” always good for a lump in your throat. Once again we journeyed to the Dartmouth Skiway for the class dinner, the Straw Hat Band and engraved desk clocks presented to those who made the reunion go click-click: Henry Nachman, Bob Hopkins, Dave Saxton, Joe Welch and other committee members. All agreed the getaway breakfast in the Hanover Inn was an elegant way to end our last June reunion. After 60 of these columns, about 4,000 birthday cards, 115 obituaries, countless phone and online contacts with classmates and the alumni records office I now write: 30. Finally, please welcome your next class secretary, Pete Henderson.


—Peirce McKee, 239 Village Gate, Orinda, CA 94563; peirce.mckee@rbc.com