Foregoing a more elaborate mini-reunion because of our upcoming 60th reunion, a group of Washington, D.C.-area classmates and spouses met in early May for dinner at the Army-Navy Club arranged by retired Marine Corps Col. Jim Fowler and wife Betsey. Attending the congenial affair were Doug Corderman and Joan, Ted Fellowes and Sally, Gordy Kay and Nancy, class president Dorn McGrath and Ann Brainerd, and Bill Sweet and Joan, along with Kayo Cox’s widow, Solveig, and Vic Trautwein and Ginny, who were passing through on their way back to Rhode Island from their winter home in Georgia. 


Speaking of the reunion, chairman Alden Fiertz reports thatplans for the reunion, set for Monday through Thursday, June 11-14, 2012, are proceeding apace. His committee is developing a variety of panels and class-sponsored activities, including collaboration with the 55th reunion class of 1957 in a panel on national healthcare issues. Alden attended parts of the 1951 60th reunion and found much satisfaction among attendees with the accommodations in the new air-conditioned McLaughlin dormitory cluster, where we will be housed. He notes that 1951 set a new Dartmouth 60th reunion attendance record, which we should treat as an implicit challenge. So mark your calendars! 


Meanwhile, in the short term there are two upcoming gatherings that might be of interest to classmates from the New York City area and perhaps elsewhere as well. On September 15 Bob Ringstad and Bart Lombardi will host their annual 1952 luncheon at noon at the Yale Club in the city at Vanderbilt Avenue and 44th Street. This has been a well-attended affair in past years and Bob would welcome new blood along with prior participants. Let Bob know at (201) 652-0807 if you’d like to attend. And on the weekend of October 13-16 the class of 1953 has planned a mini-reunion at the Hotel Thayer at West Point, New York, to which they have extended invitations to members of the classes of 1952 and 1954. This event was brought to my attention by Chuck Liddle,who is planning to attend. Contact Cathy Ellis at www.hrvtours.com for details and reservations.


—Dave Drexler, 1706 N. Park Dr., Apt. 8, Wilmington, DE 19806 (302) 428-0398; dave@drexler.com