Dreams, creativity and enthusiasm are neither lost nor dulled with time. Retired Marine John Joy, living in a home he built himself, continues to fulfill his dreams. After retiring from teaching at the University of North Carolina, where he taught theater to a multitude of aspiring actors among whom is Tony Award-winner Beth Leadel, John returned to his roots and moved back to his ancestral region near Buffalo, New York. There he acts and teaches acting in a most unusual company, the Torn Space Theater, a group that seeks out unusual venues in which they can create a total harmonic theatrical experience between the dialogue, the sets and the very venue, all of which engender an active intellectual as well as emotional response to its productions. John is preparing to play in a yet-unnamed production that will take place in an abandoned Catholic church and will run from August until February. His past credits there include the role of Hagg in Samuel Beckett’s End Game, for which he was nominated for the equivalency of a regional Tony. John is thoroughly enjoying pulling together all of his talents, energies and dreams.


Peter Bridges is another classmate who continues his involvement in those areas of his interest and passions. When he is not climbing mountains, he writes books and shares his wealth of knowledge about international affairs. Once again, while visiting his beloved Rome, Mary and Peter visited their son Andrew ’92 and wife Maury ’92 and their son Roland in Pristina, the capital of Kosovo. While there Peter gave a lecture on failed states at the American University in Kosovo. He writes that the university has an agreement with Dartmouth that will bring Dartmouth students there to study as well as some faculty members.


Bonnie and Dave Siegel have announced a partial schedule for mini-reunions this fall: Colgate, Nancy Johnson; Penn, Donna and Chuck Reilly; Columbia, TBA; Cornell, Bonnie and David Siegel; Princeton, TBA.


I must close with unhappy tidings once again. We mourn the loss of our classmates Bradford Edgerton, Karl G. McGhee and Robert L. Lambert and offer our class’ sympathies to their families.


—Mark H. Smoller, 4 Schuyler Drive, Jericho, NY 11753; (516) 938-3616; dartmark@gmail.com