Class Note 1951
Issue
November-December 2024
Joe Spound phoned from his senior living complex in Needham, Massachusetts; it sounds very similar to Jean and my Evanston, Illinois, living accommodations. All of us are finding this to be an ideal setting at this stage of our lives: independent living with access to more care when and if we need it. Our spaces, we discover, both feature prominently displayed Dartmouth memorabilia. As I write I am looking at two Indian-head canes, mine and my father’s (Kenneth, class of 1916). Joe and I plan home-and-home Facetime tours of our decor.
Joe sees Howie and Jeannette Allen (Brookline, Massachusetts) often and is in regular phone contact with Chick Geilich in Florida. Joe is eager to find a ’51 lunch group and is looking into a Hanover visit to join Mike Choukas, Lu Martin, and Henry and Amy Nachman for one of their periodic get-togethers. A check of the class directory shows Blake Ireland, Richard Kahn, Gerald McMahon,and Dick Terry, plus numerous ’51 widows, as suburban Boston-area neighbors who could be included in an occasional mini-reunion lunch with Joe.
Paul andIlsa Orth are also enjoying life in a senior living community; theirs is in Bloomfield, Connecticut. Paul is a regular in the onsite fitness center and never misses a Hartford Symphony concert. He was saddened by the recent death of his old ’51 roommate Chris Fuller.We have also learned of Charlie Blood’s passing. A longtime resident of Farmington, Maine, he was the son and brother of Dartmouth graduates.
Ed and Ann Golden have sold their longtime Connecticut home, leaving Vero Beach, Florida, as their U.S. base. Next stop: Torremolinos, Spain, a part of the world they especially enjoyed during Ed’s years in Europe with International Telephone and Telegraph Corp. They are on the lookout for a regular home away from home there.
Despite a stroke, Dick Bergman remains very active after 30 years in Florida. Dick’s career was with DuPont. His current interests include interaction with nearby family from two marriages, involvement in several sports, and an active schedule of duplicate bridge in which he has earned his life masters.
—Pete Henderson, 450 Davis St., Evanston, IL 60201; (847) 905-0635; pandjhenderson@gmail.com
Joe sees Howie and Jeannette Allen (Brookline, Massachusetts) often and is in regular phone contact with Chick Geilich in Florida. Joe is eager to find a ’51 lunch group and is looking into a Hanover visit to join Mike Choukas, Lu Martin, and Henry and Amy Nachman for one of their periodic get-togethers. A check of the class directory shows Blake Ireland, Richard Kahn, Gerald McMahon,and Dick Terry, plus numerous ’51 widows, as suburban Boston-area neighbors who could be included in an occasional mini-reunion lunch with Joe.
Paul andIlsa Orth are also enjoying life in a senior living community; theirs is in Bloomfield, Connecticut. Paul is a regular in the onsite fitness center and never misses a Hartford Symphony concert. He was saddened by the recent death of his old ’51 roommate Chris Fuller.We have also learned of Charlie Blood’s passing. A longtime resident of Farmington, Maine, he was the son and brother of Dartmouth graduates.
Ed and Ann Golden have sold their longtime Connecticut home, leaving Vero Beach, Florida, as their U.S. base. Next stop: Torremolinos, Spain, a part of the world they especially enjoyed during Ed’s years in Europe with International Telephone and Telegraph Corp. They are on the lookout for a regular home away from home there.
Despite a stroke, Dick Bergman remains very active after 30 years in Florida. Dick’s career was with DuPont. His current interests include interaction with nearby family from two marriages, involvement in several sports, and an active schedule of duplicate bridge in which he has earned his life masters.
—Pete Henderson, 450 Davis St., Evanston, IL 60201; (847) 905-0635; pandjhenderson@gmail.com