Jane Hanks sent me a terrific article from her local magazine featuring her and the famous milk farm that Don and she hugely developed, with the help of their sons, into what is now one of the greatest milk farms of New York State, if not the nation. The pictures of her in her garden are beautiful and I urged her to send the piece to Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, where it belongs as a candidate for a full article, a story for all alums to enjoy. Suril Kantaria ’13, our class of ’41 current scholar, and his bright companion, Janine Leger, joined Vita and me for lunch at our congregate housing condo, The Greens. We had a lengthy discussion of the future of the College, now that Jim Yong Kim is gone, but not without his leaving his powerful impact on its international reputation. Walt Lipman writes that he is gallantly fighting Parkinson’s disease and it hasn’t affected his keen critical eye, which pointed out the goofs in our reunion calendar. Our visit to the farm where Millie Steel (Bill’s widow) and their daughter Sandy (an oncology nurse at the Dartmouth/Hitchcock Clinic) now live in Meriden, New Hampshire, delighted us with how “with it” Millie is. She not only diligently minds the farm’s beautiful dogs and horses, but is an active participant in many community projects designed to support others (my first rule for successful aging, one of the seven rules I presented at our 50th reunion, lo 20 years ago). The rules haven’t changed. Finally, the latest sad message I received is the loss of friend Felix Lillienthal, who captained our speed skating team! Keep in touch.


—Gene Stollerman, 53 Lyme Road, Apt. 10, Hanover, NH 03755; gstollerman2@comcast.net