The deadlines for Class Notes seem to get ever closer together. We wait patiently to hear from you so we can spread your word to the rest of the class. The mailbox is empty, the phone does not ring and once in a while an e-mail arrives. This column is only as good as the news you provide. Once in a while we get some College news.


And so I must blow our horn once again. The Dartmouth Club of New York won the Metro Club of the Year Award for 2012, and the award mentions a “poignant event featuring an emotional presentation from WW II veterans” from our class along with President Emeritus James Wright on the 68th anniversary of D-Day as one of the contributing factors. That was your class president and Jon Mendes. May I remind you that was us and our book Dartmouth at War, which some of us wrote. We need you to keep that book visible front and center. Mention it at your next dinner or cocktail party. Remind your children what you did! 


Once again I regret to have to report the loss of three more classmates: John Wester, Edwin Pingree and Frederick Heinbokel.


I would much prefer to report good news to you. However, this column is almost completely dependent on you providing news. So please give me a hand.


If you can, come to the inauguration of our new President Philip Hanlon ’77 September 20. Be a part of history. Have a great summer.


—Leo F. Caproni Jr., 370 East 76 St., Apt. A 406, New York City, New York 10021; (212) 988-6012; (212) 988-6715 (fax); caproni@aol.com