Richard H. Allen, M.D., of Battle Creek, Michigan, was recently inducted into the Battle Creek Physicians’ Hall of Fame. He was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Dartmouth, went on to Harvard Medical School and then to orthopedic residency at Henry Ford Hospital. In 1956 he came to Battle Creek, where he practiced for more than 38 years. He helped found Southwest Michigan Rehabilitation Hospital and served for many years as a trustee. He served as president of the Michigan Orthopedic Society and as one of the first trustees of Leila Hospital. In the 1990s he was asked to serve on the board of the Southwest Michigan Rehabilitation Foundation and later became its president.


V.P. Joe Hayes is making the arrangements for our fall mini-reunion scheduled for the Norwich (Vermont) Inn the weekend of October 11-13, the weekend of Dartmouth Night and the Yale football game. A class executive committee meeting is scheduled for Friday afternoon, October 11, at the Norwich Inn.


The sympathy of the class is offered to the family of Edward Mann, who died in November 2012.


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