Received a note from Spider Potterton ’62 about Bill Briggs. Bill was the first person to ski the Grand Teton, the Middle Teton, Mount Moran and Mount Owen. It is said that he is the” father of extreme skiing in North America.” In 2008 Bill was inducted into the U.S. National Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame. He is a founding member of the Stage Coast Band, which has played country and bluegrass music every Sunday since 1969 at the Stage Coast Bar in Wilson, Wyoming. He also founded and presides over Hootenanny, an open mic music event that happens every Monday in Moose, Wyoming. He plays the banjo, auto harp and six- and 12-string guitars.


The class of 2013 has named Professor David Lagomarsino the winner of the Jerome Goldstein Award for Distinguished Teaching at Dartmouth.


Those that played football at Dartmouth in the 1950s were honored during halftime at the Columbia game in October. Representing ’54 were Wally Anderson and Dave Thielscher.


Bill Bullen reports that he had a “horrific motorcycle accident” in May of 2008. As a result of the residuals of those injuries he recently gave up tennis. Within the past year he had lunch with Trish and Peter Bullis and Mary and Dave Thielscher. 


Plans are all set for our 60th reunion on June 9 to June 11 (early-bird reception at the Mullins home on June 8). Make your plans now.


At a dinner in October in Hanover marking the 100th anniversary of the Alumni Council, Don Berlin was awarded the Dartmouth Alumni Award for his exceptional contributions to alumni affairs through his long-standing leadership. Present in addition to his wife, Barbara, were his sons Geoffrey ’84 and Eric ’89 and daughter-in-law Laura Hartwell Berlin ’89. Also in attendance were Anne and Rick Hartman, Jane and Dick Page, Natalie and John Fenn, Jean and Bob Adnopoz and Rosemary and Dave Mandelbaum. Don was the 12th ’54 so honored. Previous recipients were Bob Adnopoz, Dick Barker, Pete Barker, John Gillespie, Jerry Goldstein, Dave McLaughlin, Dave Mandelbaum, John Moore, Charlie Morrison, Steve Mullins and Dick Page.


—Don Berlin, 7 Hamilton Drive, Washington Valley, Morristown, NJ 07960-3311; (973) 267-8122; berlin1954@aol.com