I have enjoyed reading Robert Caro’s monumental four-volume biography of Lyndon Johnson. It was fun to find in volume four, Passage to Power, several perceptive quotes from Loye Miller (West Lebanon, New Hampshire). Loye was a correspondent in Time magazine’s Washington, D.C., bureau beginning in 1959 and covered L.B.J. in the “uproarious” 1960 presidential primary and as vice president from 1961 to 1983. He was at Andrews Air Force base when the plane arrived bearing President Kennedy’s casket and newly sworn-in President Johnson.


Jerry Block (University Park, Florida) retired from his neurology practice in 1995 and will end his long teaching career this June. He and Taz divide their time between Florida and New York (and Switzerland, where their daughter lives, and Japan, where they visit Taz’s family).


George and Dorian Bikle (Richmond, California) represented our class at Herm Christensen’s memorial service at the Circus Club in Menlo Park, California. Herm was remembered by many friends for his personal integrity, honesty, fairness and service. Haviland Smith (Williston, Vermont) wrote to describe “universally warm and laudatory reflections” at a circle of remembrance for Frank Smallwood. Berl Bernhard (Annapolis, Maryland) and Peter and Lu Martin (Hanover) were also on hand. The ceremony was “packed with people with Dartmouth backgrounds.”


And, in one more such report, Jerry Staton (Carmel, Indiana) tells of speaking at Sam Chu’s memorial service. He recalled being pulled over for speeding by a female sheriff in Wisconsin years ago. Sam was driving. His excuse: “We’re two old college pals with so much to talk about that I didn’t notice my speed.” She let Sam go after pointing out the cruise control lever and advising him to try using it.


Sadly, we continue to lose old friends from our class. Al Wright died in January in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Art Worden (Fort Pierce, Florida) recalls the warm friendship of “two A.F.W.s” at Thayer School 60-plus years ago.


Parke Sickler (Brevard, North Carolina) has, with regret, resigned as our class vice president because of declining health. He has recently moved to College Walk, an independent living community in Brevard. 


—Pete Henderson, 450 Davis St., Evanston, IL 60201; (847) 905-0635; pandjhenderson@gmail.com