Class Note 1955
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Al Anderson lives most of the year in Dallas with his wife, Nancy Lee. He grew up in Garden City, New York, and spends three weeks each summer on Shelter Island (near the end of Long Island) in a home built in the 1970s and inherited from his mother. In 1956 he went to the draft board and wanted to join the Air Force. He met a “base guy” who immediately called a general when he learned that Al was a par golfer. He spent the next four of his eight years in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and learned to fly B47s. I believe he met and married Nancy Lee there. After the Air Force he joined American Airlines and flew planes to Frankfurt, Paris, London, Aruba and the Dominican Republic until he retired at age 60. At our 25th Al climbed Mt. Moosilauke with his son Scott, who is a “scratch” golfer. Scott has a successful dental practice and raises funds for a dental clinic for the poor he initiated in Mexico.
Swift and Kit Lawrence spent a couple days recently with Hart and Jill Perry. Hart is headed to the Henley Royal Regatta as a steward of the event. Swift states that Hart is the only American who has been accorded such an honor. The Henley is the oldest sporting event in the competitive boating arena. Hart has been the driving force in the establishment of a rowing museum at the Mystic Seaport that is a re-creation of an 1800s seaport. The seaport outgrew its library and a new one was built. Hart convinced the port to utilize the old library to present exhibits and house the history of crew and boating. Hart lives in Stonington, Connecticut. Go to www.mysticseaport.org and learn about the re-creation of the 19th-century village.
Swift and Kit’s daughter Marsha ’80 is married to Scott Somerville ’79. They have six children, all home schooled, and have created a curriculum that Marsha turned into a book about home schooling. The book is used internationally. Marsha and Scott have established a business setting curriculum, winning many awards in the process. Marsha attributes her success to her liberal arts education at Dartmouth.
Al Murray has accepted an appointment to the National Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. They are a group of 100 volunteers whose mission is listening to taxpayers, identifying issues regarding implementation of tax laws and making recommendations to the IRS on ways to deal with those issues. While they cannot do anything about the laws that impose the taxes, they “can help make compliance less burdensome.” He would be glad to hear from any classmate who has any issue to raise about IRS procedures, notices, forms, etc. His e-mail address is apage116@aol.com. This generous offer comes from our classmate, who earned a Ph.D in economics, taught at Lafayette College, worked on tax legislation at the U.S. Treasury and served on two congressional staffs.
—Bob Fanger, 24 Commonwealth Ave., Apt. 3, Boston, MA 02116; (617) 266-2735; rfanger1@msn.com
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Al Anderson lives most of the year in Dallas with his wife, Nancy Lee. He grew up in Garden City, New York, and spends three weeks each summer on Shelter Island (near the end of Long Island) in a home built in the 1970s and inherited from his mother. In 1956 he went to the draft board and wanted to join the Air Force. He met a “base guy” who immediately called a general when he learned that Al was a par golfer. He spent the next four of his eight years in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and learned to fly B47s. I believe he met and married Nancy Lee there. After the Air Force he joined American Airlines and flew planes to Frankfurt, Paris, London, Aruba and the Dominican Republic until he retired at age 60. At our 25th Al climbed Mt. Moosilauke with his son Scott, who is a “scratch” golfer. Scott has a successful dental practice and raises funds for a dental clinic for the poor he initiated in Mexico.
Swift and Kit Lawrence spent a couple days recently with Hart and Jill Perry. Hart is headed to the Henley Royal Regatta as a steward of the event. Swift states that Hart is the only American who has been accorded such an honor. The Henley is the oldest sporting event in the competitive boating arena. Hart has been the driving force in the establishment of a rowing museum at the Mystic Seaport that is a re-creation of an 1800s seaport. The seaport outgrew its library and a new one was built. Hart convinced the port to utilize the old library to present exhibits and house the history of crew and boating. Hart lives in Stonington, Connecticut. Go to www.mysticseaport.org and learn about the re-creation of the 19th-century village.
Swift and Kit’s daughter Marsha ’80 is married to Scott Somerville ’79. They have six children, all home schooled, and have created a curriculum that Marsha turned into a book about home schooling. The book is used internationally. Marsha and Scott have established a business setting curriculum, winning many awards in the process. Marsha attributes her success to her liberal arts education at Dartmouth.
Al Murray has accepted an appointment to the National Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. They are a group of 100 volunteers whose mission is listening to taxpayers, identifying issues regarding implementation of tax laws and making recommendations to the IRS on ways to deal with those issues. While they cannot do anything about the laws that impose the taxes, they “can help make compliance less burdensome.” He would be glad to hear from any classmate who has any issue to raise about IRS procedures, notices, forms, etc. His e-mail address is apage116@aol.com. This generous offer comes from our classmate, who earned a Ph.D in economics, taught at Lafayette College, worked on tax legislation at the U.S. Treasury and served on two congressional staffs.
—Bob Fanger, 24 Commonwealth Ave., Apt. 3, Boston, MA 02116; (617) 266-2735; rfanger1@msn.com