Class Note 1961
Issue
Steve Bosworth is back in the limelight. Currently dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, Steve has recently been appointed the U.S. special envoy to North Korea. Dealing with the political issues in North Korea, a rogue nuclear power, is making his stint as U.S. envoy to the Philippines during the end of the Marcos era look like a picnic in the park on a sunny summer day with a cold beer in hand.
The 1961-2011 connections programs is flourishing and in full swing, thanks primarily to the significant efforts of Pete Bleyler, Maynard Wheeler, Al Rozycki, Bruce Johnson, Bob Hargraves and others on the class connections committee. Two events were scheduled for this past summer: an etiquette dinner held in July and a barbeque dinner held in August as part of the sophomore class Fieldstock week. For those of you who want to know what the etiquette dinner entails, it includes a speaker who discusses a full range of proper behaviors from proper etiquette at dinners to how to act when marketing oneself to prospective employers or graduate schools. What is Dartmouth becoming, a finishing school?
The spring Alumni Council meeting had three people from our class attending in different capacities: Pete Bleyler represented the classes of 1961 and 1962, Ivar Jozus represented the Class Treasurers Association and Vic Rich represented the Class Secretaries Association. All of us were extremely impressed with the introduction of and discussion with Dartmouth’s new president, Jim Yong Kim. He displayed a good knowledge of the conflict issues at Dartmouth and the historic loyalty of the Dartmouth alumni, and he is very articulate and possesses a keen wit.
Try to attend the class mini-reunion, scheduled for the weekend of October 2-4. Maynard Wheeler and his committee have planned numerous enjoyable events, including a mixed session with members of the class of 2011.
Next year’s on-the-road mini-reunion is being scheduled for Philadelphia, which is easy to get to and a place with lots of things to do while you are there. Try to attend. The Scottsdale, Arizona, mini-reunion this year was fantastic and those of you who were unable to attend missed a really fine event.
In closing, I want to thank Dr. Jim McElhinney for his free medical diagnosis and advice with respect to my knees. Jim, it now appears that I do need complete knee replacements rather than mere arthroscopic surgery (or simply ignoring the problem altogether). This simply confirms that who you know is more important than what you think you know!
—Victor S. Rich, 5 Red Ground Road, Old Westbury, NY 11568; victor.rich@rsmi.com
Sept - Oct 2009
Steve Bosworth is back in the limelight. Currently dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, Steve has recently been appointed the U.S. special envoy to North Korea. Dealing with the political issues in North Korea, a rogue nuclear power, is making his stint as U.S. envoy to the Philippines during the end of the Marcos era look like a picnic in the park on a sunny summer day with a cold beer in hand.
The 1961-2011 connections programs is flourishing and in full swing, thanks primarily to the significant efforts of Pete Bleyler, Maynard Wheeler, Al Rozycki, Bruce Johnson, Bob Hargraves and others on the class connections committee. Two events were scheduled for this past summer: an etiquette dinner held in July and a barbeque dinner held in August as part of the sophomore class Fieldstock week. For those of you who want to know what the etiquette dinner entails, it includes a speaker who discusses a full range of proper behaviors from proper etiquette at dinners to how to act when marketing oneself to prospective employers or graduate schools. What is Dartmouth becoming, a finishing school?
The spring Alumni Council meeting had three people from our class attending in different capacities: Pete Bleyler represented the classes of 1961 and 1962, Ivar Jozus represented the Class Treasurers Association and Vic Rich represented the Class Secretaries Association. All of us were extremely impressed with the introduction of and discussion with Dartmouth’s new president, Jim Yong Kim. He displayed a good knowledge of the conflict issues at Dartmouth and the historic loyalty of the Dartmouth alumni, and he is very articulate and possesses a keen wit.
Try to attend the class mini-reunion, scheduled for the weekend of October 2-4. Maynard Wheeler and his committee have planned numerous enjoyable events, including a mixed session with members of the class of 2011.
Next year’s on-the-road mini-reunion is being scheduled for Philadelphia, which is easy to get to and a place with lots of things to do while you are there. Try to attend. The Scottsdale, Arizona, mini-reunion this year was fantastic and those of you who were unable to attend missed a really fine event.
In closing, I want to thank Dr. Jim McElhinney for his free medical diagnosis and advice with respect to my knees. Jim, it now appears that I do need complete knee replacements rather than mere arthroscopic surgery (or simply ignoring the problem altogether). This simply confirms that who you know is more important than what you think you know!
—Victor S. Rich, 5 Red Ground Road, Old Westbury, NY 11568; victor.rich@rsmi.com