Class Note 1958
Issue
October’s mini-reunion at Homecoming drew many fresh faces. Bob Rapp came all the way from Portland, Oregon; Judy and Ted Furber from Eden Prairie, Minnesota; and several from Florida: Joanne and Frank Blatz (Juno Beach), Sandra and Joe Slotnik (Miami) and Bill Yahr (Tallahassee). Up from Connecticut were Joel Einhorn (Roxbury), Margot and Al Greener (Mystic) and Sue and Dave Hoffman (Greenwich). John Ryan came from Virginia Beach, Dave Cassidy from Hanover. All told 50 classmates, spouses and widows were there, including Marcia Armstrong, Susan Williamson and Jane Yusen, all duly elected class members.
A major bright spot was Dartmouth’s 28-6 win over Columbia in the driving rain, ending the losing streak. Rays of gridiron daylight were quarterback Connor Kempe (two TD passes) and sophomore Nick Schwieger (244 yards rushing, an all-time Green record). Apropos football, Bob Downey will apply his skills as chairman of the new Friends of Football advisory board. “Our friends program is last in the league,” he says. At Saturday’s class dinner ex-footballers John Murphy and Doug Fusonie swapped Bob Blackman stories at our table. Apparently the legendary coach’s saltiest tongue-lashing was to yell, “Holy smokes, Fusonie, how’d you miss that block?”
The Friday post-bonfire bash in Lewiston, Vermont, featured Dave Bradley and his local doo-wop singers. The pre-game reception at Dave’s law office heard a spirited performance by the Dartmouth Marching Band huddled in dripping rain gear. After Saturday’s class dinner raconteur Murphy told lots of funny stories. Kudos for a great time go to mini organizers Nora and Frank Gould and Ann and Dave Bradley. See Andy Thomas’ Web site for minutes of the long but productive class meeting on Saturday—which, by unanimous vote, will convene on Friday afternoon next October.
Mini regular Hal Bernsen told of being forced into New York Harbor by foul weather on an ocean sail with three former NATO colleagues and phoning up Bob Downey, who invited them over for drinks and dinner at a neighborhood restaurant. Spotting four dozen roses in the Downey hallway with a card to Nancy attached, Hal realized too late they were about to become part of the Downeys’ anniversary dinner. “We went Dutch treat,” he said. One dogged mini regular is Jerry Manne, who still trades soybeans daily at Chicago’s Board of Trade. Others on the floor may be nimbler afoot, but none can match Jerry’s speed at calculating trading outcomes in his head.
At an October dinner at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Jim Sullivan was honored for his generosity and commitment to St. Francis House in Boston, the largest day shelter in New England. Jim chairs the 25-year-old organization, which serves 800 homeless daily.
John Trimble, chairing the Peter D. Williamson ’58 Distinguished Service Award Committee, seeks nominations for the first recipient of this periodic award for long and distinguished service to Dartmouth at the October 2010 mini-reunion. Contact John at jtrim99@comcast.net or committee members Susan Williamson, Walter Vail, Ralph Manuel or Hal Bernsen.
—Steve Quickel, 65 Chapel Road, New Hope, PA 18938; squickel@dartmouth58.org
Jan - Feb 2010
October’s mini-reunion at Homecoming drew many fresh faces. Bob Rapp came all the way from Portland, Oregon; Judy and Ted Furber from Eden Prairie, Minnesota; and several from Florida: Joanne and Frank Blatz (Juno Beach), Sandra and Joe Slotnik (Miami) and Bill Yahr (Tallahassee). Up from Connecticut were Joel Einhorn (Roxbury), Margot and Al Greener (Mystic) and Sue and Dave Hoffman (Greenwich). John Ryan came from Virginia Beach, Dave Cassidy from Hanover. All told 50 classmates, spouses and widows were there, including Marcia Armstrong, Susan Williamson and Jane Yusen, all duly elected class members.
A major bright spot was Dartmouth’s 28-6 win over Columbia in the driving rain, ending the losing streak. Rays of gridiron daylight were quarterback Connor Kempe (two TD passes) and sophomore Nick Schwieger (244 yards rushing, an all-time Green record). Apropos football, Bob Downey will apply his skills as chairman of the new Friends of Football advisory board. “Our friends program is last in the league,” he says. At Saturday’s class dinner ex-footballers John Murphy and Doug Fusonie swapped Bob Blackman stories at our table. Apparently the legendary coach’s saltiest tongue-lashing was to yell, “Holy smokes, Fusonie, how’d you miss that block?”
The Friday post-bonfire bash in Lewiston, Vermont, featured Dave Bradley and his local doo-wop singers. The pre-game reception at Dave’s law office heard a spirited performance by the Dartmouth Marching Band huddled in dripping rain gear. After Saturday’s class dinner raconteur Murphy told lots of funny stories. Kudos for a great time go to mini organizers Nora and Frank Gould and Ann and Dave Bradley. See Andy Thomas’ Web site for minutes of the long but productive class meeting on Saturday—which, by unanimous vote, will convene on Friday afternoon next October.
Mini regular Hal Bernsen told of being forced into New York Harbor by foul weather on an ocean sail with three former NATO colleagues and phoning up Bob Downey, who invited them over for drinks and dinner at a neighborhood restaurant. Spotting four dozen roses in the Downey hallway with a card to Nancy attached, Hal realized too late they were about to become part of the Downeys’ anniversary dinner. “We went Dutch treat,” he said. One dogged mini regular is Jerry Manne, who still trades soybeans daily at Chicago’s Board of Trade. Others on the floor may be nimbler afoot, but none can match Jerry’s speed at calculating trading outcomes in his head.
At an October dinner at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Jim Sullivan was honored for his generosity and commitment to St. Francis House in Boston, the largest day shelter in New England. Jim chairs the 25-year-old organization, which serves 800 homeless daily.
John Trimble, chairing the Peter D. Williamson ’58 Distinguished Service Award Committee, seeks nominations for the first recipient of this periodic award for long and distinguished service to Dartmouth at the October 2010 mini-reunion. Contact John at jtrim99@comcast.net or committee members Susan Williamson, Walter Vail, Ralph Manuel or Hal Bernsen.
—Steve Quickel, 65 Chapel Road, New Hope, PA 18938; squickel@dartmouth58.org