Classes & Obits

Class Note 1948

Issue

Mar - Apr 2010



Our incoming class vice president Ray Richards is regularly commuting from his and Gloria’s rural retreat in East Thetford, Vermont, to Detroit and occasionally Mexico City in his consulting assignments, ranging from operations to financial planning for a privately owned company supplying high-precision gauges key to automotive production. They are going gangbusters in a struggling industry. Product niches are great in any market.


Dick Legatt maintains his primary residence in Cohassett, Massachusetts, where he continues to practice corporate and fiduciary law. He has been a trustee for the past 30 years at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, which association he finds very rewarding. Dick, Patsy and the family had a memorable fortnight vacation on a chartered sailboat exploring Prince William Sound and environs in Alaska.


Dot and Dick Dahl recently took a leisurely cruise on the Holland American line from New York City through the Panama Canal to Vancouver with numerous stops en route. Their three sons arranged a surprise visit for Dottie’s 80th birthday to Newport, Rhode Island, to see the senior play at the Tennis Hall of Fame. They were elegantly ensconced on a 40-foot yacht in the harbor. 


Foxy Parker, in addition to the work he continues to do for Dartmouth ’48, is on the board of trustees for Saint George School, where he was secretary for many years and is still closely involved. For 30 years he and Helen have had a house in Vail, Colorado, where they enjoy visiting their two daughters year-round. Helen says Foxy still hits the slopes and she has just retired. We both had the same experience when we first skied in Colorado and everyone complained about ice on the mountain where there was nothing but a light crust. How about 30 yards of sheet ice on a narrow, mogully, double diamond at Stowe or the whole mountain at Stratton after a thaw.


Culture is where you find it. Last spring Bud and Barbara Munson were touring Arizona and the highlight of their trip was an all-Dvorak program by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra in Tucson.


Dave Kurr, 4281 Indian Field Road, Clinton, NY 13323; (315) 853-3582; djkurr@verizon.net