Class Note 1955
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Dick “Stretch” Johnson brings honor to the class of ’55 as an ambassador at the Dallas/Fort Worth airport, where he greets soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. There are 650 men and women working as volunteers seven days each week. One of his associates was awarded a Purple Heart during the Korean War and another flew 100 missions in Vietnam. One hundred to 150 troops fly in every day. As they leave the building, a crowd of people applauds them.
In addition to his work as an independent real estate broker Stretch volunteers as a docent at the Meadows Museum in Dallas, which has “the finest collection of medieval Spanish art outside the Prado,” he says. He escorted Laura Bush through the Etruscan exhibit last spring. Stretch sent me a copy of her gracious thank-you note. He and Peggy, married 44 years ago, have two grandsons, 6 and 8.
Mike Ellovich lives in Bloomfield, Connecticut, with his wife of 53 years, Lois. He continues his practice as a psychologist and as an adjunct professor at St. Joseph’s College in West Hartford. As a Dartmouth sophomore Mike, and Pete Geithner ’54 were the basketball team guards. He keeps up with Ron Judson ’57, another basketball star of that era. Mike played varsity baseball with Larry Blades and Bob Feltman and basketball with Dick Fairley, “Huck” Wilson, Larry Freier, Larry Blades and Gene Givens.
Mike served three years in the Marines, finishing in Korea, before completing his bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate. He works with adolescent and family issues at private and local public schools. Remember Doggie Julian?
Howard and Marcie Zelikow have been happy Californians for many years. Early in his career Howard worked as a C.P.A. at Ernst & Young and as chief financial officer of Progressive Insurance Co. His daughter Lori graduated from Dartmouth at our 25th reunion and was a gymnast, and his son Dan graduated from Dartmouth in 1983. Howard is currently a partner of Kayne Anderson, an investment management firm in L.A. He devotes much of his time to community service.
David and Joanne Heegaard live in Plymouth, Minnesota. Their son Frank has five daughters and lives in Illinois. Their daughter has two boys and a girl and lives nearby. Dave worked for Honeywell for 10 years before taking over and expanding an auto supply business. The couple garden at both their primary home and their cabin, which is 150 miles away. Joanne reads two or three books a week and hooks rugs for a hobby. They travel two to three weeks in the winter to a warmer climate.
Our ’55 reunion is coming June 14-16. Please sign up with Betty Brady. John French and his team are creating great events, including a tour of the physical changes of the campus, a talk by President Kim and lectures by outstanding faculty members. A special effort is being made to transport classmates to various events. We will have the best facilities.
—Bob Fanger, 24 Commonwealth Ave., Apt. 3, Boston, MA 02116; (617) 266-2735; r.fanger1@msn.com
Mar - Apr 2010
Dick “Stretch” Johnson brings honor to the class of ’55 as an ambassador at the Dallas/Fort Worth airport, where he greets soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. There are 650 men and women working as volunteers seven days each week. One of his associates was awarded a Purple Heart during the Korean War and another flew 100 missions in Vietnam. One hundred to 150 troops fly in every day. As they leave the building, a crowd of people applauds them.
In addition to his work as an independent real estate broker Stretch volunteers as a docent at the Meadows Museum in Dallas, which has “the finest collection of medieval Spanish art outside the Prado,” he says. He escorted Laura Bush through the Etruscan exhibit last spring. Stretch sent me a copy of her gracious thank-you note. He and Peggy, married 44 years ago, have two grandsons, 6 and 8.
Mike Ellovich lives in Bloomfield, Connecticut, with his wife of 53 years, Lois. He continues his practice as a psychologist and as an adjunct professor at St. Joseph’s College in West Hartford. As a Dartmouth sophomore Mike, and Pete Geithner ’54 were the basketball team guards. He keeps up with Ron Judson ’57, another basketball star of that era. Mike played varsity baseball with Larry Blades and Bob Feltman and basketball with Dick Fairley, “Huck” Wilson, Larry Freier, Larry Blades and Gene Givens.
Mike served three years in the Marines, finishing in Korea, before completing his bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate. He works with adolescent and family issues at private and local public schools. Remember Doggie Julian?
Howard and Marcie Zelikow have been happy Californians for many years. Early in his career Howard worked as a C.P.A. at Ernst & Young and as chief financial officer of Progressive Insurance Co. His daughter Lori graduated from Dartmouth at our 25th reunion and was a gymnast, and his son Dan graduated from Dartmouth in 1983. Howard is currently a partner of Kayne Anderson, an investment management firm in L.A. He devotes much of his time to community service.
David and Joanne Heegaard live in Plymouth, Minnesota. Their son Frank has five daughters and lives in Illinois. Their daughter has two boys and a girl and lives nearby. Dave worked for Honeywell for 10 years before taking over and expanding an auto supply business. The couple garden at both their primary home and their cabin, which is 150 miles away. Joanne reads two or three books a week and hooks rugs for a hobby. They travel two to three weeks in the winter to a warmer climate.
Our ’55 reunion is coming June 14-16. Please sign up with Betty Brady. John French and his team are creating great events, including a tour of the physical changes of the campus, a talk by President Kim and lectures by outstanding faculty members. A special effort is being made to transport classmates to various events. We will have the best facilities.
—Bob Fanger, 24 Commonwealth Ave., Apt. 3, Boston, MA 02116; (617) 266-2735; r.fanger1@msn.com