Class Note 1955
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The 1955 nominating committee met on February 13 at Ralph Sautter’s home and then adjourned to the home of Brooks and Gale Parker for dinner. Joe Mathewson, Dick Blodgett, Woody Goss also attended. The recommended slate of officers will be presented at our 55th reunion in June.
Joe Mathewson continues to teach graduate classes at Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism. He has a high percentage of international students who will become leaders in information distribution, writing for the international press. The students are smart and hard working. He spends Friday afternoons reviewing every sentence they write. A lawyer as well as a journalist he is well equipped to advise his students on legal matters, including the handling of material from interviews. Joe is the only member of our class to have served as a Dartmouth trustee.
During the 1960s, an era of great Dartmouth football teams—with players such as Bill King, Tom Spangenberg and Mickey Beard—Hank “Red” Maretz and I were in the stands each year at the Harvard-Dartmouth games. One year we proved that believing in superstition helps. After Hank and I asked the 25 fans in our row to move three seats to the right Dartmouth proceeded to win the game. I am sad to report that Hank passed away on January 11 at his home in Goodyear, Arizona, after a game of golf. His widow, Jane, told me that after his family, Hank loved Dartmouth. Jane is planning a gift to the Dartmouth Athletic Scholarship Fund in his memory. Classmates who wish to remember Hank are invited to contribute to the fund.
Ryutaro “Taro” Shindo wrote a letter to Ralph Sautter from 1-5-23, Nigawa-Takadai, Takarazuka 665-0062, Japan. He and his wife are in good health. He plays golf once a month, driving to the mountains as there is no golf course in the crowded city. A golf game is expensive and makes for long day. I am sure he would appreciate letters from classmates. Be sure to encourage him to attend our 55th.
Neal Allen lives in Marietta, Georgia, with his wife, Joan, a pediatric nurse. They have two daughters, Tracy Lynn Allen and Elena Allen Cass, and two grandchildren, McKala and Cameron. Neil has been retired for 20 years and stays close to home because Joan has health issues. Neal is a wonderful classmate and has always been a faithful donor to the College.
Paul and Margot Zimmerman recently returned from a trip to Mexico, including the Baja Peninsula. They will leave the snow and cold of Chevy Chase, Maryland, in April for a trip to Japan. We remember the successful events they helped organize for the Washington, D.C., mini last spring.
Spring is coming with a wonderful 55th Dartmouth reunion, June 14-16. Call Betty Brady at her office at (781) 444-0781 or e-mail doverhugh@comcast.net. See the familiar and the new.
—Bob Fanger, 1010 Memorial Drive, Apt. 3G, Cambridge, MA 02138; (617) 354-2735; (617) 354-3330 (fax); rfanger1@msn.com
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The 1955 nominating committee met on February 13 at Ralph Sautter’s home and then adjourned to the home of Brooks and Gale Parker for dinner. Joe Mathewson, Dick Blodgett, Woody Goss also attended. The recommended slate of officers will be presented at our 55th reunion in June.
Joe Mathewson continues to teach graduate classes at Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism. He has a high percentage of international students who will become leaders in information distribution, writing for the international press. The students are smart and hard working. He spends Friday afternoons reviewing every sentence they write. A lawyer as well as a journalist he is well equipped to advise his students on legal matters, including the handling of material from interviews. Joe is the only member of our class to have served as a Dartmouth trustee.
During the 1960s, an era of great Dartmouth football teams—with players such as Bill King, Tom Spangenberg and Mickey Beard—Hank “Red” Maretz and I were in the stands each year at the Harvard-Dartmouth games. One year we proved that believing in superstition helps. After Hank and I asked the 25 fans in our row to move three seats to the right Dartmouth proceeded to win the game. I am sad to report that Hank passed away on January 11 at his home in Goodyear, Arizona, after a game of golf. His widow, Jane, told me that after his family, Hank loved Dartmouth. Jane is planning a gift to the Dartmouth Athletic Scholarship Fund in his memory. Classmates who wish to remember Hank are invited to contribute to the fund.
Ryutaro “Taro” Shindo wrote a letter to Ralph Sautter from 1-5-23, Nigawa-Takadai, Takarazuka 665-0062, Japan. He and his wife are in good health. He plays golf once a month, driving to the mountains as there is no golf course in the crowded city. A golf game is expensive and makes for long day. I am sure he would appreciate letters from classmates. Be sure to encourage him to attend our 55th.
Neal Allen lives in Marietta, Georgia, with his wife, Joan, a pediatric nurse. They have two daughters, Tracy Lynn Allen and Elena Allen Cass, and two grandchildren, McKala and Cameron. Neil has been retired for 20 years and stays close to home because Joan has health issues. Neal is a wonderful classmate and has always been a faithful donor to the College.
Paul and Margot Zimmerman recently returned from a trip to Mexico, including the Baja Peninsula. They will leave the snow and cold of Chevy Chase, Maryland, in April for a trip to Japan. We remember the successful events they helped organize for the Washington, D.C., mini last spring.
Spring is coming with a wonderful 55th Dartmouth reunion, June 14-16. Call Betty Brady at her office at (781) 444-0781 or e-mail doverhugh@comcast.net. See the familiar and the new.
—Bob Fanger, 1010 Memorial Drive, Apt. 3G, Cambridge, MA 02138; (617) 354-2735; (617) 354-3330 (fax); rfanger1@msn.com