Class Note 1954
Issue
A very special thank you to Pete Barker (Wm. G. Barker Jr.) upon his retirement as our newsletter editor. For the past 16 years Pete has been issuing quarterly (most years) multi-page newsletters that have been a chief class medium for comprehensive news, pictures and commentaries par excellence. Without word and format restrictions, Pete has used his creative writing talents to the delight of classmates from coast to coast. His humor and skill at innuendo have provided his readers (morphing from mostly employed to mostly retired) with an eagerly awaited break from daily routine. Pete’s son Bill Barker ’81 (Wm. G. Barker III) commented: “I always felt the newsletter was a great fit for him, because it combined two things that he loved and that helped define him as a person: a platform to entertain others and Dartmouth College.” Pete’s last newsletter will be posted or mailed to classmates in June of this year and will no doubt include the name of his successor. Talk about tough acts to follow! Pete has this to say: “The finest gratification I derived from writing the 1954 newsletter was the opportunity to ‘know’ myriad classmates through e-mail, snail mail and telephone (and an occasional lunch) whom I would have never have met otherwise: a unique body of men who were willing to share their news and thoughts. Thanks.” One can only guess that Pete’s dad, Wm. G. Barker ’25, would have been awfully proud of this ninth-generation Dartmouth alumnus (as well as the 10th). Once again, Pete, on behalf of all members of the class of ’54: Thank you!
At this late-April writing it is clear that Shelly Woolf deserves many accolades for his leadership as ’54 head class agent. While final returns are not as yet in, our goal of $215,000 was exceeded earlier this month—with three months of this year’s Dartmouth College Fund drive remaining. Shel thanks all those who have helped the class achieve such fine results.
Remember to check the ’54 website at least once every week for addenda to the bimonthly DAM Class Notes column.
—Anthony Kane, 650 Park Ave., 18A, New York, NY 10065; (212) 628-2147; akane32@nyc.rr.com
July - Aug 2010
A very special thank you to Pete Barker (Wm. G. Barker Jr.) upon his retirement as our newsletter editor. For the past 16 years Pete has been issuing quarterly (most years) multi-page newsletters that have been a chief class medium for comprehensive news, pictures and commentaries par excellence. Without word and format restrictions, Pete has used his creative writing talents to the delight of classmates from coast to coast. His humor and skill at innuendo have provided his readers (morphing from mostly employed to mostly retired) with an eagerly awaited break from daily routine. Pete’s son Bill Barker ’81 (Wm. G. Barker III) commented: “I always felt the newsletter was a great fit for him, because it combined two things that he loved and that helped define him as a person: a platform to entertain others and Dartmouth College.” Pete’s last newsletter will be posted or mailed to classmates in June of this year and will no doubt include the name of his successor. Talk about tough acts to follow! Pete has this to say: “The finest gratification I derived from writing the 1954 newsletter was the opportunity to ‘know’ myriad classmates through e-mail, snail mail and telephone (and an occasional lunch) whom I would have never have met otherwise: a unique body of men who were willing to share their news and thoughts. Thanks.” One can only guess that Pete’s dad, Wm. G. Barker ’25, would have been awfully proud of this ninth-generation Dartmouth alumnus (as well as the 10th). Once again, Pete, on behalf of all members of the class of ’54: Thank you!
At this late-April writing it is clear that Shelly Woolf deserves many accolades for his leadership as ’54 head class agent. While final returns are not as yet in, our goal of $215,000 was exceeded earlier this month—with three months of this year’s Dartmouth College Fund drive remaining. Shel thanks all those who have helped the class achieve such fine results.
Remember to check the ’54 website at least once every week for addenda to the bimonthly DAM Class Notes column.
—Anthony Kane, 650 Park Ave., 18A, New York, NY 10065; (212) 628-2147; akane32@nyc.rr.com