Class Note 1954
Issue
The class of ’54 welcomes Harris Connect, the 21st-century communications tool that is now facilitating instantaneous contact with classmates and bringing new meaning to our “staying connected” motto. With the help of connectmaster Dick Barker, classmates with valid e-mail addresses will receive bimonthly Class Notes, quarterly ’54 newsletters and other timely and relevant information within minutes after dispatch. If you’re not among the 354 classmates who have provided current e-mail addresses to Dartmouth alumni records, you are urged to do so by sending an e-mail to aro@dartmouth.edu.
In the last column tribute was paid to Pete Barker upon his retirement as ’54 newsletter editor. Not known at the time, at least not by me, was that I will be succeeding Pete and adding that responsibility to my duties as class secretary. Don Berlin and Rick Hartman, our class president and vice president, respectively, have graciously agreed to assist with the least appealing aspect of the secretary’s job: researching and writing obituaries. As previously reported, obituaries no longer appear in the print edition of DAM, but are to be found in the online edition and also on the class website in the in memoriam section. Rounding out our team of primary class communicators is webmaster Perry Davis, keeper par excellence of the ’54 website. Following in Pete’s tradition, as well as that of the many newsletter editors who preceded him, our newsletter will continue to report on classmates, their activities, families—and on all the many mini-reunions and gatherings that have been such an important and enriching component of ’54s existence during the past 56 years. New feature columns will be introduced, and many classmates and spouses will be contacted directly and asked to contribute to the success of future newsletters.
This year’s annual class and executive committee meeting is being held earlier than usual this fall, and the expanded program includes an extra day and the opportunity to enjoy Hanover and the surrounding area at peak foliage time. Mini-reunion chairs Jay Davis and Steve Mullins have put together a fun-filled, three-day program that includes a reception Thursday evening, October 7, a lobster or steak feast Friday night at the Dartmouth Outing Club, after the 3 p.m. meeting. Following Saturday’s Yale game, classmates and spouses will enjoy cocktails and dinner at Carol and Steve’s lovely house and barn in Norwich, Vermont. Sunday morning, October 10, it is hoped that President Kim will be visiting with alumni classes meeting that weekend. Hope to see you in Hanover.
—Anthony Kane, 650 Park Ave., 18A, New York, NY 10065; (212) 628-2147; akane32@nyc.rr.com
Sept - Oct 2010
The class of ’54 welcomes Harris Connect, the 21st-century communications tool that is now facilitating instantaneous contact with classmates and bringing new meaning to our “staying connected” motto. With the help of connectmaster Dick Barker, classmates with valid e-mail addresses will receive bimonthly Class Notes, quarterly ’54 newsletters and other timely and relevant information within minutes after dispatch. If you’re not among the 354 classmates who have provided current e-mail addresses to Dartmouth alumni records, you are urged to do so by sending an e-mail to aro@dartmouth.edu.
In the last column tribute was paid to Pete Barker upon his retirement as ’54 newsletter editor. Not known at the time, at least not by me, was that I will be succeeding Pete and adding that responsibility to my duties as class secretary. Don Berlin and Rick Hartman, our class president and vice president, respectively, have graciously agreed to assist with the least appealing aspect of the secretary’s job: researching and writing obituaries. As previously reported, obituaries no longer appear in the print edition of DAM, but are to be found in the online edition and also on the class website in the in memoriam section. Rounding out our team of primary class communicators is webmaster Perry Davis, keeper par excellence of the ’54 website. Following in Pete’s tradition, as well as that of the many newsletter editors who preceded him, our newsletter will continue to report on classmates, their activities, families—and on all the many mini-reunions and gatherings that have been such an important and enriching component of ’54s existence during the past 56 years. New feature columns will be introduced, and many classmates and spouses will be contacted directly and asked to contribute to the success of future newsletters.
This year’s annual class and executive committee meeting is being held earlier than usual this fall, and the expanded program includes an extra day and the opportunity to enjoy Hanover and the surrounding area at peak foliage time. Mini-reunion chairs Jay Davis and Steve Mullins have put together a fun-filled, three-day program that includes a reception Thursday evening, October 7, a lobster or steak feast Friday night at the Dartmouth Outing Club, after the 3 p.m. meeting. Following Saturday’s Yale game, classmates and spouses will enjoy cocktails and dinner at Carol and Steve’s lovely house and barn in Norwich, Vermont. Sunday morning, October 10, it is hoped that President Kim will be visiting with alumni classes meeting that weekend. Hope to see you in Hanover.
—Anthony Kane, 650 Park Ave., 18A, New York, NY 10065; (212) 628-2147; akane32@nyc.rr.com