Class Note 1948
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Our 65th reunion last fall was a resounding success. Total attendance, including family and friends, was just more than 60, including 21 class members and a remarkable 11 widows. Thanks again to the College for putting us up at the newly remodeled Hanover Inn. The service, food and hospitality at the inn were super, as was the always-on-hand support of Jennifer Casey and her staff throughout the weekend. President Hanlon ’77 spoke at our Friday dinner, where he reviewed our several meaningful class projects, concluding with, “We are all deeply grateful for your generosity and sense of stewardship.” He said he’s found the students at Dartmouth “wise, articulate, engaging and even challenging,” commenting wryly: “One group served us lemonade, cookies and a manifesto with 15 demands of the administration.” He emphasized the responsibility of the whole College community to keep today’s students engaged and challenged. Our male scholar athlete award-winner Mike Runger ’14, from Lisle, Illinois, also spoke. He’s an all-Ivy League linebacker and recorded 98 tackles last year. Mike’s an economics major with a 3.75 grade point average and hopes to go into consulting after graduation. Saturday night our female award-winner Lindsay Holdcroft ’14 spoke. She’s an all-Ivy League goalie and captain of our ice hockey team. She comes from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she was goalie on the boys’ varsity. She has a double major in psychology and biology and carries a 3.62 average while handling a heavy travel schedule five months of the year. Lindsay plans to go to medical school. Joan and Lanny Brisbane, both ranked tennis players (Joan placed third last year in the clay court nationals) are successfully recovering from sidelining injuries this year. Lanny came to Dartmouth in 1944 and then joined the Marine Corps in mid semester. Because he didn’t take his final exams he was ineligible to play varsity tennis the year he returned, and was then injured his senior year skiing in the infamous Mount Washington Dartmouth-Harvard slalom. Connie and Gene Finke, who was hobbling because his bike fell on him, are planning next year to visit China, where he’s promised to use a rickshaw. —Dave Kurr, 4281 Indian Field Road, Clinton, NY 13323; (315) 853-3582; djkurr@verizon.net
Jan - Feb 2014
Our 65th reunion last fall was a resounding success. Total attendance, including family and friends, was just more than 60, including 21 class members and a remarkable 11 widows. Thanks again to the College for putting us up at the newly remodeled Hanover Inn. The service, food and hospitality at the inn were super, as was the always-on-hand support of Jennifer Casey and her staff throughout the weekend. President Hanlon ’77 spoke at our Friday dinner, where he reviewed our several meaningful class projects, concluding with, “We are all deeply grateful for your generosity and sense of stewardship.” He said he’s found the students at Dartmouth “wise, articulate, engaging and even challenging,” commenting wryly: “One group served us lemonade, cookies and a manifesto with 15 demands of the administration.” He emphasized the responsibility of the whole College community to keep today’s students engaged and challenged. Our male scholar athlete award-winner Mike Runger ’14, from Lisle, Illinois, also spoke. He’s an all-Ivy League linebacker and recorded 98 tackles last year. Mike’s an economics major with a 3.75 grade point average and hopes to go into consulting after graduation. Saturday night our female award-winner Lindsay Holdcroft ’14 spoke. She’s an all-Ivy League goalie and captain of our ice hockey team. She comes from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she was goalie on the boys’ varsity. She has a double major in psychology and biology and carries a 3.62 average while handling a heavy travel schedule five months of the year. Lindsay plans to go to medical school. Joan and Lanny Brisbane, both ranked tennis players (Joan placed third last year in the clay court nationals) are successfully recovering from sidelining injuries this year. Lanny came to Dartmouth in 1944 and then joined the Marine Corps in mid semester. Because he didn’t take his final exams he was ineligible to play varsity tennis the year he returned, and was then injured his senior year skiing in the infamous Mount Washington Dartmouth-Harvard slalom. Connie and Gene Finke, who was hobbling because his bike fell on him, are planning next year to visit China, where he’s promised to use a rickshaw. —Dave Kurr, 4281 Indian Field Road, Clinton, NY 13323; (315) 853-3582; djkurr@verizon.net