I can think of few things that can stir the old juices and educe feelings of pride more easily than when a grandchild is accepted to Dartmouth. It is an opportunity to revisit those halcyon days and to relive through young and unjaded eyes a time in our lives when it was all in front of us. Oh, the pleasure of sitting on the Green on a lovely Sunday morning, surrounded by so much that remains a blissful memory as we delight in seeing a grandchild march up to the Old Pine to receive his or her diploma. What could be more beautiful than taking in the pageantry of the occasion and empathizing the feelings of those young men and women as they begin their journeys in life. Such an occasion was shared by seven of our classmates this June as they witnessed their grandchildren accept their degrees on such a beautiful Sunday morning in Hanover. I can sense what traversed the minds of Tom Bloomer, Allen Collins, Gene Gabianelli, Tom MacCrea, Jack Morris, George Sarner and Gill Shapiro on that beautiful occasion as their grandchildren Kelley C. Bloomer, Ross A. Collins, Eugene J. Gabianelli, Lela M. McCrae, Lucy E. Morris, Lauren C. Sarner and Jonathan S. Lewycky proudly accepted their hard-earned diplomas. Congratulations to all!


Byron Menides, chief financial officer of Global Poer Networks wrote in part that this was his 11th year as assistant Worcester Polytechnic Institute football coach and most likely his last. Byron, I’m certain your teams learned much more from you than only some X’s and O’s, and they too have gone forth with some of the some of the green stamped into their RNA.


Sadly I must end this by reporting the demise of our dear and beloved classmates Edward J. Quinlan, Gaylord W. Jones, George N. Nevers and E. Montgomery Robinson. On behalf of our class we send our heartfelt condolences to their families.


—Mark H. Smoller, 4 Schuyler Drive, Jericho, NY 11753; (516) 938-3616; dartmark@gmail.com