Our 60th reunion was held in Hanover from June 6 to June 11. There were 205 attendees, including 104 classmates and seven classmate’s widows. They came from near (locals Wally Anderson, Jay Davis, Dana Low, Seaver Peters and Ben Gilson) and far (Don Belcher, Ron Dunton, Steve Fast, Bill Gould, Charlie Tannenbaum and Bob Woodberry from the far west). However recognition for coming the furthest goes to Paco Garcia, traveling from Venezuela. We enjoyed an early-bird reception hosted by Carol and Steve Mullins at their home in Norwich, Vermont, a lobster fest in a tent by the river, an Italian dinner in ’53 Commons and a final banquet in Common Ground (we remember it as Freshman Commons). Tom Kelsey led a memorial service in Rollins Chapel in memory of the 67 classmates we have lost since our 55th reunion. We revisited “Great Issues” with a seminar, “Great Issues 2014,” led by Dan McCarthy with panelists John Moore and Bill Mansfield. We presented a check to President Hanlon in the amount of $800,054; 84 percent of the class contributed. Both were 60th reunion records. Special kudos to Shelly Woolf and Dick Page for their leadership in creating this gift to the College. The class elected the following leadership for the next five years: president, Rick Hartman; vice president, Dan Neiditz; secretary, Wayne Weil; treasurer, Jim Tofias; newsletter editor and webmaster, Dick Barker; mini-reunion chair, Herb Hillman; head agents, Shelly Woolf and Dick Page; gift planning chair, Tom Kelsey; and class projects, Pete Kenyon.


Gary Zwart coached the MIT crew for many years. He was recently honored by his crews, who created an endowment for the crew coach’s salary named after him.


We sadly report the passing of our classmates Robert White, Robert Wheeler, William Burger, Douglas Hoskins, John May, Peter Mitchell and Pete Barker. 


—Don Berlin, 7 Hamilton Drive, Washington Valley, Morristown, NJ 07960-3311; (973) 267-8122; berlin1954@aol.com