My wife and I recently returned from my second Class Officers Weekend with more than 100 alumni. Carol Mae Encherman and Ginia and Huntly Allison joined us at the Friday banquet. Seventy classes from 1929 thru 2010 were represented. President Kim spoke, recapping the history of Dartmouth alumni service starting with John Wheelock traveling through England to raise money for the new college. Kim shared the information on programs that extend beyond the campus—Dartmouth response to Haiti, the Big Green Bus and the Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network. 


Class Officers Weekend is useful in providing insights on how to lead the class better. One session was dedicated to presidents and vice presidents and what each class felt most useful in keeping classmates connected. I presented the WW II memoir project as having been a successful opportunity to reconnect. The project received enthusiastic support from class officers from younger classes. They wanted to buy and read the book when it is published.


The World War II memoir project is moving along. Five of your classmates have volunteered to join the editorial board to help to defray some of the costs associated in publishing this important and powerful book. We will keep you informed in DAM and the newsletter throughout the production process.


This column needs your participation. If 1929 can provide news so can the class of 1942. While I act as interim secretary, please call, write or e-mail me your news about your children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and about what you are doing. I cannot do this without your help.


—Leo F. Caproni Jr., 370 East 76th St., New York, NY 10021; (212) 988-6012; (212) 988-6715 (fax); caproni@aol.com