On December 7 the 73rd anniversary of Pearl Harbor Day marked another milestone for the members of the Class of ’44, a day that certainly burns in the memories of all of that generation, and changed the lives of so many thousands.


Appropriately enough, our classmate Clint Gardner was honored with the James Wright Award for Distinguished Service by the Dartmouth Uniformed Service Alumni for his wartime service, as well as his service to college and country.


A footnote (but no small accomplishment) to the news of the 70th reunion was the donation of the class gift to Dartmouth. Ben Jones and Penn Frost presented President Hanlon with a check for $262,549, the largest donation by a 70th reunion class.


We have received notice of the following deaths: Harry Foster Grieger, John Handwerg Jr., Mark Lyons Peisch, George Wright Sawyer, Albert Miller Storrs Jr., M.D., and Harold William Trease. We extend our condolences to their families.


—Betty Munson, 23 Linscott Road No., York, ME 03909; elizmunson1944@gmail.com