In our Dartmouth world a reason for convening is a reason to rejoice. So when Bruce Sherman arrived from Alta, Utah, for Homecoming Weekend we were delighted to see him. He has organized a club, the Dartmouth Alumni Ski Club, whose objective is to allow alums to identify one another at ski venues, ski together and meet for après ski activities. The cost is a modest contribution to the Friends of Dartmouth Skiing, sent to alumni affairs in Hanover, all on the honor system. You can obtain a patch that identifies you at ski.patch@dartmouth.edu.


After a busy social-filled fall with our successful maxi-mini in Philadelphia and Homecoming plus minis at all the home football games, we moved on to December and its two wonderful holiday parties. Under the aegis of Kathy Callender, with a large assist from Bob Malin, our holiday luncheon at the Yale Club was a huge success. Nineteen of us took part, with Larry Barnett winning the award for distance traveled, arriving from Spain for the event. Each attendee spoke and Fred Whittemore read a poem he wrote for the occasion.


Meanwhile in Hanover, Bonnie and Dave Siegal arranged our holiday luncheon at the Parker House, at which 18 attended and, as has been the custom, contributed many bags of groceries to be distributed to needy families.


Connie Clery, widow of Howard Clery, will be receiving Dartmouth’s social justice award, the Lester B. Granger ’18 Award for Lifetime Achievement, which recognizes Dartmouth alumni and friends who have exhibited leadership and innovation while meeting community needs and benefiting an underserved population. Connie and Howard invested a large part of their lives in having the Clery Act enacted into law. The act requires colleges to report and make available to the public details of all criminal violations that have occurred on their campuses. When the act needed more teeth to be effective, they went back to work and fought for this.


With sadness I end these notes with the sincere and most profound sympathies to the families of our deceased loving classmates: William King, Dow Drukker III, Gerald Sorkin, Ralph Tozier, Ed Johnson and Sherman Horton.


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