For those class members who are not yet aware, our class has recently adopted a new class logo, centered around the statue of Robert Frost that our class commissioned and donated to Dartmouth nearly 20 years ago in connection with our 35th reunion. At the time, and for many years thereafter, the statue of Robert Frost was the only commissioned and donated statue located on the Dartmouth campus. It still remains the only statue commissioned specifically by an alumni class and created by a world-class sculptor specifically for location on the Dartmouth campus. To this day it is one of the most popular destinations on campus and enjoyed each year by thousands of students, alumni, faculty and administration members, prospective applicants to Dartmouth, the entire Hanover community and unrelated visitors to Dartmouth throughout the year. Without the intense dedication, detailed involvement and ongoing perseverance of Mike Murphy and a small group of other classmates, this project would never have reached fulfillment. Check out the new logo on our class website.


Robert Hargraves is featured in the recently issued film, The Birth of Basic, about computer software development at Dartmouth during the 1960s. In fact, he is the only member of the class of 1961 to be included in the film; all of the other students and alumni in the film are from classes a few years after ours.


More than 50 years ago Mike Gazzaniga was in the middle of what was probably the most important observation in all of neuroscience, the now foundational theory that the right and left hemispheres of the brain can act independently from one another and have different strengths. Noted as the “father of cognitive neuroscience,” Mike has just published Tales from Both Sides of the Brain: A Life in Neuroscience. Part field guide, part memoir, the book is a rare behind-the-scenes look at how breakthrough science is achieved. Mike tells the impassioned story of his life in science and his decades-long journey by himself and in collaboration with others to arrive at this important intellectual discovery.


On another level, Ken DeHaven, current vice president of our class, was recently recognized by the Ivy Football Association as Dartmouth’s honoree at its biannual dinner held in January. This is an outstanding honor for Ken, who was the starting center for two years, captain of Dartmouth’s 1960 football team and All-Ivy and All-New England first team. Professionally, Ken was one of the first doctors to utilize arthroscopy in an orthopedic sports medicine practice, beginning that back in 1972. He has been the president of several medical organizations and societies connected with orthopedic sports medicine, both nationally and internationally.


Time is running out for sign up to attend the ’61 mini-reunion in Williamsburg, Virginia, set for Sunday, April 19, to Wednesday, April 22. Dave Prewitt, mini-reunion co-chair, and his talented wife, Joan, have put together a terrific fun-filled three-plus days for those attending. Check your mail and email for details.


—Victor S. Rich, 94 Dove Hill Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030; richwind13@gmail.com