I had a note from Pamela Engle, mother of Xavier Engle ’09, who was a recipient of the class of ’41 endowment, which enabled him to attend Dartmouth: “He loved the Big Green and went on to medical school at the University of Washington. Xavier died in a tragic kayaking accident November 30, 2014, and leaves me with a heavy heart. I know he would want to express his great appreciation to the class of ’41 for its great support.”


On a much happier note is a letter from George F. Baine Jr.: “I am living in a retirement home in Red Bank, New Jersey. There is another ’41 in the area, George McCollum. Harry Douty lived here also, passed away February 25, 2015. I am looking forward to returning to Dartmouth next year for our 76th reunion with my second wife, Shirley. Fifty-five years ago Shirley was my secretary at a small bank in Red Bank (now a branch of Wells Fargo), where I was vice president, trust officer and investment officer. I was the boss and Shirley was my secretary. Now she is the boss and I am the secretary! This spring we will spend two weeks in Cape May, New Jersey, to celebrate my 96th birthday, and in September we will spend a month in a cottage in North Truro, Massachusetts.” Happy days, George and Shirley!


—Jane Hanks, 2630 King’s Crown, Shell Point Village, Fort Myers, FL 33908; jhanks1@gmail.com