Jean and I will move to a continuing care retirement community shortly (new address below). A big change but timely, we think. We call it “getting ahead of the curve.” Several ’51s have made a similar move and we are going to school on their experiences. Vince and Trink Albo recently left their home of 49 years and are enjoying downsized one-story living at Providence Point, across town in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Vince enthuses about the convenience of multiple restaurants, exercise facilities and “activities too numerous to mention.” The most compelling appeals: delegating the home maintenance chores and having expert care close at hand when and if it is needed. Dick and Nan Pugh stress the interesting and diverse neighbors at their retirement community in Thousand Oaks, California. Dick has retired from 25 years as distinguished professor of law at the University of San Diego. Peter and Lu Martin are “easing into” life at the Kendal continuing care retirement community in Hanover while keeping one foot in their long-time Orford, New Hampshire, home. I am hearing often from classmates about the joy of having Dartmouth grandchildren. Don Herdeg describes the pleasure he and his granddaughter, class of ’11, shared as they compared college experience 60 years apart. Muggs Mansur missed our 60th reunion to attend the high school graduation of his Dartmouth-bound grandson. Don and Muggs are among at least 18 Dartmouth grandparents in our class. Don continues to spend several mornings a week designing and building models at a model railroad museum in Wenham, Massachusetts. And Muggs, whose Daily Dartmouth we all enjoyed, says that writing is still an important part of his life. He reports that he has “a couple of manuscripts in the works.” Dick Halloran is another writer/journalist. His weekly column, “The Rising East,” can be found at the Civil Beat, an online news service in Hawaii (www.civilbeat.com). News has reached us of Rod Vetter’s and Dick Bucey’s deaths. Dick’s brave return to Hanover to lead our reunion memorial service in June was an extraordinary farewell gift to our class.


—Pete Henderson, 450 Davis St., #455 S, Evanston, IL 60201-4610; phenderson82@yahoo.com