This past summer the College instituted a lecture series for the summer term: “Leading Voices in Politics and Policy.” This course drew inspiration from “Great Issues.” How many of you remember the speakers at our “Great Issues” course 1953-54: John Sloan Dickey, Saville R. Davis, Marquis Childs, Ivor A. Richards, Arthur P. Upgren, Charles A. Siepmann, David Lilienthal, T.V. Smith, Arthur Sutherland, Norman Thomas, Norris Cotton, Robert R. Carr, Lawrence Whittemore, Arthur M. Wilson, James Russell Wiggins, Robert Morris, Stephen K. Bailey, Emil Rieve, Thurgood Marshall, Walt Kelly, Roy Forster, John H. Wolfenden, Robert K. Merton, Harold C. Urey, Paul Nitze, Harry Schwartz, David J. Bradley, Paul Martin, Daniel Marx, Willard Thorp, Wing-Tsit Chan, V.K. Krishna Menon, Sidney Hook, Barbara Ward, George W. Schoenhut, Irwin Edman, Frederick Sternfeld, Bartlett Hayes Jr., Philip Johnson, Harry T. Levin, Maurice Mandelbaum, Raphael Demos, Rollo May and Paul Tillich. How many of you can remember the subjects they lectured on? The classmate who remembers the most gets class recognition.


The “fishing team” (Dick Lewis, Pete Ankeny, Dave Dame, Tom Kelsey and Dick Page) fished this summer above the Rangeley Lakes in northwestern Maine. Page reports that they beat the fish two days to one.


As this column is being written we are about to gather for the first 80th birthday celebration in Boston. The second celebration will be in Sarasota, Florida, on February 26 to March 1. So far more than 90 people have indicated that they will be there. Headquarters is at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. So far the plans include welcome cocktails and dinner, a birthday celebration and dinner, a harbor cruise luncheon, a performance and dinner at the Asolo Theater and for those so inclined, golf. If you have not already signed up, contact Mort Galper (m.galper@att.net). The third celebration will be held on May 23, 2012, in the New York area chaired by Dave Mandelbaum. More information in the next column.


The class sends its condolences to the families of Joel Wertheim and Victor Mahler upon their demise.


—Don Berlin, 7 Hamilton Drive, Washington Valley, Morristown, NJ 07960-3311; (973) 267-8122; berlin1954@aol.com