Class Note 1961
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Sept - Oct 2015
A few months ago Zhuoman Gardner from the Dartmouth Alumni Fund office, was formally adopted by our great class. During the past several years Zhuoman has become a great asset to and friend of our class and a strong bond has developed between her and our current class officers.
The Tanzi torch once again has been passed. The legendary Tanzi auto license plate plaque was recently (and timely) transferred personally from Vic Rich to Gerry Kaminsky for the final year preceding our 55th reunion, at which time it will again be auctioned off to the five top bidders for the five years immediately following our 55th reunion. Gerry is currently (summer of 2015) in the process of getting his equipment renovated and re-tooled: eye cataract surgeries, partial knee replacement surgery, intensive physical therapy for the unexplained partial loss of the functioning of one arm. “K” vows that these renovations will improve his health, his lifestyle and his golf.
As another Dartmouth tribute to Robert Frost, former President James Wright, while in office from 1998 through 2009, regularly sent care packages that included maple sugar candy and Robert Frost poems to Dartmouth graduates serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Russell “Ron” Boss and his wife, Marge, recently created the Marjorie and Russell Boss 1961 Family Head Coach of Women’s Tennis endowed position with a substantial contribution of $1.5 million. Kudos to the Boss family! Mike Kirst,along with another educator from Stanford University,recently edited and published a new book titled Remaking College: The Changing Ecology of Higher Education, which discusses the changes taking place within this country in higher education during the past decadeor more. The authors argue that a growing accountability revolution, the push for greater efficiency and productivity and the explosion of online learning are changing the character of higher education, perhaps permanently.
Gregg Millett, currently living in upstate Schenectady, New York, spent much of the past year helping to revive a website, singlesoutreach.org, that he initially founded in 1983. He also continues to work with his companion, Ann Parillo, as the technical director of a weekly public access television show about the New York State capital region. In addition, through a China connection begun in 2004, an increasing rapport has been developed primarily by Gregg between Schenectady and Kumming, China, culminating in a sister-city relationship formalized by the mayors of each city and resulting in cultural and business representative exchanges between the two cities. Gregg closed his update with a great line: “I continue to pole vault; well, at least I roll into bed for afternoon naps.”
Finally, the ’61 women’s initiative committee chaired by Nyla Arslanian, spouse of Oscar Arslanian, along with a few selected wives of other classmates (Patti Rich, Elaine Kelton, Maria Oehler, Judy Miller, Carol Jozus, Karin Stuart, Diane Kittredge, Joanie Prewitt, Laurie Eberhardt, Laura Collishaw, Sandy Heinemann, Sara Evans, Kathy Wendell, Nancy Cook), has accomplished an objective of accumulating a majority of the personal telephone numbers and email addresses of the spouses, significant others and widows of deceased classmates.
—Victor S. Rich, 94 Dove Hill Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030; richwind13@gmail.com
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The Tanzi torch once again has been passed. The legendary Tanzi auto license plate plaque was recently (and timely) transferred personally from Vic Rich to Gerry Kaminsky for the final year preceding our 55th reunion, at which time it will again be auctioned off to the five top bidders for the five years immediately following our 55th reunion. Gerry is currently (summer of 2015) in the process of getting his equipment renovated and re-tooled: eye cataract surgeries, partial knee replacement surgery, intensive physical therapy for the unexplained partial loss of the functioning of one arm. “K” vows that these renovations will improve his health, his lifestyle and his golf.
As another Dartmouth tribute to Robert Frost, former President James Wright, while in office from 1998 through 2009, regularly sent care packages that included maple sugar candy and Robert Frost poems to Dartmouth graduates serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Russell “Ron” Boss and his wife, Marge, recently created the Marjorie and Russell Boss 1961 Family Head Coach of Women’s Tennis endowed position with a substantial contribution of $1.5 million. Kudos to the Boss family! Mike Kirst,along with another educator from Stanford University,recently edited and published a new book titled Remaking College: The Changing Ecology of Higher Education, which discusses the changes taking place within this country in higher education during the past decadeor more. The authors argue that a growing accountability revolution, the push for greater efficiency and productivity and the explosion of online learning are changing the character of higher education, perhaps permanently.
Gregg Millett, currently living in upstate Schenectady, New York, spent much of the past year helping to revive a website, singlesoutreach.org, that he initially founded in 1983. He also continues to work with his companion, Ann Parillo, as the technical director of a weekly public access television show about the New York State capital region. In addition, through a China connection begun in 2004, an increasing rapport has been developed primarily by Gregg between Schenectady and Kumming, China, culminating in a sister-city relationship formalized by the mayors of each city and resulting in cultural and business representative exchanges between the two cities. Gregg closed his update with a great line: “I continue to pole vault; well, at least I roll into bed for afternoon naps.”
Finally, the ’61 women’s initiative committee chaired by Nyla Arslanian, spouse of Oscar Arslanian, along with a few selected wives of other classmates (Patti Rich, Elaine Kelton, Maria Oehler, Judy Miller, Carol Jozus, Karin Stuart, Diane Kittredge, Joanie Prewitt, Laurie Eberhardt, Laura Collishaw, Sandy Heinemann, Sara Evans, Kathy Wendell, Nancy Cook), has accomplished an objective of accumulating a majority of the personal telephone numbers and email addresses of the spouses, significant others and widows of deceased classmates.
—Victor S. Rich, 94 Dove Hill Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030; richwind13@gmail.com