When you live in the Hanover area and have the good fortune to visit the College on a regular basis, it is easy to maintain your ties to Dartmouth and all the tradition and memories that go with it. But what if you don’t have that opportunity or don’t choose to come back to the campus on a regular basis? We all have our priorities and our constraints. Since we are some 18 months away from celebrating our 65th anniversary (i.e., reunion), this seems like a good time to take inventory of what some of our classmates remember about their Dartmouth experience. So, we traveled to San Francisco, about as far away as you can get, had lunch with four classmates (plus one grandson in the class of 2017) and asked what they recall as important to their memories of Dartmouth. These four—two lawyers, one geologist and one communications veteran—included Lee Cliff, Wey Lundquist, Dave Brew and Nick Skylor.The grandson was Charlie Lundquist (son of Wey Lundquist ’81), and his presence added a lot to help bridge the years from then to now—and to update us on current College issues. This may not qualify as a scientific survey, but we think many members of our class would agree with their recollections. “People,” of course, was the word most often expressed and in various formats; that is, classmates, professors, coaches, administrators, mentors—individuals who may have helped shape our lives. Other thoughts included “sense of place,” “family feeling,” “climate,” “social events” (Carnival and Green Key), “certain courses”—especially “Great Issues”—and that special bond that came from our relative isolation in those days. There was also a kind of fondness in the discussion that is hard to put into words, but it was a good dialog for these classmates. We had hoped to have Pete Zischke and Gil Ellenberger join us, but they sent last-minute regrets. It would be interesting to hear your take on this topic. Drop us a line. Reminder: The 65th reunion is September 22-24, 2017, a most beautiful time in New England.

—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com