It was a cool Sunday morning, June 12, parents and friends already excitedly gathered in their seats, when the sounds of the bagpiper echoed ’round the Green, signifying the start of Commencement Day exercises. The faculty filed in, dressed in their glorious garb. The honored guests had been seated and the 50th reunion class had reenacted their walk of 50 years prior. And now the great class of 2016, soon to be newly minted alums, began their procession.

Can you imagine the joy in the hearts of Nancy and Gene Gabianelli as they saw their granddaughter, Anna Grace Gabianelli, her baton, with its name boldly engraved, in hand, lead her classmates to their seats; or of Lillian Goss, making the trip from Westport, Connecticut, to Hanover to share in the joy of her grandson, Nathaniel Goss, during graduation? And we have one other grandchild, Andrew Beaubien, grandson of a late honorary member of the class, Jean Kemeny. We salute them and wish them well as they begin their next great adventure.

Dave Replogle created a scholarship in 1988 as a graduation present to his son, John ’88, the last of his sons to graduate from college. According to John, his father wanted to leave a legacy, the passing of the torch, so to speak—he wanted to leave a Dartmouth legacy and perhaps celebrate his last college tuition payment. This year John completed the funding of the scholarship during the first year at Dartmouth of his daughter, Grace ’19, in honor of Dave. Congratulations to all!

Sadly, I offer the class’ profound condolences to the families of our dear classmates who are recently deceased: Wallace F. Ashnault, William I. Borman, Martin R. Klemperer, James D. O’Hara and Peter M. Mattoon.

—Mark H. Smoller, 4 Schuyler Drive, Jericho, NY 11753; (516) 938-3616; dartmark@gmail.com