Our mini-reunion was held during the Dartmouth-Penn football weekend and, while diminished compared to previous events, was attended by Bud Munson, Warren and Dot Daniel, John Hatheway and Judy Cross, Pete and Ann Foster, your secretaryand Joyce Kurr and loyal widows Pat McAllister, Ellie Huke, Alice Becker, Marion Page and Lynn Greene. We had a very nice lunch and class meeting at the Zimmerman Lounge in the well-accoutered and convenient Blunt Alumni Center (formerly Crosby Hall).

Of note, the class is financially sound and we have 87 active members and 118 active widows. Our annual giving participation record for 2016 was 51.7 percent.

The Saturday night dinner was attended by our award-winning scholar-athletes Taylor Ng ’17 of women’s tennis fame and Spencer Furey ’17 from the varsity eight rowing crew and our speaker was Martha Beattie ’76, vice president for alumni relations. An economics and anthropology double major, Taylor was named First-Team All Ivy for singles and doubles, received the International Tennis Association Arthur Ashe Jr. Leadership and Sportsmanship Award and was part of the first Big Green duo to qualify for doubles at the NCAA tournament. She didn’t start her tennis career until her early teens, when she was spotted by Dartmouth in a New Jersey tournament. She’s impressed by the sense of community at Dartmouth and her experience in the outreach program she attended in her junior year. Her interests are varied and she expressed a real enjoyment in creative cooking, while not yet sure where her career will take her.

Spencer is pursuing a dual major in English and history. After being told he would not make the varsity tennis team, he was a freshman walk-on and became a staple in the number four rowing position, where “all I have to do is row hard,” he said. He did to the point he holds two team training records and was invited to the U.S. Under 23 National Team Selection Camp. He hopes to stay with rowing and try out for the next Olympics. Both athletes found their Greek experience rewarding.

I’ll cover Martha’s interesting comments in my next notes.

—Dave Kurr, 4281 Indian Field Road, Clinton, NY 13323; (315) 853-3582; djkurr@verizon.net