From intern Sydney Latimore ’18: “Dear class of 1954, I would like to thank you all for helping fund my internship in the District of Columbia this summer with the Washington Lawyers committee for civil rights and urban affairs on their fair housing project. I enjoyed learning about the law and litigation, but I also got to make a difference in a heavily under-serviced black community. In addition to my work with the tenants at Brookland Manor Apartments, I am conducting research to help the academic world realize that gentrification is not positive and diversifying in nature; rather, it displaces low-income, often black and Latino communities and forces them into areas of highly concentrated poverty. My research and my work with the residents of D.C. are making a real difference. I’m glad to have the opportunity to serve at the intersection of race, class and gender. Thank you again for making it possible for me to do the work I am doing.”

Jacob Casale ’17 writes: “I’m really thankful for the class of 1954’s generous support of my work in Uganda this summer. I believe you will soon be receiving a note from me through the Center for Service that details what I have been up to during my internship thus far. After the summer I will be entering my senior year and completing a major in psychology, as well as (I hope) a second major in economics modified with geography. During the year I will be serving as co-president of Christian Union at Dartmouth, continue my work with various initiatives on campus focused on the intersection of faith, reason and vocation, and stay engaged with global health and international development. I will be looking for jobs in the nonprofit sector after graduation, possibly internationally. I’m looking forward to staying in contact with you and the class throughout the year—and thank you again for your support! It really means the world to me.”

Recent classmate deaths include Peter Roos on July 17, 2016; Ronald Dunton on July 19, 2016; Bruce Patee on August 18, 2016; and Edwin Quinn on October 7, 2016.

—Wayne Weil, 246 Ridge Road, Rutherford, NJ 07070; (201) 933-4102; wayne@dartmouthgraphics.com