Jeff O’Connell (Charlottesville, Virginia) and brother Tom ’50 have written another book, Five 20th Century College Presidents: From Butler to Bok (Plus Summers) (Carolina Academic Press). It focuses on five key roles of these remarkable men (including John Sloan Dickey): leader, manager, energizer, envoy and intellectual.


Paul Simel (Greensboro, North Carolina) is a retired ophthalmologist who has taught ophthalmic surgery on four continents. He and Fay have produced two more generations of physicians. Paul is in close touch with four former roommates: Eddie Landau (Worcester, Massachusetts), Chick Geilich (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida), Nase Hurowitz (Worcester, Massachusetts) and Howard Phillips (Sarasota, Florida).


Bill Rugg (San Leandro, California) and Norma have reluctantly sold their snowmobiles. They still travel the world in motor homes. He describes looking up at the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro last spring and conceding, “Maybe yesterday but not today.”


Bill Leffler and Ki (Kennebunkport, Maine) have found a great travel scam: free cruises when Bill serves as the rabbi on ships for the Jewish holidays.


A birthday idea worth copying from Dave Barker (Hopkins, Minnesota): “At my age there’s next to nothing I want or need. I encourage gift-givers to send single-serve food products, which I deliver to a local food pantry. This year’s haul: 200 pounds of food!” Dave does still appreciate cake and ice cream.


Dartmouth flew its flags at half staff in memory of Mike Heyman, former chair of the College’s trustees. The late hockey and baseball coach Eddie Jeremiah was honored by a Hanover reunion of his former players, including Mike Choukas.


Fred Chandler (Winnetka, Illinois) died on March 23 at his and Jane’s winter home in Delray Beach, Florida. Bob and Joan Hopkins (Darien, Connecticut) have a place nearby and attended a memorial reception for Fred. Reed Badgley (Chicago) and I represented our class at the Winnetka funeral service.


Henry Nachman (Hanover) reports that our class’ scholarship fund has reached $166,500 and now supports three Dartmouth undergraduates.


A final word from Jack Weingarten (Norwich, Vermont): “The older we get the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.”


—Pete Henderson, 450 Davis St., Apt. 455, Evanston, IL 60201; (847) 905-0635; phenderson82@yahoo.com