Class Note 1951
Issue
Sep - Oct 2017
A delightful catch-up by phone with Eggert Benzon was one of this month’s highlights. Eggert came to Dartmouth from Denmark after the German occupation of his country in World War II. Returning to Europe after college, he spent nearly 40 years in successful entrepreneurial ventures before settling in the United States for good in 1990. Sailing is a long-time interest; he was a member of Dartmouth’s sailing team and went on to serve as the first president of the International Sailing Association. Eggert now lives in Landrum, South Carolina. He is in regular contact with fellow ’51 sailors Sandy McDonald and Bill Merkle.
I reached Bill Friedlander in Bailey Harbor, Maine, where he and Sal spend the summer months. Hudson, Wisconsin, is still their home base. Bill described an idyllic setting, watching the tides and the lobstermen from an oceanview porch, a gathering spot for Sal’s family for 100 years. Sailing, a long-time pleasure, is no longer part of their lives. They hope to attend our fall mini-reunion (September 22-24) in Hanover.
Tony Bachem is liking his new home in a senior living community in Amityville, New York (south central Long Island). He worked for many years as a travel agent, which took him all over the world and led to many memorable adventures. And, speaking of “memorable,” Al Brout had a hole-in-one in June. He has had others but never before at his home club, despite 71 years of trying. “At this rate,” says Al, “my next one is due in 2088.”
Chick Geilich, another avid golf player, plays three to four times a week at the PGA national course near Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, where he recently moved into a retirement community. The golf course that Chick built in Quincy, Massachusetts, using 1 million truckloads of fill from Boston’s Big Dig, is prospering. Chick is in close touch with his West Palm Beach neighbor Bing Broido and with Joe Spound in Wayland, Massachusetts.
Sadly, four more of our classmates have died since our last report: Sel Atherton, Hank Moyer, Howie Reynolds and Jerry Underwood.
—Pete Henderson, 450 Davis St., Evanston, IL 60201; (847) 905-0635; pandjhenderson@gmail.com
I reached Bill Friedlander in Bailey Harbor, Maine, where he and Sal spend the summer months. Hudson, Wisconsin, is still their home base. Bill described an idyllic setting, watching the tides and the lobstermen from an oceanview porch, a gathering spot for Sal’s family for 100 years. Sailing, a long-time pleasure, is no longer part of their lives. They hope to attend our fall mini-reunion (September 22-24) in Hanover.
Tony Bachem is liking his new home in a senior living community in Amityville, New York (south central Long Island). He worked for many years as a travel agent, which took him all over the world and led to many memorable adventures. And, speaking of “memorable,” Al Brout had a hole-in-one in June. He has had others but never before at his home club, despite 71 years of trying. “At this rate,” says Al, “my next one is due in 2088.”
Chick Geilich, another avid golf player, plays three to four times a week at the PGA national course near Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, where he recently moved into a retirement community. The golf course that Chick built in Quincy, Massachusetts, using 1 million truckloads of fill from Boston’s Big Dig, is prospering. Chick is in close touch with his West Palm Beach neighbor Bing Broido and with Joe Spound in Wayland, Massachusetts.
Sadly, four more of our classmates have died since our last report: Sel Atherton, Hank Moyer, Howie Reynolds and Jerry Underwood.
—Pete Henderson, 450 Davis St., Evanston, IL 60201; (847) 905-0635; pandjhenderson@gmail.com