The winter is wrapped up except for a report on our 17th consecutive class ski day. Dave Donovan, who has hosted the event with his wife, Cynthia, for each of those 17 years, writes that after last year’s dearth of snow, they happily awoke to a Nor’easter that dropped about a foot and a half of new snow at Mount Sunapee. The conditions were delightful. The number of skiers has declined, with only Put Blodgett, Dave Donovan, Dick O’Connor and Allan Newton skiing this year. Joining the skiers for après ski cocktails were Cynthia Donovan, Al Collins, Marge and Russ Cook, Harlan Fair, Granthia Preston and Barbara Newton. They finished up the day with a delightful dinner at the Millstone Restaurant. Many thanks to Cynthia and Dave for all their efforts in making the arrangements. By the time you read this, our annual Dartmouth College Fund drive will have been completed for the year. In anticipation of another banner year for our class, I would like to acknowledge the efforts of our class agents, who have through the years led us to such Olympian performances. Many of them have been agents since our graduation. This year’s group is headed once again by our head agent, Ron Lazar. Our participation chair is Allen Collins, with major gifts overseen by Phil Beekman. We have four regional agents: Dick Blum, Dick Lowenthal, Bob Malin and Fred Stephens. Our local agents are John Avril, John Cernius, Dick Conn, Tom Duke, Carl England, Bill Friedman, Dave Halloran, Bob Henderson, John Kennedy, Don McMichael, John Newton,Dick O’Connor, Tim Reed, Dick Replogle, George Sarner, Dave Stowe, Bernie Sudikoff, Lowell Thomas and Ed Weltman. Thanks for taking on this difficult but so important task and doing it so well.

Sadly, I end these notes with our sincere condolences to the families of our dear classmates who have passed away: David Folger, Jackson Hall, John Harris and George High.

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