For the past five years, under the very pro-active leadership of president Alden Fiertz,our class has had a series of bonding events—and a fine time in the process. Seasonal lunches and dinners at local venues of interest kept the class in touch and two projects, the renovation of Bartlett Tower and the surrounding park, plus adoption of two beautiful trees in the center of the Dartmouth campus, have involved a number of classmates and families. These have been reported earlier in some detail and we are grateful to Alden for his successful leadership with these projects and the class. At the same time, thanks to the good effort of treasurer Steve Parkhurst, your class dues participation has been well managed for these activities and we thank both you and Steve for that. Support for Dartmouth in the annual fund drive has been led by chairman Jim Churchill and his team of fundraisers. Each year we have had excellent response from the class in this effort. This year, for example, we achieved 116 percent of our goal. Finally, our team of Frank Logan and Liz Russell, co-chairs of the planned giving program, have served you and the College well in their work for extended-term financial commitments by our class to Dartmouth. Looking ahead, at our 65th reunion in Hanover in September we elected Frank Logan to be our president for the period 2017-22 and we re-elected all the other class officers for another term. Frank is a long-serving Dartmouth administrator, retiring from the College as director of bequests and trusts. He also served in the admissions office at the start of his Dartmouth career, so he knows the College well. We should also note Frank is an accomplished pianist, a former professional baseball pitcher, a long-term volunteer at DHMC, an instructor in the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Dartmouth, an active ’52— and much more. This is an experienced leadership team for our next five years. We close with a wish to all ’52s the best in good health for 2018 and we hope you will keep in touch.

—William J. Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com