I had the pleasure of hearing from John Beebe, who wrote that after 20 years in Madison, Wisconsin, and four in Baltimore, he moved back to New England. John missed the reunion this year because he was moving into his new home in northeast Massachusetts.

He said he’s been working for Philips HealthTech for the past four and a half years; he moved earlier this year to its clinical innovations team in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he’s verification lead for its NICU of the Future project, working on solutions to improve how care is provided for prematurely born infants. This effort is dear to my heart, since I’m the mother of two children born prematurely (my son, born at 36 weeks weighing just under seven pounds, gave us much more of a scare than the 32-week-old daughter who weighed in at under three pounds at birth).

John said he’s been married for 21 years and has a retired racing greyhound. For fun, John said he likes gardening and is a big movie and history buff.

In September John made his first trip to Hanover in many years. “So many changes in town and on campus, but the nostalgia was fun as I watched new students getting ready for their freshman trips,” he wrote. “It’s so great to be back in the Dartmouth area!”

We are of course all saddened by the passing of Beth Krakower in September. While I had the honor of knowing her, I’m grateful that Jeff Middents was willing to write her obituary for this issue.

—Suzanne Spencer Rendahl, 224 Route 120, Plainfield, NH 03781; suzanne.spencer.rendahl@gmail.com