Class Note 1946
Issue
Jul - Aug 2019
I felt like the lone wolf (no pun intended) at the 250th Dartmouth Centennial Celebration held at Lincoln Center in New York City April 2 when I didn’t meet any of the World War II alumni at the event. The nearest classes with representation were about 10 years behind us. Despite the lack of this participation, all of us could not help but respond with nostalgia to the magnificent full-stage slide review of life, past and present, on the Dartmouth campus with colorful scenic views of the countryside.
I must report another failure to represent the World War II classes on the Alumni Council when I was nominated by our class executive committee to fill the expiring term of one of our three delegates representing all cumulative classes who have celebrated their 55th reunion. There is no question that the elected nominee is well-qualified, but as he is in a class closer to his 55th reunion and was elected by class presidents for the most part representing younger classes than our World War II classes, the level of the playing field is in question. In spite of our senior years, I would point out that many of our classmates are still active, whether retired or not, and continue to lead productive lives in the field of writing as well as other pursuits. We can and should be able to join the rest of the alumni in playing a role on the Dartmouth Alumni Council as it determines the future course of the College. We have more to offer than financial and beneficiary support to the College.
Our honorary class member “Tee” Adams, son of former class president Tom Adams, wrote about honoring his deceased father’s 96th birthday, March 31, as well as his mother, Emily, who gave dedicated service to the class for many years.
Our class sympathy to the families of our recently deceased classmates. Charles H. Whitmore Jr. died January 16, 2018. He was in the Navy V-12 and served as class agent and treasurer of the regional club in Rockland, Maine. Leon Norman McKenzie Jr. died December 22, 2018. He was in the Navy V-12 and served in Pearl Harbor during WW II, retiring as a lieutenant, j.g., before embarking on a successful insurance career. Richard A. Esperon died February 2. In 1942 he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served aboard the battleship USS Texas. After service he was in the Navy V-12, earned an M.B.A. at Tuck, and held managerial positions for Eastman Kodak Co. throughout the world.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 500 East 77th St., Apt 1833, New York, NY 10162; (917) 975-3175; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
I must report another failure to represent the World War II classes on the Alumni Council when I was nominated by our class executive committee to fill the expiring term of one of our three delegates representing all cumulative classes who have celebrated their 55th reunion. There is no question that the elected nominee is well-qualified, but as he is in a class closer to his 55th reunion and was elected by class presidents for the most part representing younger classes than our World War II classes, the level of the playing field is in question. In spite of our senior years, I would point out that many of our classmates are still active, whether retired or not, and continue to lead productive lives in the field of writing as well as other pursuits. We can and should be able to join the rest of the alumni in playing a role on the Dartmouth Alumni Council as it determines the future course of the College. We have more to offer than financial and beneficiary support to the College.
Our honorary class member “Tee” Adams, son of former class president Tom Adams, wrote about honoring his deceased father’s 96th birthday, March 31, as well as his mother, Emily, who gave dedicated service to the class for many years.
Our class sympathy to the families of our recently deceased classmates. Charles H. Whitmore Jr. died January 16, 2018. He was in the Navy V-12 and served as class agent and treasurer of the regional club in Rockland, Maine. Leon Norman McKenzie Jr. died December 22, 2018. He was in the Navy V-12 and served in Pearl Harbor during WW II, retiring as a lieutenant, j.g., before embarking on a successful insurance career. Richard A. Esperon died February 2. In 1942 he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served aboard the battleship USS Texas. After service he was in the Navy V-12, earned an M.B.A. at Tuck, and held managerial positions for Eastman Kodak Co. throughout the world.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 500 East 77th St., Apt 1833, New York, NY 10162; (917) 975-3175; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com