Exciting news came from Larry Jaffe ’46. He wrote saying that he graduated with the class of 1945, and that he believes students and alumni will be interested in seeing that one is never too old to start something new.
The past year is one for the history books. Speaking of history, fellow class secretary Val Armento ’73 shared pages of David Hooke’s ’84 Reaching That Peak: 75 Years of the Dartmouth Outing Club with stories of ’45s.
As you read this, we will be about to enter a new year. The past year will stand as another historic and unprecedented time experienced by the class of 1945. I offer heartfelt hopes that the year ahead will bring healing.
Hurray for the ’45s hunkering down during this pandemic. Jeanne Hutchins, wife of Frank Hutchins, called recently. We reminisced about amazing ’45 friendships. Stay well.
One of the silver linings of the slower pace of life imposed by 2020 events is that when your president, Matt Marshall, asked me to serve as secretary for the great class of 1945 I was able to accept with pleasure.
VP Harry Hampton is standing in as guest columnist: “Bud Street was on a roll composing our Class Notes, but he’s sidelined presently by severe sleep deprivation, and you are reading lines by his substitute.
A recent heartwarming tribute came in from Don Sisson’s son, David, on his mother, Ruth, who passed last September at age 92. She and Don moved to Kendal at Hanover in 2002 and he passed in 2010.
As your class secretary, I believe it’s obligatory to make it north to Hanover from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, for Homecoming Weekend October 26-28. I can then report back to the class on the current signs and sounds on the campus.
Robert W. “Doc” Tirrell Jr. is more than eligible for due recognition. He was well prepared for his freshman year at Hanover, as he attended private schools in New England, New Jersey, and Germany.