DAM received the following letter from Doris Jerman, the widow of Roy Jerman: “I thought I would write to tell you I am alive and well living in a nice retirement complex in Greensboro, North Carolina, at age 98. Roy died at age 54 but I still love Dartmouth. I remember living in Wigwam Circle, working as secretary to President Hopkins, then working for photographer Adrian Bouchard, then working in the geography department for Mr. English. We watched all the sports—football, hockey, basketball, and swimming. I even belonged to the Hanover Country Club, where my father played, once scoring a hole in one. I decided to contribute to Dartmouth and have ever since. I kept in touch with all of our Wigwam Circle of friends until all passed away. Loyalty is in my blood and I’ll go on singing all the College songs as long as my vocal chords last. I’ve always loved Dartmouth and always will.
Class Notes 1946
Search Class Notes Prior to 2010A legendary member of the class of 1946 died on January 11. Our class sympathy to the family of Nelson S. Bryant Jr., who led a life devoted to living in “the silence of the woods” in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, where he was born, lived, and died. He told his story in a featured section of the March/April 2017 DAM as a nonagenarian who had been a former outdoor columnist for The New York Times for 30 years.
Although accepted for a summer semester at Dartmouth in 1942, he applied for Airborne, where he was accepted only because he covered his legally blind right eye twice and passed the eye test by reading out of his perfect-vision left eye.
He wrote in a salty, uninhibited, down-to-earth style as noted in describing his parachute jump into Normandy as a member of the 82nd Airborne Division the night before D-Day, when he “crossed his legs to save his balls” before crashing into a tree. Thanks to this thoughtful maneuver, he was able to sire four grateful children.
On his postwar return to Dartmouth he wanted to be a poet. He describes his failure to keep Dylan Thomas sober for his lecture at Baker Library before a thousand people. In spite of that, Thomas, pushing aside piles of lecture notes on the lectern, spoke brilliantly for one and a half hours.
Our class sympathy to the families of our deceased classmates whose loss we share equally. Carl E. Sternkopf, a former Navy V-12, died September 20, 2011. Richard D. Fitzgerald died November 26, 2019. He was a Tuck ’49, graduated with honors and Phi Beta Kappa, served as a Navy Supply Corps officer on the aircraft carrier USS Midway for two years, prized the commendations from admirals he served under, and retired from Price Waterhouse in 1986 in London as deputy chairman of PW World, where he started in 1949. William C. Grant Jr., Ph.D., died November 28, 2019. He earned an A.B. (cum laude) in zoology and a Ph.D. in biology from Yale, serving in the Pacific Theater 1943-1946, and in 1971 was named chairman of the Dartmouth biology department, where he worked for 35 years. James D. Kennedy Jr., a member of Dragon Phi Gamma Delta, died February 4.
Please give serious thought to our 75th full reunion a year from this fall. At least half of our attendees at our 70th reunion were family members. Let’s do it again, wheelchairs and walkers included. Thoughts?
—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
As the new year begins, I wish our entire class family of classmates, widows, children, friends, and pets warm season’s greetings and a healthy and happy new year.
On a personal note, I am recovering from recurrent lumbar compression fractures that immobilized me for a couple of months and now look forward to resuming my medical infectious disease practice on a limited basis. To date the only responder to my request for WW II experiences was Sam Florman, who graduated as an ensign from the Navy Midshipman School at Dartmouth and was commissioned with the Seabees. While he was on a ship headed for an invasion of Japan, the United States dropped a couple of atomic bombs, and one day after arriving in the Philippines, the war was declared over. Sam continues with his losing streak of misspellings of his name in our Class Notes as “Floorman” instead of “Florman” followed by the last issue referring to him as “Stan.” The end of my WW II experience was similar to Sam’s, having completed jungle training in preparation for the Japanese invasion when the atomic bombs fell. While still looking forward to your WW II experiences, I would like all who are able to update us regarding whatever activities you are engaged in. I know that some of our writers, such as Norm Weissman, have continued writing, at least when I last heard from Norm this past year or so.
Class sympathies to the families of the following deceased classmates, including a few who passed away many years ago that the College has only recently learned about. George E. Wilcox died September 25, 2004; Charles E. Ferrin, M.D., died February 21, 2010, after practicing family medicine in Austin, Texas, for 44 years; William T. Dealtrey, a former V-12, died September 25, 2011; Jay Howard Schneider Jr. died May 25, 2012; and Daniel E. Rothenberg died July 23, 2013. Richard H. Bohn, M.D., died May 31, 2019, after 63 years practicing radiology in Coral Gables, Florida; John L. Novascone died September 15, 2019; and Peter S. Mallet died October 18, 2019. Peter served in the 10th Mountain Division and then served as assistant headmaster at Bellows Free Academy in St. Albans, Vermont. He was the author of a two-volume book on the history of Georgia, Vermont, as well as The Dutcher Drug Dynasty of St. Albans and Cemeteries of Georgia.
—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
Bob Skutch suggested recently that classmates describe an auspicious event in their life with a satisfying outcome for our class column. He described a favorable U.S. Supreme Court epic ruling allowing a book he had written about what constitutes a family, including gender preferences, to be distributed to schoolchildren.
I would like to expand the notion of remembering and sharing memorable events in our lives so that the unique history of WW II classes known as the “Greatest Generation” is not buried and forgotten. It is fitting at this time, while Dartmouth is celebrating its 250th centennial anniversary, that we make this contribution. Non-veteran experiences are welcome and assistance by all family members is appreciated.
Lila Cooper, widow of recently deceased Dr. Milton Cooper, is valiantly coping with the cleanup and disposal of a leaking oil tank in their home in Fairfield, Connecticut. She informed me of the recent death of Bob Barrows, who was Milt’s roommate. While Stan Florman appreciated his bio in the last Class Notes DAM issued, he will graciously overlook the misspelling of his name as “Floorman.”
Sadly, our class family sympathy list is long. Edward J. Carney died September 2, 2004, as the College confirmed September 12, 2019. He was a member of the Navy V-12. Paul A. Lux died March 16, 2016, confirmed October 2, 2019. He was an Air Force B-29 pilot. Industrial career executive. Neil H. Muehlhauser died August 15, 2016, a former member of the Navy V-12 program. Sanford M. Treat Jr. died September 1, 2019. He joined 10th Mountain Division after the Pearl Harbor attack, was captain of the Dartmouth ski team and an aluminum executive. John Foran Kennedy died September 3, 2019. He was an Army staff sergeant, 1943-46, graduated Cornell University Law School in 1952, and practiced probate, trust, and estate law. Walter S. Nylund died October 10, 2019, a member of the Navy V-12 and graduate of Tuck School in 1948. Robert C. Hunt died September 22, 2019. He was with the Army 203 Combat Battalion on D-Day at Omaha Beach and battled inFrance and Belgium (in the Battle of the Bulge), then graduated from the University of Connecticut Law School. Bob Barrows died October 6, 2019. I enjoyed Bob at our reunions, including minis. We would sit with our good friend Milton Cooper at the reunion football games while our wives would attend an event at the Hopkins Center.
—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
Sam Flooman regrets having missed the 250th Sestercentennial Celebration at Lincoln Center this past April, but, unfortunately, that night his attendance was required at a gathering of family and friends honoring the death of the widow of his late business partner, Bob Borg. Sam recalls last attending a Hanover celebration for the 150th anniversary of the Thayer School, where he served on its board of advisors. He has received numerous awards and honorary degrees, delivered speeches at many prestigious universities, and written more than 250 articles and authored seven books on the relationship of technology to the general culture, often from a philosophical and humorous standpoint. His two granddaughters are currently attending Dartmouth.
Frank Guarini, former seven-term congressional representative from New Jersey, shows no evidence of slowing down, as he works daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in his Jersey City office, actively engaged in building up Jersey City. At last year’s Dartmouth Commencement ceremony he was awarded its honorary degree of doctor of humane letters. Frank established the Frank J. Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies three years ago with the help of three sizable gifts, providing on-campus and abroad facilities for foreign study programs. When the weather turns cold, I am always reminded of Frank’s generous gift to our class attendees at our 70th reunion in 2016 of stylish, warm green jackets with “Dartmouth” and “Class of 1946” emblazoned on them. Frank has submitted my nomination to the Dartmouth Alumni Council to fill one of the two board of trustee vacancies representing the council. As the board of trustees does not include any senior representatives who graduated before 1965, including WW II classes, I have been urging the council to include older graduates in future decision-making for the College.
This summer I flew to Maine, where I rented a car and visited my granddaughter at camp, followed by driving down the coast from Camden to Booth Bay Harbor and Portland, enjoying lobsters, sailing, and canoeing on the way down.
Our class sympathy is extended to the families of the following deceased classmates. Peter Millard died March 30, 2009, the College learned this July. He was a naval aviator during WW II, brother of Phi Delta Alpha, earned a bachelor’s in architecture from Yale in 1951, and retired from Yale School of Architecture faculty. Bradford L. Jones died July 18, 2018.
—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
Dan Clouse ’71 has reached back through the years by kindly offering to honor and give a rouse to our class at his class’ 50th reunion in Hanover, coming up in two years, when we will be celebrating our 75th reunion. Unfortunately, our reunion dates will not coincide but the thought is greatly appreciated. Peter Pratt, another ’71 classmate, pointed out that 160 members of his class were sons of alumni. Peter mentioned reunions September 27-29 for the classes of 1944 (75th) 1949 (70th), and 1954 (65th). My brother, Richie ’49, will attend his reunion. Peter wishes to show very special recognition of ’71’s fathers’ classes at his 50th, if not before, by dovetailing it with the Homecoming Yale weekend October11-12 as a counterbalance to the current recognition his class gives to its adoptive class of 2021. It’s another wonderful example of recognizing the young and old in our Dartmouth family. It is my hope we can gather as many able and unable bodies of classmates, their wives, widows, significant others, children, relatives, friends, and pets to celebrate our 75th reunion. We can do better than the reunion class of 1941, who joined our 70th reunion with a total of two classmates.
I will attend the class officers meeting this fall in Hanover and continue beating the tom-toms to draw attention to the need for more adequate senior class representation on the Dartmouth Alumni Council, which currently allows only three delegates to represent all cumulative classes that have celebrated their 55th reunion. I requested an update on this issue from Jo Weingarten Golub ’98, president of the Class Presidents Association. Jo agrees that a “shift should be made to address that issue and make sure there is enough representation.” She will follow up with Alec Casey ’88, the new Alumni Council president, as well as Tee Lotson ’82, former president, who informed me a committee had been formed to study the matter.
Our class treasury currently has $11,949. Our class executive committee—David Chalmers, Bob Levinson, Saul Nirenberg, and Frank Guarini and myself—has agreed to contribute the same amount as last year: $500 to the athletic sponsors program and $1,000 to Rauner Library.
Start planning for our 75th reunion in the fall of 2021.
—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 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
Frank Guarini, former seven-term congressman from New Jersey, writes that he has been extremely active with building the New Jersey waterfront rather than practicing law. Frank states he is more active with developing his hometown and community of Jersey City. He is also staying active with John Cabot University in Rome, which has grown the number of students studying abroad and is strengthening its entire program.
The Dartmouth Alumni Council has expanded its study of my recommendation of increasing senior class representation on the council from three delegates representing all classes following their 55th reunion. Classes before this 55th reunion currently are allowed one delegate for each class. The expanded study will include evaluation of the composition of the board, no doubt with the idea of streamlining it in size while seeking complete alumni representation to make it a more efficient working body. To assist in my endeavor to give voice to our wartime classes as well as all other classes, I have submitted my name for a nomination to fill a vacant council seat this fall.
Our class sympathy to the families of the following deceased classmates, starting with the death on July 4, 2018, of our executive committee chairman Harvey White. Our condolences to Harvey’s wife, Judy, who accompanied Harvey at our many recent reunions. He had a wonderful sense of humor. When Jack Howard introduced our classmate as the Hon. Frank Guarini, Harvey quipped, “Does that mean that John Wolff and I are not honorable?” Another class leader, Thomas Hugh Gillaugh, died February 2, 2017. Robert Merrill Koons, a member of the DOC and Navy V-12, died November 2, 2018. Henry Huson Bush Jr., a former Navy lieutenant, j.g., and active on family farms in Wisconsin, died January 19. John Bringloe Helsell, Th’50, an Orcas Island, Washington, native and member of the 10th Mountain Division in the European theater, died May 16, 2018. There was a memorable photo of a huge log too large to be processed at his sawmill that appeared in the 65th reunion newsletter. Waverly J. Ellsworth Jr., DMS’47,died October 31, 2018. Leon Norman McKenzie Jr., a former Navy lieutenant, j.g., and member of the Navy V-12 program and Gamma Delta Chi, died December 22, 2018. Robert “Bob” Winter, who served in the Air Force during WW II and was an architectural guru and longtime professor at Occidental College, died February 18.
I hope I will have met ’46 classmates at the 250th centennial celebration at Lincoln Center on April 2.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 860 Knollwood Road, White Plains, NY 10603; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
I have just received an encouraging response from “Tee” Lotson ’82, president of the Dartmouth Alumni Council, that the council at its fall meeting is now taking steps to consider my request for more equitable representation for senior classes who are allowed a total of only three representatives to represent all the cumulative classes following their 55th reunion celebration. All other classes prior to their 55th reunion are allowed one delegate to the council. These “greatest generation” classes should be allowed a leadership role along with all the other classes if the College is going to be consistent in including all alumni classes in our goal of diversity for all especially during our 250th centennial celebration year. This matter is now being studied by the executive committee of the Alumni Council and the alumni relations team, which I hope could result in a specific amendment to the Alumni Association constitution and an alumni-wide vote.
As an added measure to make my senior class representation request happen, our classmate, the Hon. Frank Guarini, seven-time congressional representative, submitted my nomination to the Dartmouth Alumni Council to fill one of the two vacant alumni nomination seats on the board of trustees in June. Two well-qualified candidates from the classes of ’90 and ’82 were selected from the nominating committee, which did not include any class member from after their 55th reunion, leaving in question what the outcome would have been on a more level playing field, with equal representation before and after 55th reunions.
Sam Florman “simply cannot believe” never accepting Bob Skutch’s invitation to join him for an evening with Robert Frost because of pre-engineering commitments. He intends to discuss this matter, as well as renew old memories, by emailing Bob. Our class has renewed its athletic sponsor program efforts with a donation of $500 for 2018-19. We also renewed our gift of $1,000 to the Rauner Library Preservation Fund.
Our class sympathy to the families of the following deceased classmates. Crawford Murray “Whitey” Campbell died December 5, 2017. Whitey played on the U.S. hockey team at the 1948 Olympics at St. Moritz. Frederick J. Veddigen died September 9, 2018. He was in the Navy V-12 program.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 860 Knollwood Road, White Plains, NY 10603; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
I have just returned from a stimulating and nostalgic 2018 Class Officers Weekend September 21-22 in Hanover, where I represented our class as your secretary and president. Our class was the oldest represented by a class officer. A central theme of the weekend was the announcement of plans to celebrate Dartmouth’s 250th year, officially taking place in 2019, and Dartmouth’s vision for the future. I expressed my concern at every meeting I could attend that weekend, including during a personal conversation with President Hanlon, about the lack of representation under the Alumni Council Constitution, which allows only a total of three representatives to represent all classes collectively who have celebrated their 55th reunions. All other classes from 1965 to the present are allowed one delegate to represent their classes in the Alumni Council. In order to follow through and try to make early class representation happen, our distinguished classmate Frank Guarini has nominated me to the Dartmouth Alumni Council to fill one of two vacant alumni-nominated seats on the Dartmouth board of trustees in June.
Class sympathies to families of deceased classmates and widow. Jean C. Davis called and informed me of the death of her husband, Paul True Davis, who died December 24, 2017. He served on a PT boat, was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and Sphinx, and earned his M.B.A. from Tuck. He was an expert on energy economic research and taught at Dartmouth and Stanford. Rosemary Marlette, widow of John E. “Jack” Marlette and mother of ’75, ’84, and ’87 alums, died July 13, 2018. She was the first woman to serve on Nichols School board of trustees and chair of the board of AAA Western in central New York. She was very active in reunion and class affairs and named the Marlette Room at McNutt Hall for her deceased husband. Retired Marine Corps Col. Charles Hammond Bodley died July 11, 2018. He served with the Marine Corps for 30 years, since being part of its V-12 program on campus. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and Sphinx. Walter Medley Wingate died July 8, 2018. He was a pilot with the U.S. Navy for three years, and at Dartmouth was a member of Casque & Gauntlet and Psi Epsilon. Joseph Bradley Quig Jr. died July 18, 2018. Joe was a neighbor of mine who lived on Midchester Avenue in White Plains, New York, where we both walked to and attended the Post Road Junior High School. At Dartmouth he was varsity catcher for the baseball team. He was in the Marine Corps V-12 program, and later retired from DuPont. John Horton Smith died September 9. He was in the Navy V-12 program, a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and served as an ensign and gunnery officer in the Pacific.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 860 Knollwood Road, White Plains, NY 10603; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
Bob Skutch,who honed his writing skills as editor of Jack-O-Lantern and attending Robert Frost seminars as well as rooming with Howard Samuel, editor of The Dartmouth, has offered a creative suggestion to classmates to submit any 15-minutes-of-fame memories they may have (rather than their latest medical report).
His memory was a children’s book he wrote titled Who’s In a Family in 1995. The book included all the different kinds of families: biracial, gay, lesbian, and multigenerational, as well as animal families. In early 2000 a Boston public school offered kindergarten and first-grade students the opportunity to each pick a book from a large collection and bring it home so their parents could read it aloud. An irate father responded by storming the principal’s office, demanding that young readers such as his son not be exposed to Bob’s book. The father, bankrolled by an organization, filed suit in federal court against the school, which prevailed on First Amendment grounds. The parent got the same organization to appeal the case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which refused to hear it. Hence Bob’s 15-minutes-of-fame memory.
Following the unfortunate death last year of Jack Howard, our class lacked a president. As vice president, I requested our class executive committee of Harvey White, Frank Guarini, Dave Chalmers, Saul Nirenberg, and Bob Levenson to nominate a president and offered to assist whomever they might select. Those who responded requested that I assume the role of president, which I have accepted. Jack set a good example of dedication and unselfish leadership, which I will attempt to emulate.
The College has sent me a complete but outdated list of our classmates. This would be a good time to update your profile with a note to me including your “most memorable 15 minutes.” My most recent update is a return to my infectious disease practice following recent surgery.
Our class sympathy to the families of our recently deceased classmates Michael Warden Ward, who died on April 17, and William Brown Davidson Jr., who died on May 10.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 860 Knollwood Road, White Plains, NY 10603; (212) 772-1700; jlewolffmd@aol.com
Jack Howard, our recently deceased president, delivered a dinner speech in 2016 at our 70th reunion titled “We are a Class of Achievers.” He concluded his speech saying that after 70 years out, we, the class of 1946, can be proud of being in the “best” category of Dartmouth alumni. The following excerpts will explain why.
“Our gift-giving to the College Alumni Fund has been outstanding for the past 70 years, during which we met or exceeded our giving goal 20 out of 23 years during the tenure of Tom Adams, head class agent. The individual achievements of some of our classmates are noteworthy: an elected U.S. House of Representatives member for seven terms and a builder of eight high-rise skyscrapers in New Jersey overlooking Manhattan, a developer of one of the largest retail store franchises in the country (TJ Maxx), a co-chairman of the board of the nation’s largest accounting firm, a successful investment banker from Boston, a career-long infectious disease specialist in two major N.Y.C. hospitals with early involvement in the HIV epidemic, a humanitarian who cofounded a corporation that has built multiple health clinics in South Sudan.”
I will add award-winning authors and writers, a scuba diving explorer who added much knowledge of undersea life through photographs and books, a partner in a well-respected N.Y.C. construction firm, a Superior Court justice from New Jersey, and no doubt others requiring updated information.
One of the achievers is former seven-term U.S. Congressman Frank Guarini, who gave a gift of $10 million in 2013 to endow a new Institute of International Relations. Frank has now extended his gift-giving to include a $20-million donation to NYU School of Law to support the Guarini Institutions for Global Legal Studies.
Our class sympathy to the families of our deceased classmates Robinson Vohr Smith, Maurice Daniel Smith, Robert Patterson Mann, John Lewis Greisberger, Richard Andrew Kelly, and George Edward Young Jr.
On a personal note, I have recovered from surgery and am now getting back to my infectious disease practice while coping with the loss of my wife, Susan, who died from cancer on November 29, 2017.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 860 Knollwood Road, White Plains, NY 10603; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
Just received notice from the Yale Film Studies Center regarding a film review titled An Evening with Norman Weissman, presented at Yale February 28. Norman wrote, directed, and produced hundreds of works for films and television during a 42-year career. He is still writing. Looks as if those Robert Frost seminars have paid off.
The following is a tribute, compiled by our recently deceased president Jack Howard, to our outstanding class athletes who played on record-setting teams.
Bill Riley was an outstanding hockey forward who played with the most famous attacking line in the College’s history: Harrison, Rondeau, and Riley. The hockey team won 36 victories without a tie or defeat during their tenure.
Chip Coleman was one of the best basketball guards to play for the Big Green. As a freshman he broke into the lineup on the Dartmouth team that went to the NCAA finals the year before. He captained the 1946-47 and 1947-48 teams after service in WW II.
Chuck Bodley was the best all-around athlete, having lettered multiple times in hockey, football, and lacrosse.
The class of 1946 had three captains on three different varsity football teams: Carl McKinnion, co-captain 1945; Jud Hannigan, 1947; and Dale Armstrong, 1948.
Our class sympathy to the family of Robert Clifton, M.D., who died February 23. Bob practiced urology for 32 years in Haverhill, Massachusetts. I have warm memories of conversing with Bob during our recent reunions, including our tailgate football game picnics. He was a member of the Navy V-12.
I spoke to Lila Cooper, who was about to leave for Milton Cooper’s gravesite memorial in Vermont, where they had a vacation home. Milton died one year ago, April 29, 2017.
I spoke to Ruth Howard, who just had a memorial service on April 14 for Jack following his death on January 14. Ruth will move to Florida this fall with one of her daughters.
My brother, Al Wolff ’38, died just before his 101st birthday at his Foulkeways Senior Living Community in Pennsylvania, surrounded by a loving family and residents of the home. Your class secretary, John L.E. Wolff, will celebrate his May 1 birthday by undergoing a surgical procedure the following day, with a short hospital stay, allowing me to continue my normally active life.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 860 Knollwood Road, White Plains, NY 10603; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
I sadly must announce the devastating news of the death of our beloved class president Jack Howard, who died January 14. I can only repeat the tribute I paid to Jack at our 70th class reunion meeting in the fall of 2016: “Not enough can be said for the way and gracious manner that Jack as then vice president stepped in when Tom Adams was unable to perform his presidential duties following our 65th reunion in 2011. In order to allow Tom the dignity of retaining his title of president, Jack quietly took over the function of the presidency under his vice presidency title. I was astounded by the endless number of emails sent by Jack to the alumni office, the executive committee, class members, widows and myself.” In spite of a stroke last year, Jack continued his role as president until another stroke and complications ended his life. During a call to his wife, Ruth, expressing our class sympathy, she informed me that a memorial service was to be held in Skaneateles, New York, on April 14. She plans to move this fall to Florida to be with one of her daughters.
Our class sympathies extend equally to the families of all our deceased classmates, including David Lester Warren, M.D., who died January 10. He was in the Navy V-12 program and a member of Sigma Nu at Dartmouth, and served in the U.S. Navy. He was a board-certified physician in internal medicine and cardiology and was in private practice in Manchester, Connecticut, for 20 years.
Willard Hasting Wheeler died January 22. He received his degree from Clark University after 15 years of attending night school, preceded by a year at Dartmouth that was interrupted by Army service. He served as Berlin, Massachusetts, town clerk and justice of the peace, performing more than 1,000 weddings mostly in the front parlor of his home.
Norm Weissman continues his active literary career with his fifth publication, The Patriot, which has received excellent reviews and is now archived at the Yale Collection of American Literature at the Beinecke Library. He and his wife, Eveline, have moved to Center Community in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Our class will continue as strong as ever, supported by all of you loyal classmates, widows, families, friends and our executive committee, consisting of chairman Harvey White, Frank J. Guarini, Dave Chalmers, Saul W. Nirenberg and Bob A. Levinson.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 860 Knollwood Road, White Plains, NY 10603; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
Seasons greetings to all ’46 classmates, families and friends. Our peripatetic classmate Dave Chalmers is showing he still has a lot of gas left in the tank as he follows his self-organized, commercial flight travel bucket list—he had visited more than 100 countries as of early last year for business or leisure. Last I heard from Dave, this fall he was off to Chile, a new country on his itinerary.
Stan Waterman expressed his appreciation to me for including his second book, Sea Salt II, in a previous Class Notes column. It is a fascinating story of Stan’s exciting and dangerous experience as a scuba diver beneath the sea as well as a description of his significant contributions to the study of undersea life. Stan reminded me about having joined with other ’46s who met for several evenings in Baker Library with Robert Frost in a small group.
Angela Stafford, our class representative from the alumni relations office, tells me that a new intern will be assigned to her office after the first of this year who will work with our class in putting out a newsletter under the guidance of the Alumni Association. Please send me your Green Cards with any info for the newsletter. Information from families and friends is welcome.
It is always difficult to express our condolences to the families of our deceased classmates as well as those dear to them. At this time, I have to report the death of my beloved wife, Susan, on November 29, 2017. She courageously fought cancer for the past year. Susan attended every 1946 class reunion with me, including our last big reunion in the fall of 2016. She enjoyed meeting and sharing in the warm companionships of returning classmates, families and friends, especially going off with the women on shopping trips and Hopkins Center events while our classmates were attending to official class business or watching the football games. Our class sympathy to the family of Ralph Garfield Slighter Jr., who died July 16, 2017. While at Dartmouth Ralph was a member of the Dartmouth Christian Fellowship and Navy V-12. He was an Alumni Fund volunteer class agent (1960-70).
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 860 Knollwood Road, White Plains, NY 10603; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
Undaunted by a recent stroke, Jack Howard is now back in action as our beloved class president, much to the relief of our executive committee, our classmates and their families. He is attempting to make arrangements with the College alumni office to produce our annual newsletter and there is no better prescription for his recovery than sending in updates of your recent activities, regardless of how active or inactive you may be, for publication in the letter.
A few responses have already been received. Bob Skutch is unable to accept Jack’s challenge for the largest number of classmate family members attending a family event. He claims a big zero for great-grandchildren, although he has two grandchildren about 30 who are still happily single. So far Jack and Ruth have set the mark of 35 attendees at their recent 70th wedding anniversary, as noted in the previous issue of DAM. Bob’s foundation started 42 years ago publishing a spiritual document titled A Course in Miracles, with 3 million copies distributed in 25 languages, in addition to six books he had published. He gave up playing singles tennis at 90, when he ran out of opponents. Watch out, Bob! I may show up at your doorstep with my tennis racket.
Richard Fitzgerald regretted missing our 70th because of a “bug.” He traveled to Quebec City for the biannual reunion of Price Waterhouse retired partners. He went to Marco Island, Florida, in October and pleasantly recalls the nice dinner Mary Louise and he had with Ruth and Jack at the Aurora Inn. Fen A. Ludke and Bunny flew to Australia for a cruise that included New Zealand in mid-December, returning in January. Norm Weissman’s novels, memoir, screenplays, correspondence and research files are now archived at the Yale Collection of American Literature at the Beineke Library.
Our class sympathy goes out to the families of our recently deceased classmates. Donald Edmund Millians died February 15, 2017. He was actively involved in Dartmouth regional clubs as president, officer and career development advisor. Gene Jay Boker died May 19, 2017. I knew Gene as a fellow camper at Schroon Lake Camp in the Adirondacks of New York around 1935-36 and later when he was sports editor and I was managing editor of The Dartmouth. William Webb Striker died July 28, 2017. He was with the Navy V-12 and was a class agent and admissions interviewer.
Correction: Please note, in the class of 1946 notes in last issue of DAM, an editorial error in naming Jack Hayward in place of Jack Howard for the Jack Howard challenge for most family members returning to a family reunion.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 860 Knollwood Road, White Plains, NY 10603; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
Who is willing to accept the Jack Hayward challenge? Jack and Ruth celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary June 20 with an entire family turnout of 35 coming to Skaneateles, New York, from diverse locations including Florida, Rhode Island, California, Washington and Hawaii. Four children, 10 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren attended. Jack suggests a contest among our classmates for the largest number of great-grandchildren to publish in our forthcoming class newsletter, to be mailed out in December. At the same time Jack has sent requests encouraging “achievements and boasts” and details on any traveling, classmate reunions or other experiences fit for publication in the newsletter. I have already been receiving Green Card responses from classmates that will appear in the newsletter.
I was delighted to hear from Stan Waterman, of whom I have vivid memories of his distance running feats during his freshman year at Dartmouth, where he was the first freshman to earn a varsity letter. Stan sent me a copy of his second book, Sea Salt II, published in 2015, which tells the fascinating story of Stan’s miraculous adventures as a diver beneath the sea in diverse locations around the world. His life-threatening experience with predatory sharks and eels is as amazing as it is terrifying. His achievements in opening up an understanding of life under the sea through motion picture photography and the creation of a repertoire of lecture films for television documentaries have earned him many honors, including induction into the International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame.
You will have already received your 2017-18 class dues letter requesting $50. I hope all will have remitted by this time.
Milton Cooper’s wife, Lilla, informed me of his memorial service, held July 25 with almost 300 in attendance and much reference to the Big Green. Their two sons and three grandchildren attended Dartmouth.
Our class extends its sympathy to the families of our recently deceased classmates. Benjamin Franklin Moates Jr. died May 17. He was the beloved husband of Millicent for 35 years and had a global career in marketing and corporate development and was the owner and operator of the Boca Grande Bridge in Florida. He attended our recent 70th reunion. Richard William Young died August 4. He was a member of the Navy V-12 unit at Dartmouth.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 1160 Fifth Ave., Suite 105, New York City, NY 10029; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
The greatest class of the greatest generation continues to demonstrate that life in our nonagenarian years can still be exciting and productive. There is no better example than our classmate Frank Guarini, former seven-term U.S. House of Representatives member. Frank has committed $10 million to support Dartmouth’s off-campus and foreign study programs, adding to an earlier commitment of $10 million for a total endowment commitment of $20 million to the Frank J. Guarini Institute for International Education. The institute has offered more than 600 Dartmouth undergraduates 40 off-campus venues in 29 countries through Dartmouth language study abroad (LSA), foreign study and exchange programs.
The LSA was first introduced in 1967 by the popular, flamboyant professor John Rassias, who was an honorary member of the class of 1949. It was therefore very timely that my wife, Susan, and I have just returned from a weekend in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, celebrating the marriage of Jim Citron ’86, who runs the Rassias English teaching program for Mexican teachers, and Laura Gonzales, an English supervising teacher in Mexico. They met after she enrolled in the Rassias program at Dartmouth. A large Mexican contingent attended the wedding as well as at least half a dozen Dartmouth alumni. The gracious hosts were Jim’s parents, Ellen and John Citron ’57.
Norm Weissman has been honored by the Yale Film Study Center, which is archiving and making available for study by students and scholars 16 of his documentaries and TV films.
Molly Schue, widow of Edward Schue, is heading for Cliff Island, Maine, where she will spend four months with her family.
Our class sympathies to the families of our recently deceased classmates. Dewitt Clinton Baker died earlier this year. I first met “Bud” when I played tennis doubles against him and his partner, Al Holmes (deceased),representing Bronxville High School, while I played for White Plains High School. Bud was class treasurer and member of our class executive committee, involved in the Navy V-12 program and served in the Pacific theater during WW II. He had a distinguished career in the book publishing business. Paul Edward Lacke died December 30, 2016. He joined the Navy in 1944, served as an ensign and then earned his B.S. and M.S. from Thayer in June 1946. He worked in executive engineering positions at various steel firms. Eugene Bronstein died March 5. After joining through the Navy V-12 program he graduated from Harvard Business School in 1948 and had a well-respected career as a retailer, teacher and mentor.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 1160 Fifth Ave., Suite 105, New York City, NY 10029; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772 9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
Jack Howard, our class president, is making sure that we will all be in shape to attend our 75th reunion in 2021. He has emailed to many of us medical advice from a Mayo Clinic cardiologist stressing the importance of frequently consuming glasses of water to avoid stroke and heart attacks as well as taking a daily baby aspirin. He also included details on how to recognize the varied symptoms of a heart attack, including painless attacks, as well as what to do during a heart attack. As a practicing physician, I heartily (no pun intended) concur with this advice and hope we will take it all to heart (again, no pun intended).
Our class is saddened by the recent death of Dr. Milton Cooper on April 29. Despite serious medical issues, Milt continued to practice medicine in Fairfield, Connecticut, until the last month of his life. He was valedictorian of his high school class and graduated summa cum laude from Dartmouth. After completing a hematology fellowship at the Mayo Clinic he served as chief of the department of hematology and later as chief of the internal medicine department at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in the Fairfield area, where he practiced for more than 65 years. Milt attended all class reunions, including our full 70th reunion this past fall. He organized our mini-reunion tailgate parties prior to football games. He purchased extra annual subscriptions to Dartmouth football games in order to include his family and friends as his guests at games. I was fortunate enough to be included at the last two mini-reunion games. We sat together at the last mini-reunion game during the pouring rain, but decided to keep dry by watching last year's night game on TV at the Hanover Inn. My wife, Susan, and the class send our deep sympathy to Milt's wife, Lilla, and their family.
We also offer class condolences to the family of Donald E. Millians, including his wife, Helga, and daughter Penelope. Donald, who died on February 15, devoted time to travel and antique and classic cars after a career representing Servicemaster Ltd. in Connecticut. We also offer our sympathy to the family of Mark Byrne, who died June 8, 2009. He was a member of the Navy V-12 class.
Don’t forget to take your water and aspirin. See you at the 75th.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 1160 Fifth Ave., Suite 105, New York City, NY 10029; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772 9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
With apologies to Irving Berlin, our 70th reunion may have ended but its sweet memories linger on, reinforced by our follow-up newsletter describing the reunion. Let’s keep those memories alive by keeping in touch, so that at our 75th reunion we can do better than the class of 1941, which had two members show up for their 75th reunion. They claimed it simplified their group picture. Two of our widow attendees, Do Jerman (Leroy U. Jerman Jr.) and Susan Swenson (Roy Alfred Swenson, D.D.S.),wrote expressing their pleasure with the weekend and the newsletter.
Dave Chalmers regrets missing the reunion due to a serious fall on concrete. He continues to lead an active, peripatetic life, visiting various global and transcontinental destinations and is currently in Cape Town, South Africa, drinking lots of water per recent email advice of class president Jack Howard. Dick Fitzgerald and Bob Hunt also expressed their disappointment about missing the reunion. Bob has been a resident for nearly a year at the Arbor Community Fox. His son, Dan, is his caretaker and driver.
Bob occasionally communicates with Bob and Jean Winstanly. Dick is living in Marco Island, Florida, and looking forward to the 75th. Bob Clifton has temporary residence at Harvest Hill in Lebanon, New Hampshire. He is surrounded geographically by most of his four daughters, including Nancy (husband John Collier, professor Thayer School); Judy (husband Bill, a semi-retired M.D.); Betsy in New Boston, New Hampshire; and Andrea in Phoenix, Arizona. From May to September Bob has a summer home in Westport, Massachusetts.
I was delighted to receive a newsy note from Sam Florman,who was kind enough to congratulate me on an article in the last DAM regarding my inclusion in a feature story about five active senior Dartmouth alumni. Sam has written 300 articles and seven books (often mixed with humor) involving his productive life as an engineer, including his philosophical outlook. He retired a few years ago and has a weekend retreat in Putman County, New York.
David Adams ’71 reports the death of his mother, Dorothy (widow of Robert Adams, who died in 2007). Our class sympathy to his family and the families of our deceased classmates. William Cary Miller died January 15, 2014; David Edwin Beihl died August 10, 2016; Dickson Randall Loos died November 14, 2016.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 1160 Fifth Ave., Suite 105, New York City, NY 10029; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
By the time you read this column you will have received the 70th class reunion souvenir booklet highlighting all the reunion events with photographs of classmates and families as well as prominent renovation projects involving Baker Library and its tower and the Hood Museum. At the same time we will have entered into the second month of a new presidency and cabinet of our country and its multitude of challenges. We can only hope that the world will be less chaotic than it has been up to the time of submitting this column.
Out of almost 2,000 early-decision applicants, 555 students were chosen, making it the largest early-decision pool in Dartmouth history, up 3.7 percent from last year. This group now makes up about 47 percent of the incoming class of ’21; 92 percent of them are in the top 10 percent of their high school class. Mean SAT scores jumped 33 percent to 1,468; 31 percent are students of color; 8.3 percent are foreign citizens; more than 10 percent are first-generation college-bound students; and 16 percent are children of Dartmouth alumni.
It is always sad to report the loss of our classmates, but it is an opportunity to honor their memories. Our sympathies to their families. Lawrence Gove Doty died September 6, 2016. He was a 10th-generation descendant of Edward Doty, who survived the journey in 1620 and the first winter as an indentured servant in the Mayflower settlement; Phi Beta Kappa; member of the first graduating class of the John Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies; retired from the U.S. government; buried in Arlington National Cemetery with Navy honors. Philip Henry Osberg died September 30, 2016. He was a member of the Navy V-12; was a second officer manning PT boats in the Philippines and Hawaii; worked as a professor and chairman of geology at the University of Maine with a focus on glacial and quaternary geology; published books, articles and geological maps; and contributed to the plate tectonic shift theory. Harlan Brown Brumsted died October 23, 2016. He was an ensign in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific, where he survived two ship sinkings; earned a Ph.D. in wildlife management from Cornell; worked for four decades in undergraduate and graduate teaching as Cornell’s extension conservationist; introduced farm fish management programs at Cornell; named Conservationist of the Year by the New York State Conservation Council in 1991; earned an Exceptional Service Award from the Cornell department of natural resources and an Outstanding Alumni Award from the Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in 2003. Stanley Main Gates died October 25, 2016. He was a lieutenant colonel with the U.S. Air Force and a command pilot in WW II and the Korean War.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 1160 Fifth Ave., Suite 105, New York City, NY 10029; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
We have just completed the mother of all 70th reunions and now eagerly look forward to the grandmother of all 75th reunions in five years. Judging from the camaraderie and the enthusiasm of our 19 classmates, five widows and 20 family members who attended, there should be a good turnout for the 75th reunion. It is a tribute to our class spirit and loyalty that some of our classmates were not deterred from attending despite health issues. The poster boy of this group was Bob Bensing, who decided that being confined to a wheelchair following a stroke was not going to keep him from attending the reunion with his wife, Millicent.
The theme of the reunion was to honor all classmates who died in World War II and it was elegantly illustrated by the lecture of President Emeritus James Wright’64, who described his studies and teaching assignments to his students to research the lives of fallen veterans from all recent wars in order to fully appreciate and honor them for their sacrifice. This was followed by a memorial service the next morning, concluding the reunion. Rabbi Daveen Litwin led the service. Two female student members of the College ROTC dressed in military uniforms sounded the bell following the reading of the name of each classmate who perished in World War II.
Our class meeting decided to no longer have mini-reunions. Class officers elected are Jack W. Howard, president; John L.E. Wolff, secretary and vice president; executive committee members are Harvey White, Frank J. Guarini, Dave Chalmers, Saul W. Nirenberg and Bob A. Levinson. Dues will continue at $50 per year.
James D. Shute is offering $300 to any classmates or family members who could replace his lost 1946 gold Dartmouth class ring. He can be reached at (610) 647-2923 or 33 Freedom Blvd., Coatesville, PA 19320.
Our sympathies to the families of the following deceased classmates. Jim Stevens died November 10, 2015. After Navy V-12, he was a cement industry executive, followed by a career in real estate. (I was informed of his death by Bob Pretat during reunion). Lowell Thomas Jr. diedOctober 1, 2016. After service in the U.S. Army Air Corps, he was a filmmaker, author, pilot, Alaskan Islands environmentalist and lieutenant governor of Alaska. Keep the Green Cards coming—’46 up!
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 1160 Fifth Ave., Suite 105, New York City, NY 10029; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
Heroic attempts were successful in locating our 1946 class banner with our logo, “Friendly the Dragon,” in a barn of a family friend of Tom Adams just in time to hang it proudly in preparation for our 70th reunion held from September 30 to October 2. Following the reunion it will be transported with dignity to a sanctified spot protected with a 24-hour honor guard before being resurrected for our 75th reunion. The problemwith writing this column two months before publication is writing about forthcoming events without knowing the actual outcome. Therefore, full reunion details and photographs will be described in a souvenir booklet to be distributed to all classmates and widows following the reunion. The full information, which I do have at this time of writing, is as follows: There will be 61 attendees including about 19 class members. Widows, significant others and family members will round out remaining participants. These numbers exceed our own 65th reunion figures of 50 attendees and 17 classmates.
Our class nominating committee of Harvey White (chairman), Dave Chalmers and Frank Guarini proposed candidates for the election of class officers, which will be announced in the forthcoming souvenir booklet. While 18 of our classmates died in WW II combat, the classes that preceded us suffered a higher number of deaths because of earlier entry into the war. A certificate of appreciation to Tom Adams (deceased July 12) for his many years of devoted service to our class as head agent and former president was presented to his son, Tee, by John Wolff. Jack Howard then presented a certificate of honorary class membership to Tee Adams in appreciation for the many valuable services he, his mother, Emily, and Tom have rendered to the class throughout the years.
Our sympathies to the families of our deceased classmates: John Patrick Harrington (Navy V-12) died November 7, 2007; Frank Arne Lundblad (Navy V-12) died June 16; Francis T. Adams died July 12; Ralph Emerson Dennis Jr. (Navy V-12) died July 23; Joseph Thomas Keckeisen Jr. died July 23.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 1160 Fifth Ave., Suite 105, New York City, NY 10029; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
We are on the way to a record-breaking attendance for our upcoming 70th reunion Friday, September 30, to Sunday, October 2. Our golden-plus years are not deterring us from returning to our beautiful campus full of memories of our own unique Dartmouth experience, despite World War II interruptions. What makes it even more special are the responses from widows and children of deceased classmates who want to honor their memory by attending the reunion. Out of an original class of 900, we now number about 180.
On registering at the Hanover Inn Friday, classmates will receive their green outerwear jacket and ladies a single-stem vase engraved for the occasion, thanks to the generosity of our classmate, Frank Guarini.
The reunion theme is the memorialization of our World War II classmates who died in combat. Their names will be on the program and read aloud during the memorial service scheduled for Sunday morning at the inn. About 18 to 20 died. A limited supply of CDs showing life at Dartmouth during the World War II years will be available.
Tee Adams, son of Tom Adams (president emeritus) and Emily, has been approved by the executive committee to be an honorary class member for the many valuable services he and the Adams family have rendered to the class throughout the years. (We have just been notified by Tee that his father died July 12. More to come in the next DAM.)
Just spoke to Rick Kelly, who still lives at the same address in Scarsdale, New York, and sounds as youthful as he did when he played George Appleby for the Dartmouth Players during Winter Carnival.
Norm Weissman’s fourth novel, The Prodigy, is available on Amazon and Kindle. His My Exuberant Voyage (memoir) was deemed one of the best books of 2015. Norm stays in touch with his former roommate Jack Helsell,who still runs his lumber mill on Orcas Island on Puget Sound, Washington.
Our sympathy to the families of our deceased classmates. Paul Montgomery Allen died November 2, 2014; Richard Armstrong Howe died July 20, 2015; Gerard D’Amore died October 13, 2015; William Carl Larsen died April 13; Herman Frank Werther died April 23 (his daughter wrote that he had hoped to attend the reunion); and Herman J. Obermeyer died in May (Obie had a distinguished writing career).
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D. 1160 Fifth Ave., Suite 105, New York City, NY 10029; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
Five years ago 50 persons, including 17 class members, attended our 65th class reunion. Now that we are young nonagenarians we have a great opportunity to do even better at our upcoming 70th reunion Friday, September 30, to Sunday, October 2. Since the College is footing the bill, we may make it. If you have not already replied to the invitations to attend, please do ASAPso that I can include the results in my next column. So far our class widows are showing interest as the following Green Card responses indicate. Susemarie Swenson will attend in honor of her late husband Roy A. Swenson.“Dee” Kruschwitz, widow of Henry W. Kruschwitz,hopes to attend with her son, David ’74. Dee lives in Foulkeways, a senior retirement community in Pennsylvania where my brother, Al ’38, resides and just celebrated his 99th birthday.
Bob Clifton is looking forward to the reunion. He was in Naples, Florida, for six months and returned to Westport, Massachusetts, this past April. He took a river cruise down the Danube last fall and will go around the British Isles this August. He plays golf two times weekly. His children live in diverse global locations. Richard H. Bohn writes of his recovery from kidney failure and enjoying retirement, having sold his home. Cruising with family and grandchildren, Jack Nascone is enjoying a lot of activities at a continuing care facility in Casa de las Campanas in Rancho Bernardo, California, where he is joined by three other Dartmouth alumni from different classes. Christian M. Gianola lives in White Plains, New York, with his second son. His wife died in 2006. I grew up a block away from his home on Soundview Avenue. Fletcher Ingals writes from Carson City, Nevada, that he takes no pills and is in good health. James D. Shute Jr. expressed concern “about the possible closing of the Greek fraternities at Dartmouth” and that the “College has gone overboard being liberal or politically correct.”
Our sympathies to the families of deceased classmates. The College has just learned of the death of William Charles Baldwin on August 9,1989. More recently, Louis Meyer Heller died February 17, Raymond Edward Campbell died February 24, Douglas Berry Leigh died February 28. Douglas was the creator and designer of our class logo, Friendly the Dragon, class officer, newsletter editor (1966-71) and distinguished art director with major New York City ad agencies before creating his own agency and creative service. He was recognized by his industry for excellence of his graphic designs and ads.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 1160 Fifth Ave., Suite 105, New York City, NY 10029; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
Friendly the Dragon is wagging his tail with delight in anticipation of our upcoming 70th reunion Friday, September 30, to Sunday, October 2. Alumni relations is generously footing the entire bill for our stay at the Hanover Inn and our scheduled class meals. Festivities begin when we register in the ballroom pre-function area at the Hanover Inn from 1 to 4 p.m. September 30. Check-in time at the inn is 3 p.m. From 4 to 5 p.m. Dartmouth’s student ambassador group, the Hill Winds Society, will hold a panel discussion about Dartmouth students of today. Our class reception will be from 6 to 7 p.m., with a welcome from Martha Beattie ’76, vice president for alumni relations. This will be followed by dinner from 7 to 9 p.m.
On October 1 we will have a continental breakfast from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., followed by our class meeting from 9 to 9:45 a.m., during which our nominating committee Harvey White, Dave Chalmers and Frank Guarini will propose candidates for election of class officers. Nominating committee should be contacted for nomination suggestions. Our class photo will be at 11:45 a.m., followed by a class luncheon. At 1:30 p.m. we take a campus bus tour, which will include the Geisel Medical Center, followed by a Hood Museum tour from 3 to 4 p.m. A reception from 5 to 5:30 p.m. precedes our dinner 5:30-7 p.m., featuring the Dartmouth Aires at 5:45 p.m. At 6:45 p.m. a bus leaves for Memorial Stadium for the Penn football game, returning at 10 p.m. or the end of the game. The football game can be viewed on a large TV screen in the grand ballroom. October 2 we’ll have a full breakfast between 7:30 and 9:30 a.m. Our memorial service from 9:30 to 10 a.m. will be conducted by Nancy Vogele ’85, director of spiritual life at the College. Check-out time from the Hanover Inn is at noon.
Our sympathies to the families of James A. Brod, who died December 31, 2015, and Paul Howe Kaemmerlen, who died December 12, 2015. Our class lost a remarkable friend and invaluable supporter of our class when Emilie Adams died January 5. Our heartfelt condolences to her husband, Tom Adams, class president emeritus, and son Tee, our class publisher, and her daughter.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 1160 Fifth Ave., Suite 105, New York City, NY 10029; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
It will be 70 years ago this summer that the shouting of “’46 out” awakened us at midnight demanding we rush out of our dorms and “assume the angle.” As trembling freshmen we then received our paddling from sadistic sophomores. My butt still hurts. It is now in a different spirit that the call is out summoning all able, willing remaining class members to heed the call of “’46 out” and report to the Hanover Inn for our 70th reunion starting Friday, September 30. It will give us the opportunity to get back at the class of 1945 for traumatizing us as freshmen by surpassing the number of reunion attendees at their 70th.
As a tribute to the loss of about 20 members of our class in World War II, Frank Guarini suggested and our executive committee approved our reunion theme of honoring the memory of those deceased classmates.
The College is footing the full bill of our 70th reunion in Hanover at the Hanover Inn and all of our meals there. The home football game will be with University of Pennsylvania.
Each attending class member will receive a medium-weight jacket with “Dartmouth” across the jacket and “’46” on the sleeve. (Courtesy of Frank Guarini.) The women will receive artistically adorned and shaped vases. Each member, including widows, can bring one guest paid for by the College. Dates are Friday, September 30, to Sunday, October 2. Alumni relations will send us registration forms in the spring and will make all of our room reservations at the Hanover Inn. They request not calling the inn.
Our class has exceeded its giving goal of $80,000 with $84,529 for 2015, and an increase in participation from 31 percent in 2014 to 35 percent. It especially fitting in our 70th reunion year that we keep our tradition and legacy of a loyal and generous class going.
Our heartfelt sympathies to the families of deceased classmates E. John Harle Jr.,who died November 18, 2012; Eugene M. Vadeboncoeur, who died October 9, 2015; Gerard V. D’Amore Jr., who died October 13, 2015; Stanley B. Chisholm, who died October 26, 2015; Paul E. Barnes, who died November 2, 2015; Henry W. Cleeff, who died November 4, 2015; and Roger W. Butler, who died November 16, 2015. All served in some capacity in WWII and made significant contributions to their communities.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 1160 Fifth Ave., Suite 105, New York City, NY 10029; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933(fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
I am still thawing out from sitting in the Memorial Field stadium with Milt Cooper on a cold, raining night watching Dartmouth’s football team defeat Sacred Heart College during our mini-reunion September 26, while our less adventuresome (or more sensible) classmates kept dry as they watched the game on TV in the Hanover Inn. It was well worth it.
At our class meeting Jack Howard, class vice president, appointed a nominating committee to propose the election of class officers to the upcoming 70th reunion class meeting. Those appointed are Harvey White, Dave Chalmers and Frank Guarini.The attendees at the meeting voted to designate Tom Adams as president emeritus in consideration of his numerous contributions to the class, including as head agent, resulting in breaking record-setting contribution goals for many years. Tom will also receive a certificate of appreciation. Jack will now become the official class president and continue his responsibilities of carrying out plans for the 70th reunion. At Jack’s request, and his promise to stay healthy, I will serve as vice president up until the 70th reunion as well as continuing in my current role as class secretary.
Hank Parker walked in the Homecoming parade Friday night, October 9, wearing his 1946 jersey and holding our class banner high. Several 1942s rode in a jeep in front of him.
Norm Weissman’slatest (and fourth novel), The Prodigy, has been highly recommended by “Obie” Obermayer as “uniquely capturing the lives of Americans during the Great Depression.” Norm has also written a memoir, My Exuberant Journey, describing 50 years of filming, and is now working on another novel, The Patriots.
Our class sympathy to the families of the following deceased: Richard R. Hartman,who died March 8; John Chandler Donahue,who died March 12; James A. Crawford,who died September 6; Edwin Rudolf Johnson,who died September 17; and Aloise J. Lupa,who died September 27. Heartfelt condolences to Bob Levinson and family for the loss of Bob’s wife, Pat, September 8. She was a remarkable person who did wonderful philanthropic work for the community and Mount Sinai Hospital, where she served on the board of trustees.
Our 70th reunion scheduled for Friday, September 30, to Sunday, October 2, as guests of the College may be our last opportunity to gather together as a class.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D. 1160 Fifth Ave., Suite 105, New York City, NY 10029; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
My wife, Susan, and I vacationed on a farm in Skaneateles in western New York for several days early in August, followed by a delightful visit with Ruth and Jack Howard, our class vice president, in nearby Auburn, New York. The Howards showed us their retirement home and we had a scenic outdoor luncheon at an inn overlooking Cayuga Lake in Aurora, New York. Later Jack patiently waited with us while his local car dealer aligned our car’s wheels, which had become misaligned after accidentally going into a ditch. The next day Jack was honored by the Lost Boys of Sudan foundation for his 15 years of service as president. One hundred people had been invited to join the tribute in a boat trip around Lake Skaneateles.
Jack reports a current list of living classmates of about 209, from a peak level of 970 during the war years, with 620 in the original 1942 incoming class. Further reason for those of us who are still able to celebrate our 70th reunion (possibly our last full reunion) at next fall’s Homecoming weekend as non-paying guests of the College.
Herman J. Obermayer sent me a much-appreciated copy of Sabbath Sentiment in the Home, a home prayer book that Obe sponsored and assisted in updating and revising in the memory of his deceased wife, Betty Nans. She served as president (1984-85) of Temple Rodef Shalom in Fall Springs, Virginia. Coincidentally, my youngest granddaughter, Zoe, attends its primary school in N.Y.C.
The sad part of this column is saying good-bye to our newly deceased classmates and widows and expressing our sympathies to their families. William C. Miller died January 15. He was involved in the V-12 program, earned a Tuck degree and worked in Atlantic Richfield. Frederick C. Calder died February 15. Richard Russell Hartman died March 8. He was involved in the Navy V-12 program, attended Tuck School, worked in investment banking, was a former member of the board of governors and active in preserving water quality of Massachusetts’ lakes. Edgar King Simon Jr. died April 22. He was involved in the Navy V-12 program. Jackie Kimball, widow of Bob Kimball, died July 1.They were hosts for numerous class reunions in their Hanover home. Virginia “Ginny” Marino, widow of Marty Marin, died August 1. They were gracious hosts of our 65th reunion at their farm in Orford, New Hampshire.
See you all at the 70th reunion, fall 2016.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 1160 Fifth Ave; Suite 105, New York, NY 10029; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
A well-thought-out program is now in place for our first Homecoming mini-reunion weekend with Sacred Heart College Friday and Saturday, September 25-26. We will start with a cocktail reception in the Drake Room at the Hanover Inn at 6 p.m., followed by a buffet dinner from 7 to 8 p.m. The cash bar will be open from 6 to 9 p.m. Our class has been invited by Jennifer Casey, alumni class activities director, to watch the bonfire from the inn porch that evening. We hope Hank Parker will don his original 1946 class jersey, which still fits, and continue to lead the parade while carrying the 1946 class banner. Jennifer also invited us to attend the 1769 Society reception offered by the Dartmouth College Fund. We hope this event can be packaged in when we learn more about the place and time.
Saturday, September 26, is our class meeting at Dartmouth Hall in Room 102 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., followed by a noon luncheon at the Hanover Inn.
A Saturday cocktail hour is scheduled for 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Drake Room, followed by a sit-down dinner with wine from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in order to accommodate those choosing to go to the game, which starts at 7 p.m. We hope we will be shuttled to and from the game. A speaker from the College has been invited to the dinner and will update us on the Moving Dartmouth Forward initiative.
Sadly, our ranks have been further diminished with the loss of seven more of our “greatest generation classmates,” whose college educations were interrupted while they served in World War II. There were 200 living classmates this past fall. We can only hope that the rest of us, who are able, will find a way to attend the upcoming mini and our 70th full reunion next year at the expense of the College.
Our sympathies to the families of deceased classmates William R. Schillhammer Jr. April 3, Donald H. Johnson April 14, Donald B. Fitzsimmons April 20, Robert Alfred Grady April 24, William Hart Jr. May 16, Henry F. Durham May 21 and Craig D. Bedle May 27.
—John L.E. Wolff,M.D, 1160 Fifth Ave; Suite 105 New York City, NY 10029; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
Just spoke to Jack Howard, class vice president, who wishes to remind all classmates to get on board for our upcoming mini-reunion the weekend of Friday and Saturday, September 25-26, for our first home game with Sacred Heart College. It will be our last mini before our 70th full reunion, planned for 2016 at the College’s expense, but, we hope, not our last.
Our class executive committee has unanimously agreed for the class to donate $3,000 to the Memorial Park Fund as part of the refurbishing of Memorial Stadium, built in 1923. Memorials will be for those Dartmouth students killed from World War I probably through Vietnam.
I attended President Phil Hanlon’s reception in New York City February 24 and had a pleasant, informal few minutes chatting with him and his wife. He addressed the Dartmouth Moving Forward Plan reforms regarding high-risk behavior, lack of inclusivity and improving the undergraduate learning environment. While the older classes were outnumbered by the younger ones, I felt less lonely when Saul Nirenberg sat next to me during the presentation. Following graduation from Dartmouth, including one year at Tuck in 1945, Saul went from the family shirt business to the stock market, including a partnership with L.F. Rothschild and, before retirement in 2013, for 23 years as an expert witness for small investors suing stockbrokers who had misled them. His third marriage is going strong. He has two sons and a daughter, who created a magazine titled Chop Chop, acclaimed for reducing child obesity.
While awake and chatting with my surgeon during a recent pacemaker reinsertion, we were both surprised to discover that we were fellow Dartmouth alumni and roomed at Lord Hall. He fortunately didn’t drop his scalpel. Dr. Nicholas Skipitaris, the surgeon, was class of ’86, DMS’90.
Our sympathy to the wife, Betty, and three sons (all Dartmouth grads) of Dr. Arthur Purell, who died January 17 in Vero Beach, Florida. He served as a medical officer on troop transports to South Korea, followed by 50 years of practicing obstetrics and gynecology.
Condolences to Douglas Leigh and family for the loss of Doug’s wife, Nancy, after more than 60 happy years together. Doug recently visited Stephanie and Bob Stevenson in Santa Barbara, California.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 1160 Fifth Ave, Suite 105, New York City, NY 10029; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
I hope when you read this column we will have thawed out from the blanketing snow and freezing winds of February.
Thanks to our industrious class vice president Jack Howard and Jennifer Casey, director of class activities for alumni relations, we have secured the Drake Room at the Hanover Inn for Friday and Saturday nights, September 25 and 26, for our class mini-reunion reception and banquet dinner, respectively. This mini is scheduled for our first football home game weekend with Sacred Heart College. It is our last mini before our 70th reunion planned for 2016.
I will be attending President Hanlon’s New York City reception February 24. He will present the Moving Dartmouth Forward reforms, enhancing the College’s ongoing effort to address high-risk behavior and lack of inclusivity and efforts to improve the undergraduate learning environment. Our classmate C. Welles Fendrick Jr. has already weighed in on this issue in a letter to President Hanlon suggesting a plan to return to Christian-Judeo teachings and principles.
My wife, Susan, and I attended a N.Y.C. Dartmouth Club evening special event at the New York City Ballet at Lincoln Center February 11. It included a guided backstage tour by a ballerina soloist and champagne followed by the ballet performance. Barry Weeks ’72, the club’s executive director, orchestrated this successful event.
Mailbox: Robert C. Hunt Jr. writes from his Avon, Connecticut, condo that he spends more time at his getaway home, Looking Place, Connecticut, caring for fields and a barn with a workshop. He is finishing another book about the overlooked life and times of an early Boston silversmith and his wonderful works, with law office duties, twice weekly as counsel for a Hartford, Connecticut, law firm. He is in touch with Bob Winstanley and wife Jean, who are considering signing up for the 70th reunion.
Dee Kruschwitz, widow of Hank Kruschwitz, writes from her retirement community, Foulkeways, in Pennsylvania, about her pleasant visits with fellow resident (and my brother) Al Wolff ’38, a classmate of Hank’s brother, Gilbert. Al will be 98 March 24. Dee says he is remarkable and so many of the staff and friends enjoy his company.
Our sympathies to the families of deceased classmates Henry Walter Colmery Jr., December 12, 2014, and William Theodore Carlson, January 1.
—John L. Wolff, M.D., 1160 Fifth Ave., Suite 105, New York City, NY 10029; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
By now you have received the ’46 class newsletter describing our successful and spirited 2014 mini-reunion and other important class news. I hope it stirred up enough nostalgia to induce even more of you to attend our next mini September 26 for our first football home-game weekend.
Sam Florman wrote a letter just before the past mini describing the circuitous route so many of our wartime classmates followed before they completed their educations and moved on with their careers. He completed his first year at Dartmouth, where I knew him, followed by a year and a half in V-12, mostly at Thayer School. Received a B.S. from Dartmouth before going to Navy officer training school and a commission in the Civil Engineers Corps, Seabees. Finally, in 1973, he received his Dartmouth-Thayer fifth-year degree in civil engineering. He received numerous honors from Thayer School since graduation. Sam was mentioned in a previous DAM class column after sending me a humorous book he had written about the trials and tribulations of running a construction company in N.Y.C.
The November/December issue of DAM contains a fascinating article about comic Cindy Pierce, the daughter of our late classmate Reggie Pierce and Nancy Pierce. It describes the making of a documentary in the department of film and media studies at Dartmouth about Cindy who helps run the family’s Pierce’s Inn, which has hosted many of our previous reunion receptions. Her performances, which center on embarrassing personal situations in her life, are described by her fans as outrageously hilarious. She must have inherited her comic talent from Reggie, who loved to “clown around” as a former reunion M.C.
Jim D. Shute wrote that he and Mary have moved from Malvern, Pennsylvania, to a condo in West Brandywine, Pennsylvania. Maurice Daniel “Dan” Smith writes from Durham, New Hampshire, that he is “hanging in there—exercising, doing household chores, maintaining properties, reading and writing.”
Our sympathies to the families of deceased classmates Norman Eugene Benz, February 19, 2014, founding member of Divine Mercy Radio; John Foss Kibbe, September 19, 2014, vice president of manufacturing and manager of Techbuilt Inc.; Arthur Philip O’Hara Jr., November 4, 2014, pilot, Japanese POW and “greatest generation” WW II hero who founded Olympia Sales Inc.; William Howard Spoor, November 14, 2014, retired chairman of Pillsbury Co. and recipient of the Dartmouth Presidential Medal for outstanding leadership and achievement.
—John L. Wolff, M.D., 1160 Fifth Ave., Suite 105, New York City, NY 10029; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
Friendly, the Dragon, our class logo pet, created and designed by Doug Leigh, must have snorted and roared in delight over the enthusiastic turnout of 17 of our stalwart ’46 class family who celebrated our 68th mini-reunion Homecoming Weekend October 16-18. Festivities started off with a Friday night buffet dinner at the Hanover Inn, where we were visited by Dartmouth professor Roger Ulrich, son of deceased John Ulrich, and Martha Beattie (College VP of alumni relations). Hank Parker, wearing his old 1946 class jersey, which still fit, led the parade to the bonfire as our lone class representative.
Saturday morning Jack Howard, president, presided over our class meeting. Minutes: In view of such a small response, only reservations will be made for those who choose to arrive on Thursday night for future mini-reunion weekends. Our next mini will be changed to the first football home game with Sacred Heart in the hope of attracting some of our snowbirds, who head south early. Bud Baker, treasurer, informed us that our budget status is good. Class donations will appear in a forthcoming newsletter. Our class executive committee will be Jack Howard, acting president; Bud Baker, treasurer; John L.E. Wolff, secretary; executive advisors Harvey White and Frank Guarini. The class deeply appreciates the many contributions made by Tom Adams during his presidency as well as surpassing alumni dues goals as head class agent for many years. The class still leans on Tom, his wife, Emilie, and son Tee for their invaluable advice and support. The tailgate party arranged by Milt Cooper and Jack Howard was topped off by a 24-21 victory over Holy Cross. Our class banquet at the Hanover Inn was an elegant event. Alumni at the mini: Bob Clifton, Hank Parker, Milt Cooper, Brad Moorehouse, Bob Levinson, Bob Barrow, Jack Howard and John Wolff. Also six charming and welcome wives, partners and widows Molly Scheu and Nancy Pierce and Bob Barrow’s son Rich ’78. I highly recommend reading in the September-October issue of DAM about Bob Levinson’s firsthand experience with the testing of a new hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean under the direction of the physicist Edwin Teller. Bob’s wife, Pat, is on the board of trustees at Mount Sinai Hospital, N.Y.C., where I am an attending physician in infectious diseases. Our sympathy to the family of Kenneth Joseph Whalen, who died September 29.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 1160 Fifth Ave., Suite 105, New York City, NY 10029; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
Our 2014 mini-reunion Homecoming weekend, October 16-18, has come and gone. Highlights with pictures and updates on campus life will be forthcoming in a newsletter planned for the middle of December.
At the time of this writing DeWitt Baker, class treasurer, reports 132 dues payers (two alums paid twice so actual total is 130), including 24 widows, so actual alums is 106.
Class survey forms have been sent out to all classmates and widows and significant others to determine their level of interest in the College and class. So far Jack Howard, class vice president, has received about 40 to 50 responses. Final results will be tabulated by the College and reported in the December newsletter.
Norman Weissman no sooner published his novel Oh Palestine: The Dream Deferred, as reported in the last issue of DAM, than he began working on his fifth book, the story of a child violin prodigy who stops performing to roller skate across the United States in a Huckleberry Finn-like adventure. Unfortunately, because of family responsibilities, Norman was unable to attend the mini.
A reminder that Jennifer Casey, alumni relations director of activities, has enthusiastically invited the entire class for our ’46 70th reunion free weekend. This will coincide with the first home football game of the 2016 season. The College will house us in the Hanover Inn, feed and entertain us from 5:30 p.m. on Friday through the memorial service on Sunday morning without any cost to us. This was an offer we did not refuse.
Our sympathies to the families of deceased classmates Elwyn Robert VanEtten, November 6, 2010, honored for his numerous community activities involving humanitarian services; Milton Gene Fromson, September 1, 2013; George Woodman Hilton, Ph.D., August 4 and Robert Marsh Sandoe, August 10.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 1160 Fifth Ave., Suite 105, New York City. NY 10029; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933(fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
It is heartening to see the amount of literary productivity by our fellow ’46ers. Norman A. Weissman’s latest novel, Oh Palestine: The Dream Deferred, published this year, is a loosely connected collection of vignettes that in various ways describe the futility of war and the use of force while chronicling the failure of democracy in Europe and the Middle East since the end of World War II as described in the book’s forward by another productive author, Herman J. Obermayer (Soldiering for Freedom: A G.I.’s account of World War II and Rehnquist). Norman has had a 42-year career as a writer-director of many award-winning films and television programs. He has written two other novels, Acceptable Losses and Snapshots USA: An American Family Album, and My Exuberant Voyage: A Memoir.
Plans for our 2014 mini-reunion Homecoming Weekend October 16, 17 and 18: October 16 we rendezvous at the Hanover Inn lobby 5-5:30 p.m., dinner at Pine restaurant at the inn; October 17 is the College-sponsored presentation for our class members or another scheduled event during the day, evening reception at the Inn Ford-Sayer-Brewster Room, followed by buffet dinner and parade to bonfire; October 18 is the class meeting at 10 a.m. in Room 104 Dartmouth Hall, followed by 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. tailgate party at Thompson Arena parking lot and the Holy Cross game at 1 p.m. We have an evening reception 6-7, followed by plated dinner with speaker at the Hanover Inn. The class of ’47 has been invited to join us at our Friday night buffet dinner and tailgate party.
Our sympathies to the families of deceased classmates: Edwin Bernard Blatt, June 11, Harry Martyn Carr, April 1, and Jim Roberts, June 15. Jim served in the 10th Mountain Division during World War II. This is the same division that other Dartmouth skiers served in, including Sandy Treat, who was featured in an article about the 50th anniversary of Vail, Colorado, in a recent Class Notes column.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 1160 Fifth Ave., Suite 105, New York City, NY 10029; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
Our beloved classmate James M. “Chip” Coleman died April 12. Chip contributed so much in so many ways to our class. His enthusiasm for Dartmouth was boundless, and he always brightened our reunions and class DAM columns with his dry sense of humor. For more than 30 years Chip served the class as secretary and treasurer, keeping the class solvent. In spite of pain he never felt sorry for himself and preferred to fondly reminisce about his classmates during our telephone conversations. Our class was well represented at Chip’s viewing by our class president, Tom Adams, Emilie and their son Tee. They met with Chip’s six children and family, who expressed appreciation for their visit. Chip’s many accomplishments on and off campus will appear in the online obituary section of DAM, www.dartmouthalumnimagazine.com.
Our vice president, Jack Howard, reports he had a dinner evening with Bob and Stephanie Stevenson. Jack and Bob revisited the ’46 freshman football squad.
I was fortunate enough to recently attend a Dartmouth volunteer brunch and a Dartmouth Geisel Medical School dinner lecture for alumni living in the New York City area. It provided a great opportunity to meet and converse with alumni from other classes.
We are nearing our mini-reunion scheduled for Homecoming Weekend with Holy Cross October 18. Because of a decrease in past reunion attendance and increasing costs, our class executive committee has agreed to enter into discussions with the class of 1947 to have our Friday and Saturday night dinners together. We could still have Thursday night dinner at possibly the Hanover Inn restaurant on our own for early arrivals and will have our class meeting separately Saturday morning before the tailgate party prior to the game. The class of 1947 would be welcome to join us at the latter event. All suggestions are welcome regarding the mini planning.
Our class memorial project is still under discussion and will be on the class meeting agenda.
Our sympathies to the families of our deceased classmates William De Stefano (February 7), David John Stephenson (January 3) and John Turner Witte (February 17).
—John L.E.Wolff, M.D., 1160 Fifth Ave., Suite 105, New York City, NY 10029; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
What our October Homecoming Weekend lacked in numbers it made up in spirit. Susan and I arrived late on Friday night October 11 in time to observe the flames from the huge bonfire soaring up to the top of the Baker Library tower while excited spectators watched in awe. We met Jack Howard and other classmates at the Hanover Inn porch just as they had finished the class dinner. While Pierce’s Inn did a wonderful job for our opening reception dinner, the attendance was disappointedly low and, unfortunately, the following morning the Black Family Visual Arts Center tour was only attended by our loyal stalwart Frank Guarini. This may be telling us that the mini-weekends should start Friday instead of Thursday evening. As the College has been providing a lecture series, Friday that could be an option for classmates who choose to start the weekend early. None of this applies to our 70th reunion scheduled for 2016, when a larger attendance is anticipated. Eight members attended our class meeting Friday morning, when financial reports and future mini-reunions and our 70th reunion were discussed. We hope to continue our mini-reunions yearly until our 70th reunion. Our executive committee now includes Harvey White as executive advisor. A highlight of the weekend was a tailgate party next to the Thompson Arena arranged by Milt Cooper before the game. It included an excellent assortment of food and beverages provided by the College and our class banner. Dartmouth went on to an upset victory over Yale. Our class banquet was held in front of a roaring fire in the Hayward Room of the Hanover Inn. Jennifer Casey, alumni relations activities director, invited all of us to be guests at the College’s expense, including rooms at the Hanover Inn and dinners, for our 70th reunion. For all class members wishing to receive a disc showing films of our war years at Dartmouth, 1946-47, provided by the Dartmouth College Library, email a request to Jack Howard at rijwh@aol.com. Our sympathies to the families of deceased classmates Joseph V. Lamb, January 1, 2012; George H. Voight, M.D., December 26, 2012; Paul E. Foley, July 15, 2013; Thomas W. Charles, July 17, 2013; Linn F. McBride, August 28, 2013; Joseph P. Donahue Jr., September 14, 2013. —John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 1160 Fifth Ave, Suite 105, New York City, NY 10029; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
When you receive this you’ll still have a few days left to contribute to the Alumni Fund, if you haven’t already. Tom Adams tells me we will reach our goal. Thank you all.
We’re having another mini-reunion. Dates are October 22, 23 and 24. Details will be sent to you shortly. I know it’s a great effort to get to these minis, but I can tell you they are worthwhile and very enjoyable. Oh yes, there’s a football game with Columbia.
Not a lot of news, but this in, courtesy of Harlan Brumsted. Lt. General Richard G. Trefry is our classmate. He attended West Point after WWII service. In March of this year the Army announced it was creating a Lifetime Service Award in Dick’s name. With active duty and thereafter he served his country for 65 years! That’s the longest-serving individual in the U.S. Army. “He’s trained a generation of leaders to understand how the Army runs,” said Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki, himself a retired general. A great honor and we congratulate you, Dick.
As you know, Dartmouth has a new president. He is Dr. Jim Yong Kim and he took over from President Jim Wright on July 1. I have never met Dr. Kim but I’ve read all about him. If he’s half as good as all written about him, Dartmouth will be in good hands. Among other things he is an educator, anthropologist and physician. He also played high school football. Perhaps he can instill the winning spirit into our football players. We congratulate Dr. Kim and wish him well.
I regret to inform you of the deaths of classmates Raymond L. Barrett Jr. on January 25; Harold A. Flick on December 26, 2008; Thomas J. McInerney, Ph.D., on December 13, 2008; Gordon L. French on January 26; and Herman H. Gensler, O.D., on March 21. We extend our deepest sympathy to their families.
—James M. Coleman Jr., 578 Navesink River Road, Red Bank, NJ 07701; (732) 741-5049; jscmonmouth@aol.com
Another great mini-reunion has come and gone. A great big thanks to president Tom Adams, his wife, Emilie, and son “Tee” for their help. You’ll be getting a photo newsletter in the future, with all photography by Tee Adams. Once again Ray Dewees and wife Susan hosted a party on Thursday. Thank you both for that. Then on to Pierce’s Inn for dinner. Friday morning two senior women and a sophomore man shared their college experiences with several of us. They told us what they liked and didn’t like about the College and seemed somewhat upset about the faculty and relationship with students. We dined at the Hanover Inn Friday and Saturday nights. On the latter night Matt Purcell from the College spoke about the two new buildings being built on campus. He was very informative—and construction will cost a lot of money. We held a class meeting and agreed on a figure for the 2010 Alumni Fund. We also agreed to have another mini-reunion October 28–30. Details will follow. The class of 1976 led the march of the classes on Friday night. A goodly number marched and the crowd gave us loud cheers. The football game was played during heavy rain. Dartmouth ended its losing streak by defeating Columbia, 28-6. Here’s who attended: Hank and Dee Kruschwitz; Ray and Susan Dewees; Dr. Bob and Dot Clifton; Dr. Charles and Marion Cunningham; Dewitt “Bud” Baker and wife Judith Welling; Jack and Ruth Howard; Don Barr; Rosemary Marlette; Henry “Hank” and Polly Parker; Harry Sarkisian and Tracy Rubinson; Harvey and Judy White; Bert and Mary Jane Ibelle; Dr. Marty and Ginny Marino; Brad and Marian Morehouse; Nancy Pierce; Jackie and Susan Kimball; Hon. Frank Guarini and Vivian Cardia; Tom, Emilie and Tee Adams; and Chip and Judy Coleman. Thank you, all, for coming and let’s do it again. With sadness I must report that the following classmates have died: David C. Weld Sr., September 9, 2009; Eugene R. Fisher, August 30, 2009; Jack A. Weaver, August 6, 2009; William W. Howell, July 18, 2009. We extend our deepest sympathy to their families.
—James M. Coleman Jr., 578 Navesink River Road, Red Bank, NJ 07701; (732) 741-5079; jscmonmouth@aol.com
You should be getting the mini-reunion plans from president Tom Adams about late August. Once again he’s put a great program together. When you read this, there will still be time to get on board. Dates are October 22 to October 24. Hope to see you there. And Tom informs me we exceeded our Alumni Fund goal of $115,000. Final figure is $124,103. Great work, Tom, and all you helpers. Most of all a big thank you for all who gave. Went to the hinterlands of Ohio. Talked to Dick Scharrer and Gus Gillaugh, both in Dayton. Both long retired. Dick’s son is a physician in Cincinnati. Dick is a retired attorney. Gus still playing a lot of golf. Formerly was with New England Life. Gus is in charge of the annuity program at the College. If any of you have any money left, call Gus. Tried to get another Ohioan, Nick Vorys. Not successful. Then to Savannah, Georgia, and old friend Fenton Ludtke, long retired advertising man. We renewed our experience with Professor Hall and his English writing course in the spring of 1946. Fenton was producing a full-length novel featuring a character named “Dutch.” He never finished the piece, but I can tell you it was better than most required reading demanded by the College. Then up to Franconia, New Hampshire, and Phil Struhsacker. Phil ran a motel there once. Then became a banker, and now retired. Spends the winters in Albuquerque, New Mexico; one child in Reno, Nevada, and the other in Stowe, Vermont. Truly ’round the girdled earth we roam. Received a big article from the athletic department, all about the rejuvenation of our football program. Hope it brings results. And outgoing President Jim Wright sent his farewell message to all. I didn’t always agree with him but on the whole I think he did well—in a most difficult job. Trust you all enjoyed the summer. I got to Bermuda for a few days, and Bermuda survived. With sadness I must report that Timothy V. Hartnett died on June 18. We extend our deepest sympathy to his family.
—James M. Coleman Jr., 578 Navesink River Road, Red Bank, NJ 07701; (732) 741-5079; jscmonmouth@ aol.com
Holidays come and gone and hope you all enjoyed. Thank you, all of you who remembered me by cards and telephone. And here at the Jersey Shore, a foot and a half of snow. I imagine some of you will be off to warm places. I’ll be at Gasparilla Island, Florida, and hope to see the Buol Hinmans. Maybe I’ll even get to St. Barth’s for a few days. I got letters from Jim Shute and Welles Fendrich in late fall but couldn’t report in the mini-reunion article. Jim says he doesn’t care to come to fall minis and watch losing football, but thinks he’d come in the winter for skiing and hockey. Jim’s retired from the steel business and now is in Malvern, Pennsylvania. Welles has written another book. It’s They Did Not Stand Alone, and is a story about God and man’s role in the Battle of Britain. It can be ordered via the Internet via Amazon.com, Borders.com and BarnesandNoble.com. Got a letter from Harry Colmery. He’s in California. Laments some of the trustees’ handling of alumni matters. He is not alone in his thoughts but I’m supposed to be neutral, as a class officer. Neutral or not, I’m entitled to my opinion, and I strongly disagree with recent doings of the trustees, especially with their packing the board membership. I’ve received some calls and letters thanking me for my efforts as your secretary and treasurer. I appreciate that but I’m only doing it because I owe the College and my classmates for all they’ve done for me. Also, I don’t know that anyone else wants the jobs. Regards to all and my best wishes for 2010.
—James M. Coleman Jr., 578 Navesink River Road, Red Bank, NJ 07701; (732) 741-5079; jscmonmouth@aol.com
As I write New Jersey is experiencing a lot of snow—not shades of Hanover, where there’s been not a lot. I had written last I’d be off to Florida in March. That will not happen because my wife is ill. Also I had reported I’d meet up with Buol Hinman in Florida. That’s a no-no also because Buol’s had some problems. Anyone who says these are the glorious years, forget it. Good news is that Tom Adams reports we’re doing fine with the Alumni Fund and should reach our goal. However, let’s not be over-confident, and if you haven’t given, make the effort. Thank you, all. It’s not too early to remind you of our mini-reunion. Dates are October 28, 29 and 30. Information will be sent out shortly. Our classmates continue to shine in the literary field. Herman “Obe” Obermayer has written Rehnquist, a distinguished portrait of the late chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Obe was a close friend of the justice and his book draws on his personal experiences with him. I recommend reading it. Call Threshold Editions, Simon & Schuster Inc., 1230 Ave. of Americas, New York, NY 10020. Norman Weissman has written My Exuberant Voyage. The cover states, “what the author learned during 50 years of filming at home and overseas. Portraying memorable encounters with extraordinary people.” A provocative book and I also recommend your reading it. In it he tells of his long friendship with our late classmate Charles Duncan. Published by Hammonasset House Books LLC, 64 Edgecomb St., Mystic, CT 06255. With sadness I must report the death of Charles F. Luberger on June 11, 2009; Stephen Ehrlich on July 15, 2009; and Donald W. Barr, January 11. We extend our deepest sympathy to their families.
—James M. Coleman Jr., 578 Navesink River Road, Red Bank, NJ 07701; (732) 741-5079; jscmonmouth@aol.com
This will get to you in mid June so if you haven’t remembered the Alumni Fund, the last date to contribute is June 30. President Tom Adams is confident we’ll make our goal. Thank you all. Found Bill McManus in Long Meadow, Massachusetts. He is long retired from Massachusetts Life Insurance. He’s from Springfield, Massachusetts, so he’s not moved very far from the home base. Has five children and for himself reports good health and enjoying retirement. Old friend Dick Nylen now in Sarasota, Florida, long retired from the DuPont Co. Dick came out of Worcester, Massachusetts, then in Bronxville, New York, now for many years in sunny Florida. ’Round the girdled earth they roam. Reports good health and renewed some great times spent in Hanover in the fall of 1945. We had some other men with DuPont. Jack Howard, for one, and Joe Quig. Joe, where are you? Called your number in Delaware. Was advised phone disconnected. Joe, please send me your phone number. Thanks. A little further to the west and I found Jack Novascone in Escondido, California. No, I didn’t know where it was either. Jack retired from the Simmons Co. And I must ask your indulgence about some déjà vu that concerns Jack, the late Frank Ettari and myself. One early September day in 1942 I set out to go to Dartmouth. I was taking a night train out of New York, either Penn Station or Grand Central on one of those famous trains that went to Montreal by way of White River Junction, Vermont (garden spot of America). I was a bit terrified, never having left the wilds of Asbury Park, New Jersey. But I met up with Jack and Frank on the train so here it is—met two classmates before even enrolling in Dartmouth. And fast and good friends they remained. Frank came out of New Rochelle, New York, and Jack from South Orange, New Jersey. How well I remember that trip and I hope you’ll forgive my small personal recollection. I trust you are all well. For myself not so well: My wife, Judy, suffered a severe stroke in late February and is still hospitalized. Some of you have met her at our mini-reunions. And we’re doing that again this year on October 28-30. And think 65th! That’ll be 2011 and our final big reunion. With sadness I must advise the death of classmate Martin Brusse on November 5, 2009. We extend our deepest sympathy to his family.
—James M. Coleman Jr., 578 Navesink River Road, Red Bank, NJ 07701; (732) 741-5079; jscmonmouth@aol.com
Here at the New Jersey Shore we’re having a heat wave like no other. Temperatures in the 90s, so hope you’re all staying cool. Got some phone calls, and thank you all. Harvey Whiter is back up north (for the summer). He advises he switched coasts in Florida and now goes to Sarasota, with his boat, in the winter. Dewitt “Bud” Baker planned a trip to Germany but the Iceland volcanic ash canceled that. Instead he and Judy spent their vacation in Barcelona, Spain—olé! Dr. Milton Cooper is a truly remarkable man. He’s class of 1945 at the Dartmouth Medical School. That’s 65 years a physician! Some record, and Milt’s still working. Congratulations, Milt, for all the great work you’ve done. Talked to Gene Bokor. He and his wife, Gail, have moved from their lovely home in Tenafly, New Jersey, to a high rise in Fort Lee, New Jersey. They spent 60 years in Tenafly and I spent many happy hours at their home. “Boke” says the new digs have a great view of the Hudson River and he intends to keep a watchful eye on the passing ships—and I hope no airliners. October 28-30 is our mini-reunion and Tom Adams will be sending out the schedule shortly. He tells me we made our goal for the Alumni Fund. So thank you all. For your edification, “Heat Wave” is by Irving Berlin, 1933, and sang by Marilyn Monroe in There’s No Business Like Show Business in 1954. Now I ask you, how could you have survived without knowing that? Sadly, I have been advised of the deaths of these classmates: Raymond W. Arlt, February 20; Jay P. Bruemmer, October 8, 2009; Edward M. Scheu Jr., May 3; Fred L. Boyce, May 15; Wilbur F. Pillsbury, D.B.A., April 1; and Ora J. Curry, April 8. We extend our deepest sympathy to their families.
—James M. Coleman Jr., 578 Navesink River Road, Red Bank, NJ 07701; (732) 741-5079; jscmonmouth @aol.com
Here’s an update on our mini-reunion. Dates are October 28 to 30. This year we’ll be at Pierce’s Inn on Thursday night and the Inn on Friday and Saturday. Ray Dewees and Susan have sold their home and moved or will move to Ohio. A big thank-you to them for sharing their house with us for so many years. You should have the mini notice by now. Remember, for Thursday bring your own spirits. Class of 1946 will supply the wine. Already old standbys Hank Parker and Dr. Bob Clifton have signed up. Gus Gillaugh announced he’s coming. Not sure I’ll be there. Have some problems now because my wife died on August 1 and there’s much to be done here.
Spoke to old Richarson Hall buddy Don Gile. He’s long retired from banking and living in Natick, Massachusetts. Talked to Dr. Guy Van Syckle. Long retired from his practice, which was radiology. Tried to get Larry Bartnick. Thought he was in Tennessee but now he’s listed in Leesburg, Virginia. I’ll keep trying. And a long talk with Stan Gates—he’s lives in Novelty, Ohio (and that’s no joke). Long retired from advertising and Republic Steel. I think he’s one of the few men who flew B-24s over the “Hump” in India during WW II.
Our James Jones died on December 23, 2009, and Bertram P. Ibelle died on August 25. We extend our deepest sympathies to their families.
—James M. Coleman Jr., 578 Navesink River Road, Red Bank, NJ 07701; (732) 741-5079; jscmonmouth@aol.com
This will be a different type of column. I cannot go our mini reunion so I am telling about it in the future (a hangover from lawyer days). Otherwise you wouldn’t know about it until March or April. President Tom Adams, with the help of wife Emille, has put all this together. Previous columns have told of dinner at Pierce’s on Thursday, dinner at the Inn on Friday and again on Saturday. There will be a meeting with some students Friday morning and class meeting Saturday morning. Saturday we’ll host the Harvards on the gridiron and I hope come through with victory. Here’s who is coming—as of now. The aforementioned Adams, Dr. Bob and Dorothy Clifton, Dr. Milt and Lilla Cooper, Hal and Charlotte Frank, “Gus” and Nancy Gillaugh, Jack and Ruth Howard, Dr. Jim Pert with his daughter and a Dartmouth student grandson, Jim VonRohr, Dr. Marty and Ginny Marino, Hank and Pauline Parker, Brad and Marian Morehouse and possibly Dr. Charley Cunninghan and our former esteemed congressman Frank Guarini and, as always, Nancy Pierce. I hope I didn’t miss anyone. I will miss you all and hope you all have a wonderful time. A recent column listed a “Harvey Whiter”—my error. That is our own Harvey White! My apology, Harvey. Finally, I thank all of you who kindly wrote to me when my wife died.
Sadly I must advise the deaths of Donald J. McElroy, D.D.S., on March 24, 2010; Roy A Swenson, D.D.S., on April 26, 2010; and W. Scribner Jelliffe on September 20, 2010. We extend our deepest sympathies to their families.
—James M. Coleman Jr., 578 Navesink River Road, Red Bank, NJ 07701 (732) 741-5079; jscmonmouth@aol.com
Dave Chalmers, who drove from Houston to participate in our class mini-reunion this past October with his companion Marlene Cooke (par excellence photographer for the event), sent in an article about the 50th anniversary of Vail, Colorado, featuring Sandy Treat, Dave’s roommate his first semester in 1942. Sandy was on the ski team at Dartmouth and eagerly joined what eventually became the 10th Mountain Division specifically trained for mountain warfare. The training was vigorous. By December 1944 they went to Italy to fight the Germans, who had been holding off advances by the Americans in the Apennine mountains, succeeding in their mission.
Bob Clifton, recently widowed, spends six months of the year in Westport, Massachusetts, and six months in Naples, Florida, with his companion Paula Gaynor. His son-in-law John Collier is a professor at Thayer Engineering School and daughter Nancy is active in town affairs. Bob’s two sons are Dartmouth graduates.
Welles Fendrich announced the release of his second novel Make It Fifty, in which he tells the story of a character who developed an effective internal program designed to motivate ITT Corp. to strive to increase profits from 10 to 15 percent each quarter for 50 consecutive quarters. It worked. Because of its underlying spiritual theme, Welles, who worked for ITT in the 1970s, hopes it will motivate business executives to do the same. To secure your personal 20-percent discounted copy, reach Welles at (267) 872-2768 or pgm1067@gmail.com.
Jackie Kimball wished that she could have made the fall mini from Tuscon, Arizona, but is looking forward to the 70th.
Molley Scheu,who lives in Hanover, made the mini and enjoyed it. Her two sons are Ted ’76 and Nick ’78. Daughter Jenny (Middlebury ’73) is an architect in Portland, Maine.
Update: Jack Howard’s correct email address is rljwh@aol.com, for those requesting a DVD on Dartmouth during the war years. Past class secretary James “Chip” M. Coleman Jr.’s current address is 1115 5th Ave., Asbury Park, NJ 07712.
Make plans to attend the next mini during the Homecoming Weekend of October 18.
Our sympathies to the families of deceased classmates Francis Joseph Joint, December 15, 2013; and Glenn Robert Arthurs, M.D., December 25, 2013. Both were in the Navy V-12 program.
Finally, I listed a name in error in the last issue due to misinformation with a handwritten Green Card. Earle H. Staples Jr. called to correct this error.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 1160 Fifth Ave, Suite 105, New York City, NY 10029; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
Our magnificent fall ’46 newsletter elicited a magnificent response from our magnificent class.
Fletch Fletcher sends greetings from his latest home in Carson City, Nevada. He retired as an American Airlines Captain after 33 years of flying.
Bob Skutch is running his Foundation for Inner Peace and continues to publish, distribute and translate the spiritual document called “A Course in Miracles” (now in 24 languages).
Dee Kruschwitz, Hank’s widow, wrote from Foulkeways Retirement Community, Pennsylvania, which is where my oldest brother Al ’38, also lives. Her brother-in law Gil ’38 is a classmate.
Homecoming surprises: While Susan and I were having dinner at the new restaurant at the Hanover Inn Friday, October 11, a ’76 alumnus came up to our table and introduced himself as Reggie Williams, the first black All-American football player from Dartmouth. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals and was the 1986 NFL Man of the Year. He was honored during the halftime of our glorious victory over Yale.
Another pleasant surprise was meeting Quentin Kopp ’49, who noted our ’46 banner proudly displayed during our tailgate party. Quentin is a classmate of my brother Richie and ran against Diane Feinstein for mayor of San Francisco, where he served as judge of the Superior Court.
Our vice president, Jack Howard, has analyzed our survivors lists showing 228 class members and 209 class widows. Living members who matriculated in September 1942: 136 with a survival percentage of 60 percent; the percentage of all living members from 600 in 1942 is 23 percent.
Dick Fitzgerald has informed me that the Rev. Jon O’Brien, S.J., passed away this past summer. We will always remember the inspirational and comforting memorial service he delivered during our 65th reunion, when he concluded with “Hold out your arms to embrace the future. The best is yet to come. Imagine God is looking at you. And smiling. Maybe even grinning.” I suspect Jon is grinning back.
Our sympathies to the families of deceased classmates Joseph R. Spector, December 2009; Earl H. Starles Jr., date unknown; Alfred Smysor Lilly, May 16, 2011; Philip James Reinertsen, October 7, 2013; and John Robert Dover, date unknown.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 1160 Fifth Ave, Suite 105, New York City, NY 10029; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
Our mini-reunion at the Yale Homecoming weekend is now a pleasant memory. Forty-sixers proudly led the parade up Main Street to the bonfire the night before the game, October 11.
All of us attended our class meeting led by our vice president Jack Howard the following morning, when we discussed plans for our 70th reunion in the fall of 2016 and other class business.
Milt Cooper arranged a tailgate party at the Thompson hockey rink parking lot prior to the game. The College kindly subsidized the catering expenses.
Our guest speaker at our Saturday night class banquet was Jennifer Casey, director of class activities with alumni relations, who spoke to us about the College’s role in supporting our 70th reunion.
Just spoke to “Chip” Coleman, who is coping admirably with health issues. Chip reminisced about his classmates, his family of six children and his active days in his fully packed and exciting political and judicial life.
Hank Parker, who lives in Kendal in Hanover, represented our class at Walt Snickenberger’s graveside services on October 3 at Pine Knolls Cemetery in Hanover. There were 11 members of the family, sons Walter and Tom and a three-man Marine Corps delegation. His wife, Mary, a member of the clergy, conducted the services.
Our sympathies to the families of the following deceased classmates: Robert John Simonsen May 3, Navy V-12, class agent (1991-2013), certified public accountant with Peat Marwick Mitchell Co.; Newell Willard Rogers May 24, Navy V-12, owned two tanneries that sold premium leather to clients across the nation; Harold Stanley Frank June 30, Navy V-12, Tuck Business School, former CEO of Bradlee’s Department Stores followed by Jordan Marsh Department Stores; Tom Charles July 7, fellow DuPont employee with Jack Howard.
A newsletter will follow with photographs and highlights of the mini-reunion.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 1160 Fifth Ave., Suite 105, New York City, NY 10029; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
We are moving closer to our annual mini-reunion scheduled for the October 27 weekend celebrating our Ivy League home game with Harvard. We will start off on Thursday, October 25, with a cocktail reception followed by dinner at Pierce’s Inn. Friday all the willing and able from our class will lead the procession up Main Street to the bonfire, followed by dinner at the Hanover Inn. Saturday’s dinner at the Hanover Inn will begin after the game ends. Game starting time 5 p.m. Notices will be sent out with details prior to the reunion.
Just heard from Sam Florman who sent me his latest published book Good Guys, Wiseguys, and Putting Up Buildings. Sam received a sterling review from The Wall Street Journal that commended him upon his ability to view the corruption, danger and violent nature of the building industry with a sense of humor while at the same time appreciating the aesthetics in creating and erecting his various structures.
Just learned of the death of James Brendley on February 7, 2010, from his son Tom. James was president and CEO of the family wholesale distribution business and held directorships and presidencies of various local organizations.
Richard Paul Dunneran died February 21. He was director of Nally, Dunneran & Lund Insurance and served as a volunteer at many nonprofit organizations.
Frederick Joyce Carpenter died January 16. He was in the U.S. Navy for three years.
John Alexander Ulrich died April 25 at Kendal. He served the class of 1946 for many years on the reunion committee and executive committee and as newsletter editor and special gifts volunteer.
Condolences to their families.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 1160 Fifth Ave., #105, New York, NY 10029; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
What’s going on here? This guy Coleman said in the last magazine he was resigning. Now I’m back. The reason? Hundreds begged me to stay on, and if you believe that I have a bridge over in Brooklyn you might want to buy. I decided to stay on as your secretary and treasurer so you’ll be delighted with more of my deathless prose every other month. The 65th reunion came and went, and because of the time restraints I can’t give a full report. Did talk to president Tom Adams, Jack Howard and Paul Davis. Apparently all enjoyed, despite the rain. Much credit goes to Adams (and his wife and son) and Baker and Dr. Marty Marino, who set up the pig roast in Orford, New Hampshire. Most of all thanks for all who attended, and I felt very sad I was unable to attend. I trust all are enjoying the summer and I’d love to hear from any and all. With regret I report the death of John Copenhauer Jr., Ph.D., on April 19. We extend our deepest sympathy to his family. (Note my new address and telephone number below.)
—James M. Coleman Jr., 1115 5th Ave., Asbury Park, NJ 07712; (732) 988-0099
At this point all of you have received the disappointing news from our president Tom Adams and vice president Jack Howard of the cancelled plans for a 2012 mini-reunion in Hanover. Only a few classmates expressed an interest this year following e-mails to all class members and direct phone calls to attendees of the last mini in 2010.
A conference call has been scheduled for 11:30 EST Saturday morning, October 27, to serve as a class meeting. Call in phone number is 1-760-569-9000; PIN number 488857#. Call Jack at (315) 255-1710 for questions.
The first results of optional 1946 mini-reunion dates for the fall of 2013 show a willingness to attend the mini for the September 28 Holy Cross game (10 classmates); the October 12 Yale game (three); the October 28 Homecoming Columbia game (five). Those who still want a mini in the future: 10.
Thaddeus Bell (V-12 program) has written a memoir, Probing the Ocean for Submarines: A History of the SQS-26 Long-Ranging Sonar. He was assigned the task of coming up with a new design for a destroyer submarine-detection sonar during the early years of the Cold War. This sonar has become the standard installation for Navy destroyers.
Sadly, I report the deaths of five of our classmates, all of whom served in the military and later achieved success in their business careers and, more importantly, as dedicated family members. James Thomas Kelley, Louis Jackson Van Orden Jr., Ray F. Armstrong, Joseph Batista Vitalini, Joseph Cornelius Kearney and Alfred S. Lilly Jr. Condolences to their families.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 1160 Fifth Ave., #105, New York City, NY 10029; (212) 772 1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
After many years of devoted service as secretary and treasurer of our class, Jim “Chip” Coleman is no longer able to continue because of health issues. We owe him our gratitude.
Tom Adams, our president, has asked me to lay aside my stethoscope long enough to replace Chip as secretary. Bud Baker will take over the treasurer duties.
Tom and the reunion committee planned a full and exciting program ably assisted by Tom’s wife, Emily, and their son Tee, our official photographer.
With the help of our vice president Jack Howard, I am highlighting the events.
Fifty persons attended, including 17 class members.
Tuesday night dinner at the Hanover Inn Dave Spalding ’76, the president’s chief of staff, updated us on the state of the College.
Wednesday morning professor Paul Argenti gave us an update on Tuck followed by a tour of the College by campus bus, which took a wrong turn down a golf cart path at the county club. Fortunately, we avoided golf balls and golfers as we slowly backed up to continue our tour.
The pig roast at Marty and Ginny Marino’s home was a huge success undampened by rain as a tent kept us dry and an excellent barbershop quartet lightened our spirits.
The Rev. Jon O’Brien and Don Fitzsimmons conducted a stirring memorial service Thursday morning followed by a well-guided tour of the Hood Museum.
A cocktail party and dinner that night featured speakers from Baker Library who showed a DVD of college life during our time at Dartmouth. Copies of this DVD will be available to our class.
I am sorry to report the death of Clark Judge on May 26 and John T. Morrissey, M.D., on June 16. Our sympathies to their families.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 1160 Fifth Ave., #105, New York, NY 10029; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
When all the responses were tallied for committing to the 2013 mini-reunion date, the majority showed preference for the Yale Homecoming weekend October 12, 2013. There will be dinner at Pierce’s Inn, speakers, a group tour, buffet and a formal dinner at the Hanover Inn, leading the parade up Main Street to the bonfire, class meeting and a 3 p.m. game.
Delighted to receive a copy of Herman “Obe” Obermayer’sfascinating memoir describing his close, personal 19-year friendship with the past chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, William Rehnquist.
Jim Schute writes from his Philadelphia home on the historic Main Line of his connection with Dartmouth by attending the Dartmouth-Princeton hockey game whenever it is played at Princeton.
Nancy Pierce, who grew up in White Plains, New York, as I did, the wife of “Reg” Pierce (deceased), described her move to independent living group housing in West Lebanon, New Hampshire. She works part time at the Hanover Senior Center, where she runs an intermediate bridge game.
Dan Smith has retired from UNH, where he did research and published Neglected Essentials of Teaching.
George W. Hilton’sstepdaughter Amy proudly lauds his record of 67 consecutive years of giving to the Dartmouth College Fund and his membership in the Harold C. Ripley ’29 Society.
Rick Kelley just phoned meand we reminisced over the “good old days” in Robinson Hall when he was president of the Dartmouth Players and I was managing editor of The Dartmouth. He was an NBC producer for many celebrity shows and is now retired.
I just returned from celebrating my sister Helen Vogel’s 95th birthday at Lasell College in Newton, Massachusetts, and unfortunately missed making contact with Paul Barnes, retired pastor and a resident of the same retirement community.
Condolences to the families on the deaths of Daniel Brown Fuller, Richard Eugene Agnos, John Condit Eddy and George Vogt.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D. 1160 Fifth Ave, Suite 105, New York, NY 10029; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
It is with a sad heart that I start this column with reports of the recent deaths of three of our classmates.
Larry Bartnick passed away January 18. He made his letter in football as early as his freshman year at Dartmouth in 1942, followed by making the starting lineup as left halfback on the great 1943 team. He then served as an officer on a destroyer doing anti-submarine patrol. On his return to Dartmouth he excelled as the best varsity football right-handed passer. He went from teaching high school math to becoming principal of Goshen (New York) Central High School and then 17 years as Goshen’s chief school administrator.
Martin Marino recently passed away. It was only this past June that he and his wife, Ginny, hosted our 65th reunion at a memorable pig and pork roast at their charming house in Orford, New Hampshire. Marty specialized in colon and rectal surgery at the Brooklyn-Cumberland Center and was associate professor of surgery at Downstate Medical Center. In retirement he was a member of the joint commission of hospital accreditation.
Henry Stern recently passed away, according to a recent phone call from Mort Thalheimer,who had been his childhood friend.Henry was a real estate developer and president of Stern Realty. He served on numerous boards of directors, including the Richmond, Virginia, and state chambers of commerce, banks and charitable institutions.
Heartfelt condolences to all of the families
Our mini-reunion calendar for the October 27 Homecoming weekend will now be changed to a cocktail reception Thursday at Pierce’s Inn to be followed by dinner at the Inn.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 1160 Fifth Ave., #105, New York, NY 10029; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
It looks like winter has gone and with it the tremendous amount of snow at the New Jersey shore. Bear with me while I wax poetic. “For lo, the winter is past, the rain (and snow) are over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land (Song of Solomon 2:11-12). It was just like that winter of 1942-43 in Hanover.
Spoke with Bill Carlson, here in Monmouth County, New Jersey. He’s long retired from government service and I think he was a spy; whatever, he served our country with distinction. Then to Groton, Connecticut, and Henry “Hank” Durham, long retired these last 22 years. You’ll recall he came out of Belmont, Massachusetts, and was a super first baseman on the diamond. Both the above report good health, Carlson’s doing some volunteer work through the courthouse and Hank’s become an avid trout fisherman.
President Tom Adams and wife Emilie are working overtime putting together the 65th reunion. Dates are June 21, 22 and 23. Details to follow shortly, so let’s make it a big success. I’ll be handling the money and I’ll have a new address by then.
With sadness I must report the deaths of classmates Joel Goldberg, on November 11, 2010; Melvin F. Johnson, M.D., on October 31, 2010; Earl D. Williams on September 3, 2010; and William Bennekemper Jr. on November 6, 2010. We extend our deepest sympathy to their families.
—James M. Coleman Jr., 1115 5th Ave., Asbury Park, NJ 07712
You already have received our class newsletter written and contributed to by the Tom Adams family and Jack Howard,our vice president, and distributed by the alumni relations office. Special thanks to Tom and Emilie’s son Tee, who did the design, layout and photography. Updated responses to our survey for future and timing of mini-reunion dates are pending. I hope we can make it more a maxi reunion to make up for missing our mini this past year.
The results of our class conference call January 15 will be reported in a forthcoming class newsletter this spring as well as in the next issue of the class column.
Hank Durham informed me of the death of Daniel Brown Fuller on November 28, 2012. They met while riding in the same golf cart while playing golf in a senior league and learned they were Dartmouth ’46 classmates. They used to have lunch with that group of “old men” until Dan was confined to rehab.
Ed Simon writes from Montgomery, Alabama, that Joseph Verdi passed away July 17, 2012.
Below is a listing of additional classmates who have died since September 2012, Because of word limitations, their accomplishments and contributions will be noted in our spring class newsletter. William Anthony Huebner died onSeptember 17; William John McManus,September 17; Francis Byran Black, September 18; Edward Washington Miller,September 20; Arthur Richard Bronfin,September 20; Colin Gunn, September 27; and Guy Weaver Van Syckle, November 25. Condolences to their families.
Class news from the survey that appeared in the newsletter was greatly appreciated and keeps us together as a class. Keep it up. It will be printed in this column.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 1160 Fifth Ave, Suite 105, New York, NY 10029; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
Following the enthusiastic response of class news generated by the Tom Adams family’s superlative newsletter describing our 65th reunion, our mailbox is less full for this issue.
I was delighted to hear from Bob Skutch, who roomed with Howard Samuel (now deceased.) Howard was editor of The Dartmouthwhen I was managing editor. Bob is co-founder 1975 of the Foundation for Inner Peace, which publishes and disseminates spiritual matter, the philosophy titled “A Course in Miracles.” He has published six books: fiction, nonfiction and children’s books, including Who’s in a Family for the 4- to 6-year-old range.
Please correct your mini-reunion calendar to the October 27 weekend for the celebration of our own Ivy League home game weekend with Harvard. Ginny and Marty Marino, our gracious hosts for the 65th reunion pig roast BBQ, will open up their charming farmhouse in Orford, New Hampshire, on Thursday for a cocktail reception followed by a dinner at Pierce’s Inn. Friday our class will lead the procession down Main Street to the bonfire. Saturday, the game. On both Friday and Saturday evenings we will have dinner at the Hanover Inn. Lodging can be arranged at the Hanover Inn or 6 South Street Hotel.
It is with regret that I note the deaths of Richard Arthur Allen, Richard Herman Griebel and Berthold Eric Schwarz, M.D. I remember Bert Schwarz describing his fascinating extrasensory experiments showing levitation and distributing reprints of his studies at a reunion.
Condolences to all families.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 1160 Fifth Ave., #105, New York City, NY 10029; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
Holidays come and gone and I hope you all enjoyed. Thank you all who remembered me. We’re having a problem here at the New Jersey shore. Some drifts at my home are five feet high! Shades of Hanover. President Tom Adams has battled with the College and our 65th Reunion is set for June 21, 22 and 23. Details will follow and Tom wrote about it in his newsletter with the dates not then fixed. We’re looking forward to a great time, so please let us know early that you will attend. Vice President Jack Howard has set up a website for the class. It can be accessed http://happy.dartmouth.org/DartCMS/index.php?page:class-of-46-home. To give Jack news or anything that you want the class to read, e-mail him at rljwh@aol.com or call him at (315) 255-1710. Thank you very much, Jack.
Sadly I must report the death of classmate A. Buol Hinman on December 12, 2010. Buol was a former president of our class and gave generously of his time and financial support to the College and our class. He was a long-time friend of mine and my regular “phone friend” for many years. Further I must report the deaths of classmates Norton I. Virgien on October 24, 2010, and Henry Kruschwitz on November 21, 2010. We extend our deepest sympathy to their families.
—James M. Coleman Jr., 578 Navesink River Road, Red Bank, NJ 07701; (732) 741-5079; jscmonmouth@aol.com
Jack Howard,our class vice president, has been doing a magnificent job of putting together the many details for our mini-reunion on the Yale Homecoming weekend October 12-13. This will include cocktails and dinner at Pierce’s Inn October 10, speakers, a group tour (possibly to the new art center), buffet dinner at the Hanover Inn October 11 followed by leading the parade up Main Street to the bonfire. The class meeting is the morning of Saturday, October 12, followed by a 3 p.m. game. Milt Cooper has suggested a pregame gathering of classmates in the stadium area. So far 25 have expressed interest in attending the mini, but let’s make it more. Requests for commitments will be sent out so costs can be finalized.
Doug Leigh,creator and designer of our class logo “Friendly: The Dragon,” continues creating, designing and producing just as he did at Dartmouth, where he designed the 1947 Winter Carnival poster and was active in numerous visual art activities. Currently his paintings are on exhibit in local Connecticut art shows. His website is www.dougleighstudio.com. Doug writes that Bob and Rosemary Jones in Bethesda, Maryland, have moved into an assisted living facility and that Bob and Stefanie Stevenson have recently moved into a new and larger home in Santa Barbara, California.
Frank Guarini, who completed six terms as a congressman from New Jersey, is looking forward to our upcoming mini.
Anne Neilson sadly reports the death of our beloved previous class president Walter Snickenberger onApril 17. Walt was active in class affairs for many years. He was baseball captain. Anne also reports that Harvey White just built a house opposite hers at the Bay Club in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts.
Condolences to ’46 families on the reported deaths of Joseph Isaac Masters, Robert Arthur Lytle, Bradford Hobbs Morrison and Mayland Prince Lewis.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 1160 Fifth Ave, Suite 105, New York City, NY 10029; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax), jlewolffmd@aol.com
A full year has passed since we gathered in Hanover for a memorable 65th reunion.
We will have another opportunity to renew these experiences at our mini-reunion scheduled for the October 27 weekend celebrating our Ivy League home game weekend with Harvard. Thursday, October 25, cocktail reception followed by dinner at Pierce’s Inn. Friday our class will lead the procession up Main Street to the bonfire, followed by dinner at the Hanover Inn. Saturday after the game we will again have dinner at the inn.
John T. Witte writes from his house where he has lived for 53 years in Toledo, Ohio, about kids/grandchildren of ’76, ’82, ’10 and ’13. This matches my father’s record (class of 1910) for his sons ’38, ’44, ’46 and ’49. Also my nephew Ned Wolff ’68. The race may not be over, as Jack says there are a few more to come. Jack is now looking for an able-bodied crew for another season of sailing his Saber 34-foot on Lake Erie.
Received our first death notice in the first person as follows: “I died on April 19, 2011, at 88 years of age and had a full life. Blind for last year and a half. Good support from Kendal in Hanover. Happily married 64 years to Marion.” She, by the way, wrote this message announcing the death of her husband, John H. Copenhaver.
Four more death notices include Walter Raymond Dewees, March 24, reunion committee leadership; James Reynolds Morse, November 11, 2011; James Jones, December 23, 2009; Robert Irving Litwin, D.M.D., oral surgeon, November 28, 2004. Condolences to all families.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 1160 Fifth Ave., #105, New York City, NY 10029; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
This will be my last column for Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. I am resigning as the editor of the Class Notes. I’ll stay on as secretary and treasurer until the 65th has come and gone. Bud Baker is handling the finances—and doing a great job. As of now it’s doubtful I’ll get to the reunion. Not in the best shape physically (as I’m sure are so many more). I am in the process of moving back to Asbury Park. I’ve served as secretary and treasurer for many years. I’ve had the opportunity to speak to many of you, some of whom I never knew at Dartmouth. Many of our original class became part of V-12. Many others came to Dartmouth as part of that. The College gave all the option to become whatever class they chose. I am grateful that so many joined 1946—and became an important part of the class. Serving in many capacities, and one, the late Jim Lynch, became class president. I regret that I never got to meet a lot of V-12s. I left before they came, and they left before I came back. Members of 1946, one and all! I am proud that I was able to serve the class and my heartfelt thanks to all of you who have shared so much with me. I feel deeply honored to have served the class. Enjoy the 65th!
—James M. Coleman Jr., 1115 5th Ave., Asbury Park, NJ 07712; (732) 988-0099
While our mini-reunion for this past fall had to be canceled because of lack of participation, we can look forward to a new mini for the coming fall. A current class survey showed a preference for the Yale Homecoming game in Hanover October 12, subject to approval at the October 27, 2012, class meeting conference call. A detailed plan for that weekend in a colored newsletter should already have been sent to you. We will have cocktails and dinner at Pierce’s Inn Thursday night, a speaker for Friday morning, cocktails and buffet dinner Friday night at the Hanover Inn followed by a parade led by our class (all those willing and able) to the bonfire, and the Saturday afternoon game followed by dinner at the Hanover Inn with a speaker.
Spoke to “Chip” Coleman, who maintains a cheerful, upbeat disposition despite contending with medical issues. Chip’s extensive legal career has included time as Monmouth County, New Jersey, chief prosecutor covering 125 homicides; three terms in the N.J. Legislative Assembly, where he was chairman of the appropriations committee; and as judge of the N.J. Superior Court.
Jack Howard, our class vice president, is chairman of the board of the John DauFoundation that operates the Duk Lost Boys Medical Clinic in a remote village in war-torn South Sudan. The clinic has treated 72,000 patients in five years for malaria, pneumonia, TB, HIV and deworming with significant reduction in these diseases and infant mortality.
I have just attended my 60th Temple Medical School reunion in Philadelphia. I am in active with a full-time infectious disease practice in N.Y.C. at Lenox Hill and Mount Sinai Hospital, where am a clinical associate professor.
Death notices will be updated next issue.
Please contact me with news.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D. 1160 Fifth Ave., 105, New York City, NY 10029; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
Tom,Emily and Tee Adams’superlative class newsletter describing our 65th reunion, including multicolored photographs (no one and nothing left out), stirred up so much nostalgia along with regrets for those who could not attend that many of you responded with news.
Jackie Kimball expressed her gratitude to Jon O’Brien for his beautiful memorial service and her regrets at being unable to attend now that she lives in Tucson.
Wayne Fredericks found that the newsletter evoked great memories of the 65th while Jim Felter and Dave Stephens were disappointed at missing the event.
Sandy Treat retired from Alcan Aluminum Ltd. and in 1986 moved to Vail, Colorado, where he skied in the Rocky Mountain Masters until 85 years old. Induction into the Colorado Ski Hall of Fame. Wow!
Bob Clifton sadly informed us of the death of his wife, Dot, on July 10, 2011, after 61 years of marriage. His daughter Nancy is married to professor John Collier ’72, Th’77, Thayer School. Their sons are Tom ’11 and Robert ’13.
Lea Johnson, wife of Dr. Mel Johnson (deceased several years ago), leads an active life in a retirement home in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Mark your calendar for a mini-reunion the third week of October celebrating our first Ivy League home game weekend. Thursday night at Pierce’s Inn. Friday leading the procession down Main Street to the bonfire and the game Saturday.
Our heartfelt sympathy to the families of our deceased classmates Ralph Smith Jr., Kenneth Hurd Jr., Donald Keys, Paul Berglund, Robert Norris, Patrick Kennedy.
—John L.E. Wolff, M.D., 1160 Fifth Avenue, #105, New York, NY 10029; (212) 772-1700; (212) 772-9933 (fax); jlewolffmd@aol.com
