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July-August 2023

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the class of ’49.

But after 14 years, mine eyes no longer shine.

Macular degeneration has caused my vision to decline.

As our three dozen or so survivors go marching on.

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May-June 2023

Deke Jackson is still living in his own home with Nadine in Mount Dora, Florida. A banker, he attended a convention in Washington, D.C., and contacted our then U.S. senator classmate Slade Gorton.

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March-April 2023

Last fall I wrote that there were about 40 members of our class who were exposed to this column. A few have since left for greener pastures.

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January-February 2023

Joe Sullivan Jr. ’78 called to tell me (and then sent me) a column about his dad’s football career. We reminisced about Joe’s long back-and-forth run against Cornell—maybe 100 yards—in a game that no one who saw will ever forget.

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November-December 2022

Class president Ray Truncellito was recently honored with the Distinguished American Award by the National Football Foundation Joe Yukica Chapter.

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September-October 2022

Our dwindling class has gone almost incommunicado. Here’s an update.

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July-August 2022

In March Joel Berson and I had the pleasure of listening to Coach Buddy Teevens ’79 tell the Dartmouth Club of Sarasota, Florida, about his innovative tackling dummy program, which has minimized injuries during practice.

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May-June 2022

Joel Berson and I attended our good Sarasota, Florida, friend Tom Towler’s celebration of life along with 30 of his direct descendants and his companion, Nancy Lyon.

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March-April 2022

Unfortunately, this column has no good news, as several class stalwarts have passed away.

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January-February 2022

Bill Bellows and his wife are still living in their home of 36 years in Feeding Hills in western Massachusetts. He had an information technology career, working and consulting for a variety of companies, including Aetna Insurance.

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November-December 2021

This column will start with a little fluff—Marshmallow Fluff. Don Durkee, who retired as CEO of Durkee-Mower Inc.

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September-October 2021

Plaudits to piano-player par excellence Skip Unger, who recently retired after many years as the Forty-Niner newsletter editor.

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