Class Notes 1949

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. When he visited the U.S. Senate gallery with his banker friends, Slade was the head honcho that day, and waved his gavel at the group. It made a big impression on his fellow bankers.

Deke mentioned that he recently read an op-ed article in The New York Times by John B. Daukas Jr. ’84, son of our late classmate and an attorney. Deke was friendly with the Daukas family and met John Jr. on family visits.

Richie Wolff and Beth are in an assisted living residence in Portland, Oregon. Richie has his share of health problems but is still managing to play golf.

George Frederick Day died on December 7, 2022, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he lived. He received his doctorate at the University of Colorado and taught English literature for many years at the University of Northern Iowa. George was a Civil War buff and he sent me his great grandfather’s diary. He is survived by his wife, Clara, and sons David and John, and daughter Georgianna.

Benjamin Jacobson Jr. died on January 4 at his home in Boca Raton, Florida. Ben spent a 40-year career as a stockbroker in his family’s firm on Wall Street. After retiring in 1987, he moved to Florida, where he spent his time boating, writing music, and playing the organ for family and friends. Ben is survived by his wife, Maureen, his son, and four daughters.

William N. Marden died at home in Ocean-side, California, on January 1. Bill received his architecture degree at R.P.I. and practiced in the Albany, New York, area for 40 years. After retiring he and his wife, Joan, moved to Panama City Beach, Florida, and snorkeled all over the world. Bill is survived by Joan and daughters Carolyn and Laura and son James.

—John Adler, 75 Silo Circle, Riverside, CT 06878; (203) 622-9069; (203) 344-1583 (fax)

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.

Edward Luman Clogston died on December 24, 2021, in Wilmington, Massachusetts, where he lived. Ed spent his business career with Aetna Life and Casualty, first in New York City and then in Hartford, Connecticut, in sales management. After retiring to Brownsville, Vermont, Ed spent a second career as a ski instructor. He leaves his wife, Majorie, daughters Eleanor and Ruth, and son Albert.

James Michael Dowaliby Jr. died on October 5, 2022, in New Haven, Connecticut, where he lived. Jim had an unusually varied career. After Dartmouth he spent three years in the Army, a few in Roswell, New Mexico, running a book shop and art gallery, and then became an oilfield scout. Accepted at Yale New Haven Medical School in his 30s, he graduated in 1967 and then became a surgical otolaryngologist on staff until his retirement in 1988. In a fourth career, he taught darkroom photography at a college in New Haven. Jim is survived by his wife, JoAnne, daughters Cole and Shana, and son James III.

—John Adler, 1623 Pelican Cove Road, BA123, Sarasota, FL 34231; (203) 622-9069; (941) 966-2943, fax

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

According to a recent College listing, we have 65 living classmates. Twenty-five of them didn’t include any biographical data in our 50th reunion booklet (1999), so I assume that they are not interested in the class. That leaves about 40 members who presumably are interested.

From that group, I found a dozen classmates whose names have not appeared in this column since I began writing it 12 years ago. Five of them had disconnected phone numbers and another five had no answering devices. But I did catch up with Bud Petersen and George Weinstein.

Bud and his wife, Elsie, have been married for 71 years and are enjoying life in their Simsbury, Connecticut, retirement home. When Bud graduated he joined his family’s home delivery milk business and transformed it into a chain of 12 family restaurants in the Hartford, Connecticut, area, along with an ice cream manufacturing plant. He remained close to his roommate Doug Thomson until Doug died two years ago.

George is healthy and living by himself in the Boca Raton, Florida, home he and Barbara bought in the early 1990s; she died six years ago. George, with an LL.D. from Yale and an M.B.A. from Columbia, was a certified public accountant partner of Deloitte in New Haven, Connecticut, and then the Miami area. After retiring from Deloitte at 60, George practiced law, specializing in wills and estates. He’s in touch with Skip Unger, his four-year roommate.

Speaking of Skip, he was the only 49er to “oink” in response to my plea for news two issues ago. (He knows how tough it is from his years as newsletter editor.) He spends his time playing bridge as well as the piano in nursing homes. Although Skip got remarried (to Luba) shortly after our 70th reunion, he’s decided not to have any more children.

Dr. Robert Benjamin Berg died on February 5, 2020, in Honolulu, where he lived. Bob received his M.D. from Harvard. He was survived by his wife, Dorothy, five sons, and a daughter.

—John Adler, 75 Silo Circle, Riverside, CT 06878; (203) 622-9069; (203) 344-1583, fax

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.

Dale Jacobson’s wife died last year, so he is living by himself in his condo in Somers, New York. Dale spent his career in the treasury department of Exxon. He is still driving, shopping, and maintaining an optimistic attitude about life’s vicissitudes.

Jim Mytton checked in from Bloomfield, Colorado. After receiving his master’s in geology from the University of Wyoming, Jim spent his career with the U.S. Geological Survey. Jim was primed to attend our 70th reunion, but the untimely death of his son prevented that. Jim also lost his wife last year but is in good health living in a retirement home.

You may have read about the man who received a pig’s heart in a transplant. When the doctor explained what would happen, he seemed oblivious until the doctor asked, “Do you understand?” Finally, he responded: “Am I going to oink?” My educated guess is that four-score-plus classmates are still with us. If you want this column to continue with anything but obituaries, you need to oink by snail mail or phone. (My College-supplied directory is 18 months out of date, as are many of your addresses and phone numbers.) So let me hear from you (sorry, no email)!

One classmate I tried in vain to reach was Ray Powers, who evidently still operates his own literary agency in New York City. His report in our 50th reunion book was so different from any other classmate that I’ll summarize it here. Ray was a theatrical agent and personal manager for Jane Fonda, Geena Rowlands, Thelma Ritter, and other movie stars in the 1960s. He was also an actor, playwright, model, producer, and director. At one point he lived on a commune; at another, he was a housefather to 14 deprived 11-year old kids in a Bronx home.

William Arthur Ballard died on December 14, 2021, in Daytona Beach, Florida, where he lived. Bill was a writer by profession, working primarily in advertising and public relations. He enjoyed tennis and his church. Bill is survived by his son, Bill ’74, and his daughters, Lynn and Jean.

—John Adler, 75 Silo Circle, Riverside, CT 06878; (203) 622-9069; (203) 344-1584 (fax)

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. After he retired Bill bought a motor home and lived way down upon the Suwannee River in Florida, among many other campgrounds, but stopped traveling several years ago. He occasionally talks to Ed Clogston, his college roommate.

Richie Wolff checked in from the embattled city of Portland, Oregon. Covid stopped Beth and him from their perpetual traveling; their last trip was to Bali in 2019. Now they can’t even travel to Portland’s downtown Pearl District for safety reasons. However, Richie still manages to play tennis and golf on a weekly basis, so he keeps moving.

The 20th anniversary of 9/11 brought back memories of the ’49ers who were on a never-to-be-forgotten Dartmouth trip to Ireland. Bill Ballard and I still reminisce and remember our late classmates Punchy Thomas, Clarke Church, Bob Baum, and Burt Broom.

I asked Ray Truncellito—who in those two-way days played guard on offense and linebacker on defense—what individual play he was involved with that stuck in his memory. In the 1947 Cornell game, he intercepted a pass and was tackled at the 6-yard line after a 60-yard run. Herb Carey ’50 scored on the next play and Dartmouth won by a touchdown.

George Day sounded energetic and thought he would overcome several weeks of pneumonia shortly (October 20) in his Minneapolis assisted living apartment. In a wheelchair with little vision, George is fortunate to have a grandson who reads to him regularly.

John Chadwick Griffith died on August 11, 2021, in Quogue (on Long Island), New York, where he lived. John spent his career as a foreign service officer with the U.S. State Department, serving in Switzerland, India, Norway, and Washington, D.C. He retired to Quogue, where he held a municipal position for several years. John is survived by his wife, Jane, daughters Sandra and Ann, and son John Jr.

—John Adler, 1623 Pelican Cove Road, BA123, Sarasota, FL 34231; (203) 622-9069; (941) 966-2943 (fax)

Plaudits to piano-player par excellence Skip Unger, who recently retired after many years as the Forty-Niner newsletter editor. Skip told me his health was good but it was “just time for a change.” Maybe he ran out of limericks. In Skip’s honor, here’s my favorite from all-time limerick champ Ogden Nash.

“There was a young man from Japan

Whose limericks never would scan

When asked why this was

He replied with a buzz

Because I always try to jam everything into

the last line that I possibly can.”

Skip’s successor is the San Francisco foghorn—initials Q.K.—who likes to write as well as vocalize. Make his life easier by sending in your Green Cards.

Charlie Russell called in from his townhouse opposite NASA headquarters in Houston, where he continues to live independently. Almost 96, Charlie still drives and has no major ailments. Charlie earned his master’s and Ph.D. from Columbia and spent his career teaching and administrating in smaller colleges and universities in New York, New England, and Texas.

Paul Woodberry sent me an article from the Brunswick (Georgia) News about his great adventure during multiple missions on a B-26 bomber during the Korean War. That aspect of Paul’s life was the springboard for an illustrious business career.

Joel Berson has relocated to Sarasota, Florida, from his 65-year residence in New York City. Battling Alzheimer’s disease, he is in the same assisted-living facility as Tom Towler, who is dealing with Parkinson’s.

George Willard Piper died on April 10 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he was raised and where he returned after graduating from Dartmouth. George spent his career as a sales executive with Mueller Co., a Chattanooga-based manufacturer and distributor of fire hydrants, valves, and other water-related products. He is survived by four daughters and a son.

—John Adler, 75 Silo Circle, Riverside, CT 06878; (203) 622-9069; (203) 637-3227 (fax)

As our classmates struggle to retain their eyesight, hearing, balance, and memories, this column gets more difficult to fill. From what I can gather you’re not communicating with each other, although my offer to provide telephone numbers still stands. Disconnected numbers and “mailbox is full” responses don’t help. If you want current news in this column— other than obituaries—I need to hear from you.

The only respondent to my offer was Ed Clogston’s daughter, Ruth, who called to get George Day’s number. She told me Ed and Marge celebrated their 71st anniversary in an assisted living facility in Wilmington, Massachusetts. Ed, who is now legally blind, spent his career as a sales manager for Aetna Life Insurance.

George Day, also legally blind and confined to a wheelchair, lives in an assisted living residence in Minneapolis. George, who was an English professor at the University of Northern Iowa, still maintains his literary skills on a large-type computer.

Bill Ballard sounded as strong as ever at his home in Daytona Beach, Florida, but has lost almost all his vision. Bill spent most of his career in advertising. Along with the late Ed Graham, he would probably win the honors for class wit. Skip Unger also deserves a shoutout for his clever limericks and corny jokes in the class newsletter. (Like me, Skip needs to fill space.)

Ray Truncellito is thriving in his new digs in a Manchester, New Hampshire, assisted living facility. Of the dozen or so still-breathing classmates I have spoken to during the past year, our prez appears to be the healthiest and, consequently, the cheeriest. Besides football and other Dartmouth stories, we briefly discussed the distant star of a 75th reunion in 2024.

Curtis Lee Smith Jr. died in Sarasota, Florida, on November 3, 2020. Lee, originally from Cleveland, was CEO of National Copper and Smelting, founded by his grandfather a century ago. After the company was sold in 1983, Lee headed a consulting firm. At some point he moved to Sarasota, but neither Tom Towler, the late Bruce Crawford, nor I knew he was here or we would have tried to attract him to the local Dartmouth club, in which Bruce played a prominent role. Lee is survived by four sons.

—John Adler, 75 Silo Circle, Riverside, CT 06878; (203) 622-9069; (203) 637-3227 (fax)

Periodically, I get asked how many ’49ers are still around. As of last October, we had 107 on the College roster, 18 of whom had no interest in the class. Considering our bastardized make-up, that’s not surprising; here’s some background.

Our original 1945 wartime freshman class included three groups, totaling 389: 49 in March; 221 in July; and 119 in November. Our average age was 17 years and nine months; 24 freshmen were only 16.

At Dartmouth’s 180th graduation in 1949, we had about 650 classmates. Only about 150 had gone through their college years uninterrupted by military service or dropping out. (Actually, 64 of us received bachelor’s degrees in 1948.) Members of earlier classes whose attendance was affected by Uncle Sam, plus V-12s and others assigned by the College, constituted a significant portion of our class.

So if any of you want to contact your friends in the class, let me know by phone, fax, or snail mail. (As a renowned history professor wrote me recently, “I commend you for not using email. It means you do not waste half your day answering unwanted messages.”)

Paul Woodberry holds the class (and maybe College) record for breeding green with two sons, two daughters, and six grandchildren graduating from Dartmouth; four grandsons are current undergraduates. That doesn’t include two brothers and five in-laws and cousins. Paul keeps track from his home in Sea Island, Georgia.

Dale Jacobson is one of the few ’49ers (I’m aware of) who is still driving. Dale had his sights set on our last reunion, but his wife’s failing health (and subsequent death this year) prevented that. He maintains his condo in northern Westchester County, New York, close to where he grew up, and sounds chipper.

George Adam Soufleris died on September 4, 2020, in Syracuse, New York, near Jamesville, where he lived. After selling shoes for five years George attended University of Vermont Medical School and became an obstetrician-gynecologist. He spent his career helping women at hospitals and medical centers in the greater Syracuse area. George is survived by his wife, Rita, and sons Mark, Philip, and Peter.

—John Adler, 1623 Pelican Cove Road, BA123, Sarasota, FL 34231; (203) 622-9069; (941) 966-2943 (fax)

Well, coronavirus has drastically changed the way our class lives, particularly those in retirement homes. No visitors, two at a time in an elevator, meals delivered to rooms, etc. Class prez Ray Truncellito had half his belongings moved into his future assisted living residence when the new rules stopped him cold; in late June he is still in his home in Manchester, New Hampshire. My own snowbird wings got clipped after 38 years, so I’m stuck in Sarasota, Florida, until next April.

Fred F. Tilden died on February 16 at his home in Hartford, Connecticut. Fred spent his career in business, retiring as chairman of Venus-Estabrook Ltd., England. He is survived by his wife, Barbara, sons Fred Jr. and Peter, and daughter Cynthia.

Burgess Preston Standley died on March 12 at his home in Medfield, Massachusetts. Mike advised universities on design and construction of new science facilities, then spent 22 years as director of planning at Mass General Hospital in Boston. He was deeply involved in all kinds of civic activities in Medfield. He leaves his wife, Caroline, son Dabney ’83, and daughters Caroline and Anne.

Glenn Mohrman died on May 1 in Princeton, New Jersey, where he lived. Glenn, who had a law degree from the University of Virginia, spent his career in advertising and market research, specializing in pretesting pharmaceutical company ads. He is survived by his wife, Waltraud (“Trudy”), sons Brooks and Mace, and daughters Darby and Morgan.

Russell Wolfertz Sr. died on November 25, 2018, in Rockland, Maine, where he lived, the College has recently learned. Russ’s career was in real estate. He was survived by his wife, Elizabeth, two sons and four daughters.

Alan S. Harvey died on January 15, 2015, in Manchester, New Hampshire, the College has recently learned. Alan had several occupations—professional actor, teacher, writer, and antique store owner. He left no survivors.

John W. Whelden died on August 26, 2014, probably in Framingham, Massachusetts, where he lived, the College has recently learned. John was a component engineer with Raytheon. Apparently, he had no survivors.

Richard A. Eckhart died on December 5, 1998, the College has recently learned. Dick, a Navy V-12, spent his career as a geologist with Sun Oil.

—John Adler, 1623 Pelican Cove Road, BA123, Sarasota, FL 34231; (203) 622-9069; (941) 966-2943, fax

Bruce Crawford, Tom Towler, and I get together frequently in Sarasota, Florida, and Joel Berson joined us twice to get away from New York’s weather. Other than that, not much current news, but the obituaries are piling up.

Allen Clarke Church died on March 2, 2019, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where he lived. Clarke spent his entire 42-year career with Procter & Gamble, working in 55 countries; his last title was VP for sales for Canada and Latin America. Clarke and his wife, Jane, were especially helpful to my late wife, Vi, on our Dartmouth trip to Ireland (9/11 time), when Bill Ballard, Punchy Thomas, Bob Baum, and Burt Proom were fellow companions. Besides Jane, Clarke leaves sons Allen ’76, Ken ’80, Tom, and Steve.

Robert Joseph Amirault died on October 8, 2019, in Dunnellon, Florida, where he lived. Bob was a pitcher on the 1948 Ivy League champion baseball team, along with the late Al Quirk, and also lettered in football and hockey. He spent his career with IBM. Bob is survived by his wife, Mary Louise, and son Alan.

Loomis Grosvenor Dana died on October 8, 2019, at his home in South Burlington, Vermont. Loo served with various civic organizations in Vermont: YMCAs, a park and recreation department, and local council on aging. He is survived by sons Gregory and Richard and daughter Christine.

Edward Hayes Grant died on November 28, 2019, at his home in Osterville, Massachusetts. Ed was president of his eponymous company, a manufacturing agent. He enjoyed year-round golf on Cape Cod. Ed is survived by his wife, Carol, son John, and daughters Leigh and Katherine.

Carl Victor Granger died on December 29, 2019, in Amherst, New York, near where he lived. Carl received his M.D. from NYU and taught at Yale, Tufts, and Brown before becoming chairman of the department of rehabilitative medicine at the University of Buffalo. He received several national honor awards for developing a uniform data system for measuring medical rehabilitation, used by Medicare, Medicaid, and internationally. As his obituary noted, Carl was the son (his father was a 1918) and grandson of black physicians. He is survived by daughter Marilyn and son Glenn.

—John Adler, 75 Silo Circle, Riverside, CT 06878; (203) 622-9069; (203) 637-3227 (fax)

Fourteen of us made it back to Hanover for our 70th reunion: Joel Berson, Mike Gish, Slade Gorton, Quent Kopp, Joe LeBlanc, Bob Rooke, Jim Smith, Tom Swartz, Ray Truncellito, Skip Ungar, Richie Wolff, Paul Woodberry, Jim Zafris, and yours truly. We were treated to sunny, 75-degree weather, great hospitality by the College in a totally renovated ($500 a night) Hanover Inn, and a 38-3 romp over Colgate. Ray, Skip, and I were re-elected at the class meeting as president, newsletter editor, and secretary, respectively. Merry widows (self-described) Beth Griffiths, Anne Hartmann, Margo Nutt, and Barbara Rosenfield also enhanced the occasion.

Skip, who remarkably can still remember his full repertoire of songs and play them as well as ever, entertained us again—with more than his music. An archaeology professor lectured on the deep dig of an old privy currently taking place on the left corner of the Green opposite the inn. Any questions? Skip’s “Did you find my watch?” brought down the house of 200.

Joe LeBlanc made his first reunion in 20 years. Joe left Dartmouth after two terms, spent four years in the Navy, and graduated later. His 39-year career as a private school teacher and administrator in Kansas City, Missouri, ended when he retired in 2007.

Out of the blue, Jim Mytton sent me 52 years of DAM Class Notes columns, beginning in 1967 and covering 10 class secretaries before me: Tommy Swartz, Punchy Thomas, Paul Woodberry, Charley Schuetz, Vail Haak, Quent Kopp, Bruce Crawford, Bob Nutt, Doug Thompson, and Dean Merrill. Stay tuned for more from me and Skip Ungar.

Robert Baum died on September 22, 2019, in New York City, where he lived. Bob, who expected to attend our reunion, was president and owner of US Packaging and Design. He enjoyed sailing at his second home in Stonington, Connecticut. Bob is survived by his son, Eric.

Richard H. Kamm died on June 12, 2019, in Rome, Italy, where he lived. Richard, a professional artist, has two sculptures in the Hood Museum. He had no survivors.

Alfred Burke Sullivan died on August 25, 2019, in San Marcos, Texas, where he lived. Al was known as the “Ivy League Cowboy” who nixed Harvard Law School to become a Navy Fly Boy for 20 years. Later, he earned his doctorate at the University of Utah and taught political science at Texas State University. Al is survived by his wife, Macel, son Edward, and daughter Susan.

—John Adler, 1623 Pelican Cove Road, BA123, Sarasota, FL 34231; (203) 622-9069; (941) 966-2943 (fax)

With our 70th reunion a month away (September 27-29), ’49ers have to tell the College if they intend to be there. Alphabetically, I lead the list and will celebrate my 92nd birthday with Bob Baum, Bill Bellows, Joel Berson, Bob Fitch, Peter Gish, Slade Gorton, Ed Grant, Dale Jacobson, Joe LeBlanc, Bob Rooke, Jim Smith, Tommy Swartz, Doug Thompson, Ray Truncellito, Skip Ungar, Paul Woodberry, Jim Zafris, and, I hope, a few more of you. Jim Mytton and Nick Sheppard are maybe’s.

Cheers! For the first time in the 10 years I’ve been writing this column, all our classmates remain on this side of the grass.

After Joel Berson, Tommy Swartz, and I attended Jay Urstadt’s 90th celebration last October, I wrote that Jay was our youngest classmate. Then, Skip Ungar, with a January birthday, replaced him. Bill Ballard read that and called to say he thought Fred Smith deserved the youthful honors, which Fred confirmed. He was only 15 when he entered with us 49ers in March 1945 and didn’t turn 16 until the end of June 1945.

Fred spent his career with the U.S. State Department in a variety of assignments around the world, including writing a 600-page legal treatise still used for guidance. After retiring at 70 and moving to New Hampton, New Hampshire, he worked until three years ago as a consultant helping negotiate treaties, among other projects. Unfortunately, Fred’s poor health will keep him from reunion.

George Day has moved from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to an assisted living home near his daughter in Minneapolis. He spent most of his academic career as an English professor at the University of Northern Iowa. George has been a regular at class reunions, but isn’t sure if his mobility and vision problems will allow him to make it to Hanover. Keep trying, George!

Lou Harris is still going strong in White Bear Lake, Minnesota (near St. Paul). Retired from practicing law with a specialty in ground transportation, Lou keeps busy with book club and church activities.

—John Adler, 75 Silo Circle, Riverside, CT 06878; (203) 622-9069; (203) 637-3227 (fax)

Did you note the astounding miracle in your class dues notice that arrived in February? “I am writing to you as your class president,” wrote George Hartmann from heaven, where he took up residence about a year ago. Ray Truncellito (George’s successor), please take note!

Flashback: Our original class had 271 members in 1945. Their average age was 17 years and 9 months, with 24 only 16 years old when they matriculated. Today’s “baby” is our dedicated newsletter scribe, Skip Unger, who turned 90 this past January. (Correction: Jay Urstadt, who got the appellation in my last column, is demoted to second-youngest.) No wonder Skip has so much energy playing music in retirement communities.

With our 70th reunion just five months away, on September 27-29, Paul Woodberry and Quent Kopp have joined the list of probably attendees. Paul checked in from his home in Sea Island, Georgia, and says he’s feeling good. He’s in touch with Ed Clogston, who won’t make it to Hanover because of severe eye problems.

Quent entertained me and my companion Olha at a pleasant lunch in San Francisco. He’s still actively involved in civic ventures such as an ethics committee and the local Korean War memorial, and relieved that the bullet train, which he sponsored almost 30 years ago, has been mostly aborted because of horrific political mismanagement in the interim.

Henry Leo Gutman died on November 12, 2018, in Baltimore, where he lived. Hank lettered in lacrosse at Dartmouth and spent most of his career at Broger-Gutman, his family’s department store. He is survived by his wife, Babette, daughter Carol, and son Ned.

Herman E. Muller Jr. died on February 10 in New York City, where he lived. “Skip” graduated from Ithaca College, where he chaired the board for many years, but always considered himself a loyal ’49er. He was a certified professional accountant by profession, but also was an inveterate musician, playing the upright bass in Greenwich Village for 50 years. Skip served on many boards, including the National Endowment for the Arts. He is survived by his wife, Evelyn.

—John Adler, 75 Silo Circle, Riverside, CT 06878; (203) 622-9069; (203) 637-3227 (fax)

It looks as though 134 classmates are still with us as of late October 2018; however, 20 are listed as “not interested.” Let’s hope several dozen of us make it to our 70th reunion on September 27-29. Dale Jacobson expects to be there, despite having a triple bypass and subsequent infection two years ago. After a long career with Exxon, Dale lives in a condo in Somers, New York, and sounds as though he’s in good spirits and better health now.

George Day is battling macular degeneration while living at home with his wife, Clara, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. George is planning to make it to Hanover with his usual grit and a big smile. Bill Ballard also has severe eye problems, with glaucoma, so reading and travel are problematic. Bill is doing reasonably well, along with his partner, Edie, in Daytona Beach, Florida. His wit and humor remain as sharp as ever, burnished by his many years in advertising and designing crossword puzzles.

Eugene Raymond Kelly died on September 19, 2017, in Boynton Beach, Florida, where he lived. Gene spent most of his career practicing internal medicine and cardiology in Westfield, New Jersey. After Dartmouth he studied at five universities—Penn, George Washington, Columbia, Johns Hopkins, and Duke—which must be a class record for a nonacademic. Gene is survived by a daughter and three sons, including Dr. Christopher Kelly ’88.

Frank Elliot Bateman died on July 17, 2018, near Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, where he lived. After receiving his M.B.A. from Tuck, Frank ran his family department store in Lexington, Massachusetts. When mall competition prevailed, he operated an interior design firm. He moved to New Hampshire in 1970, and renovated several churches. Frank is survived by his wife, Dorothy, four daughters, and a son.

Robert William Belfit Jr. died on August 29, 2018, near Midland, Michigan, where he lived. Bob received his Ph.D. from Penn State and worked at Dow Chemical for 29 years. He was an avid golf player. Bob leaves his wife, Sandy, son Curt, and daughters Barcie and Kelly.

—John Adler, 1623 Pelican Cove Road, BA123, Sarasota, FL 34231; (203) 622-9069; (941) 966-2943 (fax)

Let’s hear a wah hoo wah! for our 70th reunion, scheduled for September 27-29, 2019. Put it on your calendars and stay heathy enough to be there for what will probably be our last roundup. Class president Ray Truncellito is our fearless leader. Dartmouth plays Colgate.

Raymond Joseph Rasenberger died on April 3 in Washington, D.C., where he lived. Ray was class valedictorian and president of the Undergraduate Council and held major Dartmouth alumni leadership positions. He received his law degree from George Washington University, specialized in aviation law at his own firm, worked on political campaigns for Jack and Bobby Kennedy and Edmund Muskie, and became an accomplished self-published poet. Ray leaves his wife, Nancy, son James ’86, and four daughters.

Robert Jay Evans died on April 20 in Concord, New Hampshire, where he lived. Jay’s name was synonymous with the Ledyard Canoe Club, kayaking, and canoeing. He coached national teams at world championships in 1969 and 1971 and at the Munich Olympics in 1972. Jay spent his career in high school teaching, in Dartmouth’s admissions office (1962-74), and directing Hampshire College’s recreational athletics program. He is survived by his wife, Frances, son Eric ’72, and daughter Anne.

Richard Stewart Carr Jr. died at home in Madison, Connecticut, on March 28, 2017. Dick spent most of his life after Dartmouth in Guilford, Connecticut, where he owned sales, engineering, and travel businesses. He was deeply involved in musical, equestrian, and Boy Scout activities. Dick leaves his wife, Sally, three sons, and a daughter.

James Wilmer Valliant died on July 3, 2017, at home in Centreville, Maryland, where he grew up and spent his life. Jimmy ran the family fertilizer business and then taught math and geography at the local Gunston School. He enjoyed sailing, gardening, and opera. Jimmy is survived by his wife, Joann, and three children.

Robert Carl Smith Jr. died on September 19, 2017. Bob, who lived in Intervale, New Hampshire, spent his career in the utilities business, becoming president of New England Power Service Co. Bob liked playing golf and skiing. He is survived by son Robert ’81 and daughters Susan ’83, Patricia, and Meredith.

—John Adler, 75 Silo Circle, Riverside, CT 06878; (203) 622-9069; (203) 637-3227 (fax)

Richie Wolff may turn out to be the physical miracle-man of our class. He still plays tennis and golf and takes two or three excursions a year with Beth. Most recently, he returned from an Oceania trip that involved stops in Peru and Easter and Pitcairn Islands. (Unlike the Bounty, Beth kept him in line, and he didn’t mutiny.) Richie has good genes; brother John ’46, 93, who writes the 1946 DAM column, still practices medicine and monitors Richie’s health.

I chatted briefly with Paul Bjorkland. Our all-star class agent emeritus is fighting a tough battle with chronic leukemia. Paul keeps in touch with former roommates Ed Graham and Dick Hook and sends a wah-hoo-wah to the rest of his classmates.

John Frederick Goodrich died on September 21, 2017, near Littleton, New Hampshire, where he lived. John spent his career with the Social Security Administration. He is survived by three sons and two daughters.

John Bernard Daukas died on November 19, 2017, five days shy of his 90th birthday. A serious football injury kept John from following his brothers into professional football. John, who lived in Westerly, Rhode Island, operated his own optical company in Middletown, Connecticut, for almost 50 years, and enjoyed sailing and fishing. He is survived by children John Jr. ’84, Galan ’85 and Joan Beth ’88.

Donald Richard Pardee died on January 13. Don, who lived in Palm Bay, Florida, was in the Navy V-12 program at Dartmouth. He spent his career in information technology with Sperry Gyroscope, Hughes Aircraft, General Dynamics, Lear Sigler and the City of San Diego before retiring in 1991. He leaves his wife, Patricia, three sons, a daughter and three stepdaughters.

John Gately died on January 16, 2016. John, who lived in Huntington Beach, California, was a process-quality engineer. He is survived by his wife, Bernadette, four sons and a daughter.

As I submit this column, I have learned class president George Hartmann died on February 21. Talk about a shock. I had plans to meet George and Anne in Sarasota, Florida, in early March. More in the next issue.

—John Adler, 75 Silo Circle, Riverside, CT 06878; (203) 622-9069; (203) 637-3227 (fax)

Flashback! Dartmouth Forty-niners originally numbered 389: 49 matriculated in March, 1945; 221 in July and 119 in November. Total civilian enrollment in November was 680, so we comprised 57 percent of the College; 958 Navy ROTC V-12s and V5s dominated the campus; our average age was 17 years and nine months, and 24 of us were only 16. How times change!

Bill Ballard checked in from Daytona Beach, Florida, recounting memories from our Dartmouth trip to Ireland with about seven other classmates during which 9/11 occurred. My late wife, Vi, and I and Bill and his late wife, Nomi, journeyed on afterward to a London devoid of Americans. He remembered a lively discussion with the late Burt Proom over his choice of dinner wine, and credits his daily three glasses of vino for keeping him healthy now. Take notice!

Paul Woodberry called to talk about the late John Stearns. Paul remembers “Bull Moose” refereeing a campus tug-of-war between the ’49s and ’50s when he almost swallowed his whistle and needed medical aid to retrieve it. Unlike the seven dwarfs, John stopped whistling when he worked.

Curtis Reed Parke Jr. died on May 11, 2017, in Glenview, Illinois, where he lived. Reed, a lawyer, spent his career as an executive with the Chicago investment firm of Duff Anderson & Clark Inc. A musician, he belonged to the Handel Society and Marching Band at Dartmouth and the music group at his church. Reed is survived by sons David and Mark and daughter Mary.

Robert Donald Hill died on August 22, 2017, in Sleepy Hollow, New York, where he lived. At Dartmouth Bob managed both the tennis and the all-star hockey team featuring classmates Dick Desmond, Joe Riley and Jack Kilmartin. Bob spent his career at his family real estate business in Riverdale, New York. His principal hobby was curling, possibly unique for the class. Bob is survived by daughters Cynthia, Susan and Elizabeth.

Stafford Warwick Keegin II died on September 4, 2017, in Holland, Michigan, where he lived. Staff spent his career in sales for PPG Industries. He is survived by his wife, Margaret, and sons David and John.

—John Adler, 1623 Pelican Cove Road, BA123, Sarasota, FL 34231; (203) 622-9069; (941) 966-2943 (fax)

Ray Rasenberger still lives at home in Washington, is in reasonably good shape and looking forward to celebrating his big 90th in September at his vacation home on Cape Cod. His two current Dartmouth grandsons will be among the family attendees.

Bruce Crawford and I lifted our glasses to Tom Towler at his 90th in January. The three of us and Tommy Swartz were hosted by Joel Berson when he and Tommy visited Sarasota, Florida, in March. George Hartmann planned to join us, but broken ribs from a fall stopped him. He is recovering well.

If you didn’t read the interesting interview with Carl Granger in the March-April issue of DAM (page 94), try to do so. Carl’s expertise in developing a system to measure the factors and degrees to which a person is able to be independent physically and mentally is aimed at rehabilitation from strokes, injuries or illness; however, it rings bells for all of us at our age. Great work, Carl!

Daniel Dana Jackson died in San Francisco on January 7. Deke was an All-American swimmer at Dartmouth and captained the team, which also starred Jay Urstadt; it was the start of a life-long close friendship. Deke had an extremely successful career in finance and served on several major corporate boards. Quent Kopp represented the class at his funeral. Deke is survived by his wife, Jeanne, and sons Dana, Michael and Christopher.

Wayne Goodrich Whittemore died on December 21, 2016, in Northampton, Massachusetts. Wayne spent his career at Home Life Insurance Co. in New York City, while living in suburban Croton-on-Hudson, New York. He is survived by son Reid and daughter Katherine.

Frederick John Ostrowski died on January 19 in Dunedin, Florida. Fred’s career was as a general contractor and in real estate in Northampton, Massachusetts, before moving to Innisbrook, Florida, in 1992. He is survived by three sons and three daughters.

—John Adler, 75 Silo Circle, Riverside, CT 06878; (203) 622-9069; (203) 637-3227 (fax)

Paul Woodberry sold his home in Dallas and now lives in Sea Island, Georgia, year-round. In our 25th reunion yearbook (1974), Paul wrote: “We were fortunate to have had the privilege of attending the best college in the country.” He sure put his money where his mouth was, with four children and six grandchildren (four still there) wearing the big “D.” With current news of classmates hard to come by, Paul has been a steady contributor.

Quent Kopp also sends along frequent updates directly or via Jay Urstadt. Last July Quent had two lead stories in The San Francisco Examiner: one on his appointment to the city ethics commission and the other about the local Korean War memorial (whose commission he chaired). What he didn’t report was that he had lunch with my granddaughter (she paid), who is city editor of that paper, and recounted his full repertoire of political and biographical tales to her (without any coaxing).

As of late February my count of the latest list of ’49ers on this side of the grass shows we are 150 strong as we approach or exceed our 90th birthdays. If anyone wants to know how to get in touch with a classmate, let me know by phone or fax. (I don’t use email.) Feel free to contact me and bring me and your classmates up to date before I have to do so after you’re gone.

Bertram Rodman died on December 29, 2016, in Dedham, Massachusetts, where he lived. Bert was probably the best tennis player in the class, and captained the Dartmouth team. He spent his career in the insurance business in suburban Boston, primarily operating his own agency. Bert is survived by his wife, Sue, daughters Ellen and Nancy and son James, to whom the class extends its sympathy. I have a memorable image of Bert and Sue when my late wife, Vi, and I encountered them at a viewpoint overlooking glorious foliage on our way to a fall reunion and shared an extraordinary moment with enduring photos.

—John Adler, 75 Silo Circle, Riverside, CT 06878; (203) 622-9069; (203) 637-3227 (fax)

Paul Bjorkland finished pulling teeth quite a while ago, and now he has stopped extracting contributions for the College in order to take life a little easier in Ashburn, Virginia. (No pain, no gain.) Seriously, the class is extremely grateful to Paul for his 21 years as head agent. Paul is irreplaceable, so keep your gifts to the Alumni Fund flowing as though he was still there with his prod.

Skip Muller splits his time between New York City and Lake George, New York. A veteran of the Barbary Coast Orchestra at Dartmouth, he still plays bass regularly, especially at the Lincoln Center Library. He reminisced about working closely with Joel Berson when Joel was chairman (no pay, no play) of the American Symphony Orchestra and Skip was financial advisor to Leopold Stokowski, its “maestro” (as he called himself).

Tommy Swartz isn’t driving anymore (vision problems) but can still stroke his way around a pitch-and-putt golf course. He socializes with Skip Unger, our pun-full Forty-Niner scribe, who lives nearby in northern New Jersey.

Eugene Jeffrey Smith died on July 13, 2016, in Newbury, Massachusetts, where he lived. Gene earned his master’s in journalism at Columbia and worked as a business reporter for The Herald-Tribune, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. He is survived by sons Luke ’88 and Eric and daughter Brooke.

Edward Michael Sullivan died on July 14, 2016. Ed graduated from Harvard Law School and practiced for 55 years in the Boston area, where he lived. A bachelor, he enjoyed playing squash, driving Porsche cars and traveling overseas.

Vail Kellen Haak Jr. died on September 4, 2016, at his home in Hanover. In addition to his Hanover-based insurance business, Vail participated in many College- and class-related activities, receiving a Dartmouth Alumni Award in 1996. Vail is survived by his wife, Barbara, son Kellen ’79 and daughter Amy ’80.

Allen Joe Wilson died on August 14, 2016. Allen, a Navy V-12, lived in Plainfield, New Hampshire. He is survived by his wife, Jean.

Mahlon Hoagland Fox died on August 9, 2016, at his home in Peachtree City, Georgia. A non-graduate, he is survived by his daughter, Gail.

—John Adler, 1623 Pelican Cove Road, BA123, Sarasota, FL 34231; (203) 622-9069; (941) 966-2943 (fax)
 

In addition to being ’49ers and overachievers, Slade Gorton and Jay Urstadt have two things in common: They are still working full-time and they are influential Republicans. Slade has chosen to skip this year’s Cleveland convention and focus on Washington State races and Washington, D.C., lobbying for his law firm. He has always been a strong Seattle Mariners fan and was instrumental in getting Nintendo to buy them 25 years ago. “Slade Gorton Night” at the stadium honored him recently. However, his first pitch lacked the velocity and accuracy of his previous political pitches.

Joel Berson and I had a fun lunch with Jay at his Urstadt-Biddle office in Greenwich, Connecticut. Jay’s son-in-law handles most of the heavy lifting, so Jay can enjoy (?) Republican politics at the highest levels. He plans to be in Cleveland as a New York super-delegate.

Jay and Deke Jackson (San Francisco) first met in Dartmouth’s Spaulding Pool 71 years ago. They were still at it, last spring at Deke’s club in the Bahamas. Jay says, “Old swimmers never drown, they just float away.”

Class president George Hartmann has nothing presidential to report. He and Anne spend eight months in Hanover and four in Bradenton, Florida. His doctors won’t let him have another knee replacement, so no more basketball.

Three non-graduate obituaries to report: Jordan Kurland of Washington, D.C., on January 23; Jack Seiverling of Ephrata, Pennsylvania, on February 9; and Alan Rich of Sun City Center, Florida, on March 14.

—John Adler, 75 Silo Circle, Riverside, CT 06878; (203) 622-9069; (203) 637-3227 (fax)

With electoral skirmishing underway, I reached out to George Day in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Ray Truncellito in Manchester, New Hampshire, to get their local input. George voted in his local caucus, finding it crowded, orderly, but somewhat amateurish. Each candidate except Trump had a speaker give a two-minute talk. George, who uses a wheelchair and had recent heart surgery, sounded as strong as ever. Ray was bombarded with phone calls and junk mail in unbelievable quantities, but appreciated the opportunity to see the candidates up close. He continues to serve as chairman of the Manchester Easter Seals program, while closing out the remnants of his life insurance business.

Robert Joseph Bellemare died on September 28, 2015, at his home in Topsfield, Massachusetts. Bob, 94, may have been the oldest non-honorary member of our class, graduating from Bennington (Vermont) High School while most of us were in seventh grade. He served three years in the Army and graduated from Tuck School. He then spent 40 years in finance and accounting with GE. Bob is survived by his wife, Norma, and her two children.

Gilbert Martin Nelson died on November 12, 2015. Gil, who lived in Hingham, Massachusetts, graduated from Thayer School. He became a highway engineer, designing highways in 20 states, and was involved in accident reconstruction for 35 years. Gil is survived by two daughters and two sons.

George Meyers Otto died on January 12 at home in Chicago. George was on the rowing team at Dartmouth and earned an M.S. in political science at the New School of Social Research in New York City. He spent a long, satisfying career in trade association management. George is survived by his wife, Elise, and his son, George.

—John Adler, 75 Silo Circle, Riverside, CT 06878; (203) 622-9069; (203) 637-3227 (fax)

Persis and Bob Alden invited me for dinner at the retirement home in Stamford, Connecticut, where they moved last year. Bob is a real trooper as he deals with the aftermath of a stroke a few years ago. He stays in touch with close friend Clarke Church.

George Hartmann had to cancel the mini-reunion when the caterer became ill. We’ll probably hold off on reunions until our 70th, four years from now. Slade Gorton plans to cheer for Dartmouth at the Harvard game, with both teams undefeated. Fifteen years out of the U.S. Senate, he can’t be too happy with what Congress hath come to.

David Robert Raynolds died on June 19, 2015, in Lander, Wyoming, where he lived. Dave spent the early part of his career as a diplomat with the U.S. State Department, then settled in Lander, where he operated a buffalo ranch for the past 40 years. He was a strong supporter of the Native American Center at Dartmouth. Dave is survived by his wife, May, four daughters and a son.

Raymond Eagan Millemann died July 29, 2015, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where he lived. Ray received his Ph.D. in parasitology from UCLA, was a professor at Oregon State until 1975 and then worked for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. In addition to building model trains by hand, Ray restored a Frisco train caboose, which he kept on his property. Ray is survived by his wife, Mary, son Cliff and daughter Audrey.

Robert C. Sawyer Jr. died on August 23, 2015, at his home in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Robert, who developed polio as a child and was disabled, spent his career in the insurance business in Greenfield. Unable to participate in sports, he became a superb piano player and was a leader in all sorts of educational and community activities. Robert is survived by his wife, Nancy, three daughters and a son.

Robert Nelson Parsons died on September 9, 2015. Bob, who lived in Audubon, Pennsylvania, spent his 37-year career at Automatic Timing Controls, rising from purchasing agent to president. He is survived by his wife, Jean, daughters Leslie and Linda and son Robert Jr.

—John Adler, 1623 Pelican Cove Road, BA123, Sarasota, FL 34231; (203) 622-9069; (941) 966-2943 (fax)

As reported previously, class president George Hartmann has arranged for a mini-mini-reunion catered lunch at the Tom Dent Cabin, next to the Canoe Club on Saturday, October 24 (Columbia game). For questions or reservation call George at (603) 277-9569.

John Stearns has moved into an assisted-care facility in Georges Mills, New Hampshire. He can be reached at (603) 763-5435. Another assisted-care resident is the Rev. Ed MacBurney in Bettendorf, Iowa. Clarke Church’s car was hit by a woman of our vintage, driving with an expired license because she knew it couldn’t be renewed. His back still hurts, but not enough to keep him off the golf course. Paul Woodberry was impressed by Phil Hanlon’s talk on Moving Dartmouth Forward at an alumni party in Dallas. Paul has two grandchildren attending Dartmouth this fall.

Bruce Benner died on January 3. Bruce spent most of his career in banking, primarily in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he retired as chairman of First of America Bank. He leaves his wife, Hely, daughter Joan and son Douglas.

Robert Clark Winship died on January 18. “Windy” moved to southern Florida in the late 1950s and established Winship’s Pharmacy in North Palm Beach. He is survived by his wife, Aileen, and four children.

Douglas Rosander Stevenson died on February 1 in Sun City, Arizona, where he lived. Doug spent his career with General Electric and Honeywell. He is survived by his wife, Katharine, and daughter Holly.

Thomas Joseph Mullen died on February 13 near Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, where he lived. Tom, a Tuck graduate, spent his career with General Motors, retiring as director of stockholder relations. He is survived by his four children.

Robert Shuman Steinert died on February 27 at his home in Peterborough, New Hampshire. Robert, an avid skier, spent most of his career with Hughes Aircraft. He leaves daughters Lucy and Cornelia.

Bennet Botsford Young Jr. died on March 19 at his home in Lake Forest, Illinois. Bots, who played hockey for Dartmouth, spent his career in sales for Owens-Corning Fiberglass. He is survived by his wife, Ann, son Kent and daughter Terry.

—John Adler, 75 Silo Circle, Riverside, CT 06878; (203) 622-9069; (203) 637-3227 (fax)

Jay Urstadt has been in the N.Y.C. news lately for the 1971 Urstadt Law, which has benefited the city’s housing stock by keeping its potentially disastrous rent policies under state control; Battery Park City, which Jay developed in the 1970s and chaired for many years; and his new proposal to reclaim 400 to 800 acres from the Harlem River on the Bronx-Manhattan border for seven miles of public and private development.


Class president George Hartmann is planning an informal mini-reunion for next fall. Stay tuned.


John Stewart Waugh, who died August 22, 2014, basically invented the field of nuclear magnetic resonance that enables scientists to study the molecular structure of proteins, nucleic acids (such as DNA), membranes, viruses, etc. John earned Dartmouth’s top chemistry prize in 1949 and an honorary doctorate 40 years later. He made his initial discoveries at Cal Tech, and spent his postdoctoral career at MIT, living in Lincoln, Massachusetts. He is survived by his wife, Susan, daughter Alice and son Frederick. Our class includes many successful businessmen, professionals, politicians, educators, etc., but perhaps nobody will have more lasting impact on humanity than John.


Frederick Henry Ameluxen died at home in Vashon, Washington, on September 20, 2014. Fritz spent his career as an architect in Seattle and on Vashon Island. He is survived by his wife, Jean, daughter Marci and two stepchildren.


Jay Rosenfield died on October 26, 2014, in Dedham, Massachusetts, where he lived. Jay received a graduate degree from MIT, spent 15 years with GE and Xerox and then became a successful dry cleaner in Concord, New Hampshire. Jay is survived by his wife, Barbara, and five children, including Kenneth ’77 and Micah ’88.


John Edward Taylor died on June 15, 2013, in Lexington, Massachusetts, where he lived. Jack spent most of his career as a salesman at IBM. He is survived by his wife, Anne, and children Bruce, Susan and Virginia.


—John Adler, 75 Silo Circle, Riverside, CT 06878; (203) 622-9069; (203) 637-3227 (fax)


Our 65th reunion was a wonderful time for the 33 classmates, 16 wives, two widows and 13 partners, children and helpers who attended. It was dedicated to Punchy Thomas for all he did to make our past reunions happen. Punchy’s daughter, Krista Thomas Corr ’86, accepted a check of $5,000 from the class for the women’s volleyball team. (She helped organize it). John Stearns, who filled Punchy’s reunion shoes admirably, presented the award in Punchy’s honor.


The 33: John Adler, Bob Alden, Bob Baum, Joel Berson, John Daukas, Bill Davis, George Day, Mike Gish, Slade Gorton, Carl Granger, Ed Grant, Vail Haak, George Hartmann, Deke “S.F.” Jackson, Dale Jacobson, Quent Kopp, Dean Merrill, Ray Rasenberger, Dave Raynolds, Bert Rodman, Bob Rooke, John Simpson, Fred Smith, Bob Smith, John Stearns, Tom Swartz, Doug Thomson, Ray Truncellito, Skip Ungar, Jay Urstadt, Richie Wolff, Paul Woodberry and Jim Zafris applauded Krista.


At the class meeting Ray Truncellito turned over the president’s chair to George Hartmann. Dean Merrill is VP; Bob Rooke, treasurer; Skip Ungar, newsletter editor; and yours truly, secretary. In July Jennifer Evans Casey, our class activities officer, will become treasurer, collecting dues and paying expenses and grants; the executive committee will still determine the latter. Bob’s capable secretary, Shirleen Offermann, will remain assistant secretary with her spreadsheets intact. No more planned mini-reunions, but there will be a 70th.


Ray and the rest of the officers were applauded. In addition Paul Bjorkland was praised for his fundraising efforts. Two large contributors helped us reach $260,351 for the past year, with a 38.6-percent participation rate. Since our 60th reunion the class raised more than $3 million for Dartmouth, including bequests.


Among those still actively working: Ray Rasenberger, doing arbitrations and mediations in Washington, D.C.; Carl Granger, running his Buffalo, New York, company, which evaluates the relative importance of research articles relating to medical rehabilitation; Jay Urstadt, still CEO of his NYSE real estate company in Greenwich, Connecticut; Slade Gorton, lobbying and lawyering for K&L Gates in Seattle and D.C.; and Dave Raynolds, who operates a buffalo ranch in Wyoming.


Eight more classmates have died: Andrew Cay, John Coleman, John Everatt, Sidney Johnston, David Kimball, Frank Salvaggio, Thomas Walsh and John Waugh. Brief obituaries in future columns.


—John Adler, 1623 Pelican Cove Road, Unit BA123, Sarasota, FL 34231; (203) 622-9069; (941) 966-2943 (fax)


By the time you read this our 65th reunion will be coming up within a month. More than 30 classmates and two dozen or so wives, widows and significant others are expected (as of mid-June), according to John Stearns.


Jay Urstadt, Joel Berson and I had our annual lunch filled with reminiscences. Jay says Jim Krentler is reunion-bound from Hawaii along with Deke Jackson and Quent Kopp from San Francisco. Jay’s exceptional success in establishing and running Battery Park City in N.Y.C., beginning 45 years ago, has been in the local news recently.


Ralph Greenhouse provided an update from Alexandria, Virginia, where he makes music as a professional cello player. Ralph was a Fulbright scholar, then spent 26 years with the U.S. State Department in Asia. He retired before some of those worthies began to fiddle as Rome burns.


In my previous column I erred in naming the late Paul Barnico’s children. Paul is survived by son Tom ’77 and daughters Lauren and Karen. Sorry, Tom!


Clayton Phelps Morey died on January 26 in East Hampton (Long Island), New York, where he lived. Clayt studied architecture at Columbia and later practiced in the Hamptons area for 40-plus years. The class sends its condolences to his wife, Frances, and his five children.


Charles Theodore Krug died on March 22 at his home in West Lebanon, New Hampshire. Ted was an Arrow Shirt salesman and then executive VP of Wyatt Energy in New Haven, Connecticut. He served on the class executive committee for 30 years. An avid golfer, Ted probably was our only classmate who belonged to the Royal and Ancient Club of St. Andrews. He leaves his wife, Shirley, and daughters Susanne and Betsey, to whom the class sends its sympathy.


Fred Smith wrote to report that Maurice Youngman Cole, Jr. died on April 22 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Maurie received his law degree from Cornell and practiced in the Atlantic City area for his entire career. Another avid golfer, he once made two holes-in-one in a week. Maurie is survived by his wife, Linda, and three children, to whom the class sends its condolences.


—John Adler, 75 Silo Circle, Riverside, CT 0687; (203) 622-9069; (203) 637-3227 (fax)


A lucky 13 classmates, augmented by a dozen wives, widows and other lassies, showed up for one or more mini-reunion activities: Bob Alden, Ed Clogston, Mike Gish, Vail Haak, George Hartmann, Dean Merrill, Dave Raynolds, Bob Rooke, Fred Smith, John Stearns, Tom Swartz, Ray Truncellito and Skip Ungar. George, John and Ray did the organizing and chairing and George and Anne hosted the Sunday brunch. Mike Gish talked to the group about his art at dinner, and Walter DeHoog accepted the Gold Pick Axe Award on a DVD from Santa Barbara, California. The late Punchy Thomas was missed.
Thanks to Paul Bjorkland, who won a fundraising award ($88,510); Bob Rooke, who keeps the class solvent; and Skip Ungar for taking (and sharing via John Stearns) the minutes of the class meeting held at the Tom Dent Cabin. The football team lost a last-minute heartbreaker to Holy Cross, but cheer up: Next year’s game for our 65th reunion is against Central Connecticut (really!).
The dates are September 19-21. The College is springing for rooms for two nights at the Hanover Inn plus a banquet. Our goal is 80 classmates, so put it on your calendars now. If the football is questionable, the companionship will be Super Bowl quality.
Paul Woodberry called from Sea Island, Georgia. He’s still mourning Sandy, but is planning to continue the family tradition of reuning in Ireland next summer. Jay Urstadt sent along a picture of Bud Hughes at his retirement home in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, visited by Jay, Skip Muller, Tom Swartz and Bill Turino ’50 (started as a ’49). The September 30 Wall Street Journal had a long complimentary article (with picture) on Jay and his family real estate company, Urstadt Biddle Properties.
Mark Lansburgh died on June 18, 2013. Mark lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and spent his career as an art historian, teaching and lecturing at a number of prominent colleges and universities. With five ex-wives, he probably holds the class record. He is survived by his daughter Ann and sons Mark Jr. ’77 and Mathew ’88, to whom the class sends its sympathy.
—John Adler, 1623 Pelican Cove Road, BA123, Sarasota, FL 34231; (203) 622-9069; (941) 966-2943 (fax)



As the new class secretary I was curious about the class numbers. A little research revealed 389 members of ’49 matriculated in 1945: 49 in March, 221 in July and 119 in November. The current College listing shows 312 currently assigned members are on this side of the grass, while 283 were remembered at the memorial service during our 60th reunion in June. Dick Wallace, who died last January, graduated from high school in 1939. George Day got his B.A. from Dartmouth in 1959 after an interlude of 10 years. You figure it out.


Bud Hughes, who contributed so much to previous reunions, missed our 60th because health problems limit his travel. Bud’s living in a home with adjacent medical facilities in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania. He says he works out regularly and “keeps things on an even keel.” I talked to Dave Heusinkfeld for the first time in 62 years. Dave is one of the original 49 ’49s. He was a real Chubber who continued his hiking, hunting and fishing in rural Lewiston, Idaho, where he practiced surgery. When asked how he got to Lewiston, he said that a 65-year-old surgeon offered him a partnership; he’d supply the patients and Dave would do the surgery. Ten days after Dave arrived his partner dropped dead. We reminisced about his good friend and my one-time roommate Jay Haft (who died in 1990). One day we heard explosions next door in Smith Hall; it was Jay, along with Dave’s friends Jim McLeod ’50 and Johnny Woodward ’50, both glad-to-be-alive Pacific survivors, who were shooting squirrels out their back window. Dave is housebound with bad knees and hands and would like to hear from old friends at (208) 743-8847.


Punchy Thomas sent along a list of 16 classmates who signed up for the October 1-4 mini-reunion, half of whom live in New Hampshire. Skip Ungar was there, so he’ll supply the details in his newsletter, along with a limerick or two.


As a computer-phobe who still doesn’t use e-mail I will really appreciate your updates by snail mail, phone or fax.


—John Adler, 530 Old Post Road 3, Greenwich, CT 06830; (203) 622-9069; (203) 629-4865 (fax)


After 63 years it was great to hear from my freshman pal Bob Weber, who checked in from Santa Barbara, California. Bob was one of the 49 ’49s who lived in Wheeler. He left for the Army after three semesters, stayed in for 10 years, got polio, retired as a captain, went back to Dartmouth and graduated with the class of 1958. Then came a Ph.D. from Princeton; professorships in Spanish and Latin American literature at Berkeley, Indiana and Wesleyan; a law degree from Connecticut and an L.L.M. from Yale. Bob changed careers and practiced law for 14 years in Los Angeles. Three wives and five kids later, Bob is happily married and enjoys life, especially cruises. Bob has endowed two annual prizes in Spanish and Latin American literature to Dartmouth and given “a ton of first-edition Spanish books to Baker Library.” Variety is the spice of life.


I shared Bob’s letter with his freshman buddy Jay Urstadt. Jay responded with a copy of his op-ed piece in the October 22, 2009, New York Times proposing that N.Y.C. take over Battery Park City (reclaimed land at the tip of Manhattan) for $1; Jay was founding chairman of Battery Park 42 years ago. N.Y.C. could gain about $500 million under Jay’s proposal, which closed: “In this day of trillion-dollar bailouts and stimulus packages, a dollar can still buy something.” Jay says, “You would be amazed at how many dollar bills I have received.” Jay was at our 60th reunion and continues his world-class swimming, along with serving as CEO of Urstadt-Biddle Properties.


Punchy Thomas checked in with an operational report from Hanover. He said that Ed Clogston had brain surgery in October to remove a tumor affecting his vision and is recovering well. Punchy himself was separated from his gallbladder in December; we always knew Punchy had a lot of gall, but that’s going a bit too far. He’s doing fine.


Our condolences to the family of Bob Rencurrel, who died on October 17, 2009.


—John Adler, 530 Old Post Road 3, Greenwich, CT 06830; (203) 622-9069; (203) 629-4865 (fax)


In the November-December DAM I mentioned that Sue and Tom Towler had moved 22 times in 57 years of marriage and asked if anyone could top that, especially with the same wife. Well Jack Martin creamed that with 34 moves during 53 years of marriage. As a construction engineer Jack and his family lived and worked on every continent except Antarctica (“too cold there”). His oldest daughter attended 10 different schools in five countries, while his youngest attended “only” eight schools. Ten years ago Jack retired to Ocala, Florida, and now limits most of his traveling to cruises, where he and his wife, Mickey, “can visit many locations and pack and unpack only once.” 


Gene Miller, another of the 49 ’49ers who matriculated in March 1945, is living comfortably, happily and healthily on the north shore of Long Island, New York. His “army of offspring includes five children, 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.” As a result of Bob Weber’s reemergence after 63 years (see March-April DAM), Gene and Bob have reestablished contact. They can reminisce about moving their fellow freshmen’s furniture onto the front lawn of Wheeler Hall. That couldn’t happen today with dorms locked up and coat hangers prohibited for nefarious purposes.


Gene’s freshman roommate was Dave VanTassel, who passed away 10 years ago. I had a memorable dinner at their home in Cleveland, Ohio, with Dave and his wife, Helen, about 15 years ago, when Dave chaired the history department at Case Western Reserve University and edited the Encyclopedia of Cleveland.


Condolences go to the families of three more classmates. Andrew Kelsey of White Springs, Virginia, died on September 25, 2009, of a stroke. Sandy was a retired Foreign Service officer. John McIlwraith died on May 12, 2009, in Carmel, Indiana. John spent his career in marketing with Dow Chemical. Dick Hyman died on December 27, 2009, in Scottsdale, Arizona. Dick lived in North Haven, Connecticut, and retired as regional manager for financial services firm Drexel Burnham Lambert. His young son and mine had a memorable no-decision pillow fight in Richardson Hall at our 15th reunion.


—John Adler, 530 Old Post Road 3, Greenwich, CT 06830; (203) 622-9069; (203) 629-4865 (fax)


Looking back at our class’s formative 1945 year, we were 389 freshmen: 49 entered in March, 221 in July and 119 in November. The average age of the first two groups was 17 years and 9 months. Twenty-four of us were only 16 when we matriculated.


The payment for tuition and board in March 1945 was $377; room was $95, so the four-month term came to $472. The full freshman year cost less than $1,000, which is about 2 percent of today’s bill. Of course the College had only two deans on the payroll as I recall: Bob Strong for the freshmen and Pudge Neidlinger for the rest of the College.


Today almost all our classmates are retired and many are struggling with various ailments and disabilities. In contrast Dr. Carl Granger is working full time as executive director of a center for rehabilitative medicine at the University at Buffalo (SUNY). Carl’s specialty for many years has been the development of a quantitative approach for documenting and assessing in a uniform way the severity of patient disability and the results of medical rehabilitation for strokes and other physical and neurological diseases. He was recently singled out as the top-cited author in his field. Carl’s Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation has nationwide subscribers, so check him out at UDSMR.org if you want to know more.


Speaking of strokes, Bob Alden is making a good recovery. He is singing with a local group in Greenwich, Connecticut, called the Melody Men, driving again, and even planning a visit with Persis to see his granddaughter in Prague.


Hank Gutman, another of the 49 ’49s, was a lacrosse player from Baltimore. He still lives there, plays golf regularly and celebrated 60 years of marriage. Hank spent most of his career in healthcare with a hospital affiliated with Johns Hopkins.


I am a snowbird, so contact me in Sarasota for the next six months.


—John Adler, 1623 Pelican Cove Road, BA 123, Sarasota, FL 34231; (203) 622-9069; (941) 966-2943 (fax)


After I mentioned two columns ago that my wife, Vi, died, several classmates rallied round with warm notes and news. Tom Towler, Bruce Crawford and Joel Berson (visiting from N.Y.C.) all read some verses at Vi’s farewell party in Sarasota, Florida. Bill Ballard, whose wife, Nomi, died two years ago, has left New Jersey and is living in Daytona, Florida, with a double widow: “Love the second time around does indeed work,” quoth he. Minneapolis-based Paul Deneke enjoyed a recent river cruise in Germany with his fiancée. Doug Thomson and B.J. are finding life in their Savannah, Georgia, retirement home much warmer than the granite of New Hampshire. Quent Kopp’s softer side came out in his kind note.


The icing on my condolence cake came from Clarke Church with Ten Years to Manhood, his memoir covering his high school, Dartmouth and military years. He relates that Tom Towler’s father (class of 1917) was helpful in getting Clarke admitted to Dartmouth. Clarke’s family saved his letters and photos, so he had superb source material. Persis and Bob Alden, still close friends of Jane and Clarke, are mentioned frequently. If any of you want to reminisce over Clarke’s interesting memoir, send $18 to him at 5380 E. Harbor Village Dr., #103, Vero Beach, FL 32967.


Charles Russell Barwis died on February 19, 2013, at his home in New Hope, Pennsylvania. Charles spent his career managing his own landscape architectural firm. He is survived by his life partner Sue Meyers, four sons and a daughter, to whom the class sends its sympathy.


Marvin Bresler Durning died on October 16, 2013, in Seattle where he lived, after a 20-year struggle with Parkinson’s. Marv was class valedictorian at Dartmouth, a Rhodes scholar at Oxford and earned his law degree at Yale. He was a dedicated conservationist, serving as chief of enforcement at EPA under President Carter and playing an active political role in Washington State. He had a successful career as an environmental lawyer, but lost three Democratic races for Congress, attorney general and governor. (Slade Gorton did better as a Republican in that state as state attorney general and U.S. senator.) Marv leaves his wife, Jean, daughter Susan Stroming ’82 and sons Jonathan and Alan, to whom the class sends its condolences.


—John Adler, 1623 Pelican Cove Road, BA123, Sarasota, FL 34231; (203) 622-9069; (941) 966-2943 (fax)


Not many ’49ers are currently active enough on major issues to warrant editorial comment in a national publication. Noteworthy then is an April 30 Wall Street Journal op-ed piece that featured one of our more reticent classmates. Titled “Can California Taxpayers Dodge the Bullet Train?” the article said that its subject “was conceived 20 years ago from [State Sen.] Quentin Kopp’s infatuation with European high-speed rail. His beautiful brainchild, however, has since morphed into a monstrosity.” Quent accused the state of pulling a bait-and-switch on voters when he testified in a lawsuit against a bastardized system that the state now proposes. The article went on to compare Quent to Frankenstein (Secretary’s Note: What hath Dartmouth created?), “disillusioned by what his ambitions have wrought.” Quent continues to fight the good fight for what he originally proposed, but the politics, budget and time-travel economics are against him. As Quent may know as well as anyone in the class, publicity can be a two-edged sword. (Just kidding, Quent.)


Arnold William Cleveland died on April 17 in West Chester, Pennsylvania, where he lived. Arnie spent his career in the textbook business. He is survived by his wife, Phyllis, and seven children, to whom the class sends its sympathy.


Thomas Andrew Barr died on April 19 in Westwood, Massachusetts, where he lived. Tom spent most of his adult life in Greenwich, Connecticut, where he was president of a family construction company that specialized in building hospitals and academic additions. He is survived by his wife, Jeanne, four children and four stepchildren, to whom the class sends its condolences.


Robert Benton Muenzberg died on May 2 at his home in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. Bob’s career was in the insurance agency business. He and his wife, Donna, were active in class and reunion activities. After Bob retired in 1991 they spent most of the year in Vero Beach, Florida. The class sends its sympathy to Donna, their daughter Susan and son Robert Jr.


Harry Randall also died on May 2. Harry spent almost all his life in Westwood, New Jersey, where he practiced law in a family firm for 60 years. He is survived by his wife, Katherine, three daughters and a son, to whom the class sends its condolences.


Correction: In the last issue the late Rod Finkbiner’s name was misspelled. My error, and apology to his family.


—John Adler, 75 Silo Circle, Riverside, CT 06878; (203) 622-906; (203) 637-3227 (fax)


Congratulations to John Waugh, who was honored in May with a $300,000 Welch Foundation Award in chemistry for his “contributions to basic research that benefits humankind.” Going back to 1968, John and his MIT students pioneered techniques in nuclear magnetic resonance, which revolutionized the field of NMR spectroscopy for solids and liquids and created a collection of tools that enabled researchers to view the molecular structure of proteins, viruses, nucleic acids and drugs. New applications in medicine and batteries can be traced to John’s original work at Caltech, where he obtained his Ph.D. after majoring in chemistry at Dartmouth and to his subsequent career on the MIT faculty from 1953 to 1997. He continues to maintain an office at MIT, where he uses computers to explore fundamental physical questions. Dartmouth recognized John’s important contributions to science with an honorary doctorate in 1989. Wah hoo wah!


Paul Woodberry’s granddaughter Margaret Jessiman ’12 is captain-elect of the figure skating team. She won her event in the nationals last spring, and the team came in second to Boston University. Our class continues to contribute financial support to the team, which was originally coached by Mike McGean and his daughter Loren. Paul’s grandson Hugh Jessiman ’06 is a professional hockey player. Paul may have skated on thin ice in his day, but his grandchildren’s Dartmouth exploits do him proud.


Bill Chapman passed away in Winterville, North Carolina, on April 14. Bill spent almost his entire career with General Electric before retiring to Winterville in 1996. The class sends its condolences to his wife, Juanita, and his five children. His three sons—Bill, Tim and Jim—all graduated from Dartmouth in the 1980s. 


George Harlow died on May 26 in Paoli, Pennsylvania, where he resided. George lived in Houston, Texas, for most of his postgraduate life, working as a geologist and computer analyst for Exxon. He leaves his wife, Jean, and four children, to whom the class sends its condolences.


Joe Childs died on March 18. He lived in North Chatham, Massachusetts. Joe was a lawyer by profession. He is survived by his wife, Mary, and four children, to whom the class extends its sympathy.


—John Adler, 1623 Pelican Cove Road, BA123, Sarasota, FL 34231; (941) 966-6312; (941) 966-2943 (fax)


Another ’49 grandchild is starring for the Big Green. Luke Hussey ’11, a fifth-year (due to injury) linebacker, has John “Bull Moose” Stearns’ genes in him. Thanks to Paul Woodberry for the info.


Clarke Church sent along a nostalgic memo, “Irish Kindness Remembered,” recalling our classmates’ collective experience on 9/11 in Kinsdale, Ireland. Clarke and Jane, Vi and I, Nomi and Bill Ballard, Carol and the late Burt Proom, Punchy Thomas and Bob Baum were on that never-to-be-forgotten Dartmouth alumni trip. Burt and Carol’s daughter had an office in the World Trade Center, but fortunately was away that day as her shaken parents learned after 24 frantic hours.


After Ireland the Ballards and Vi and I went to London, a ghost city for Americans that week. Vi and I saw six shows and had the last one disrupted because the broker had sold our tickets twice. Afterwards the broker’s written apology offered two tickets free to a show of my choice “on our next trip.” Last July, 10 years later, he honored it when I took my three teenage grandchildren on their maiden trip to London for eight days, a real once-in-a-lifetime treat for the four of us. (Vi lives in a retirement home during the summer and no longer can travel abroad or even to the mini-reunion.)


Joel Berson, my freshman roommate in our cramped one-room Wheeler Hall abode during the spring of 1945, remains a close friend. He still practices law part-time, and he and Annie enjoy Santa Fe, New Mexico, art galleries every summer.


Jay Urstadt sent along his periodic pictorial of Quent Kopp. Quent, in a seersucker suit, is giving a thumbs-up to the attractive co-chair of a San Francisco charitable Gay Pride event.


William Irvine Rogers died on February 14 at his home in Exeter, New Hampshire. Bill spent most of his career with Arthur D. Little, where he headed the biochemical pharmacology laboratory in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is survived by his wife, Ruthanne, and his sons Geoffrey and Christopher, to whom the class sends its condolences.


—John Adler, 1623 Pelican Cove Road, BA123, Sarasota, FL 34231; (203) 622-9069 (cell); (941) 966-2943 (fax)


Happy camper Bob Barnaby, almost 90, “has no aches or pains, takes no pills and has all six children living near him in the Atlanta area.” Bob got in on the ground floor of an industrial flooring company, figuring that it was better to sell 50 floors of a building than one roof (his other alternative). He attributes his long life to drinking with customers until he retired, when he quit cold turkey. He remembers partnering with our late classmate Elliot Baritz on the debating team, and going to the nationals.


Three more updates from Jay Urstadt’s telephone mini-reunion last October: Deke Jackson in San Francisco still plays golf and does a little merger-acquisition work; he is retired from investment banking and skiing in Europe. Bud Hughes spent his career in the mutual fund business and is living in a retirement home in Gladwynne, Pennsylvania. Tommy Swartz, who braved the ups and downs of the infants’ wear and diaper business, still plays golf and goes bowling around Chatham, New Jersey.


Richard F. Waddey died on September 26, 2011, in Nashville, Tennessee, where he lived. At the peak of his career Dick was considered the world’s foremost authority on underwater defense systems and worked closely with top-level defense and intelligence officials. Dick is survived by his son and two stepsons, to whom the class sends its condolences.


Robert C. Kendall died on August 27, 2011, in Beekman, New York, where he lived. Bob spent most of his career at IBM, specializing in management of computer program productivity. The class sends it condolences to his wife, Gay, and his three children.


Dr. John Hartwig died on November 14, 2011, in Minneapolis, where he lived. Jack graduated from Dartmouth Medical School and finished his medical education at the University of Minnesota. He specialized in treating cervical spine injuries. The class sends its sympathy to his wife, Mary, three daughters and two sons, including Steven ’88.


Dr. Lester M. Felton Jr. died on December 11, 2011, at his home on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Les graduated from Cornell Medical School and practiced urological surgery in his hometown of Worcester, Massachusetts, before retiring to Hilton Head. The class sends its condolences to his three children.


—John Adler, 1623 Pelican Cove Road, BA123, Sarasota, FL 34231; (203) 622-9069; (941) 966-2943 (fax)


Sad news: Punchy Thomas died in his sleep on Christmas Eve, just as this column went to the editors. More on Punchy, our class reunion mainstay, in the next issue.


My thanks to Quent Kopp for sending along an interesting article about Ed Graham and a new e-book Ed has written to encourage young people with Asperger’s disease called The Incredible Henry Hof. Ed and I both have special grandchildren, so we can relate to that. We reminisced about his Bob and Ray commercials for Piel’s Beer and his work for Bob Hope. Ed is still in touch with his roommates Dick Hook and Paul Bjorkland.


Jay Urstadt sent along some Tuck School nostalgia: “Late one evening my roommate Tom Swartz and I had just returned from White River Junction, Vermont, where we had been collecting data on the affects of alcohol on female farm workers. Back in Chase Hall we heard a big commotion in the men’s room. Rushing to the scene, we found that a toilet had been blown up. One of our classmates had lit a cherry bomb, having mistaken it for a birthday candle, and then flushed it down the toilet. The explosion spread pieces of the toilet bowl all over the place.” With editorial discretion, I’ll spare you the rest of this tale.


David H. Ward died on August 28, 2012, in Orleans, Massachusetts, where he lived. Dave was in the Navy V-12 program at Dartmouth but did not graduate. He spent his career with Hughes Aircraft as a sales representative, and then became a family alcoholism interventionist. He leaves his wife, Lucille, and two children, to whom the class sends its sympathy.


Leland J. Fancher died on September 15, 2012 in Easton, Maryland where he lived. Lee captained the soccer team at Dartmouth and received his master’s from Thayer. He spent his career as an engineer at Red Devil Tool Co. in Union, New Jersey, and later at Nordson in Westlake, Ohio. Lee is survived by his wife, Muriel, and three daughters, to whom the class sends its condolences.


Marcello A. Marinelli died on November 21, 2012, near East Burke, Vermont, where he lived. Chet received his master’s from Thayer School and spent his career in the industrial scales industry in Vermont and Massachusetts. He leaves his wife, Doris, and four children, to whom the class sends its sympathy.


—John Adler, 1623 Pelican Cove Road, BA123, Sarasota, FL 34231; (203) 622-9069; (941) 966-2943 (fax)


Ray Rasenberger is keeping busy in Washington, D.C., with mediating and arbitrating cases for the Federal Court of Appeals on a pro bono basis. His son Jim has a book called The Brilliant Disaster being published this spring on the Bay of Pigs, 50 years after that unfortunate event. Ray’s work for the government in helping to ransom some of Fidel Castro’s prisoners provided the seed for Jim’s book.


Sally Gorton wrote that the new Slade Gorton International Policy Center opened last fall in a new building across from the University of Washington. Last May Slade was named Seattle-King County (Washington) Man of the Year and was honored at a black-tie dinner. Slade is still flying all over the country for his law firm and the various boards he serves on.


Jay Urstadt was another black-tie honoree when Historic Hudson Valley presented him with its Founder’s Award. And Bill Ballard’s daughters threw a black-tie dinner for him and Nomi to celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary. Bill says that Johnny Everatt’s wife, Susan, has established a class website. Its address is too long to put here, but you can e-mail any news to Susan and she will provide you with the link. Susan says the site is a spin-off of a Dartmouth class master site.


Al Quirk, who is better known for his pitching exploits and his outstanding service to Dartmouth as dean of admissions, is a collector of World War I posters. Al received some publicity recently for donating part of his extensive collection to the Alliance for Visual Arts (New Hampshire and Vermont), of which he is a past chairman.


Dick Stanwood died on September 12 in Palo Alto, California, of a lingering illness. Dick had a stellar career in advertising at the Leo Burnett Agency in Chicago, where he was president and chief creative officer for accounts such as Charlie Tuna, the Keebler Elves, the Pillsbury Doughboy and the Jolly Green Giant. The class sends its condolences to Dick’s widow, Joann, and his three children.


—John Adler, 75 Silo Circle, Riverside, CT 06878; (203) 622-9069; (203) 637-3227 (fax)


In sunny Sarasota, Florida, Bruce Crawford, Tom Towler and I, along with our better halves, enjoyed the company of Pat and “Punchy” Thomas in early March, just before Punchy had his shoulder replaced successfully at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. Want the scoop on how Gordon became Punchy? In his dorm room he was observed trying to learn how to jitterbug—by himself—when someone asked him if he was punchy. The name stuck and obliterated Gordon to all but Pat.


Jay Urstadt sent along a picture of himself and Deke Jackson, along with wives Ellie and Jean, taken in Havana on a recent Dartmouth alumni trip. Jay points out that Castro succeeded in his 53-year plan to abolish the difference between rich and poor; everyone is poor. They spent time at Bay of Pigs, the aftermath of events for which it’s best known Ray Rasenberger participated in half a century ago.


Paul Woodberry, one of our senior runners extraordinaire, sent along an article about his counterpart Jay Evans. Most of us are familiar with Jay’s kayaking exploits, but he also completed 172 5K races before retiring eight years ago. Jay broke 24 minutes at age 71. Wow!


Bill Ballard’s wife, Nomi, died on January 25 after a 61-year run with Bill. She was a wonderful presence at so many reunions. Our sympathies to Bill.


Marshall C. Belding died on July 13, 2011. Marsh spent his career as a charter life underwriter in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The class sends its condolences to his three children.


Thayer M. Kingsley died on January 7, 2010. Pete, who lived in Mystic, Connecticut, spent his career in advertising and public relations. He left no direct survivors.


Edward L. Martel died on January 11, 2011, in Marlborough, Massachusetts. A widower, he was a high school English instructor at the time of our 25th reunion in 1974.


Paul Toli Daukas died on February 13 in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, where he lived. Paul was active in Rocky Hill politics and education and also managed an optical company. The class sends its condolences to his brother and our classmate John Daukas, Paul’s wife, Anne, and his four sons.


—John Adler, 75 Silo Circle, Riverside, CT 06878; (203) 622-9069; (203) 637-3227 (fax)


Class president Ray Truncellito and I had a long telephone conversation reminiscing about his football and army experiences. For 17-year-old Ray, to play at Notre Dame was a big deal. Later Ray played with the late Joe Sullivan as an Eastern All-Star against the New York Giants as well as in the Blue-Gray game. We talked about Penn’s first visit to Hanover in 1947, when Penn’s starting tackle, having been the hangman at Nuremburg, drove up in a hearse. Ray and Barbara have weathered some operations, but are still going strong.


Ray presided over the class meeting on September 28 during the mini-reunion, with most of the following attendees present and awake: Bob Alden, Clarke Church, Matt Fenton, Vail Haak, George Hartmann, Dean Merrill, Bob Muenzberg, Fred Smith, John Stearns, Tom Swartz, Punchy Thomas, Doug Thompson and Skip Ungar,along with treasurer Bob Rooke, who is nurturing the $25,000 in our savings account. Assorted wives, widows and significant others were among the 27 ’49ers who enjoyed the sundry activities. Punchy and Pat generously hosted the farewell brunch on Sunday.


Robert F. Harkemeier died on April 6, 2012. Bob spent his career as a financial analyst with several banks in his hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio. He leaves his wife, Emmy Lou, and two children, to whom the class extends its sympathy.


Emil J. Popke passed away on May 24, 2012, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, where he lived. Bud managed WDBS at Dartmouth, a stepping-stone to his career in radio, advertising and promotion. He leaves four children, including Jeffrey ’89, to whom the class extends its condolences.


Winslow R. Taylor died on July 25, 2012, at his home in Torrance, California. Win’s career was in the hotel supply business. He is survived by his wife, Sally, his son and two stepdaughters, to whom the class sends its condolences.


Louis J. Mulkern died on August 9, 2012. Lou, who lived in Washington, D.C., spent most of his career internationally with Bank of America before starting his own bank. The class extends its sympathy to his two daughters.


—John Adler, 1623 Pelican Cove Road, BA123, Sarasota, FL 34231; (203) 622-9069; (941) 966-2943 (fax)