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May-June 2024

Jean and I are among the very lucky oldsters. We enjoy time with our growing family—we will welcome two more great-grandchildren in 2024. Our senior living community, the Mather, is full of interesting, fun, thoughtful old folks.

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March - April 2024

Paul Orth is the latest published author among our ’51 classmates. He has written Adventures in Court, true stories based on fascinating court cases.

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January-February 2024

These are precious days! There is something about reaching our mid-90s that really focuses our attention on unfinished business and unfulfilled “want-to’s.”

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November-December 2023

During the past year 11 of our classmates and three class of ’51 spouses have died. The most recent of these was Bob Pack, a renowned poet and recipient of the Dartmouth Award for Lifetime Achievement, who died on June 5.

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September-October 2023

“I love my life!” That’s how Dick McFarland summed up his current living arrangements and his continuing involvement in a satisfying array of activities in the Twin Cities.

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July-August 2023

A few months back I devoted two columns to the remarkable impact our class had in the field of international relations. That set me to wondering about the paths chosen by the rest of us and the difference we’ve made.

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May-June 2023

It was a treat to hear Betty Sutton’s voice calling from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, unchanged from all those years ago. She has moved to a senior living community near the house in which she and Jack lived.

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March-April 2023

Bob Pack, an acclaimed poet and teacher, has just published his 20th book of his poems and essays! It is titled Event Horizon: New and Selected Later Poems. Coming up in 2023: New and Selected Essays.

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January-February 2023

Continuing the theme of joy in old age, here are several more contributions from ’51 classmates who—well into their 90s—are still finding great pleasure in their daily lives, despite inevitable aches and pains.

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November-December 2022

I plan occasionally to devote this column to news of a ’51 classmate who has lived his life especially fully and, in his declining years, continues to do so. Finding joy in old age will be a theme in these reports.

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September-October 2022

When we left off last month I was describing President John Sloan Dickey’s remarkable impact on our class, notably in inspiring many ’51s to pursue careers in international affairs.

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July-August 2022

John Sloan Dickey’s strong focus on international affairs and his introduction of the “Great Issues” course made foreign policy a part of every student’s experience.

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