Class Notes
Nobody told Pete Martin (Orford, New Hampshire) that we are supposed to put our feet up and take it easy in our ninth decade. Pete has launched a new mini-foundation, the John Hazard Institute, to train young U.S.
It was truly serendipitous when rain and cool weather prompted reunion chairman Dave Batchelder to opt for Collis Center as our indoor venue Monday and Tuesday evening.
Hap Person’s love of the land was fostered during his years at Dartmouth by his ties to Ross McKinney and Woodsman’s Weekend.
Let’s hear a rousing cheer for Peirce McKee, who has presided over this space for the past 10 years!
Hats off to Al Moses (McLean, Virginia), who received an honorary degree from Georgetown recognizing his “leadership in the fields of law, global finance and regulation, national service, diplomacy and international human rights.
Jean and I are well settled into our continuing care retirement community (CCRC) and we like it a lot. Several ’51 classmates have written to describe similar downsizings and simplified lifestyles.
Jean and I connected with Bill and Ellen Blodgett (Lake Forest, Illinois) over dinner recently. Bill spent a year at Dartmouth, then transferred to Beloit College.
A special pleasure in my after-80 life is reconnecting with old friends, many of whom I’ve been out of touch with for years. My new job as class secretary has inspired me to reach out to Dartmouth classmates. Their responses have been a delight.
Our Woody Klein just keeps on writing books and finding willing publishers. This one, his seventh, is titled The Inside Stories of Modern Political Scandals.
Dave Batchelder’s retirement as editor of our class newsletter marks the end of an era.