Class Notes 1952

Sometimes it is hard to comprehend how long it has been since our class graduated in 1952. June of this year marks 73 years since our formal graduation and, in Septmber, 77 years since we first descended on the Hanover Plain. For many of us, those years shaped our lives, mostly for the better. If you would like to relive those years, read the Class Notes in this journal of younger alumni. Now there are fewer than 100 of us, plus a supporting cast of wives and partners, and, if my own contacts are reliable, our focus these days is on issues of health and care—our own or members of our family or both.

Earlier this year, our class president, George Hibben, sent an excellent letter to the class. In it, he invited recipients to respond with news or other information. In the first month we received a baker’s dozen of responses, a pretty good number. Unfortunately, 11 of them had the identical response, “Return to sender; not deliverable as addressed; unable to forward.” This isn’t necessarily bad; it is just the facts of life in the nonagenarian world.

The other two notes came from classmate Jack Unkles and Katherine Taylor, widow of Wey Lundquist.Jack is in Florida with his wife, Jane, and he is still golfing (!), while Kay is living comfortably in North Carolina, near family. Since we didn’t have as much response as hoped, we contacted several classmates. If we reported on their news, we would need to retitle our class report, “The ’52 Medical Journal.” In any event, we wish everyone the best in good health. Our address and contacts below haven’t changed.

Sad to report, we have lost several classmates in recent months: Henry McKean, Tom Fenton, Richard Colson, John Knox, Peter Vail, Alan Sherburne, Alpha Bond,and Richard Ellis.

—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com

During the 72 years that we have been part of the Dartmouth alumni family, we have reported in this publication on hundreds of our classmates, their families, their friendships, their accomplishments, and their support of the College. There are fewer than one hundred of us still in the fold, plus a strong support of widows and partners. Unfortunately, one classmate who will not be able to join us is Tom Fenton. Tom passed away in mid-July in California at age 94 and his remembrance may be found in the online edition of the alumni magazine. Tom led an amazingly interesting life and surely it was both exciting and substantial. After graduating with honors as an English major, Tom made the next logical move: He spent nine years as an officer in the U.S. Navy, serving on destroyers, mostly in European waters. He then joined The Baltimore Sun, serving as a correspondent, first in his hometown and then as bureau chief in Paris and Rome. In 1970 Tom joined CBS News and, for 34 years, became well known to all with his assignments as a foreign correspondent and bureau chief in Rome, Tel Aviv, Paris, London, Moscow, and other locations of international significance. His reporting on world events was frequently seen on the evening news until he retired in 2004. CBS considered him to be the “dean of foreign correspondents.” For his efforts, he received many journalistic awards, and we thought it worthwhile to step outside the lines and recognize his contributions to news reporting. A great guy; a fine life. If you would like to learn more, just Google “tom fenton.” You won’t be disappointed. As we close out 2024, we wish all of you the very best in good health for 2025 and suggest you mark your calendars for mid-September 2027, the date of our 75th, and final, class reunion. It’s just 33 months away. How’s that for optimism! Stay well and stay in touch.

—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com

Fall is such a beautiful time of the year in New England. It is a perfect time to be in Hanover. This fall there is another reason to visit—the Dartmouth-Penn football game on October 5. At this first Ivy League home game of 2024, Dartmouth will recognize the achievements of the late Eugene F. Teevens III ’79 by naming the field “Buddy Teevens Stadium at Memorial Field.” Buddy was the winningest football coach in Dartmouth history and an all-around solid citizen. This is also an honor for his Dartmouth family and, in a supporting way, our class and our classmate, the late Eugene F. Teevens II,Buddy’s father.Just three members of the class who were on the football team in our senior year are still with us: Jack Foster, John McDonald, and Jim Churchill. They must be especially proud. We have several endowed professorships with classmate names, thanks to their philanthropic support, and this is the third campus building or site to carry the family name of a member of our class. The other two are Parkhurst Hall and Bartlett Tower. Congratulations, once again, to Buddy and his family. Turning now to other news, there isn’t much. Our classmate contact list stands at about 100 and most contacts we have made recently reflect the nonagenarian lifestyle—happy or lucky to be here. We are also fortunate to have a sizable number of spouses and partners on our mailing list. We’d like to hear from you. We are sorry, however, to report the loss of three members of the class, Richard Hull, James “Skip” Meneely, and Deighton “Deke” Emmons.

—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com

Late spring and early summer, time to think back on our first year in Hanover (’48-’49) and, for many of us, our last year as undergraduates (’52). As we communicate to you in this issue there are still some 110 of us—all domiciled in the United States, as far as we know—and we are supported by about 200 spouses and partners with whom we have contact. Good bonding and not bad for us old-timers.

We recently had a good visit by phone with our oldest living classmate, Nick Serenyi, a resident of Ruffs Dale, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. Nick reports, at age 97, he is doing well and sends his best to all. Oh, and our youngest classmate is our class president, George Hibben,one of some 20 ’52s born in 1931. To round out the numbers game, not surprisingly, about 70 of us were born in 1930, a dozen in 1929, and a handful before that. Of course, the strength of our class is not when we were born, it is the lasting friendships we have developed through these many years. Don’t give up on it.

Moving on, a couple of issues ago we paid tribute to the Teevens family, honoring Buddy Teevens ’79, son of Mary and Eugene Teevens. Now, as you probably all know, the College has memorialized his career and his passing by naming the football stadium in his honor. Well deserved—and it has a nice ring to it: “Dartmouth wins again at Teevens Stadium.” No class events are scheduled for the next couple of months—we’re saving ourselves for the 75th reunion, I guess.

If you are reading this in print, your address is current. However, we may not have current phone contact or email address. Please help us stay in touch with your news and numbers. It is with respect and sadness we report the passing of Tyler W. Dann, David A. Drexler, S. Robert Jelley, Stephen R. Parkhurst, David K. Sunderland,and Albert J. Dubuque Jr. Remembrances for them can be found in the online edition of the alumni magazine.

—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com

Greetings of the new year, fellow nonagenarians, friends, and family. Our Class Notes are normally related directly to classmates, while recognizing that there may be occasions when an exception might be justified. This is one of those times. We are devoting our space this issue to respect the loss of a good friend with ties to our class, as well as to the College. Eugene F. Teevens II, our well-regarded classmate, passed away much too early in 1981. He and his wife, Mary, were loyal and active in alumni gatherings and they are also the parents of three Dartmouth graduates, Moira ’87, Shaun ’82 and Eugene F. Teevens III ’79. You know the latter as “Buddy.” Buddy passed away this past fall after a tragic accident earlier in the year. That misfortune has been well reported elsewhere as has the official story of his life. However, we feel it is important to recognize and acknowledge the strong ties that Buddy had to our class while he was performing his services for the College. He was a regular attendee at ’52 class gatherings and at our reunions, including our 70th a year ago, where he was the featured speaker at our opening dinner. He not only addressed us that evening, he also circulated at all the tables, paying his respects. He stayed with us for dinner and then returned home—on his bicycle. Buddy has, through the years, excelled at his profession, and he has also been committed to making sure that those Dartmouth students under his leadership behaved responsibly and kept their academic priorities front and center. He focused on their mental and physical health as well as their athletic skills and the record shows that his concept of responsibility is deep seated and sincere. We were fortunate to have Buddy as a friend and we’re proud to have the Teevens name associated with our class, directly and indirectly. Our warmest regards to Buddy’s wife, Kirsten, and their whole family. Our best regards to you all for a healthy and happy 2024. Stay in touch with us—and each other.

—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com

There are many “Things to love about Dartmouth” and one of them is the friendships we have made with our classmates and fellow alumni over these past 75 years. Recently, Francis Frellick,a long-time resident of Ft. Wayne, Indiana, got in touch, mentioning that he was having trouble reaching his good friend Richard Ellis and asked if we could help. Both Fran and Dick are ministers and each has led memorial services at our reunions as active members of our class. We were able to assist in the connection and close the loop (phone number change). In the process we learned that Dick is doing well at Piper Shores, a retirement community in Scarborough, Maine, and Fran, with his wife, Ann, is doing likewise back home in Indiana. Fran added that their apartment looks out on marsh land and, as he says, “allows us free admission to view all the antics of our wild marsh neighbors.” There are many classmates and partners who have kept in touch through these many years, and we’d be glad to help if you would like to re-connect and can benefit from our assistance. Also, as more of our classmates downsize to retirement communities, there might be some benefit in getting in touch for guidance through contacts. And speaking of retirement communities, Dan Van Dorn has just moved to an excellent residence called The Village in nearby White River Junction, Vermont. Dan is a retired attorney from New Jersey, but he had relocated to the Upper Valley, near family, several years ago. Returning to the subject of things to love about our alma mater, another is to appreciate the comradeships at our reunions and mini-reunions. In many cases, we pick up right where we left off at the last gathering. The bonds are deeply rooted for many and we hope you are among them. What is your favorite thing to love about Dartmouth? Got news? Drop us a line. We regret to report the passing of Dr. George Howard this year and a belated report of the death of Dr. James Harshbarger in 2016.

—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com

Recent communication with Dr. Evan “Bud” Nelson, a resident of Rochester, Minnesota, reminds us of the strong contributions our classmates have made to the medical profession and those members’ commitment to our Dartmouth class as well. Bud Nelson is a perfect example. He was for many years associated with the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, and he has also been an active alumnus, including attendance at our 70th reunion last fall. In fact, he wrote in part, “As we enter the twilight of our lives, we hope good memories truly outnumber the not so good and that good health and happiness will continue a bit longer for all of us. The Dartmouth class of 1952 reunion was very enjoyable, well planned, and the weather cooperated; how fortunate we could attend our 70th Dartmouth reunion!” Other doctors who joined us at the reunion were Dr. Richard Rosen, Dr. Harry Goldsmith, Dr. Ray Jankowich, Dr. Paul Black,and Dr. Ben Stein (now deceased),all regular attendees at class events through the years. However, it would be a serious oversight if recognition wasn’t also given to other doctors who have been loyal and active alumni, especially Dr. Robert Millhouse and the late Dr. Harry Wachen—there are many more. Right now, we have about 125 names on our class mailing list and 18 of them are medical doctors, that’s about 15 percent, not including spouses or partners, some of whom are also medical professionals. This focus on the medical profession prompted a look back at both our 25- and 50-year books—an adventure that brought back many memories and a realization that many of these doctors can truly be considered Renaissance men, experts in many fields. Give the books a re-read. Bud closed out his last communication with the news that he was planning a spring trip to Iceland and with these kind words, “Let’s hope that there are still good times ahead of us and appreciate our blessings.” Agreed. Unfortunately, we close with note of the passing of our classmates Peter Hoffman, John Yates, William Guggisberg, Lawrence Markin,and Peter Robinson.

—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com

Greetings of the New Year! We hope this finds you in good health as we celebrate the 75th year of our relationship with Dartmouth College.

Following up on the last issue regarding our 70th reunion, we are very pleased to report the election of George C. Hibben of Bedford, Massachusetts, as our new class president to serve the next five years. George, and his wife, Julie, have been active in alumni affairs throughout all our College-related experience and he is well respected in our class. George excelled as an involved undergraduate and Rufus Choate scholar, graduated from Harvard Business School, and enjoyed a long and successful career at Polaroid before retiring in 1985.

Steve Parkhurst, who had been serving first as class treasurer and then as vice president, chose not to stay on. Our new vice president is Gene Cesari, a resident of nearby South Ryegate, Vermont, and chairman of our successful 70th reunion. Gene is well known as a senior college educator, college president, and Bugatti car collector, among other talents.

The other officers are re-elected incumbents, Frank Logan (retiring as class president) as head of planned giving, Jim Churchill as head agent for our annual fund, and the class secretary/newsletter editor, listed at the end of this report. In other news, at the opening of our reunion in September the Dartmouth crew became the beneficiary of a new shell, gifted by our classmate, Jim Toffey, and named in honor of his wife, Sally Toffey. The christening ceremony, with the Toffeys in attendance, took place at the newly expanded boathouse facility along the Connecticut River. This was the sixth vessel that Jim and Sally have given to the crew, a truly committed devotion by the Toffeys, now dividing their time between Vero Beach, Florida, and Kennebunk, Maine.

At the present time we have no news of planned class activities for 2023, but we will keep you posted.

Finally, we regret to advise you of the recent passing of several classmates, James C. “Brud” Leiter Jr., Peter W. Burnside, George F. Sherman Jr.,and Bennett M. Stein, M.D.

—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com

During the past 70-some years our focus has been heavily weighted to news of classmates and class events. Given the name of this publication that seems fair enough, but in fact, it goes only so far. We have not been attentive enough to the commitment, interest, support, and participation of family members, especially our spouses and partners. Many of our events and much of our news is a family shared experience and this is especially true even as we pass on. For example, we recently received very nice messages from Kay Taylor, widow of Wey Lundquist; from Judy Merrill, widow of Fred Merrill; from Ann Mandel, widow of Steve Mandel; from Judy North, widow of John North; and from Janet Kinnier, widow of Richard Kinnier. They all shared personal news and wished us the best for our reunion. Locally, around Hanover, wives staying interested after their husband’s passing include Judy Breed (Bill), Kay McCrillis (John), and Joan Kinne (Rem), to name a few. Two widows who drop us interesting notes from time to time are Susan Gutterman (Dan) and Ruth Guild (Alden). We also recently received news from Sharon Smith, advising us that she and Alan will be in Hanover for the reunion. Finally, indirectly, we received news from Melise Gramm ’88, daughter of Pat Gramm, regarding his move to a retirement community. At our last reunion several classmates came with one or more children, and we know this will happen again in 2022. Doug Corderman plans to attend from Oregon with his daughter, for example. So, clearly, support is not limited to the partner level. Also, we know that interest and involvement is not limited just to those who choose to communicate, it goes much deeper than that, but it seems appropriate to widen our perspective and to pay our sincere respects to the entire class family. We’ll have a full report to the class post-reunion. Condolences for the loss of several classmates: Lee H. Cliff, Richard R. Kinnier, Robert A. Barton, Marshall J. Smith, and Stanley E. Smiley.All passed away recently except belated notice of Stan Smiley.

—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com

Winter has passed, spring is fading away, and we’re thinking of returning to Hanover to close out summer in mid-September. Life is getting back to normal. How does that sound? Or, as they say on television, The Price is Right. The strongest reasons to return to campus on September 18-20 for our 70th reunion are, of course, to see longtime friends, to reminisce about our formative years in Hanover, to visit our old haunts, and to enjoy the beauty of fall foliage. This will be especially enjoyable this year because school will be in session and we can picture ourselves once again as pea-green freshmen in the Dartmouth tradition. And for spouses and widows, this is a wonderful opportunity to renew the bonds that have held us together all these years. Please call or write if you have any questions or comments as you plan your attendance. Gene Cesari, reunion chairman, will keep you posted on program developments. In class news, Jack Boyle and his wife, Dodie, have settled in at their new home in the retirement community of Evans Park in Newton, Massachusetts. They join several other classmates in various retirement communities in the Boston area. That would include Bob Brace, George Hibben, Steve Parkhurst, Ed Finerty, Dick Colson, and Paul Black, all longtime New Englanders. Along the same lines, Doug Corderman has written that he and his wife, Joan, are enjoying retirement community life in Lake Oswego, Oregon, and he was thrilled that 37 members of his family could join them to celebrate his 90th birthday last fall. Dr. Evan “Bud” Nelson, a loyal alum who has attended many reunions, plans to join us in Hanover this year, and he reports all is well in Minnesota. Another doctor, Harry Goldsmith, has been in touch from Glenbrook, Nevada, and he reports he is still working on solutions to the dreaded Alzheimer’s disease. He has just published a new paper on this subject. I’m sorry to report we have lost several more classmates, Henry Williams Jr., David Snyder, Robert Medvecky, Dr. Jules Baum,and Charles Curtis.

—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com

As we close out another unsettled year, we hope this finds you and your family in good health, and we offer you our best wishes for 2022, our 70th year as members of the Dartmouth College tradition.

Speaking of tradition, in our undergraduate days and well into our middle years, each fall the highlight of non-academic activity was Dartmouth Night and a big weekend in Hanover. Many of us celebrated on campus, but those who couldn’t make it enjoyed the festivities at local alumni gatherings around the country. Dartmouth Night has evolved into Homecoming Weekend and this past year the on-site parade and bonfire accompanied the Yale football game and an exciting win over the Bulldogs. We highlight this because we would like to pay tribute to our classmate, Dr. Robert Millhouse. Bob, a retired physician and a resident of southern California, journeyed cross country to Hanover in mid-September with two of his sons to march in the parade on Friday night and to enjoy the weekend. They were the sole representatives of the class in the parade and they deserve special recognition, especially because this was a repeat commitment from just two years ago. We’re pleased to report Bob and his family are doing well. Bob was one of some 24 classmates who attended Dartmouth Medical School and those still with us are active alumni. This includes Dr. Ben Stein, a resident of Bernardsville, New Jersey. Ben and friends visited Hanover just two weeks later for the Columbia game. Plans for our 70th reunion in September are gradually shaping up and it should be a great time for re-bonding with classmates and friends. If the fall leaf-peeping season in 2022 is as beautiful as 2021, that alone is enough to bring us back to Hanover. Reunion chairman Gene Cesari and class president Frank Logan will be announcing details, and we are certain this will be another ’52 classic. It is unfortunate that we will miss several more classmates who have passed away. They are Joseph Baute, G. Gordon Kay, Terence Malone, Henry A.G. Chapman, and William Scott.

—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com

In the July/August edition of this publication, on page 19, the College displayed a full-page announcement honoring John Rosenwald Jr. ’52, Tu’53, chair emeritus of the Dartmouth Board of Trustees and counsel to generations of Dartmouth leaders. Unfortunately, there was no text with the announcement, so we’re pleased to provide more detail. Rosie’s friends and classmates have led a quiet campaign to raise $12 million to endow a program in tribute to his 70 years of leadership and service to Dartmouth. The initiative is formally known as the E. John Rosenwald Jr. ’52, Tu’53, Fellows Program in U.S. Foreign Policy and International Security. “John Rosenwald is one of this country’s wise men, one who has dedicated his life to service in both the private and public sectors,” says Richard N. Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations. “Our nation, our economy, our society, and countless institutions, including my own, where he has been an active member for more than 20 years, are stronger thanks to John’s guidance and support.” The recognition continues with comments from President Phil Hanlon: “I have the privilege of being the seventh Dartmouth president to benefit from John Rosenwald’s wisdom, not to mention his boundless energy. Since the earliest days of my administration I’ve turned to Rosie for counsel, and he has always made time to share his insights and observations. On behalf of all of us in the Dartmouth community, I’m delighted to name our prestigious foreign policy and international security fellows program in honor of this exceptional son of Dartmouth.” The announcement, a total of almost 2,000 words, goes on to recognize, with numerous tributes by noted Dartmouth alumni, the intellectual and personal contributions Rosie has made to Dartmouth. We are proud to devote this column to recognize this tribute. Elsewhere, our class continues to return to life’s more normal patterns in retirement with visits to and from family, including trips to Hanover. This is a reminder that our 70th reunion will be coming up in September 2022, and we hope a record number of the ’52 family will join us.

—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com

A year ago, in this space, we reported news that Gordy Kay and his wife, Nancy, had moved to a retirement community. He recently updated us with the news that they “have now received their Covid vaccine and are about to return to the real world.” Here’s hoping that we will all be returning to the real world as this year progresses. As you might expect, we have no news of class gatherings in person, but it does appear that classmates and partners are staying in touch by phone, Zoom, email, and other written word. Jack Boyle and Ed Finerty are two examples in the Boston area, both doing well. Frank Logan and Buzz Barton are two baseball buddies swapping reminiscences between Hanover and Bedford, Massachusetts. Buzz also called to compare U.S. Marine Corps notes, as did Alden Fiertz.Even though the experience of military service was, for most of us, short term, it also seems to have had a lasting effect. It could be called a master’s in maturity. Moving on, Charlie Curtis got in touch to report he has moved from his home in New London, New Hampshire, to retirement living at Woodcrest Village, also in New London, and he reports it is starting off well. We’ve also been in touch with Bob Callander (New Jersey), Terry Malone (Michigan), and Bob Brace (Massachusetts) regarding the exchange of Dartmouth news and they are quietly hanging in. We certainly hope the second half of 2021 does bring some normalcy to our social activities and we can begin to experience class gatherings again. We have our 70th class reunion coming up in the fall of 2022 and we’d certainly like to see a healthy turnout. In the meantime, we would like very much to get your news and add some fresh names to our report. Contact info is below. Unfortunately, we have lost several more classmates, William Peterson, Warren Reeves, Jack Boyages, Walter Keany, Dorn McGrath, William Clapp, Sam Daniell, John Barclay and Elisabeth Russell. Liz Russell, widow of Angus Russell, was formally adopted by the class at our 50th reunion, because of her work at Dartmouth and her strong loyalty to the class.

—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com

A year ago, in this space, we sent you all best wishes in good health for the new year. Who knew? After some discussion with our class president, Frank Logan, we have decided to try again. Frank, our other class officers, Steve Parkhurst, Jim Churchill, Liz Russell, and your class secretary all send our best regards and sincerely hope that 2021 really is a very good year. We start the year with a contact list of some 205 classmates and an equal number of partners for whom we have addresses. Because of the risks and constraints of getting together this year, we have had no class activities and, as of this date, none are planned for the first part of 2021. However, several classmates have been in touch, seeking addresses and other links, because of “projects” they are working on or trying to reach out to find old friends. We are happy to oblige and welcome your activity. Our contact is at the end of this column. We also had a very good conversation recently with Robert “Buzz” Barton, calling from Bedford, Massachusetts. Buzz reports he is in reasonably good health and we talked over some Marine Corps memories from the 1950s. One he told was about a chance meeting with a busload of baseball players, including the San Francisco Giants. On board the bus was classmate Pete Burnside, then a Giant. Both were baseball players at Dartmouth and they had a good reunion. Buzz is a retired attorney and Superior Court judge in Massachusetts. Pete is now retired in Eagle River, Wisconsin. Once again, we are sorry to report the loss of several classmates; Garry Meyers of Stratford, Connecticut; Arthur Judson of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Albert Warren of Davidson, North Carolina; Robert Kelly of Concord, New Hampshire; Thomas Loemker of Tarrytown, New York; Lawrence Noling of Leland, Michigan; Nicholas Bradley of Lake Hoptacong, New Jersey; and Marcel Durot of Oak Park, Illinois. We’d like to end on a positive note. We know some in our small world benefit from contact. Keep in touch and we will respond.

—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com

Seventy-two years ago we began our Dartmouth journey, all 715 of us. That was the fall of 1948. Now, here we are, still some 200 strong, plus an equal number of loyal active widows and partners, experiencing a most tumultuous and unprecedented period that is yet unresolved. Under these circumstances, and at our age, it seems inappropriate to report anecdotal stories of what we have been doing most recently, since, for most of us, it is “ little or nothing.”

Therefore, we offer no casual stories in this report. What we have been doing, of course, is learning how best to protect our lives and the lives of our families and our fellow citizens and, at the same time, maintain some quality of life. This includes the full spectrum of health, economy, and social behavior. Most members of the class are either already nonagenarians or will be in the next 12 months, and we are a high-risk group. Therefore, we sincerely hope you and your families are safe and well. And to those who have been more seriously impacted, we offer hope that the response and care is enabling you to get through the crisis successfully.

In Hanover, not surprisingly, life is quiet and promises to remain so until fall. Those who are now in retirement communities here, and probably everywhere, are residing in some level of enforced lockdown. The rest of us are not much different. Dartmouth will keep you informed of College activities through other channels, but if you would like to keep up on your own and you have access to a computer or smart phone, just type “Dartmouth college news” and a wealth of stories will be at your fingertips.

Sadly, in the very recent past, we have lost four more classmates, Dr. Donald Gann, M.D.,of Brooklandville, Maryland; John “Jock” R.D. McClintock of North Andover, Massachusetts; Edmund “Ted” W. Sanderson of Appleton, Wisconsin; and Douglas F. Perthel ofBoulder City, Nevada. None of these four classmates were reported as victims of Covid-19.

Please let us know how you are doing.

—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755, 603-643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com

We recently received a note from Dr. Gordon Kay letting us know that he and his wife, Nancy, were making a move from their longtime (49 years) home in Fairfax, Virginia, to a retirement community. Their new home is also in Fairfax, which minimizes the culture shock, but it is still a major change in lifestyle and relationships and we wish them well. In recent years we have reported many others making similar change and, in virtually every case and for whatever reason, it has worked out well. Locally, here in Hanover, we have numerous examples and we also know of several as close as Boston and as far away as California. Sometimes, as in the case of the Kays, it is a move as a couple, but often the move takes place after the loss of a spouse or partner, as many of you are well aware. If you have had the experience of moving to a retirement community, we would like to hear from you and any advice you might offer. Elsewhere, Henry Williams of Scottsville, New York, reports his family continues to grow and prosper. This past year he welcomed his first great-grandchild, Abigail, and his 17th grandchild, Jasper. Congratulations! Henry is still boating, but makes no mention of the practice of law in the Rochester area. We also received a nice message from Dr. Paul Black, writing from Worcester, Massachusetts. He and his wife, Sandra, moved there several years ago after retiring from his longtime medical practice in Boston. Paul says they are doing fine. We assume you saw the promotional photo of Dave Drexler and his wife, Judy in the last issue of the alumni magazine. They’re looking well, too. We are sorry to report the passing of several more friends in our class: Charles Clough and John Barto, both of Concord, New Hampshire; Brewster Sturtevant of Longmeadow, Massachusetts; Buck (Zuckerman) Henry of Los Angeles; George Davis of Stamford, Connecticut; John Suter of Pasadena, California; Joseph Lyon of St. Charles, Illinois; and Richard Little of Morgantown, West Virginia.

—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com

As our alma mater closes out the celebration of Year 250, we close out our Year 71 as members of the Dartmouth family and we wish you all the best in good health for 2020. The fall season saw some interesting class activity. There were 24 members of our class who went on to graduate from the Dartmouth, now Geisel, School of Medicine. Three of them are still active and held a mini-reunion during Homecoming Weekend in Hanover. Dr. Ben Stein and his wife, Bonita, coming up from their home in New Jersey, were joined by Dr. Robert Millhouse and family members from southern California and Dr. Ray Jankowich, arriving from Fairfield County, Connecticut. Also, two other classmates had hoped to be here for that weekend, but had to cancel at the last minute. Terry Malone, a Michigan resident, outdid himself in the late summer with a safari to Africa and his doctor thought a trip to the wilds of New Hampshire would be a little over the top. Jack Boyle and his wife, Dodie, were looking forward to a three-generation Dartmouth family reunion with their son, Edward ’87, and his two undergrad offspring, Jojo ’20 and Jeikson ’23. However, a bug got loose in Boston and derailed the senior Boyles’ trip. They’ll reschedule. Toward the end of October, Ken Roman and his wife, Ellen, visited Hanover from New York to participate in a well-attended Hood Museum weekend symposium. Ken is an active Hood supporter and on one of their boards. He reports that he and Ellen were most impressed with the newly expanded Hood. We all are. Put a visit on your calendar. We have also had good phone visits with Kermit Ingham (Oklahoma), Bob Ringstad (Massachusetts), and Dr. Harry Wachen and Ross Daniels (both New York). Did we discuss health issues? Are they doing all right? Yes and yes. However, we are very sorry to report the passing of five more classmates, Frank Cory, Lyle Spalding, Kenneth Douglas Jr., Hunter Harvey Jr., and the Rev. Elmer Sullivan.Stay well.

—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755, 603-643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com

Dartmouth Commencement weekend this past June, as reported elsewhere, was a picture-perfect experience for those involved. The weather was outstanding and the event itself, with remarks and music by the renowned classical cellist Yo-Yo Ma, was first class. No surprise there. As the graduates at all levels received their degrees and now move on to their next challenge, it seems appropriate to reflect on where life’s opportunities have taken the class of 1952.

In recent months, we are sorry to report, we have lost six more members of our class. They are Howard (“Howie”) Carter, Albert (“Albie”) Collins, Benjamin Lawwill, Weyman Lundquist, Dr. Richard Lathrop, and Dr. James Ketchum. These friends of ours had accomplishments in a variety of fields of commerce, law, and medicine, but it is the latter, medicine, that is most easily traceable. As best we can determine, we had approximately 70 to 75 classmates earn medical degrees and practice in a wide variety of responsibilities, including public service, research, private practice, and so on. We also have several wives and partners to add to the field, and we have written about many of them here and in our class newsletter. Today we can count some 30 classmates and two spouses in the medical field who continue on our mailing list, and some are still active in their profession. And as with every other segment of the class, some are more active with Dartmouth than others. All six of our classmates listed here were active in a variety of ways. Ben Lawwill was our class webmaster for many years, Wey Lundquist taught courses at Dartmouth, and the other four were regular event attendees as well as regulars in local club activities. Jim Ketchum was joined at our 60th reunion with the late Dr. Robert Porges and Dr. Harry Wachen. Howie Carter was active in New Jersey, Florida, and in Hanover, and the same holds true for Albie Collins in New York and Hanover. He was close friends with Charles (“Doc”) Dey and Ken Roman, playing tennis and golf. Please send us your story.

—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com

While the College in 2019 continues to celebrate 250 years of providing an excellent education, we, in our late 80s, continue to celebrate being able to report our small part in the history of Dartmouth. It is interesting how we move about at this stage in our lives. For example, we have recently heard from Lyle Spalding, a longtime General Electric veteran based in Louisville, Kentucky, who has moved to Ames, Iowa, where his son, David Spalding ’76, lives. Another example is Bob Ringstad, a lifer from northern New Jersey who has moved to Chelmsford, Massachusetts, to be near one of his sons. We also received a note from Donald Richardson, M.D., telling us he has moved from his home in North Carolina to a retirement community in Napa, California, near two daughters. All three classmates send positive comments about their moves.

David Adler, M.D., has also written that he and his wife, Gloria, are now living fulltime in Boynton Beach, Florida. They had been splitting their time between Florida and Cape Cod, Massachusetts, for some 22 years after he retired from practice in New Jersey. On the other hand, Ross Daniels and his wife, Fayne, for many years have been dividing their time between Siesta Key, Florida, and Pawling, New York, their home forever. They have given that up and Pawling wins. In the January 2019 issue of this publication we asked if anyone remembered being at the Dartmouth-Princeton game in the hurricane of 1950. Jack Foster, writing from his home in Burr Ridge, Illinois, not only remembers, he provided us with details from a player’s perspective. The fascinating recap is in our class newsletter. Frank Logan, class president, and your class secretary recently had an opportunity to visit with Jay Anderson and have lunch with Charlie Curtis here in the Upper Valley. Both are doing well.

We regret to report the passing of several classmates, William “Tony” Quimby, Robert C. Thomas, M.D., Paul W. Kerr Jr., Henry D. Waters, Glendon “Don” Campbell, Roland Barker Jr., and Alfred W. Acker Jr.

—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com

On behalf of the 1952 class officers, let us be among the first to wish you and your family all the best in good health for 2019. This is a memorable year for your alma mater, founded 250 years ago in December 1769, but the College will be celebrating all year. Our class has been a proud and an active part of Dartmouth for more than a quarter of this history (actually 28 percent) and for those of you whose fathers and/or grandfathers are Dartmouth alumni, your life history is as much as 35-percent of the College’s background. We hope you will follow all the events of the year and especially the reenactment of the famous Dartmouth College case on the weekend of March 1 and 2. In the meantime, we are happily staying in touch. Recent messages come from Dr. Ray Alexanian (Houston), Howie Van Valzah (Roscoe, Illinois), Hank Waters (Naples, Florida), Jon Walton (St. Clair Shores, Michigan), Winchell Craig (Bethell, Washington), Jim Churchill (Mission, Kansas), Alan Smith (Indialantic, Florida), Doug Corderman (Hamilton, Virginia), Dr. Bennett Stein (Bernardsville, New Jersey), Alden Fiertz (Brattleboro, Vermont), and Marcel Durot (Oak Park, Illinois). The messages, reported in detail in our class newsletter, range with family news (all generations), travel, health, reunions, military service, some professional activity, and, most of all, connection to and interest in Dartmouth and our class. Note the geographic distribution here. (“Thou ’round the girdled earth they roam, her spell on them remains.”) It is very rewarding that we stay in touch. By the time you read this, the football season will be long gone, but the excitement this fall was impressive and the record even better. Beating Harvard in terrible weather in Hanover over Homecoming Weekend was a memorable experience, for sure. (See also Dartmouth at Princeton in the hurricane on November 25, 1950. Were you there?) By the way, we had no class event this Homecoming Weekend. You didn’t miss anything. We regret to report the loss of another classmate, Roy C. Megargel, who passed away on September 22, 2018, in Essex, Maryland. Stay in touch.

—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com

The headline of an article in the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine in the fall of 1948 read “’52 Trip Sets Mark” and the opening sentence followed, “In mid-September 195 freshmen from 31 states and two foreign countries headed for Hanover to participate in the annual Freshman Trip.” They further reported, “Freshman enthusiasm had the sophomores baffled. While ’52s obligingly wore their caps, only one would turn his clothes inside out in response to Vigilante demands.” Thus began the “record-breaking” class of 1952, and now here we are, some 70 years later, still going strong, loyal to our class, loyal to our friends, and loyal to the College. Just in the most recent months, we have had written or spoken communication with Larry Schiffenhaus and Dr. Ben Stein in New Jersey, George Sherman in Michigan, Jack Unkles, Hank Waters and Pat Gramm in Florida, Gene Cesari and Alden Fiertz in Vermont, Dr. Evan “Bud” Nelson in Minnesota,Dr. Gordy Kay in Virginia, Tyler Dann in Maryland, Dr. Harry Goldsmith in Nevada, Vic Trautwein in Rhode Island, Kermit Ingham in Oklahoma, Jim Churchill in Kansas, Jack Craig in Washington, Ross Daniels and Dr. Harry Wachen in New York, and John Barto in New Hampshire. They all seem to be doing fine and keeping in touch. Their stories, predictably, were about health issues, moving to retirement communities, travel, family, and contacts with classmates. We also were pleased to hear from Jane Flounders, wife of the late Burt Flounders, Ann Weidman, wife of the late Jim Weidman, and Ruth Guild, wife of the late Alden Guild. We would like to hear from more spouses, as well as classmates. In other news, class president Frank Logan has asked our class treasurer, Steve Parkhurst, to assume responsibility as class vice president, and he has accepted. Treasury functions for the class have been assumed by the College as of this year, the normal procedure for us old guys. With all this good news, we are saddened to report the passing of classmates Robert Foley, Steven Lazarus, John Wall, Peter Stanley and Charles Schuck. Keep in touch.

—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com

For many years after our class reunions the new officers were supported by a group of classmates identified as an executive committee. Their role was not specifically defined, but the general idea was to assist in making the class more in touch with the leadership and to generate ideas that would keep our friendships alive and relevant. However, in recent years we dropped the executive committee; it is not clear how this came about. Now, under the leadership of class president Frank Logan, we have re-established the committee and we trust this will be a benefit to the class and to the College—even at this advanced age. The new committee members are David (Dave) Drexler in Wilmington, Delaware; Robert (Bob) Ringstand in Glen Rock, New Jersey; Henry (Hank) Waters in Naples, Florida; Richard (Dick) Spurgin in Chicago; and John (Jack) Collins in Cloverdale, California. All five of these classmates have been active throughout our alumni years, and they give us good geographic spread to be able to represent the class interests. They also bring a broad experience in life: entrepreneurship, foreign service, corporate leadership, investment banking, the law, the military and, of course, family. This committee certainly doesn’t preclude any member of the class or spouse of our classmates from weighing in with ideas, suggestions (or complaints), especially regarding any thoughts about keeping in touch, retaining the bond we have built through the years. This is significant because, as is the case in every class report now, we advise you of friends we have lost. We are sad to notify you of the passing of Thomas Schanck, William Sweet, David Brew, Robert Klotz, Donald Moore, Richard O’Neill, Joseph Ware, Craig Hausman Jr., Donald Unger and Herman Woerner.On a positive note, we did some recent calling around and, while we didn’t get any hard news, it was great to talk to Nick Skyler in San Francisco; Dorn McGrath in Washington, D.C.; Harry Goldsmith in Glenbrook, Nevada; and Harry Wachen in Great Neck, New York. They are all doing well with, of course, the usual “health” stories.

—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com

For the past five years, under the very pro-active leadership of president Alden Fiertz,our class has had a series of bonding events—and a fine time in the process. Seasonal lunches and dinners at local venues of interest kept the class in touch and two projects, the renovation of Bartlett Tower and the surrounding park, plus adoption of two beautiful trees in the center of the Dartmouth campus, have involved a number of classmates and families. These have been reported earlier in some detail and we are grateful to Alden for his successful leadership with these projects and the class. At the same time, thanks to the good effort of treasurer Steve Parkhurst, your class dues participation has been well managed for these activities and we thank both you and Steve for that. Support for Dartmouth in the annual fund drive has been led by chairman Jim Churchill and his team of fundraisers. Each year we have had excellent response from the class in this effort. This year, for example, we achieved 116 percent of our goal. Finally, our team of Frank Logan and Liz Russell, co-chairs of the planned giving program, have served you and the College well in their work for extended-term financial commitments by our class to Dartmouth. Looking ahead, at our 65th reunion in Hanover in September we elected Frank Logan to be our president for the period 2017-22 and we re-elected all the other class officers for another term. Frank is a long-serving Dartmouth administrator, retiring from the College as director of bequests and trusts. He also served in the admissions office at the start of his Dartmouth career, so he knows the College well. We should also note Frank is an accomplished pianist, a former professional baseball pitcher, a long-term volunteer at DHMC, an instructor in the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Dartmouth, an active ’52— and much more. This is an experienced leadership team for our next five years. We close with a wish to all ’52s the best in good health for 2018 and we hope you will keep in touch.

—William J. Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com

From September of 1948 to September of 2017—exactly 69 years; what a great ride this has been and we hope you will be able to join us in Hanover from September 22nd to the 24th to celebrate this festive occasion for our 65th reunion. We started out 715 strong and there are about 300 of us still here to carry the banner of the great class of 1952. No, there are more of us than that. We also are blessed to have some 200 widows of our loyal classmates who have bonded with us to carry on our legacy, and these 500 are all joined by our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren (!), many of whom also proudly wear the Dartmouth green. During the reunion weekend you will have a chance to revisit your old haunts, relive your own personal experiences and retell your old campus adventures (well, maybe not all of them) from your year as a “pea green freshman” to your exit as a “grand old senior,” whenever and wherever that might have been. We add that last qualifier because we know that some of our most committed classmates may have moved on before graduation or because the Korean conflict may have interrupted their game plans. Your reunion committee, working with the College, has put together a weekend for you that is balanced between a chance to enjoy all of Dartmouth and an acknowledgment of the fact that we’re not as young and spry as we were. Which is to say that everything will be both interesting and comfortable. The agenda includes recognition of our class project both on the Green and at Bartlett Tower, a walk through our class history at Rauner library in the former Webster Hall, some football at Memorial Field (or on the screen at the Hanover Inn), hearing the experiences of today’s students, hearing stimulating presentations, paying our respects to our classmates who have passed on and much more. However, most important, by far, is the chance to see your friends and enjoy each other’s company. That’s what it’s all about, isn’t it? Please join us.

—William J. Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com

In spite of all the latest electronic gadgetry available today, that good old standby invented by our friend Al Bell in 1876 is still a vital tool to keep us in touch with our friends, near and far. Here are a few examples. There are several states where we have only one or two classmates living. One of them is Oklahoma, and we recently spoke with Kermit Ingham, who lives with his wife, Bette, in Stillwater. Kerm and Bette are doing well, staying pretty much at home these days and rooting for the OSU Cowboys. We also had a long (31-minute) conversation with Jack Hoeven in Minot, North Dakota. Jack called in response to an entry in the class newsletter about his son, the senator from North Dakota, but it allowed us to catch up on Jack’s good life, dividing his time between Minot and Palm Springs, California. We also had a call from Alan Smith in Florida, asking a few questions about our upcoming reunion. He and his wife, Sharon, are planning to join us. You? Harry Wachen, a retired medical doctor, called to get a phone number, but it allowed us to get current with his doings on Long Island. Harry is about as loyal a ’52 as you will find and he keeps current with a lot of classmates. He is what a reporter calls “a source.”

Another call came from Dorn McGrath in D.C. Dorn recently moved to a retirement community and he has acclimated quite well. His neighbor before he moved was Jake Tapper ’91 of CNN fame. Jake will be the Dartmouth Commencement speaker this June. Bob Callander, who divides his time these days between New Jersey and Carmel, California, also called about our upcoming reunion, which he plans to attend. You? Finally, we keep in touch with Harry Goldsmith, another ’52 who will be coming to Hanover from Nevada in September. Only five months until our 65th reunion, we hope you will join us. Call us. The number is right here.

—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com

“Row, row, row your boat….” Jim Toffey was a dedicated member of the Dartmouth crew as an undergraduate and, in our senior year, he was captain of the crew. His commitment of interest and support continues to this day. This fall Jim donated a beautiful new eight-man racing shell to the Dartmouth rowing team and dedicated the shell to his wife, Sally Toffey. This was the sixth shell Jim and Sally have donated to Dartmouth over the years and it was celebrated at the Friends of Rowing Boathouse on October 1 along with a host of 1952 classmates as well as the coaches and current members of the crew. A reception and luncheon followed the christening. It was a fine day to recognize the generosity of the Toffeys.

Another recurring commitment is the annual class luncheon held in New York at the Yale Club. Bob Ringstad and Bart Lombardi organize this gathering and it is a tribute both to their tenacity and to the loyalty of the attendees that classmates look forward to getting together. At one point attendance was in the high 20s but, as you might expect, the numbers are smaller now. This year 13 ’52s met on September 15 and it was a rousing good time. Attendees included the hosts plus Harry Wachen, Ken Roman, Alan Davis, John Rosenwald, George Howard, Gerry Lukeman, Jim Rosenfield, Cyril Gsell and your class secretary. Vic Trautwein from Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and Dave Drexler from Wilmington, Delaware, also attended and deserve special recognition for traveling to New York from quite a distance. Rosie gave his usual insider’s report on significant College issues and that led to some lively debate. We have no other fall activity report because the class opted not to have the annual Dartmouth Night dinner in Hanover. Just as well, the weatherdidn’t cooperate. Another reminder, however: Next fall we will celebrate our 65th reunion the weekend of September 22-24 and we hope you will join us. We are sorry to report the loss of two more classmates, Dr. Frank Moody, M.D., and Hugh Lefkowitz.

—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com
 

The first day of summer in 2016 in Hanover was warm and sunny, the perfect time for an Upper Valley luncheon for the class—so we did it. The setting was the Quechee Club, a beautiful spot and convenient for folks in the area. Attendance was very good, led by class president Alden Fiertz, accompanied by his wife, Mary. Other attendees included Gene and Judy Cesari; Vic Trautwein (up from Portsmouth, Rhode Island); class treasurer Steve Parkhurst and his wife, Cecily (up from Boston); Jack and Jane Unkles; Charlie Curtis; Edythe Anderson, Bill and Maggie Montgomery; class annual fund chairman Jim Churchill; Liz Russell, co-chair of class planned giving along with Frank Logan, who was accompanied by his wife, Drewry; Hank Waters and Ann Merrick; Ruth Fisher; and Dan and Julie Van Dorn. John McDonald, Bill Breed, John North and their spouses were planning to attend, but schedule conflicts interfered. Class officers in attendance reported continued strong class support of the College for the annual fund drive, class dues and planned giving, and Alden Fiertz gave an update on our participation in the athletic sponsors program, status of Bartlett Tower renovation and future class activities. In other news, we have learned that at least three classmates will have grandchildren in the incoming class of 2020. They are Jack Boyle, Roy Abbott and John McDonald—and the freshmen are all women. Let us know if there are incoming freshmen in your family. Unfortunately, we continue to lose good friends, as we report the passing of Dr. Howard Geist, Nathan Parker, William Stewart, Ken Heusinkveld, John McCrillis and Peter Zischke. Both John and Peter passed away on the same day, June 21, and Peter had a granddaughter, Jessica Zischke, graduate from Dartmouth on June 12. Also, and on the plus side, Alan Davis’ grandson, Andrew Davis, graduated with the class of 2016. Are there more? Let us know? Have you made your plans to join us for our 65th reunion—September 22-24, 2017? It’s leaf-peeping time in New England and you will enjoy being there with your classmates once again.

—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52 @aol.com

After a very active fall season for our class, things quieted down over recent months. In this relatively slow period, two things prompted a little checking on our class. First, on the plus side, we had a nice phone visit with the Rev. Fran Frellick, who lives in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. He is doing well and had a suggestion regarding a new class project. We’ll be reporting on that in the newsletter. Second, unfortunately, we have lost another classmate, Bill Conway. Bill passed away in mid-December 2015. His obituary is in the online edition of this alumni magazine. It turns out that both Fran and Bill were the only members of our class living in their states of Indiana and Louisiana. We have done some further sleuthing and, in this 68th year since our arrival on the Hanover Plain, this is where we are. First, we have 369 living classmates, about 52 percent from our start of 715. Ten other classmates are the lone representatives in their states. They are George Moerlein in Alaska, Charles Johnson in Iowa, Bill Mattox in Idaho, Jack Barclay in Missouri, Roy Abbott in Montana, Jack Hoeven in North Dakota, Ted Stampfer in New Mexico, Wilbur Smith in Tennessee, George Jenkins in South Carolina and Dorn McGrath in Washington, D.C. In fairness, both Roy Abbott and Jack Hoeven warm up in the winter in Florida and California, respectively. Incidentally, George Jenkins was our only classmate who came from Canada in 1948. As you might expect, we still have many classmates living in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states, but the state with the most classmates is Florida, with 39. When we came to Dartmouth we had exactly zero coming from Florida. The other top five states today are Massachusetts (39), New York (30), California (27) and Connecticut (23). By the way, we have no one living in Arkansas, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, South Dakota, Utah or Wyoming. We close with advance notice that our fall weekend in Hanover is planned for September 30-October 1, the weekend of the Dartmouth-Penn football game. We hope you can join us.

—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com

We used to call it Dartmouth Night, but now the big fall weekend in Hanover is called Homecoming, just like good old State U. However, this year Homecoming on October 10 was right on the money for our class. The football team’s blowout of Yale was great, but our class rededication of Bartlett Tower and our dinner on Saturday night were even better. As is well known to the class, we underwrote the renovation of Bartlett Tower, and the Saturday morning event in honor of the family in general and our classmate, the late John Bartlett, in particular, was well attended. John’s wife, Jeanne, and her children, Stewart, Lindsay, Shelly and Peter, flew in from the West Coast, as did Shelly’s daughter, Taylor. Featured speakers included President Phil Hanlon and alumni relations vice president Martha Beattie, along with our class president, Alden Fiertz, and planned giving emeritus chair Frank Logan. Tours of the tower for attendees followed the ribbon cutting. That evening, following the game, we gathered for a fine dinner and much reminiscing at the Coolidge Hotel. In addition to the Bartlett family, a number of classmates came from a distance, including Al and Sue Bond (Georgia), Dorn McGrath and Ann Brainerd (D.C.), Gordy and Nancy Kay (Virginia), Terry Malone (Michigan), Jim and Sally Toffey (Maine), Vic Trautwein (Rhode Island), Doc and Phoebe Dey (southern New Hampshire), Steve and Cecily Parkhurst (Boston) and John and Anne McDonald (upper New York). Local regulars included Frank and Drewry Logan, John and Judy North, Bill and Judy Breed, Joan Kinne, Bill and Maggie Montgomery, Alden and Mary Fiertz, Liz Russell, Dan and Julie Van Dorn, Hank Waters and Ann Merrick, Alden and Ruth Guild, Jack and Jane Unkles and Charlie Curtis. We were also honored that John and Kay McCrillis brought three members of their family to the dinner. Finally, special recognition to David Squires, son of Quent Squires, is in order. Last issue of this magazine we reported that Quent was fine. Sadly, Quent passed away just two weeks before our fall event, and David joined us from Florida in honor of his father.

—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com

One of the most memorable events we experience at college is graduation day. Whether we participate as the graduate or a member of the proud family of the graduate, it is the confirmation of accomplishment; something we never forget, even at our advanced age! This past June 14 on the Green in Hanover was such a day for some 1,070 undergraduates, another 675 graduate students and a cast of thousands. Five grandchildren of the class of ’52 were included in the group, on an absolutely weather-perfect day. George and Julie Hibben’s grandson Henry Russell ’15, Alden Fiertz’s granddaughter Margaret “Maggie” Fiertz ’15, Dan and Julie Van Dorn’s grandson Andrew Pillsbury ’15, Larry and Helaine Newman’s granddaughter Emil Kochman ’15 and Jim and Sally Toffey’s granddaughter Brittany Toffey ’16 all received their A.B. degrees. Brittany Toffey is on a fast track to medical school, having completed her undergraduate work in just three years. Andrew Pillsbury graduated cum laude and with honors in his major, computer science. Congratulations to all. This was a good year for ’52 families. Last year we had one graduate and the next two years we are on track for two each year. Are we missing anybody? On a related note, Bob Binswanger marched with the faculty at graduation as a professor emeritus at the College. In other news, 406 Massachusetts Hall seems to have created a bond that lives on forever. This past June, for the umpteenth year, roommates Nels Ehinger (Darien, Connecticut), Bob Adams (Old Lyme, Connecticut), Ed Clark (Pasadena, California) and Steve Parkhurst (Winchester, Massachusetts) got together with their spouses for a reunion in Old Lyme and, based on a photo they sent, they are all looking good (a relative term). However, we are sorry to report the passing of three classmates: James Kreider Jr. of Annville, Pennsylvania; Norman Logan of New London, New Hampshire; and Philip Benton of Orleans, Massachusetts. We pay our respects in the online edition of this issue of the alumni magazine. Last call: Our fall class dinner is on October 10 during Homecoming weekend in Hanover and the Penn football game. Details are in the current class newsletter.

—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com

The winter of 2014-15 left New England with unusually heavy snow as widely publicized earlier this year. Therefore, it seems appropriate to report that one of our classmates, Joe Cushing of Franconia, New Hampshire, was honored with a lifetime achievement award and he was inducted into the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association Hall of Fame in ceremonies on April 11 at Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The hall of fame is located in Ishpeming, Michigan, and the official enshrinement will take place there on September 18. Ishpeming is considered the birthplace of organized skiing in America. We should also note that Joe is our second classmate to receive this honor. In 1994 the late Jim Branch was posthumously honored. He passed away in 1991. The recognition to Joe reads, in part, “Joe Cushing (New Hampshire) was a pioneer in ski area planning and design. Working with the legendary Sel Hannah he designed over 400 ski areas in North America and the world. Among those areas where his impact can be seen are Loon Mountain and Bretton Woods in New Hampshire, Sugarbush and Stratton in Vermont, Copper Mountain and Keystone in Colorado and Deer Valley in Utah.” In other class news, plans are under way as this is written to hold a class lunch in very early March in Norwich, Vermont, and the response has been very good. Class president Alden Fiertz plans to announce details of a major class project to assist the College in the restoration and renovation of Bartlett Tower, named for Dartmouth President Samuel Colcord Bartlett, class of 1836, and great-grandfather of our late classmate John Bartlett. We are also pleased to offer personal congratulations to Alden and Mary Peck. They were married at his home in Woodstock, Vermont, on December 27, 2014. Finally, we do not usually report on the loss of classmates in these Class Notes, but we call your attention to seven obituaries in the online edition of this issue. They are David Chamberlain, George Pandaleon, Jim Fowler, Dick Watt, Chris Wilson, Bill Nichols and Clay Cogswell. They all passed away in very early 2015.


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William Montgomery
, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com


One of the definitions of “yeoman,” according to Merriam-Webster, is “one that performs great and loyal service” as in, “Bob Ringstad and Bart Lombardi did a yeoman’s job organizing the annual gathering of the class at the Yale Club in New York City on September 10.” As usual, the turnout was excellent, even though, as sometimes happens, we had a few last-minute cancellations. Regular attendees included Bob Callander, George Davis, Nels Ehinger, Fred Forni, George Howard, Gerry Lukeman, Larry Newman, Ken Roman, John Rosenwald, Herb Roth, Larry Sterne and Harry Wachen. Kirk Spurr came up from central New Jersey—his first visit in a while—and Vic Trautwein came down from Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Rosie brought the attendees up-to-date on Dartmouth issues and a great time was had by all. Then, less than a month later, the class celebrated with the annual fall dinner in the Upper Valley at the venerable Coolidge Hotel, still going strong—as are we. In the afternoon Dartmouth handily whipped the Penn Quakers and the evening went well. Several classmates came from a distance, including Quent Squires (Florida) and son David, Ken and Ellen Roman (N.Y.C.), Harry Goldsmith (Nevada), John and Anne McDonald (upper New York State) and Vic and Ginny Trautwein (Rhode Island). Jack and Dodie Boyle and Steve and Cecily Parkhurst came up from Boston area as well. Local classmates included Bill and Judy Breed, Frank and Drewry Logan, Alden Fiertz and Mary Peck, John and Kay McCrillis, John North, Dan and Julie Van Dorn, Bill and Maggie Montgomery and, most important of all, our class mini-reunion chairman Hank Waters and Ann Merrick. It turns out the owner of the Coolidge, David Briggs, was close friends with two of our classmates, the late Tad Stahl and the late Jim Fraser. As a result, David has more or less adopted the class of ’52, so mark your calendars, we’re already booked to do it again next year. We will be gathering at the Coolidge on Saturday, October 10. That is Homecoming Weekend, the Yale football game and fall foliage at its best! 


—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com


This report is written by Frank Logan. More than 60 classmates, wives and friends gathered in Hanover on Saturday, May 10, to recognize and honor the dedicated service that Bill Montgomery has given to the class of 1952 during the past 60-plus years. The reception and banquet were held in the Hayward Room of the Hanover Inn, with a number of participants traveling from afar. The celebration was conceived and masterfully organized by classmate Dr. Harry Goldsmith, and we are deeply indebted to Harry and to the others who assisted him in making it all possible. Bill was being honored for his many years as the 1952 newsletter editor, for his contributions as a reunion chair and co-chair, unofficial historian, class spokesperson, head photographer, mini-reunion organizer and more. In short, he was recognized as being the glue that has kept the class of 1952 together all these years. He also now serves a dual role as class secretary (except for this issue of the DAM), with the added responsibility of writing our obituaries. The post-dinner program included remarks by Harry, John Rosenwald, Herb Roth, class president Alden Fiertz, a video greeting from football coach Buddy Teevens (son of Gene) and well-deserved letters of commendation from the College president and the alumni affairs office. A handsome plaque with dozens of 1952 signatures was also presented to Bill. He responded with his own comments, including thanking all of those responsible for a very special evening. It was our largest class gathering between major reunions and a major reminder of how fortunate we are to be members of the class of 1952. Attendees, in most cases with spouses or partners, included all of the above classmates and Bill Breed, John North, Wey Lundquist, Dan Van Dorn, Jim Churchill, Jim Rosenfield, Dr. Harry Wachen, Bob Ringstad, Bob Barton, Fred Forni, Dr. Gordon Kay, Jack Boyle, George Hibben, Steve Parkhurst, Dr. Ben Stein, Alden Guild, Liz Russell, Edythe Anderson, Charles Curtis, Dr. George Howard, Bob Brace, Charles Dey, Frank Heinemann, Gene Cesari, John McCrillis, Hank Waters, Pete Stanley, Dr. Ray Jankowich and John Mcdonald.


—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com


To win a trifecta you have to pick three winners in exact order in a given race. The weekend of October 11-12 was a trifecta for our class—and for Dartmouth. First, we had a great class dinner; second, Dartmouth beat Yale in football; and, third, the weather was a perfect fall foliage experience for Homecoming, a.k.a. Dartmouth Night. Most important, we had 34 classmates and partners and 10 students related to the class for the Saturday dinner at AVA Gallery. Attendees included Tom Garrity and Sally and Jim Toffey from Florida and Judy and Al Acker from Connecticut. Mariel and Al Sherburne, Julie and George Hibben, Dodie and Jack Boyle and Cecily and Steve Parkhurst all drove up from Massachusetts. Vic Trautwein and Ginny joined us from Rhode Island. Then, of course had had the locals—Judy and Bill Breed, Frank Logan, Ruth and Alden Guild, Hank Waters and Ann Merrick, class president Al Fiertz and Mary Peck, Judy and John North, Kay and John McCrillis, Kay and Wey Lundquist, Alison and Charlie Curtis, plus Maggie Montgomery and your house flack. Equally important, student attendees, each of whom spoke to the group, included grandchildren Brittany Toffey ’16, Calin Ackerman ’17 (Peter Vail), Margaret Fiertz ’15, Emily Rutherford ’16 (Jack Wall), Henry Russell ’15 (George Hibben) and Jessica Zischke ’16 (Pete Zischke). Samantha Anderson ’14, grandniece of Hank Waters, also attended. We also were pleased to have guests Erin Abraham ’14 (Hibben), Mimi Fiertz, Ying Lin ’16 and Jessica’s sister, Julie Zischke, with us for the evening. We should do this more often. In town for the weekend, but not at our dinner, were classmates John McDonald as well as Barbara and Pete McSpadden and Helene and Larry Newman (whose granddaughter is Emily Kochman ’15). In other news, Bob Millhouse (California) and Ben Stein (New Jersey), both medical doctors, visited Hanover this fall for a reunion at the Geisel School of Medicine. From your class officers: We wish you the best of good health and happiness for 2014! Please write.
—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com



There has been considerable class news—both pleasant and sad—emanating from Hanover over the past several months. On the plus side, at the Class Officers Weekend in late September Bill Montgomery and Frank Logan were each recognized for their contributions to the class and College. Bill was named Editor of the Year for his 26 years (and ongoing) stint as class newsletter editor, while Frank received an award for his exemplary service as planned giving chairman. President Dorn McGrath, vice president John McCrillis and treasurer Bill Breed were also in Hanover for the weekend.


Earlier, in August, Dorn on behalf of the class, through the generosity of Dr. Frank Mate, presented a gift to Dr. Jim Yong Kim to honor his accession to the College presidency. The gift, a framed poster-sized print of a 1970 panel from the late Walt Kelly’s comic strip Pogo, shows Pogo gazing out across a debris-strewn Okefenokee Swamp uttering the now-immortal words, “We have met the enemy and he is us.” In a gracious note President Kim thanked the class and noted that Kelly’s prescient print has been hung, fittingly, in the department of environmental science. 


The sad note was the death from a stroke on July 30 of Angus Russell, barely a week after the celebration of his retirement from the alumni office after 22 years of service, for which he had been officially awarded emeritus status by the College’s board of trustees. A memorial service was held at the Dartmouth Outing Club on August 14 attended by about 200 people. Among those speaking were John Knox, a friend of Angus’ from boyhood and a member of his wedding to Liz, and outgoing College President Jim Wright. Sixteen other classmates were present, almost all with spouses: Bill Thomas, Jim Fowler and Steve Parkhurst, who came from a distance; together with members of the Upper Valley community, Jay Anderson, John Barto, Bill Breed, Gene Cesari, Charlie Curtis, John Lloyd, Frank Logan, Wey Lundquist, Bill Montgomery, John North, Tony Quimby, Dan Van Dorn and Hank Waters. Bev Fiertz also attended in Alden’s unavoidable absence. 


—Dave Drexler, 100 Waters Edge Drive, Jupiter, FL 33477; (561) 747-3874; dave@drexler.com


The end of 2009 produced some noteworthy ’52 news, here and abroad.


Tom Fenton, living in semi-retirement in London after his distinguished career as a CBS European correspondent, has published a short new book, Junk News: The Failure of the Media in the 21st Century (available at Amazon.com), in which he recounts the shift, especially on network and cable news, from hard news content to scandal, human interest and celebrity-driven trivia and suggests that the public’s resulting lack of factual knowledge about truly significant developments has enabled many of our country’s recent misadventures. He offers several thought-provoking ideas on how this situation might be remedied. The book is a follow-up to Tom’s 2005 work, Bad News: The Decline of Reporting, the Business of News, and the Danger to Us All (available in paperback at Amazon.com), in which he reported on how the end of the Cold War, together with media conglomerates’ overriding concern for the bottom line, brought about drastic cutbacks in overseas reporting by the television networks, creating in Tom’s view a critical gap in America’s awareness of the growth of terrorism. 


In October Drew Waitley received the Award of Honor granted annually by the Chicago Building Congress, a trade association whose members represent all facets of the construction industry in the Windy City. His citation celebrated his nearly 50 years as a bank and surety company executive, in which he developed innovative financing methods for local building contractors and architects, enabling their participation not only in iconic Chicago structures such as the Hancock Building and Sears Tower but in other major projects worldwide. In a conversation Drew expressed special gratification at being remembered by his colleagues nine years after his retirement, and told me that he remains active in many of the charitable endeavors mentioned in his award citation, noting particularly Court-Appointed Special Advocates, a group that on a volunteer basis investigates and advises the courts on the disposition of cases involving abused and troubled children.


—Dave Drexler, 100 Waters Edge Drive, Jupiter, FL 33477; (561) 747-3874; dave@drexler.com


“The Village Poet” is the honorific affectionately bestowed upon Ray Buck by his neighbors on Sanibel Island, the Edenic resort on Florida’s gulf coast where he and wife Mary now spend most of the year. He has earned this accolade through one-person public readings of his poems, many of them about Sanibel; active participation in several writer-reader workshops groups in the community; and the authorship of a series of articles and poems in the local newspaper about the island and its history, drawn from his service as a docent for the Sanibel Historical Museum and Village.


Ray came late—upon reflection, perhaps too late, he says—to poetry. From Dartmouth days through his working career at Dartmouth and the University of Connecticut his avocation was writing plays, but when an effort to dramatize the historical lifelong friendship shared by Bowdoin classmates Nathaniel Hawthorne and 14th U.S. President Franklin Pierce proved unworkable, he reorganized his research into a lengthy poem, and in the process found his new interest.


Last year he published South of Providence, a collection of nearly 100 mostly short poems inspired by family, travels in Italy and nature, both in Sanibel and Old Saybrook, Connecticut, once his full-time and still his summer home. The volume also includes a lengthy segment from his Hawthorne-Pierce epic. He still writes prolifically and looks forward to publishing a new selection in 2012.


With Ray’s permission, we have posted on our class website (www.dartmouth.org/classes/52) a recent work, “Gentle Mountain,” in which he recalls and reflects about an adventure he shared with Neal Kelsey and Jay Stahl during a weekend Outing Club brush-clearing trip to Mt. Moosilauke in the fall of our freshman year.


On another topic, there have also been posted on the website brief summaries of the projects undertaken by the class of 1952 Tucker Foundation Fellows for 2008-09 and 2009-10 (two each year). They range geographically from Nepal and Beijing in Asia to Cape Town and Ethiopia in Africa, and for the most part involve working with needy children.


—Dave Drexler, 1706 N. Park Drive, Wilmington, DE 19806; (302) 428-0398; dave@drexlercom


Although these notes are being written in mid-summer, by the time they are published our 60th reunion will be little more than a year and a half away and planning for it is under way. Under the College’s policy, 2012 will be 1952’s last June get-together, and class leadership, led by president Dorn McGrath, is looking forward to maintaining our string of record-setting reunions. Further information will be forthcoming as plans develop.


We have only recently learned of the College’s creation in 2008 of the Stephen F. Mandel Sr. ’52 Society, whose purpose is to recognize alumni whose fundraising efforts for the College Fund have been especially noteworthy. In honoring Steve the College noted his lifelong commitment to the fund, pointing specifically to his chairmanship of the successful capital campaign of the late 1990s and his role as one of the class agents in 1952’s record-setting 55th reunion gift. Fortunately, Steve knew of the honor and participated in the society’s founding dinner before his untimely passing last year. 


Despite losing Steve and in the face of obviously daunting economic conditions, under the leadership of co-head agents Jim Churchill and Ev Parker we established a new record this year for contributions to the fund by a “58th-year-out” class; The sum of $360,803 contributed by 63.9 percent of us displaces the record set by the class of 1944.


Angus Russell’s widow, Liz, has graciously agreed to replace Angus as co-chair with Frank Logan of the class’ planned giving committee. This is not Liz’s initial service to the class of 1952. Some years ago she was named the first and as yet still our only honorary class member for her work on our behalf when she and Angus were both employees of the College. 


Ben Lawwill has resigned as class webmaster and his role has been taken over by a representative of the alumni office. President McGrath has asked me to express the class’ appreciation to Ben for stepping in to maintain the website since shortly after it was established at the time of our 50th reunion.


—Dave Drexler, 100 Waters Edge Drive, Jupiter, FL 33477; (561) 747-3874; dave@drexler.com


About the time you read this, the snowbirds will be thinking of returning from their winter escapes in Florida, Arizona, California, Mexico or wherever. The rest of us will be getting ready to enjoy the brightness of spring from our home base. But there is one constant in all of this and that is the friendship and bonding of the ’52s in San Francisco. They’re not going anywhere. This has been reported before—maybe some 25 times—but it bears repeating, because, once again our strong contingent in the Bay Area gathered in mid-December 2013 to enjoy lunch, swap stories and enjoy each other’s company. The host at the Bohemian Club was Peter Zischke, joined by fellow Bohemians Lee Cliff and Wey Lundquist. Regulars also attending included David Larson, Andy Stern, David Brew, Gil Ellenberger, Nick Skylor and your reporter. In 2012 we missed three of these people because of temporary illness or conflicts, but this year, only Jim Streng had to miss out because of a conflict; pretty good after all this time. There are maybe four or five other classmates in the area, but we can’t seem to find the right motivation to get them to join us. Their loss. Conversation was all over the place with Wey providing the Hanover news and Nick prodding the group into some less provincial discussion of broader issues including, of course, health. Andy brought a play-by-play recap and photos of a broadcast he did of the Dartmouth-Penn basketball game in 1950; the quality wasn’t too good, but after 63 years, neither are we. It was one of the best gatherings we’ve had in some time and we’ll do it all over again in December 2014. All are welcome. In other news, Jim Churchill, who divides his time between Woodstock, Vermont, and the Midwest, reports seeing Dave Dugan from time-to-time and both are doing well. We had good phone visits with both Jim Kreider (Lebanon, Pennsylvania) and Kermit Ingham (Stillwater, Oklahoma) during the winter and, like most of us, they’re “hangin’ in there.” Keep in touch, we miss you.


—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com


Boy, was it wet—and hot! However, to paraphrase the U.S. Postal Service, “neither snow nor rain nor heat [kept these ’52] couriers from their appointed rounds” at the class luncheon at the Quechee (Vermont) Club in late June. As expected, most of the attendees were from the Upper Valley of New Hampshire and Vermont, but some came from afar and just for the chance to visit with classmates and the College. Distance award goes to James “Brud” Leiter and his wife, Amada, who came from their home in Morelia, Mexico. They not only enjoyed the lunch, but also spent several days in Hanover creating their own mini-reunion. John Brower and his wife, Jennette, planned a driving trip from Venice, Florida, to Minnesota but parked their car in Atlanta, flew up to Boston and joined us for the day. They then retrieved their car in Atlanta and completed the trip. Talk about class loyalty, these two couples are living proof. And they were in fine health. Several other couples deserve special mention. Vic Trautwein and Ginny drove up from Portsmouth, Rhode Island; Jack Boyle and Dodie made the trip from Boston; and John McDonald and Anne ventured over from Ticonderoga, New York. Local attendees included Alden Guild and Ruth, John McCrillis and Kay, Frank Logan and Drewry, Charlie Curtis and Alison, Jim Churchill and Boots, Jack Unkles and Jane, Bill Montgomery and Maggie, Ruth Fisher, Dan Van Dorn and Julie, and John North and Judy. Bill Breed and Judy were scheduled, but a conflict caused them to miss the event. Class president Alden Fiertz and his guest, Mary Peck, were also there. Alden presided, but special thanks go to Hank Waters and Ann Merrick for organizing the lunch and our program. Our guest speaker was Drew Galbraith, assistant athletic director at Dartmouth and director of the Peak Performance program at the College. His wife, Mariruth, accompanied him and his presentation was very well received. The class presented him with a contribution to the Dartmouth sponsors program at the conclusion. Next up—Dartmouth Night, the Yale game and ’52 dinner—October 11-12. Please join your classmates!


—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com


Foregoing a more elaborate mini-reunion because of our upcoming 60th reunion, a group of Washington, D.C.-area classmates and spouses met in early May for dinner at the Army-Navy Club arranged by retired Marine Corps Col. Jim Fowler and wife Betsey. Attending the congenial affair were Doug Corderman and Joan, Ted Fellowes and Sally, Gordy Kay and Nancy, class president Dorn McGrath and Ann Brainerd, and Bill Sweet and Joan, along with Kayo Cox’s widow, Solveig, and Vic Trautwein and Ginny, who were passing through on their way back to Rhode Island from their winter home in Georgia. 


Speaking of the reunion, chairman Alden Fiertz reports thatplans for the reunion, set for Monday through Thursday, June 11-14, 2012, are proceeding apace. His committee is developing a variety of panels and class-sponsored activities, including collaboration with the 55th reunion class of 1957 in a panel on national healthcare issues. Alden attended parts of the 1951 60th reunion and found much satisfaction among attendees with the accommodations in the new air-conditioned McLaughlin dormitory cluster, where we will be housed. He notes that 1951 set a new Dartmouth 60th reunion attendance record, which we should treat as an implicit challenge. So mark your calendars! 


Meanwhile, in the short term there are two upcoming gatherings that might be of interest to classmates from the New York City area and perhaps elsewhere as well. On September 15 Bob Ringstad and Bart Lombardi will host their annual 1952 luncheon at noon at the Yale Club in the city at Vanderbilt Avenue and 44th Street. This has been a well-attended affair in past years and Bob would welcome new blood along with prior participants. Let Bob know at (201) 652-0807 if you’d like to attend. And on the weekend of October 13-16 the class of 1953 has planned a mini-reunion at the Hotel Thayer at West Point, New York, to which they have extended invitations to members of the classes of 1952 and 1954. This event was brought to my attention by Chuck Liddle,who is planning to attend. Contact Cathy Ellis at www.hrvtours.com for details and reservations.


—Dave Drexler, 1706 N. Park Dr., Apt. 8, Wilmington, DE 19806 (302) 428-0398; dave@drexler.com


Once again it is a pleasure to report that our class under the leadership of class agents Jim Churchill and Ev Parker has outdone itself in its support of the Dartmouth College Fund. The total of $487,997 contributed by 65 percent of us set a new record for a 59-years-out class, exceeding the prior record, set by the class of 1944, by more than 250 percent. It also represents an increase by more than one-third of last year’s record-setting amount, which, considering our languishing national economy, is a remarkable accomplishment.


Jim and Ev would have us share our pride in their achievements with the cadre of assistant class agents who have been steadfast and hard-working in their efforts over the years: Jack Boyle, Bill Breed, John Brower, Howard Carter, Jack Clow (sadly posthumously), Sam Daniell, John Lloyd, John McCrillis, Dick McDonough, Bill Montgomery, John North, Bill Rooke, honorary classmate Liz Russell, Lyle Spalding, Ernest Stephens, Harry Wachen and Pete Zischke. 


In a series of midsummer phone conversations and e-mail exchanges, Dan Gutterman outlined a daunting schedule for his then upcoming 17th teaching excursion behind the former Iron Curtain. If his plans have worked out, as these notes are published he has finished a weeklong series of seminars on international business law at the Lviv Business School of the Ukrainian Catholic University and is or will be heading for a six- to eight-week stint teaching business law at the Tatarstan Institute of Business Development in Kazan, Russia. This will be followed by a return to the Innovative University of Eurasia in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan, where Dan taught in the spring of 2010. All of these assignments are by invitations from the host institutions.


On the personal side, the trip (or trips) will afford Dan and wife Susan the opportunity to spend some time with their son Steve, who is chief Russian correspondent for the Reuters news service, a position he recently assumed after many years of reporting from Moscow for the Associated Press. 


Our 60th reunion is barely eight months off, June 11-14, 2012. I look forward to seeing you there.


—Dave Drexler, 100 Waters Edge Drive, Jupiter, FL 33477; (561) 747-3874; dave@drexler.com


The request made two columns ago for recollections about class members’ participation in the pioneering efforts that brought rugby back to campus in the spring of 1951 brought responses from Vince Jones and George Rambour that, along with some creative googling by Bill Montgomery,completed the identification of the dozen classmates who formed the core of the original team that competed against Harvard and Yale in Bermuda during spring break that year. The roster includes, alphabetically, Kent Calhoun, Jack Creamer, Bill Fischer, Cliff Fitzgerald, Ted Haskell, Bob Herr,Vince Jones, Pete McSpadden, Hal Morse,George Rambour, Al Reich (who spearheaded the team’s formation)and Howard Smith.A commemorative plaque noting their achievement is in the works, to be presented to Dartmouth’s rugby house at our upcoming reunion. This effort is being led by Albie Collins,whose memory of Al Reich’s role in the rebirth of Dartmouth rugby, stoked by the current team’s victory in the national collegiate seven-man rugby tournament last spring, sparked this entire endeavor. At this writing Gay Reich is planning to attend.


In our conversation George Rambour recalled that the team’s travel and hotel expenses had been borne by the Bermuda tourism authorities, who welcomed the annual rugby tournament as a source of entertainment for the army of collegians who invaded the island each spring, and its participants as a counterbalance to the predominantly feminine character of that army. Hence, it turned out to be a memorable experience for the team off the playing field as well as on. 


Vince Jones used his introduction into rugby as a springboard to a quasi-career in the sport. He earned a letter or its equivalent both at Oxford (while a Rhodes Scholar) and at Stanford (while a law student) and participated in the sport as player and coach, both amateur and professional, well into the 1960s, including captaining an all-star team that toured Australia and New Zealand. He is still practicing law in Concord, California.


Our 60th and last June reunion is but a few weeks away (June 11-14). I hope to see you there.


—Dave Drexler, 1706 N. Park Dr., Apt. 8, Wilmington, DE 19806; (302) 428-0398; dave@drexler. com


We’ll call this one the “West Coast Report,” at least partially. For about the 25th year in a row, on December 10, 2012, the class held a year-end luncheon in San Francisco at the Bohemian Club with the usual cast of regulars in attendance. Our host Peter Zischke presided. Other attendees included two additional “Bohemians,” Wey Lundquist and Lee Cliff.Wey and his wife, Kay Taylor, are now spending their winters in San Francisco, where Wey formerly practiced law. They spend the balance of the year at their home in Hanover. Lee, also a retired lawyer, and Nell Cliff have moved to the Forum at Rancho San Antonio in nearby Cupertino. David H. Larson, a retired architect, drove up from San Mateo, Jim Streng came down from his home in Fair Oaks, completing the list of attendees (except for this correspondent). Jim is retired from the home construction business in the Sacramento area. Several other classmates who regularly attend could not make it this year. Nick Skylor (San Francisco) and Dave Brew (Los Altos) called in sick—just temporary conditions. Grov Bryant is also ailing and was unable to attend. Andy Stern (Berkeley) sent his regrets because he was in New York and Gil Ellenberger (Portola Valley) had plans to go to New York, but instead suffered a fall at home (no serious damage), so he missed both the lunch and New York. The list of classmates in northern California stands at about 18, virtually unchanged from last year. Northernmost is Charlie Blakemore in Eureka. John Collins lives in Geyserville, about 80 miles north of San Francisco, while Jim Ketchum and Jack Flitner are in Santa Rosa—all a little too far for lunch. Others are closer and we hope we can get them to join the lunch one of these years. It is interesting that, in retirement, we have 49 classmates living in the seven western states of California (27), Oregon (7), Washington (3), Nevada (3), Idaho (1), Alaska (1) and Arizona (7), and we have 44 classmates living in the one state of Florida (at least for legal purposes!).


—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52 @aol.com


In recounting the festivities at the annual luncheon for Washington, D.C., area classmates that he hosts at the Cosmos Club each November—and which was attended last Veteran’s Day by stalwarts Doug Corderman, Ted Fellowes, Jim Fowler, Dr. Gordy Kay, Dr. Frank Mate, Bill Sweet and Dick Hull—class president Dorn McGrath offhandedly mentioned Dick’s longstanding interest in Coe’s Mill, a defunct grist mill dating from the late 18th century in rural Loudoun County, Virginia, about an hour’s drive northwest of Washington.


In follow-up conversations Dick told me that he had acquired the mill’s site and the house built from its stones as a weekend retreat in 1963, but it was only upon his retirement in 1997 from a multi-faceted career as a lawyer specializing in international matters for several U.S. government departments that he was inspired to inquire into the mill’s history and the genealogies of the several families who had preceded him as owners of the property. 


He summarized his research into old land and court records in a privately printed monograph, which he prefaces with extracts from a 1940 letter in which a former owner reminisced about watching as a boy General Lee’s army march by the mill on its retreat from the Battle of Antietam. His research uncovered several failed attempts at economic development of the area around the mill, so that when the commercial viability of small water-powered milling operations faded in the late 19th century, Coe’s Mill gradually succumbed to the elements, and through time its 100-plus surrounding acres gradually reverted to the pristine sylvan wilderness that Dick acquired. 


Through the years Dick has strived to protect, thus far successfully, the unspoiled qualities of his property from the suburbanization overwhelming other parts of Loudoun County (Dulles Airport is but a few miles away). He has placed a commemorative bronze plaque on a surviving mill foundation wall and displays some of the machinery that has been excavated from the mill creek. He extended to me, and to other ’52ers I’m sure, an invitation to visit if in the neighborhood.


—Dave Drexler, 100 Waters Edge Drive, Jupiter, FL 33477; (561) 747-3874; dave@drexler.com


Putting together these notes is a bit challenging since I write in mid-April for a publication date after our 60th reunion, where it now appears that at least one-third of our living class members will have been on hand to exchange in person news and reminiscences. These notes also mark the end of my stint as class secretary. So forgive me if I use these milestones as an excuse for indulging in a few personal reflections.


In the recent predilection for generation naming (“The Greatest,” “Baby Boomers,” “Gen-Xers,” etc.) we seem to have fallen in the cracks. May I suggest for our generation, or at least our segment of it, “The Luckiest.” Born too late to have been aware of the Great Depression, we were, except for a handful of veterans, too young for World War II. The availability of student deferments and non-combat commissions kept all but a few from the battlefield rigors of Korea, and we were too old and, thankfully, our sons too young, for the Vietnam quagmire.


While the timing of our births insulated us from personal involvement in our country’s wars, it did grant us the opportunity to utilize our talents, enhanced by our Dartmouth experience, to pursue our individual ambitions and career choices during what will undoubtedly be recorded as the greatest sustained period of general prosperity and individual opportunity in American history so far. 


Now as senior citizens we are, I sense, largely unaffected onlookers to the economic and societal woes presently afflicting the country, a serenity perhaps tempered by some apprehension as to what the future holds for our grandchildren. But, all in all, we have been most fortunate, in Dartmouth, and in the country and times in which we have lived our lives.


As a valedictory, I thank everyone who helped me rebuild my ties to the class and College which time had frayed, particularly Ken Roman, Bill Montgomery and the late Angus Russell.


As to the future, my wish for all is contentment in the days and years left to us.


—Dave Drexler, 1706 N. Park Drive, Apt. 8, Wilmington, DE 19806; (302) 428-0398; dave@drexler.com

At this stage of the game you might think all of our accomplishments are in the book and the book is closed. Not so fast. Bill Randall, retired banker from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this year received the Maestro Award from the United Performing Arts Fund (UPAF) of Milwaukee for his accomplishments as a community leader and co-founder of UPAF 45 years ago. UPAF is now the largest united arts fund in the country. John Rosenwald, still active in financial services in New York as vice chairman at JPMorgan Chase, has received two public service recognitions this fall. In early September in New York he was honored before more than 1,000 people at the annual dinner of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum Foundation Inc. for his work on behalf of the foundation. It is the principal supporter of the memorial and museum commemorating the September 11 attacks of 2001. This was followed in November, again in New York, by the New York Landmarks Conservancy with an award to “Rosie” for his work on behalf of that organization. The mission of the conservancy is to preserve and protect the iconic buildings and unique neighborhoods of New York. Also honored at that dinner were Liza Minnelli, theater owners and producers the Nederlander brothers and real estate developer Peter Malkin, brother of our late classmate Roger Malkin. We have several classmates still competing in sports and one of the most active is Harry Goldsmith, M.D.,from Glenbrook, Nevada. Harry swims as a member of the Alameda Aquatic Masters, and this year his team set a new world record in the 400-meter relay for 80 years and older. They also hold the world’s record for the 800-meter freestyle relay. Finally, in Hanover this fall the Hopkins Center and the Dartmouth Film Society honored Buck Henry for his distinguished career as a film actor, writer and director. The program, “Buck—Amok,” featured film clips of many of Buck’s works and was part of the 50th anniversary celebration for the Hopkins Center at Dartmouth. Many of our local ’52s were able to attend the event honoring our classmate. 


—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com