Class Notes
Class sports maven Bill White’s recent prognostication relative to football is that 2012 will be a year of rebuilding following Dartmouth’s first winning season in 13 years.
In November Ron Dougherty received the Ohio State Bar Association’s highest award, the Ritter Award.
The article in the recent Dartmouth Alumni Magazine mentioning Peter Bullis and the Indian Chiefs Jazz Band brought up memories of other ’54s who played with College bands.
What is it about the enduring quality of the community of ’54 activists that continues to be enhanced as we age: a sense of belonging, shared experiences, the Dartmouth connection, lifelong friendships? Whatever!
Milton Kramer was an outstanding member of our class, serving in leadership positions—chair of Palaeopitus and editor-in-chief of The Dartmouth. He was the valedictorian of our class.
The first of our 80th celebrations was held during the last weekend in October in Boston.
It’s no secret that during calendar 2012 most of us will be celebrating our, gulp, 80th birthday!
Sinclair Hitchings, who became keeper of the prints at the Boston Library, retired this past February.
The second 80th celebration was held in Sarasota, Florida, in February. There were 96 attendees, including 50 classmates.
The annual ’54 golf-tennis mini-reunion was held in Tampa, Florida, in early March, hosted by Bob and Kit Dean.
The class met in Hanover during the last weekend in September for a mini-reunion and executive committee meeting during Class Officers Weekend.
This past summer the College instituted a lecture series for the summer term: “Leading Voices in Politics and Policy.” This course drew inspiration from “Great Issues.” How many of you remember the speakers at our “Great Issues” course 1953-54: J