Class Notes
Sometimes it pays to clean out the basement. Gary Gilson recently stumbled on three tapes that included a game he and John Kramer ’56 had broadcast on WDBS. Not just any game—the NCAA playoff against West Virginia.
Volunteerism has become a vital activity for many of us in recent years. Numerous classmates report that since they’ve retired they are busier than ever.
John Cusick never thought he would become a Floridian, but he and Lyn sold their home in the south of France in 2010 and have now joined who knows how many others in persistently sunny climes on this side of the Atlantic.
Classmates remain engaged in a wide variety of ways. Bill Davidow’s latest book, Overconnected: The Promise and Threat of the Internet, is available in paperback from Delphinium books.
The long winter days in Hanover are slowly yielding to the bright sunshine of March. For some of us, this means fine spring skiing.
During our 25th reunion I happened to wander past a class tent occupied by some people who looked very old to me. They were members of the class of 1927 at their 55th reunion. And here we are, walking around in their shoes.
As I write these notes due in Hanover by December 28 there are 18 inches of snow on the ground (with more to come) and the temperature right now is 9 degrees.
Want a good inexpensive wine? Oenologist Bill Edgerton suggests the J. Lohr Riverstone chardonnay. “It’s available at most stores for between $9 and $12,” Bill said.
Thanks to Dan Tompkins ’62, a 1956 Dartmouth recruiting film (www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww_ZhYv4sps&feature=player_embedded) appeared on the class listserv in
The May-June DAM article about Delta Upsilon’s successful struggle to pledge Ray Johnson ’59 (led by Tom Herlihy, Tom Macy, Bob Caldwell and Shelly Kjellenberg) led to email exchanges about how fraternitie
Henry Binder, M.D., has been on the faculty of Yale School of Medicine since 1965 and is now professor emeritus. “I am continuing teaching and clinical activities but at a reduced pace,” Henry said.
In the autumns of 1953, 1954 and 1955, Dartmouth’s football team won a total of eight games out of 27 played. Then, in 1956, coach Bob Blackman’s second season, Dartmouth had its first winning record since 1949.