Class Notes 1959

Tip Putnam sent some news: “Life in Hilton Head, South Carolina, is the same as Buffalo, New York, with four inches of snow this morning. I had to call off my neighborhood pool party and get out my push broom to clear a path to my mailbox (empty) and try to figure out how to light a fire in my never-used-before fireplace. My wife tossed my skates, so I can’t enjoy the weather’s sudden change. Things here are otherwise great. The pandemic has gone. I gave up volunteering at the local free clinic at the insistence of my family. Our clinic manager, much younger and healthier, got Covid and passed away. I had the last replaceable joint in my legs reengineered a year ago right after laminectomies in my lumbar spine. I have more scar tissue than normal skin. I have not seen any classmates in ages. Moose Morton came through with a group to play golf a few years ago. Moose looked 20 years younger than I and wouldn’t tell me his secret. I run into Mike Hellman, who lives here, from time to time.”

I had a nice phone call from Peter Strock. Peter came to Dartmouth from the Boston Latin School and matriculated in our class only to leave after our junior year to work for Time magazine’s editorial department. He then completed a doctorate in dentistry in Cleveland, an internship in oral surgery, a period of academic teaching and research, and then dental practice. Currently, he and his wife, Saralea, are retired and living near Wellesley College, where he is auditing undergraduate courses. He is especially impressed by the intelligence and vigor of the young women in his classes as they ponder how to create a fair society balancing individual rights and community needs. Peter asked what I know about Tom Bracket and Rob Brown. If I don’t hear from them, I’ll call them next month.

Also note that several classmates died in 2024: Peter Vultee February 26, Robert Davidow March 17, Bertrand Pineau-Valenciennes April 4, John Davis, April 9, John Payne April 23, Richard Warden May 14, George Shipley Jr. May 23, and John Baldwin May 26. There may be more as we try to catch up; the last we heard about was John Hessler, who died in February.

—Stu Hanson, 3663 Park Center Blvd., #313, Minneapolis, MN 55416; (612) 655-4434; ashanson55@msn.com

Our 65th reunion is behind us. Thank you to all the classmates who made it a success. I had to cancel out at the last minute due to my wife’s illness, but all the reports I received from Barry Smith were great except for the attendance the last day. There were 45 classmates and about 75 attendees. We did well again, with 50.3 percent of our living classmates contributing to the Dartmouth College Fund. Thank you.

Terry Troy was impressed by the session on communicating using deep listening and engaging questioning to solve conflicts. He is considering bringing the concepts into his work with Twin Cities organizations. Terry has led an equity real estate firm in St. Paul, Minnesota, for decades. He still goes into the office daily. The business is participating in the affordable housing market. His other major community service has been the board chair for The Retreat in Wayseta, Minnesota, for 16 years. The Retreat is an alcohol treatment center that uses the Hazleton 12-step model. He and his wife have raised four children who have produced 15 grandchildren, resulting in 22 great-grandchildren.

Lee and Helen Gilliatt report that they have more than 40 oak trees down after Hurricane Helene hit them in Shelby, North Carolina. They did not lose electricity but dealing with their woods is a major problem. Lee retired from his pediatric medical practice 22 years ago to spend full time coaching cross country and leading the Young Life Program with Shelby high school students. He has recently retired a second time when he could no longer keep up with his high school runners. Lee and Helen’s son, Nathan ’87, was a classmate of my son Peter. Their daughter has given them three grandsons.

Tip Putnam read my appeal for more information about classmates and sent a nice email. The only problem is he didn’t give any news about his life in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Maybe next time he will relay some news that’s fit to print.

—Stu Hanson, 3663 Park Center Blvd., #313, Minneapolis, MN 55416; (612) 655-4434; ashanson55@msn.com

Sixty-five years, can you believe it? Our 65th reunion is upon us, which means that some of us have been married for 65 years and most of us are 86 or 87 years old. We are well into grandchildren and many into great-grandchildren. Hard to believe, but every discussion I have with classmates centers on the memories and visions of the Hanover scene when we were there. We all have special scenes or memories stored in the mental Rolodex that we call our brain, and they span the spectrum from Occom Pond to Davis Field House to “Great Issues” to the bonfires to Baker Library to Green Key to Thayer Hall to Tanzi’s to Parkhurst to the favorite faculty member to John Sloan Dickey and Dean McDonald. We all wish we could purposefully stride across the Green or intently engage with our classmates in some classroom in Dartmouth Row or at Tuck or at Thayer. But we must acknowledge that the tincture of time has started to color the picture.

Larry Furrer ’56, Th’57, was a couple of years ahead of us at Dartmouth. Larry was energized to write “Don’t Let the Old Man In” after hearing Clint Eastwood explain that aging was not easy, but that every morning he got up and did not let the old man in.

He’s always there in the morning,

But I hear a voice within.

It’s sending me a warning,

Don’t let the old man in!

Though I start out kind of slow,

I shake off all chagrin,

I tell myself, “Get ready to go.”

And don’t let that old man in!

I always have to walk with care,

Especially when I begin.

I admit sometimes I get a scare,

But I don’t let the old man in.

Great-grandkids help to keep me spry,

They make me laugh and grin.

I’m worn out when they say goodbye,

But I didn’t let the old man in.

By 10 o’clock, we say alright,

Let’s both of us call it a night,

By then there isn’t any doubt,

All day I kept the old man out.

Keep the cards and letters coming. Make 2024 a year of continuing accomplishments by the class of 1959 and don’t let the old man in.

—Charlie MacVean, 3528 Liggett Drive, San Diego, CA 92106-2153; (619) 508-4401; crmacvean@msn.com

Yes, I know it is springtime and thoughts would normally be turning to Green Key and graduation. But this year is special for our class and our reunion has become uppermost in our minds. John Ferries has put together a fabulous program for our 65th reunion, scheduled to begin at noon on Sunday, September 22, and end at noon on Wednesday, September 25. The theme is “Dartmouth Today and Tomorrow,” and the first session is planned to be “Dartmouth Students Today,” so we’ll get to meet some current undergraduates and get the inside story on what’s happening on campus and how they feel about their Dartmouth experience. We’ll hear about the challenges facing the College and the master plan the College has developed. We’ll tour the Hood and hear about plans for improving the Hop, followed by a reception and dinner, highlighted by a presentation by new President Sian Beilock. We’ll learn about the process Dartmouth has implemented to engage students and faculty in discussions of the major issues of the day in a mature, respectful, and inclusive way. We will tour the west campus, and we’ll hear from Thayer leaders who are preparing students for the high-tech world of tomorrow. Finally, we will hear from senior administrators in the Tuck, Guarini, and Geisel graduate schools as well as a presentation on the “Future of Dartmouth Athletics.” More information will come via email and newsletter, so save the dates and plan to attend what promises to be a terrific reunion of the great class of 1959! Be alert for the final details and registration materials. Make your plans for a fall weekend among classmates, friends, and family at Dartmouth.

Keep the cards and letters coming. Make 2024 a year of continuing accomplishments by the class of 1959—and a trip to Hanover.

—Charlie MacVean, 3528 Liggett Drive, San Diego, CA 92106-2153; (619) 508-4401; crmacvean@msn.com

As we enter the new year, the rear-view mirror reflects the arrival of a new Dartmouth president, the fall semester is behind us, our multimedia and mixed-media mini-reunion was conducted, and Homecoming was observed with all of the usual accoutrements. As we head for our 65th reunion, the College recognizes that ’59 is really fine and that is reflected in the two congratulatory letters below.

“Dear members of the Dartmouth Class of 1959, Thank you for your support of Dartmouth during the Call to Lead campaign. Our global community came together to affirm Dartmouth’s distinctive strengths through remarkable acts of giving and leadership. Your participation in this bold endeavor has allowed new ways of thinking through interdisciplinary collaboration and research, opened new doors for students to learn and lead, and transformed physical spaces on campus. Together we’ve made an indelible impact on our beloved institution for generations to come through this historic campaign. Thank you for being a part of it. With deep gratitude, Richard Kimball ’78, Elizabeth’89 and Philip Loughlin ’89, Sharon and Greg Maffei ’82, Laurel Richie ’81, and David and Peggy Tanner ’79.”

“Dear class of 1959, I wanted to extend my heartfelt congratulations again on your outstanding achievement at last week’s VOX virtual event. Your hard work and dedication are a great model for other organizations, and I am thrilled to share your recognition with you. As a token of our appreciation and to commemorate this special occasion, please find attached a PDF of your award certificate. Once again, congratulations! Your dedication, excellence, and the meaningful impact you’ve had on your classmates continue to inspire us all. All the best, Briana Stein, associate director of alumni engagement.”

Keep the cards and letters coming and let’s make 2024 a year of accelerated accomplishments by the class of 1959.

—Charlie MacVean, 3528 Liggett Drive, San Diego, CA 92106-2153; (619) 508-4401; crmacvean@msn.com

Well, we have traversed through another summer. Students are back on campus and fall sports teams are tuning up. We have had another Zoom mini-reunion and we are planning for another one in the September timeframe. We may grouse about the reliance on the internet in lieu of live events, but the reality of it is that we have been able to gather classmates who by choice or necessity would not travel to Hanover for a mini. Classmates, faculty members, administrators, and students have all been available and reachable and reached out through the mechanism of the internet.

Of particular note is John Ferries, who has volunteered and done considerable preparation to make meaningful and thought-provoking presentations during our mini-reunions. We all agree that they have been terrific. John, we thank you greatly and you have taken the cover off the fact that many classmates have the ability to bring their lives, careers, and thought processes to bear and provide discussions which could be the centerpieces for future class mini-reunions. We are now looking forward to the multimedia class reunion during a weekend in October, which will be Homecoming and the hosting of a daytime Dartmouth football game. Since it appears that this game will be widely available and viewable, it may well be an opportunity for localized mini-reunions, wherever you may be. We are anticipating both in-person and internet participation and hope that this will provide a meaningful way for you to stay in touch with the vibrancy of the College and our class. Please keep Sam Werner or me up to date on your latest activities.

—Charlie MacVean, 3528 Liggett Drive, San Diego, CA 92106-2153; (619) 508-4401; crmacvean@msn.com

Given the production schedule for Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, this writing is taking place between Christmas and New Year’s Eve in 2022. So by the time this reaches you near springtime, you may have had experiences that would be of interest to your classmates. Are you planning more or any travel and have you really been able to shake the issues or fallout from the pandemic? Suddenly we have found that we have children who are more than 60. Do you remember talking to them about dating and birth control? Now we are talking to them about Social Security aspects. And grandchildren have now graduated from college and perhaps started a family. But through all this newness, many of us still find Dartmouth and the Hanover Plain as our centering point. Children, grandchildren, friends, and acquaintances are all amazed at how much Dartmouth has captured us and led us through life. I think we have all had the experience when faced with a decision or uncomfortable situation, we all wished that we could return to those halcyon days, when “Great Issues” or Thayer Hall or Winter Carnival or the Tower Room or Russell Sage or the faculty or Tanzi’s or our athletic teams and clubs or the Green provided us all with the strength that we needed. My father (’31) put it very clearly: “Being a student at Dartmouth is as good as it gets. This is the easiest job you will ever have. Your food and housing are covered; all you must do is get some grades and keep your nose clean.” I am not sure that I lived up to his aspirations, but the message was very clear and true.

We all continue to enjoy and benefit from our virtual mini-reunions. I hope you will find the chat rooms as a conveyance to connect you with those you have been wondering about. Since you have not been overwhelming me with the news of what you have been doing or are planning to do, I am planning to be a little more proactive with classmates and will plan to call some of you to elicit your experiences so that I may inform our classmates, through this medium, of more up-to-date descriptors of your activities and aspirations.

Do stay connected and let me know of your happenings or classmate encounters.

—Charlie MacVean, 3528 Liggett Drive, San Diego, CA 92106-2153; (619) 508-4401; crmacvean@msn.com

The November mini-reunion by Zoom is now in the history books, as are the many fall sports as we look forward to 2023. We are also reminded of the memories of the 1958-59 rugby team as brought to light by Will Gray’s terrific memoirs of how that club transformed itself from a backwoods club to a national and internationally recognized team. Those memoirs give a special credit to Dick Liesching, who brought extraordinary expertise and a driving passion for rugby from his hometown in England. While seniors Alan Gazzaniga and Sam Bowlby were wonderful teammates, the engine for this train consisted of John Hessler, Al Brown, Kurt Christiansen, Earl Glazier, Joe Graham, Al Krutsch, Dick Liesching, Mike Miller, and Will Gray. It was a powerhouse. They surprised English pundits by going 5-2 on their tour. Then they went up against established teams on a California tour. Overall, England plus California, the Dartmouth rugby team went 14-3, with 11 of those 14 wins being shutouts.They had put Dartmouth on the rugby map. Will gives special credit to Corey Ford, who believed in the team and rounded up the resources to make the history-making tours possible. After graduation Will served in the U.S. Navy as an officer on a destroyer, which included two tours to Asia. He then joined his family company, H.W. Gray, in N.Y.C. Will and spouse Barbara, who live in Setauket, New York, have three children. He has also been a volunteer coach of lacrosse for 42 years at his local high school. My thanks to John Ferries, who transcribed his encounter with Will Gray.An October gathering of classmates in San Diego brought together Kurt Christiansen, Mickey Cohen, Charlie MacVean, Herb Schoenberg, and Bob Werbel. They reminisced about those classmates who had lived in southern California: Jim Bybee, Sutton Clark, Bob Filderman, and Ron Kabot. Congratulations to Sam Werner for the recognition and receipt of the Clifford G. Shull Prize in Neutron Science as chronicled in our late summer newsletter.

Do “Stay Connected” and let me know of your happenings or classmate encounters.

—Charlie MacVean, 3528 Liggett Drive, San Diego, CA 92106-2153; (619) 508-4401; crmacvean@msn.com

We begin with a heartfelt thanks and a hearty well done to Bob Werbel as he retires from his position as the editor of our class newsletter. Bob has applied his love of Dartmouth, his outgoing personality, and his enthusiastic energy to those newsletters, which helped us get through the pandemic. Sam Werner will be the new editor, and I am sure that with his Ph.D. in physics he will be able to use the newsletter to help us better understand the universe.

John Ferries shared some of the details of a meeting with Harvey Galper in the Washington, D.C., area. Harvey is a classmate who makes us proud. He is a contributing citizen to this world and, in John’s words, “He has had an amazing career that included achieving the rare trifecta—successes in academia, in government, and in the private sector. In academia he received a Ph.D. in economics from Yale and taught on the faculty of Dartmouth, Georgetown Law School, and UC Berkeley. In government he worked for the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury, where he was a senior tax policy advisor. In the private sector he worked in senior positions for KMPG and Deloitte and was a senior fellow for the prestigious Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center. Harvey provided financial and tax policy advice to developing regions such as Egypt, Kazakhstan, Trinidad, Puerto Rico, and Ukraine. In Ukraine Harvey and his wife, Alice, concurrently worked on projects for different Ukrainian organizations. And for the last nine years, ending in December ’21, Harvey was a pro bono visiting fellow at the Urban Institute. In that role the most recent major project he directed was for Kenya. Working with people from a Kenyan analytical institute, they revealed that the financial system being run by the national government made it more difficult for local Kenyan counties to provide necessary services for their people.”

Harvey is a great example of the contributions that our classmates have made across a spectrum of endeavors. Please let me know of your next interaction with a classmate.

—Charlie MacVean, 3528 Liggett Drive, San Diego, CA 92106-2153; (619) 508-4401; crmacvean@msn.com

The November Zoom mini-reunion is behind us and a recap would be that it was an excellent update on the pulse of the campus, the Covid constraints still existing, and some opportunities to chat and catch up with classmates. One could sense that classmates were aiming to return to “normalcy” with regard to vacationing, visiting, and attending their grandchildren’s weddings. We are hopeful that future gatherings will be in person.

I also find that classmates are now more into reminiscing about their roommates than reporting on themselves. Peter Vultee from Rocklin, California, spoke of the importance of Ken Rogers to his time at Dartmouth. Although Ken has passed on, his impact on Peter remains a positive influence on his daily life. And others, such as Dick Sameth in Vero Beach, Florida, reported on the impact of the loss of his wife. Similarly, Laura Nason in Olympia, Washington,let us know how the loss of Jack Nason has been doubly felt by the Covid issues that kept the family from gathering. Elizabeth Cook in Fairbanks, Alaska, widow of John Cook, has let us know that John’s work as an archeologist has been collected and captured at the University of Alaska. Myron Lewis, M.D., is in Memphis, Tennessee, where he has retired following a career as a gastroenterologist. Between lunches with Bob Filderman, Ellen and Charlie MacVean in San Diego escaped for two weeks in Maui, Hawaii. Bob Werbel spent time in Williamstown, Massachusetts, recovering from some surgery.

Things are better. So please let me know of your post-pandemic travels and family plans—pictures or puns are always welcome. The class wants to hear of you and your future plans. Class Notes are fueled by your input. Please let me know what you are doing or what you are planning to do.

Be well and stay well!

—Charlie MacVean, 3528 Liggett Drive, San Diego, CA 92106-2153; (619) 508-4401; crmacvean@msn.com

Just a year ago we listed some hints on how to deal with isolation. Now, as we emerge from the fog of the pandemic, these hints are relisted—just so you can see whether the ideas were good, bad, or needed modifications.

Sanitize: Wash those hands and clean those surfaces used in food preparation. Envision what an intestinal bug would do on a submarine with 130 folks and five toilets?

Establish a routine: Get out of bed on time, get out of those PJs before noon, shave or put on your cosmetics.

Get dressed, and I don’t mean slipping into a sweatsuit.

Hydrate: Water will help your immune system stay tuned up.

Exercise: Spend at least 20 to 30 minutes a day in exercise. Walk or use light weights. We all think about exercise, now we must do it.

Moderate food and drink: If you concentrate on minor decreases, clothes fit better. Resist that temptation for extra wine or cocktails.

Plan on measurable projects; make them small and manageable. It may be to clean out a drawer or get six items ready for Goodwill or write four high school friends.

Limit your time in front of a screen, computer, or TV. Be selective. Get away from constant news. Give yourself a break—find a comedy.

Stay connected; we are all wired to be social in nature and thrive at being in touch. On submarines, family communications were limited, but we were always close to one of 120 shipmates. Check in with a few acquaintances each day.

No matter which ocean, operating a submarine was full of surprises and anxiety. But the memories of Dartmouth have not changed. Think about Dartmouth when you feel that you are about to lose it.

We all want to get together, so there is real work going into determining the form, fit, and function of a fall mini-reunion.

—Charlie MacVean, 3528 Liggett Drive, San Diego, CA 92106-2153; (619) 508-4401; crmacvean@msn.com

With every aspect of “normal life” now being challenged, we relish our memories of Dartmouth, embrace the hopes of 2021, and look forward to our next class virtual event.

—Charlie MacVean, 3528 Liggett Drive, San Diego, CA 92106-2153; (619) 508-4401; crmacvean@msn.com

We are now in our 61st year since graduation and the changes since our 60th reunion have rocked us in so many ways. The new normals have been stressful in many ways, but in other ways it has led us to ways to reimagine and initiate new activities. We have reached out to connect or reconnect with friends and family, which otherwise might have been left undone. This has led to an awareness of just how difficult this is for those who are alone, for whatever reason, and those who live in assisted living or apartment dwellings where stringent controls have been necessary. Recognizing that our fall mini-reunion in Hanover was not going to happen in a standard way, Dave Marshall and Barry Smith were hard at work to design a virtual get-together that would give us some real insights into life on the Hanover Plain in the face of the pandemic. November appears to be the month when those efforts will come to fruition. John Ferries, the sparkplug for our 60th reunion and so many other class successes, will move from the Hanover area. Donna and John will leave New London, New Hampshire, and transition to Pennsylvania, where they will be closer to their daughter and her family. Peter Vultee checked in from Rocklin, California, and related his fond memories of a special friend and classmate, Ken Rogers, who had passed away some time ago. Aron Wolf, a longtime Alaska resident, continues to actively provide healthcare consultation, particularly in the area of mental health. Aron’s wife, Pat, passed away last year. He is also the director of mental health for a large telemedicine provider, so he remains a busy doctor. Dick Sameth is splitting his time between Mantoloking, New Jersey, and Vero Beach, Florida, where he recently saw Bob Foot,who is also enjoying the Sunshine State. Dick’s wife, Polly, passed away early this year.

Now, more than ever, feel free to drop me a line with updates about you, your classmates, and your activities.

—Charlie MacVean, 3528 Liggett Drive, San Diego, CA 92106-2153; (619) 508-4401; crmacvean@msn.com

While we may all be thinking of the memories of those Green Key weekends, it is really time to be thinking about the next mini-reunion. The fall mini-reunion will be on October 2 and 3, which is Homecoming and the Dartmouth game against Penn. Dave Marshall and Barry Smith are working the details and they will be provided; but mark your calendars now.

The class leadership team has met on several occasions to ensure the class of 1959 is in good hands and moving in the desired direction. The latest meeting was led by Bill Boyle, president. Chris Cundey, John Ferries, Dave Marshall, Mike Nolen, Barry Smith, Joanne Wise, Jim Wooster,and Bob Werbel all participated. Topics discussed included the Dartmouth College Fund, the need for a webmaster, an update on Women’s Initiative Network’s activities, communications methodology, and an in-depth look at the financials as highlighted by Mike Nolen. This team, along with others, continues to work tirelessly to meet the needs of the class.

Because of scheduling conflicts, the winter San Diego micro-reunion was reduced to Bob Filderman and Charlie MacVean. “Fildy” again set the standards for another lunch to remember.

Look hard at your fall schedule and make plans now to attend the fall mini-reunion. With Homecoming as a backdrop to the weekend, it should be a memorable time.

And as always, feel free to drop me a line with updates about you, your classmates, and your activities.

—Charlie MacVean, 3528 Liggett Drive, San Diego, CA 92106-2153; (619) 508-4401; crmacvean@msn.com

The Dartmouth-Princeton game in Yankee Stadium is now in the record books. Time to muse about Winter Carnival.

Joe Nadeau released a new book promoting the rule of law around the globe. At Home Abroad: Friendship First was released this past spring. Joe attended Boston University School of Law after Dartmouth and was appointed associate justice, then chief justice of the N.H. Superior Court, then a term as an associate justice of the N.H. Supreme Court. Joe has gathered input from many sources to provide personal insights into international programs of cooperation that have worked. This book will take you to the front lines of civil rights around the world.

On another authoring front, we have Bob Davidow. After Dartmouth and law school, Bob practiced in Cleveland. Then followed three years in the Army and then he taught law in North Dakota, Florida, Texas, and Virginia. He completed more graduate work, and, when his mother became ill, he attended the University of Chicago Divinity School and became a prison chaplain. He eventually returned to law and worked for the Cook County (Chicago) Public Defenders until retiring. His most recent work, in the Wayne Law Review, is titled “Response to Gerrymandering,” with a brief essay defending his proposal. If you are interested in exploring some of Bob’s writings, please contact me and I will get you connected.

A southern California micro-reunion saw Bob Filderman, Larry Friedricks, and Charlie MacVean with their wives share a few days together in Palm Desert.

—Charlie MacVean, 3528 Liggett Drive, San Diego, CA 92106-2153; (619) 508-4401; crmacvean@msn.com

A memorable 60th reunion was held in Hanover June 10-13. It was attended by more than 150 classmates, spouses, widows, and guests. Fred Bacon, who lives in Herzliya, Israel, came the farthest from his home, and more than 30 of the attendees came from west of the Mississippi River. By contrast, a few of the attendees, including Bill Boyle, our newly elected president, live within earshot of the Baker chimes.

The reunion planning committee, chaired by Chris Cundey and Jim Wooster,included a number of classmates and spouses from the Hanover area. The program included an address by President Phil Hanlon, several lectures by faculty members, breakfasts in the Commons (formerly Thayer Hall) and class luncheons and dinners in various venues, a celebration of the class’s signature project—Dartmouth Partners in Community Service—a memorial service for our 250 deceased classmates, and a class meeting at which officers for the next five years were elected. The memorial service in Rollins Chapel, officiated by the Rev. Read Heydt, included a eulogy by co-president John Ferries,a reading of each name of the deceased, and the sublime music of organist Bruce McInnes. This was the final reunion of our class to be held in June in connection with the College’s Commencement (which was held on the weekend prior to the reunion). Our next reunion, the 65th, is scheduled to be held in early autumn 2024.

The new leadership team, headed by Bill Boyle, also includes co-vice presidents Chris Cundey, John Ferries; and Jim Wooster; treasurer Mike Nolen; secretary Charlie MacVean; head Alumni Fund agents Bob Helsell and Chris Cundey; newsletter editor Bob Werbel; and mini-reunion chairs Barry Smith and Dave Marshall. The new team will take the helm on July 1, and we will be hearing from it anon.

It has been a privilege to have served as your secretary, including writing this and the 29 previous class notes columns. The next column, which will appear in the November-December issue of DAM, will be written by Charlie MacVean.

—Dick Hoehn, 845 Union St., Marshfield, MA 02050; (781) 834-7194; r06hoehn@gmail.com

The most recent column stated that our class would be receiving a lifetime social justice award from the College for the class’s role in founding and continuing to support Dartmouth Partners in Community Service—our signature project. The award ceremony was held at the end of January. Doug Wise accepted the award on behalf of the class. Karl Holtzschue, a founding and principal supporter, currently our representative on the project’s board of directors, participated on a panel of award winners. Michael Stern, who initially proposed the concept to the class in the early 1990s and has continued to be a principal supporter, also participated in the event. The class was represented by a number of others, including Janice and Chris Cundey, Joanne Wise, Betsy and Jim Wooster, Joan and Wayne French, Debbie and Mike Nolen, and Mal Swenson.

This column, although prepared in late February, appears in May—the last column published prior to the celebration of our 60th reunion, which will take place in Hanover on June 10-13 under the chairmanship of Chris Cundey and Jim Wooster. They expect, based on expressions of intent which they have received, that a large, perhaps even record, turnout of well more than 150 classmates, spouses, widows, and others will attend.

John Ferries is chairman of communications for the reunion and has sent to the class several newsletters containing details. A recent letter contains, among other details, a list of those who have expressed an intention to attend and a tentative schedule of events, which includes dinners on the lawn of Baker Library and in the grand ballroom of the Hanover Inn, a reception in the newly reopened Hood Museum, several talks by College speakers (including President Phil Hanlon), and a memorial service in Rollins Chapel. Although active sports will not be on the formal agenda, some classmates and spouses plan to play golf in the New London, New Hampshire, area following the reunion. Those interested in participating should contact Chris Cundey or Dave Marshall, whose contact information is in the newsletter.

—Dick Hoehn, 845 Union St., Marshfield, MA 02050; (781) 834-7194; r06hoehn@gmail.com

A class mini-reunion, orchestrated by Cathy and Al Munro, was held in Hanover on the second weekend of October. Particulars will be recounted on the class website. One of the events of each fall mini-reunion is an annual class meeting that includes, among other agenda items, a discussion of the proposed budget for the forthcoming year. Our class’ revenues consist mostly of receipts from dues, and disbursements consist of communications and other administrative expenses and contributions to the five student-related projects supported by the class as well as a payment to the College under the memorial books program. The size of both revenues and disbursements is in the $20,000-$25,000 range, and the results are generally around break-even.

Two other matters discussed at the recent meeting were the 60th reunion to be held on June 10-13, and the College’s 250th birthday, which officially occurs on December 13 (the charter was granted on that day in 1769). On that day in 2019 it is expected that a number of iconic venues around the globe, including Niagara Falls, the World Trade Center, and the Eiffel Tower, will be illuminated in green light.

You will be hearing frequently about our 60th reunion from co-chairs Chris Cundey and Jim Wooster and about the College’s birthday from the organizers of the various celebrations that will occur throughout 2019.

Even though most of us are now long retired from our working careers, accolades for career achievements continue. Last June Sam Werner was awarded the Clifford Shull Prize for his contributions to neutron science. Sam, a world leader in the field of neutron interferometry, is a professor emeritus of the University of Missouri and currently a guest researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Recent columns have chronicled marriages among classmates and sisters of classmates, which one of us, perhaps ruing that he came close but didn’t quite make the club, calls “class incest.” The most recent column on the subject listed five such marriages, but omitted the marriage of Dick Bareuther’s sister, Jean, to Bill Zebedee.

—Dick Hoehn, 845 Union St., Marshfield, MA 02050; (781) 834-7194; r06hoehn@gmail.com

Joanne Wise, chair of the 1959 Women’s Initiative, is again guest columnist and shares some women’s comments. Paula Friedricks: “When Larry and I moved to Rancho Mirage, California, 10 years ago, I was exposed to challenging opportunities I previously never had time to pursue. I am now vice chair of the speaker series commission. Its mission is to enrich the cultural life in our community by providing well-rounded programs, often consisting of speakers from the political, entertainment, or literary fields. This year’s speakers included Gen. Wesley Clark, television-radio journalist and war correspondent Lara Logan, and actor-singer Tab Hunter.”

Ellen MacVean: “Turning 80 has been an interesting experience. I am aware how many times people say, ‘Can she do that? And ‘She is 80?’ Yes, I can still do it. I might be a bit slower, and I cannot do three things at once, but give me a job, and I will accomplish it. When we were in our 60s, I observed that some older friends seemed to do well until they turned 80, and then there was a definite change. Now I am 80 and aware my body is getting older, and I need to take care of myself. I am impatient with people who say 80 is the new 60. Yes, you might feel like you are 60, but your body is 80, and let’s be realistic about it.” Phoebe Shaw: “I have been doing major downsizing, such as selling my Florida house and getting rid of stuff except for my paintings. Two mottos to live by: ‘Life begins when you leave your comfort zone’ and ‘Age doesn’t matter unless you are wine or cheese.’ ” Nancy Adams says she is pleased to have moved to New London, New Hampshire. When Sam died, many in the Hanover area had hopes of Nancy moving closer to many ’59 activities. Recently she and many others shared lots of stories and laughs at one of the monthly class luncheons at Jesse’s restaurant in Hanover.

—Dick Hoehn, 845 Union St., Marshfield, MA 02050; (781) 834-4113; r06hoehn@gmail.com

The College schedules and supports major class reunions in Hanover, with each class reuning once every five years. The next major reunion for ’59s—our 60th—will be June 10-13, 2019. About a year ago Chris Cundey and Jim Wooster were named co-chairs for that reunion. Although Chris and Jim have begun their planning, such details as venues, events and costs won’t be finalized until the College’s staff for supporting major reunions has finished its work with the 2018 reunions. So details about our 60th, beyond the place (Hanover) and dates, probably will not begin to emerge until this autumn.

During the periods between major reunions, our class has customarily held two mini-reunions per year—one in the Hanover area and another at a non-Hanover location. The 2018 mini-reunion in the Hanover area will be held on September 28-30, in connection with a Penn football game, and will be planned and coordinated by Cathy and Al Munro. There will not be one single mini-reunion at a non-Hanover location this year. Instead, it is anticipated that dinners, receptions and other events will be held at various times around the country and beyond in locations where there are concentrations of ’59s. Diane and Scott Palmer will be coordinating these events and would appreciate ideas and, particularly, on-site assistance.

A couple of years ago this column described Jerry Scott’s quest to visit countries numbering more than his age. As this is being written, Jerry and his fiancée, Charlotte Campitelli, are embarked on a world cruise. Jerry says that although his lifetime country total will be more than 100 when the cruise is completed, he is no longer focused on that metric. Instead, he will aim to become a bridge “Sapphire Life Master,” which will require another six or so years of playing that game at his current pace and ability. If he reaches that goal, it would probably be about the time of our 65th reunion, currently scheduled to be held in Hanover in early autumn of 2024.

—Dick Hoehn, 845 Union St., Marshfield, MA 02050; (781) 834-4113; rhoehn@choate.com

About 750 men matriculated in the autumn of 1955 and a few others may by some other path have attended the College and become identified as ’59s. Of those, there are about 530 classmates still living. With very few exceptions, our living classmates are substantially retired from the careers they once pursued. Bob Josephsberg is one of those rare classmates who continue to ply their trade, which in Bob’s case is as an active partner of a Miami-based law firm specializing in complex litigation throughout the nation. Although his working hours are no longer at the prodigious level they once were, Bob still pursues his passion for representing clients on a full-time basis. He has long been recognized as a premier trial attorney and recently received awards for his commitment to the ethical practice of law and for lifetime achievement.

During the recent autumn months a series of natural disasters have struck, beginning with several powerful hurricanes followed by, as these notes are being prepared, wildfires north of San Francisco. Of the many locations affected, the ones with the largest concentrations of ’59s are Florida and the Sonoma and Napa regions of California. Although more than 40 of our classmates identify as Floridians, about half of them are not year-round residents. Year-round Floridians Carol and John Towle evacuated Miami Beach and were with their daughter in the Gainesville area when Hurricane Maria came ashore. Doreen and Lee Othon,also now year-round Floridians, heeded advice to evacuate their quarters and sheltered in place at Shell Point, south of Fort Myers. After two days in the shelter they returned to find their house dry and otherwise unharmed. Of the six or so classmates who live in the area swept by wildfires in northern California, Stephanie and Joe LaVigna seem to have been most affected, being forced to evacuate their house for several days, although, as of this writing, the house survived the fires without substantial damage other than a pervasive smell of smoke. A full account of their wildfire experience can be found on the class website.

—Dick Hoehn, 845 Union St., Marshfield, MA 02050; (781) 834-4113; rhoehn@choate.com

In early April 18 classmates (including spouses and widows) met in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and Georgia for a mini-reunion organized by Diane and Scott Palmer,co-chairs for destination reunions. A report of the affair, including attendees and photographs, has been sent electronically to all classmates who have provided their email addresses and has also been posted on the class website, 1959.Dartmouth.org. Although all reunions—major and mini, Hanover-area and destination—have agendas full of planned events, one of the great attractions is the opportunity to stay connected with classmates and, in the process, to tell and hear stories both old and new, some involving the College and some about other facets of the varied lives we have led. There are a number of repositories of our stories. The most current is probably the class website, particularly on the home page or under “About Us—Classmates’ Stories.” Many of our stories have already been shared with the class, whether on the website, in these notes, in reunion biographies or in other ways. But, given our numbers and the many years each of us has spent in careers, raising families and pursuing other endeavors, there are many stories that have not yet been shared. Classmates who are comfortable in sharing a yet untold story, in whatever format, are encouraged to do so.

An issue or two ago, these notes anticipated that, as ’59s reach the fourscore milestone, the occasions are likely to be marked by noteworthy celebration. In March Meg and Moose Morton hosted what was touted as an 80th birthday celebration for classmates in the Naples, Florida, area, which was attended by Marilyn Allen and Rich Paul, Sally and Al Brown, Tina and Bill Colehower, Roz and Goody Gilman, John Hessler, Donna and Tom Margetts, and Kathy and Al Munro. This magazine some time ago discontinued printing photographs to accompany class notes, but a splendid color photo of that happy group appears on the class website.

—Dick Hoehn, 845 Union St., Marshfield, MA 02050; (781) 834-4113; rhoehn@choate.com

Many of us know that we have a class poem, written by Doug Wheeler. According to the “Class History” section of our 50th reunion memory book, Doug wrote the poem on the occasion of our 25th reunion and that original version, titled “’59 Remembers,” endured without significant change for about 30 years. Then, for our 55th reunion, Doug re-wrote the poem and titled the new version “’59 Still Remembers.” The current version, which appears on the class web page, is almost completely revised from the first except for the refrain “We are a lifelong company of fellows….”

Doug was a professor of history at the University of New Hampshire for about 40 years, including several years of teaching after reaching emeritus status. He is currently featured on the class web page as the author of a children’s book. What many of us may not know is that, in addition to his poetic contribution to the class, his creative talent was important in the revision of the lyrics of our College’s anthem in the 1980s. According to a history of that anthem—known to members of the alumni body of our generation as “Men of Dartmouth” but now commonly known as the alma mater—the words and music go back to the late 1800s and early 1900s and remained untouched for many years until the College admitted women. At Convocation in 1972, with newly admitted women as undergraduates, President Kemeny addressed the “men and women of Dartmouth” and the ceremony concluded with the singing of “Dartmouth Undying”rather than the traditional anthem. The traditional “Men of Dartmouth,”seen by many as inappropriate for the now coeducational institution, remained in limbo for more than 10 years. Finally, in 1986, the College sought recommendations regarding the traditional anthem. In 1987 Doug Wheeler composed new, more gender-inclusive lyricsand proposed them to the College. Although his proposed changes were not adopted verbatim, they were important in leading the way to a resolution of the issue and he is credited as being among those most instrumental in the ultimate revision of the lyrics.

—Dick Hoehn, 845 Union St., Marshfield, MA 02050; (781) 834-4113; rhoehn@choate.com

During the weekend of September 30-October 1 about 60 classmates and spouses participated in a Hanover-area mini-reunion organized by Kathy and Al Munro.More than half of the participants traveled from beyond the Hanover area, including Anne and Herb Schoenberg and Betsy and Mark Gates from California, Vicki and Jim Lust from South Dakota and Lauretta and Stew Economou from Virginia. Among the many highlights was a presentation on the upcoming elections by Linda Fowler, a professor emerita of government at Dartmouth, followed by a discussion moderated by Scott Palmer with panelists Ed Hobbie, Jim Lust and Hank Wirts. Another highlight was hearing from a student-athlete whose recruitment was funded by the Athletic Sponsors Program, a program supported with funds from our class dues and also directly supported by nearly 50 individual classmates. The athlete was Grant Jaffe ’20, a freshman long-snapper and the grandson of Joan and Peter Jaffe, who are temporarily living near Hanover. All of us, including the grandparents, were impressed by Grant’s articulate and poised presentation. Grant was introduced by Bill Colehower, who, during our senior year, was the starting center on Dartmouth’s first Ivy championship football team and, in that era of less specialized, one-platoon football, the long-snapper.

Although most events that include significant numbers of classmates and spouses are major (every fifth year) reunions and annual Hanover-area and destination mini-reunions, other gatherings are noteworthy.

Charlie Pinkerton has been organizing monthly lunches at the Norwich Inn primarily attended by the 15 or so classmates who live near Hanover. In the San Diego area, several lunches each year are organized by Randy Malin and primarily attended by Jim Bybee, Bob Filderman, George LeFevre and Charlie MacVean. In June Arlene and Ray Johnson hosted more than 30 Delta Upsilon brothers and spouses in Mystic, Connecticut. The ’59 classmates and spouses joining Arlene and Ray were Judy and Doug Adams, Helen and Lee Gilliat, Linda and Karl Holtzschue, Chuck Hoyt, Bunny and Jim Neff, Judy and Vince Sawyer and Donna and Sam Swansen.

—Dick Hoehn, 845 Union St., Marshfield, MA 02050; (781) 834-4113; rhoehn@choate.com
 

In June 2002 Jim Bybee orchestrated a memorable event, attended by about 75 classmates and spouses, in the Jackson Hole, Wyoming, area. It was billed as a 65th birthday celebration. Back then, “time’s winged chariot” was barely visible in our rear-view mirrors, but the gathering years have shifted that youthful perspective and most of us are now feeling the gravity of our upcoming, in a year or so, 80th birthdays. A few of us, our chronological vanguard, have already reached that milestone. Dave Marshall observed his milestone at home in New London, New Hampshire. Although he had professed to prefer a quiet celebration with Cynthia, he was feted by her, their four children and a DeMille-worthy cast of other members of their extended family. Bob Torrens, who retired as a business lawyer in Toronto about 20 years ago, marked his big birthday with Sherry at a highly starred restaurant in Paris. They continued the celebration with a river cruise from Brussels to Amsterdam. As reported in the last column, Dick Liesching was honored by his son and many former ruggers on his 80th birthday at a rugby match in Hanover.

Will Gray, one of the former ruggers in attendance at the Liesching event, reports that he went from the rugby facility to watch the softball team, knowing that Debbie Nagel was there with her daughter. Debbie is Al Krutsch’s daughter, and Will wondered about the possibility of Al’s granddaughter, Jessie, a highly recruited infielder and rising high school junior in southern California, going to Dartmouth.

Donna and Sam Swansen have been living for six years at Foulkeways at Gwynedd, the original retirement and life-care community in the Philadelphia area. Sam continues to practice estate planning and has long been a knowledgeable advocate of various life-care options. He reports that Anne and John Baldwin moved to Foulkeways from Syracuse, New York, about six months ago. Sam and John are not the only pair of ’59s at the same retirement and life-care community. Tina and Bill Colehower and Doreen and Lee Othon have recently become residents of Shell Point in Fort Myers, Florida.

—Dick Hoehn, 845 Union St., Marshfield, MA 02050; (781) 834-4113; rhoehn@choate.com

At the annual class meeting held last October in connection with the Hanover-area mini-reunion, Doug Wise announced that Chris Cundey and Jim Wooster will co-chair our next major reunion, the 60th, to be held in Hanover in June 2019. Arithmetic says that each of us will have lived, to put it in Lincolnesque terms, at least four score years when that reunion comes around, and some may consider it to be beyond their event horizon. But the planning of a major reunion is a complex affair and the early appointment of Chris and Jim is timely and appropriate. Both Chris and Jim have served the class in many ways, including as president, and we are grateful for their willingness to serve again. For those whose horizons are still multi-years away, mark in your calendars this opportunity to visit Hanover once again and connect with your classmates. As most ’59s by now know, Dartmouth facilitates major class reunions in Hanover every five years, beginning with the fifth, which for us was back in 1964. Less widely known is that the last major reunions currently facilitated by the college are the 65th and 70th, which this year will be celebrated by the venerable classes of 1951 and 1946.

In connection with our 50th reunion Jim Bybee led a small team of volunteers, with lots of support from many others, in the production of a magnificent book of personal reflections, pictures, histories and various other materials. Among the features were artistic creations by more than 30 classmates and other members of the ’59 family. The art ranged from painting and photography to various other media. Many of the ’59 family are still engaged in the creative arts, including Jim Krug, whose work appeared in the reunion book. He retired from his medical practice in Olympia, Washington, in 2000 and since then has been an active painter and photographer. His works are for sale online and at a gallery in West Olympia.

—Dick Hoehn, 845 Union St., Marshfield, MA 02050; (781) 834-4113; rhoehn@choate.com

When we graduated in June 1959 about 10 percent of our classmates not only received bachelor’s degrees together with the rest of us, but also were enrolled in one of the 3/2 programs that were then offered by the three professional schools. Twenty-three of those classmates had just completed their first year of Dartmouth Medical School, then a two-year school and many years away from bearing the name Geisel. Even though the medical school students of that day had to go on to another school to complete their four years of training and receive an M.D., the years of premed and medical training together in Hanover and the shared lifetime calling to medicine created strong bonds among them. Haig Kazazian, one of our DMS’60s, became a renowned geneticist and has received many honors for his contributions to the field, including election to the National Academy of Science and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In early November, after these notes are written but before they will appear in the alumni magazine, Haig will travel to Hanover from his home in Baltimore to receive an Alumni Award for Career Achievement from the Geisel School of Medicine. His fellow ’59 and DMS’60, Stu Hanson, nominated Haig for the award and plans to be in Hanover to make the presentation.

A recent issue of the alumni magazine, under the heading of Pursuits, described the off-the-beaten-path careers of several alumni, including Gar DeMarco. Shortly after Gar graduated from Yale Law School, his father suddenly died and Gar began managing his family’s New Jersey cranberry-growing business. During the course of 40 years or so, he greatly expanded the business and became one of the leading cranberry farmers in the country. Gar attended our 50th reunion with his then-partner, Bill Wilson, and they were married last summer. Of the hundreds of marriages of ’59s that have taken place, beginning prior to our graduation, Gar and Bill’s will certainly be chronologically among the last. More significantly it is, so far as generally known, the first same-sex marriage of a classmate.

—Dick Hoehn, 845 Union St., Marshfield, MA 02050; (781) 834-4113; rhoehn@choate.com

Many of us use the hard-copy class directory, which was printed in 2013. The current class officers recently considered the need for a new directory, and at issue was whether to incur the expense of printing a new one or to resort (or, depending on one’s view, to move forward) to an electronically updated version. Some of us view electronic navigation to be about as daunting as, say, oral surgery or downhill skiing. On the other hand, many of us are also close to a nickel. You will be hearing about the shift from a hard-copy directory to a more easily updated version. A decisive factor was that many ’59s are still on the move, and a printed directory would be outdated almost from the outset. Some of our moves are only from one email address to another, but many involve real residences and real miles. There was a time when most of our moves were job-related and, later, many were climate-related. Two other factors are now of increasing importance, convenience or downsizing and closeness to offspring. Maureen and Ed Labenski have recently moved from just outside Stowe, Vermont, to Burlington, less than an hour away. The move obviously had little to do with climate and, as their children and grandchildren are in Brooklyn and Chicago, nothing to do with being close to offspring. The move, from a house to a condominium, was to leave behind the continuing maintenance of a house and grounds in the Green Mountains for closeness to shopping, restaurants, medical facilities and other conveniences of an urban setting on Lake Champlain. The early returns are that they are delighted with their decision to move. Nancy and Marv Sezak are also, as these notes are being written, on the move, in their case from Brockton, Massachusetts, to Walnut Hills, California. Although the move will involve both climate change and downsizing from a place where they have lived for more than 40 years to a unit in an over-55 community, the cross-continental move is to be close to their two sons and grandchildren in the Bay Area.

—Dick Hoehn, 845 Union St., Marshfield, MA 02050; (781) 834-4113; rhoehn@choate.com

Travel has been an important activity for many of us. The baby steps were often road trips to places not more than a few hours from Hanover, but after graduation our horizons expanded and our travels multiplied dramatically. For some there was a time when working for a living and helping to raise children severely limited travel unless it was occupation related. But when most of us retired and our nests became empty, our recreational travel mushroomed. The reflections in our 50th reunion book are a testament to our passion for exploring the planet. Not to diminish the exploits of others, some of us look to Charlie MacVean as our Odysseus, based upon his well-chronicled voyages as a submariner and round-the-earth travel following retirement from the Navy. The golden age of ’59 travel, although not behind us, has probably peaked, and our spirit of foot-loose adventure has, for many, waned. Some of us are increasingly cognizant of the infirmities to which senior flesh is heir and prefer to avoid the possibility that we may, as did Charlie for instance, need to be dry-docked for medical attention in a far-flung port of call. But while some may be slowing down a bit, Jerry Scott continues apace. In his 50th reunion reflection he detailed wide-ranging travel and predicted he had many miles to go. In May, when these notes will appear, Jerry expects to be traveling through about 10 European countries on a road less traveled than the conventional grand tour route. His itinerary will include Moldova, Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania and Malta. He will spend on average several days exploring each destination, generally led by a guide, and will send daily commentary by email to almost 100 readers. At the end of the journey the total number of countries that Jerry will have visited during his life will slightly exceed his age. With about 120 countries still unvisited, there will be plenty of remaining possibilities for Jerry to continue traveling beyond his years.


—Dick Hoehn, 845 Union St., Marshfield, MA 02050; (781) 834-4113; rhoehn@choate.com


These notes are being written in the season when some ’59s migrate from summer to winter homes. Doreen and Lee Othon drive from Mashpee, Massachusetts, to Bonita Springs, Florida, traveling on a weekend to avoid traffic snarls. Lee retired from the practice of oral surgery in Hanover, Massachusetts, about 10 years ago and he and Doreen have been dividing their years between Massachusetts and Florida. Lee is thinking that the maintenance of two residences and the biannual moves from one to the other may be ending and that they will, within a year or so, be full-time Florida residents. As stimulating as oral surgery may be (at least for the surgeon), Lee’s passion has always been golf. For many years he has officiated at New England golf events and served as trustee of the Ouimet Scholarship Fund, from which he received assistance while at Dartmouth. He is excited that one of his last officiating duties may be at a 2015 event at Baker Hill in New Hampshire, a familiar venue to many ’59 golfers.


For most migrating ’59s the general direction at this time of year is southward toward a gentler climate, but there are a few outliers. Mountains smothered in champagne powder draw Deb and Kurt Christiansen from southern California to a winter residence near Alta, Utah. Similarly, Arlyss and Ray Becker each year wend their way west from Maine to winter in Colorado. 


While many of us don’t regard this stage of our lives as a season for skiing, almost none regard it as a season for matrimony (other than for the next generation and beyond). So it is wonderful to hear of the marriage of Diane Parker Hazlewood to Read Heydt. Read, one of the few ’59s to enter the clergy, was ordained in the Episcopal Church about 20 years after graduation from Dartmouth and served in several locations for more than 30 years before retiring. He officiated at the memorial service held during our 50th reunion. Diane and Read will reside in Sarasota, Florida.


—Dick Hoehn, 845 Union St., Marshfield, MA 02050; (781) 834-4113; rhoehn@choate.com


John Payne has retired as chief of anesthesiology at Howard County General Hospital (HCGH), a member of John’s Hopkins Medicine. HCGH is a comprehensive acute-care medical center with 253 licensed beds. John now stays active with golf, tennis and regular exercise, plus active reading. Grace and he have been married 50 years and have four sons, all graduates of the University of Virginia.


David Britton traveled from Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, to attend the class luncheon at the Norwich Inn. He and wife Birdie jointly run the local Waterville newspaper, which David adds is “very small.” They live part time in Waterville Valley and Vieques, Puerto Rico. Each has won national age-group titles in ski racing and windsurfing so they maintain an active lifestyle. 


The Middlesex County Bar Association presented last January the 2014 Edward Schoifet Family Law Award to Bill Brigiani to acknowledge his understanding of the law, professionalism, congeniality and mentorship, as exemplified by Edward Schoifet. Congratulations, Bill.


Barbara and Vic Brizel now reside most of the year in Palm Beach, Florida. Vic spent much of his youth residing between New York City and Palm Beach. Barbara is president of the Palm Beach Kiwanis. She and Vic are heavily involved in the Kiwanis Club lunches and activities. 


Talk about retirement, Doug Adams is still running marathons and plans to run one out West this year. His last New York Marathon was only three years ago. More power to Doug! Judy and Doug continue to have houses in Connecticut and Oregon and circulate between the two residences.


Both Dick Bareuther and Peter Scott attended the 55th reunion—their first reunion ever! Dick first worked for Scott Paper Products in consumer sales and then at Avon Products for 26 years in sales management. He lived in Philadelphia, Nashville, New Orleans, New Jersey and Vermont. He retired just outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Betty and he have two sons and six grandchildren (three graduated from college; three in high school). Betty and Dick are travelers, with a number of trips to Europe and a trip to Provence, France, last June. They also are active in their church as deacon and in the women’s ministry. As for Peter, he completed a 26-year career in the Armored Division of the U.S. Army, retiring as a colonel. Thereafter, he was a general manager with FMC Corp.’s production division for self-propelled howitzers in Pennsylvania. He lives on a 26-acre farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and busies himself with church work at soup kitchens, homeless shelters and Habitat for Humanity. His wife, Anne, passed away in 2008 and would have enjoyed the 55th, as they were married in Hanover in 1958.


Jerry Scott’s recent trip included Bulgaria. His guide said that no Jews were executed in Bulgaria. “How about deportations?” asked Jerry. Nope, replied the guide. King Boris, the patriarch of Bulgaria, defied Hitler by convincing him that the Sephardic Jews were needed on construction projects. The communists did not want to give credit to the monarchy nor the church.


—Allan Munro, 675 Main St., New London, NH 03257; (603) 526-2176; amunro1@comcast.net


Mary Lou and Joe Scardapane of Canada became snowbirds, wintering in Dunedin, Florida, but continuing to reside in Canada. On vacation in 1993 in Nova Scotia they bought a “saltwater farm on Oak Point” with 6,000 feet of waterfront. After retiring in 2001, they split time between Seattle and Nova Scotia. For the last three summers they stayed in the log cabin guesthouse. Joe expects to sell in Nova Scotia eventually and return to his New England roots by moving to Maine, where more friends and relatives reside.
Roger Squier in London moved abroad in late 1960s to work for the British National Health Service as a clinical psychologist. He had an appointment as a research fellow at the University of Sussex. In 1993 he left these appointments to study for a second degree in art history and philosophy at Open University, graduating in 2000. Since that time Roger has worked part-time, providing clinical consultation to colleagues and pursuing diverse philosophical and aesthetic interests. He travels on the European continent frequently and feels at home culturally and socially.
Bob Berg in Mexico is celebrating 49 years running Berg Marketing Research A.C. and will celebrate his 50th wedding anniversary with Maru Euginia Gonzalez Marin in 2014. They have two daughters and 10 grandchildren. He offers a drink and information to ’59s visiting Mexico.
Fred Bacon in Israel arrived two months before the 1973 Yom Kippur War broke out. Because he didn’t speak Hebrew, it took him awhile to figure out there was a war under way. Just before moving he was director of international operations for Informatics Inc., living in London. A job offer from a leading Israeli software systems firm caused him to stay, a decision cemented by meeting his wife, Sara, within days of taking the job. Three wonderful children, 40 years in country and an exciting life in what seems the center of consciousness make his life a great adventure.
Bob Torrens in Toronto, Canada, refers me to the 50th reunion book. He states that when he and his wife talked about where he wanted to practice law, the result was Canada. He had moved to Canada when he was 8 when his father (class of ’25) was appointed head of Romance languages at the University of Western Ontario. He lived in Canada until he entered Dartmouth.
Doug Wheeler was recognized by Luso-Brazilian Review as having written one of the best 12 articles they have published since 1964, titled “Aristidies de Sousa Mendes of Portugal,” about a World War II rescue and hero of conscience diplomat. 
Bob Liberman is in his third term as president of the Lakewood Community Association in California, maintaining the recreational, social and environmental integrity of that uniquely bucolic area in the Santa Monica Mountains. His vigilance and leadership has prevented developers from despoiling the locale. Bob, a distinguished professor of psychiatry at UCLA, has earned a World Health Organization Human Rights Award for his work on recovery from schizophrenia.
Class meeting notes on website.
—Allan Munro, 675 Main St., New London, NH 03257; (603) 526-2176; amunro1@comcast.net


Dave Gavitt was the 1980 Summer Olympic basketball coach of the “team that never played.” In late 1979 President Carter issued an ultimatum that the United States would boycott the Moscow games unless Russia withdrew from Afghanistan. Dave had prepared for two years and was “disappointed.” He was president of the Olympic Basketball Foundation for four years and orchestrated the first U.S. Dream Team (1992 gold), which was “kind of a payback for 1980.” He was thrilled for the pros as he watched their tears on the presentation platform.


Our 10-0 Ivy League championship hockey team captain Rod Anderson narrowly missed the 1960 Olympic team after an eight-week tryout in his hometown of Minneapolis. Jack Riley (Dartmouth) was coach but that did not help as much as Rod had hoped. Herb Brooks, coach of the Miracle on Ice Olympic hockey team that won gold in 1980, was cut a couple of weeks after Rod. They played on the same line in high school and were coached by Brooks’ dad. Rod taught and coached hockey at Blake School in Minneapolis for 45 years.


Barlow Nelson had a successful 1984 Winter Olympics as co-team leader and official representative for the U.S. figure skating team in Sarajevo. With Janet Carpenter, wife of Norman ’53, Barlow says their motto was: “We do everything and anything to keep our skaters focused.” It worked as Scott Hamilton took home gold and others won three silvers. Not one U.S. skater fell during the competition, which Barlow cites with pride. In 1960 Barlow just missed qualifying for the U.S. Olympic team, finishing fifth. He judged figure skating at the international level for 52 years. He also was a team leader for the United States at two world championships.


As a U.S. Army lieutenant colonel with a Ph.D. in clinical psychology, Bob Worthington designed and ran a psychological evaluation program for the U.S. Olympic Sports Medicine Center in the late 1970s. They were looking for characteristics of world-class athletes that would predict success. While none were found, it propelled Bob into pentathlon training to see what athletes went through. His success gave him credibility with the athletes, especially in running and shooting. This led him to be the unofficial sports psychologist (which was a precursor to a now common career) for the U.S. Olympic modern pentathlon team.


Our Olympian competitor Dick Taylor was captain of the U.S. Nordic team at the 1964 Winter Games in Innsbruck. He competed in the 15k, 30k and 50k races. Although he says he should have been resting up for the competition, he carried with the team the Olympic flag from the prior Squaw Valley Games in the opening procession and presented it to the Austrians. Dick narrowly missed the 1960 Olympic Nordic team. He says he learned that making a team is great, but the real driver is a love of skiing. He taught and coached skiing at Gould Academy in Maine.


—Allan Munro, 675 Main St., New London, NH 03257; amunro1@comcast.net


Last September we were told that a spring or summer issue might feature Dartmouth architecture. Paul Stein reported (May/June 2008) on the architecture/design/construction careers of Bill Steck, Bill Truex, Mac Burns and Dave Reber. Here is some follow-up.


Mal Swenson has, perhaps, the longest connection to Dartmouth architecture. Since the 1880s his family has provided much of the granite for many Dartmouth structures. His father, class of 1912, worked summers as a granite installer on Topliff Hall. Mal’s senior thesis was on architectural decoration on Dartmouth buildings. Mal has been involved in the stonework of Dartmouth buildings as a consultant, a supplier and an in-kind donor to McLane Lodge at the Skiway and for Whittemore Hall at Tuck. He is now consulting on the Visual Arts Center, which has been financially supported by ’59s with gifts given during our 50th reunion.


An easy transition from Mal’s to John Orcutt’s career: John says that he used Mal’s firm as a premium provider of granite for the buildings on which he worked as an architect, many at colleges such as Bowdoin and independent schools such as St. Mark’s. John started a career in architecture in his late 20s and today he and his wife, Cindy, a landscape architect, are partners in a firm they started in the early 1990s. John wishes he had started working with Cindy even sooner. They are now working on a continuing project at North West Florida State College. It has involved five $20 million-plus buildings, including a theater that can handle Broadway productions and a basketball arena.


Whit Gooch is an architect and director of technical services of the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, which lends money to developers to provide affordable housing for low- and moderate-income families and individuals. Whit’s division includes a staff of architects, engineers and inspectors who review the design and monitor the construction of projects that the agency finances.


Though I did not reach Tippy Blake I know from his 50th reunion report that he spent 27 years on the finance team of Perini Corp., a billion dollar international construction company. Bob Helsell also reported an exciting construction career, culminating in being chairman of the board of Wilder Construction in Seattle, Washington, until the end of 2007. Classmates report that Gerry Huth, Art Knight, Dave Spencer and Jeff Wenger also have had careers in and around architecture but I have yet to connect with them.


Congratulations to Bill Boyle who has been appointed medical director for patient and family-centered care at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Bill will participate in planning and management for further realization of patient and family-centered care throughout the hospital.


Reports from the San Diego, California, mini-reunion exuded enthusiasm. Diane and Scott Palmer and Pam Long, wife of classmate Bill Long, are already planning an international trip for 2011. Stay tuned.


—Allan F. Munro, 675 Main St., New London, NH 03257; amunro1@comcast.net


Our president, Ray Becker, announced that our class established a program to fund special projects for Dartmouth students focused on the arts. This caused me to wonder about our classmates’ involvement in the arts, including that of our children. The responses provide notes for a number of columns going forward, so be patient. We start with theater and film and will follow with the visual arts and music.


Bob Gwynne approves of the class program by saying, “There is a place for each of us in the arts. Art venues cannot survive without us.” He and wife Jessie volunteer as ushers at Overture Center for the Arts and the Wisconsin Union Theater. He urges us all to get involved.


Academy Award-winner Sean Penn says, “Art Wolff has a special gift for getting the best out of an actor’s talent.” Art teaches acting through small classes that go from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. Scenes from TV, film and plays are reworked in his teaching. We wonder how much sleep Art actually gets (www.artwolff.com).


Most of us know about Mike Melvoin’s exceptional music career. Here are a few film credits of which you may not be aware: the piano solos in Play Misty for Me and in the chases in Bullitt and The French Connection. He has numerous credits as a composer for many film and TV scores. For a deeper look at Mike’s accomplishments you may go to www.mikemelvoin.com.


Iwonka, Mal Swenson’s daughter, is an associate producer for Discovery Studios and is now working on the TLC series, Hoarding: Buried Alive. Mal says he has invited her to film at his house!


Randy Malin has two daughters who were actresses, both of whom retired after becoming moms of three children each. Oldest daughter Kate was an actress for 12 years. Randy says the reviews were terrific, but not the money. Younger daughter Sarah appeared in soaps and then moved to a successful career making TV commercials.


As a retired accountant and lawyer, Michael Stern attributes all the creative talent in producing two children in the film business as coming from wife, Margie. Son Mark ’85 is co-head of original content for Universal Cable Productions (SyFy Channel) and has been involved in the production of such popular shows as Battlestar Galactica, Ghost Hunters and Tin Man. He recently was the keynote speaker at the second annual Tuck Media and Entertainment Symposium. Stay tuned for a report on the documentary film successes of daughter Ricki ’87.


Carlos Plummer was “snow sculpture supervisor” at the 1960 Olympics in Squaw Valley in California. When snow would not work in the Sierra Nevada climate he had to turn to plastic and metal. Because Walt Disney underwrote most of the Olympic pageantry Carlos witnessed him “walking around” but that is as close as he got to getting into film. Watch our next newsletter for more details on Carlos’ fascinating story.


—Allan Munro, 675 Main St., New London, NH 03257; (603) 526-2176; amunro1@comcast.net


It is mid-August as I write these notes for the November/December issue: hard to believe that many of you will be reading them with snow on the ground!


Continuing reports on our classmates’ involvement with film and theater: Goody Gilman reports that daughter Gayle has been doing documentaries for many years in New York City, London and Santa Monica. After having twins in her early 40s she now works for the History Channel, most recently on Ice Road Truckers. “It is a job to die for,” she says. 


In mid-July Stuart Mackler returned from his second tour in Haiti with a surgical group from Norfolk, Virginia. He worked at a hospital at an orphanage—Love a Child—30 kilometers east of Port au Prince. Many surgeries and skin grafts were completed in hot and exhausting conditions, but Stu has a sense of rewarding results. Because of the continuing tremendous need, he plans to return in the near future. Stu practiced medicine for 44 years after graduation.


Joe Nadeau and wife Cathy were in Indonesia on the Fourth of July: “No red, white and blue banners, no Boston Pops, no fireworks. But we can still feel the wonder of our country and its influence on this new democracy. What we notice most is the affection people here have for Americans.” Cathy and Joe flew to Sulawesi, Kalimantan and Sumatra, where their team conducted assessments of the equivalent of New Hampshire Superior Courts. They talked with judges, staff and attorneys to gather information that will help them develop training and mentoring, administrative practices and cases management techniques. After Boston University Law School Joe practiced law, including 37 years on the bench, where he was active in judicial education and reform programs in many parts of the world. 


“Every so often a fella makes a good decision,” is how John Hessler explains an event on a Lake Michigan beach: When he left the family lakeside house to go for a walk, he chose to wear his green cap with the lone pine tree on the front. He crossed paths with a man half his age, and found he had bumped into the son of Roli Kolman ’60, who was actually in the house next to John’s! The Dartmouth rugby club captains of 1959 and 1960 suddenly found themselves in the same place at the same time during the Fourth of July weekend. John advises: Whenever traveling, be sure to wear your Dartmouth colors!


Sig Ginsburg’s first retirement was in 2002 as senior vice president of finance and business development at the American Museum of Natural History. In 2003 he joined DHR International as executive vice president and director of its nonprofit practice, and has just retired a second time to enjoy New York City, travel to children and grandchildren in London and California and, whoops! do some pro bono work for New York City in management consulting. Well, Sig almost made it to full retirement!


—Allan Munro, 675 Main St., New London, NH 03257; (603) 526-2176; amunro1@comcast.net


Continuing coverage of our overseas and Canadian classmates, Bob Ogg reports from Canada that “love” was the motivation for him to live in Ontario. After military service Bob went out west to see friends. Skiing on Mount Norquay, near Banff, he met Mary, who was teaching in Calgary, Alberta. Bob decided to work nearby; they married. Bob eventually became a senior partner of Torys, one of Canada’s leading law firms. He served financial firms for mergers and acquisition law and served on one bank’s board of directors.


Dave Marr went to Australia in 1975 when Americans wanted to forget about Vietnam and no university wanted to hire a Vietnam historian. Dave found an ideal position with the Australian National University with ample funds for research. He had the ability to travel to Vietnam, as Canberra had recognized Hanoi in 1972. The schools were good for their three children and the government covered almost two-thirds of medical expenses. Dave is now an emeritus professor at Australian National University. He still feels culturally American but finds our country changing rapidly each time he visits.


Fred Davidson settled in Australia after international tours with Borden and Canadian Packers and now resides near Melbourne. In 1983 he and his wife, Mary, founded Australia’s first outplacement firm, Davidson and Associates, which they sold in 1996. Fred continued as a director until 2004.


Moving to other news, you may have seen in the “Give A Rouse” column of this magazine that Harry Davis, a professor of creative management at the University of Chicago, earned the school’s Norman Maclean Faculty Award for 50 years of innovative teaching.


Last October Cynthia and John Orcutt conducted a two-day photographic workshop for Bates College students. They photographed, discussed composition and technique and enjoyed each other’s company at locations in the Carrabassett Valley and at Flagstaff Lodge in Maine (www.johnorcuttnaturephoto.com).


After retirement from 30 years in the U.S Air Force, Mary Gay and Jack Wells lived in Bozeman, Montana, for 21 years and now live at the Powderhorn Golf Community (near Sheridan), the “nicest golf community in Wyoming.” After hunting season they winter in Green Valley, Arizona (on a small golf course), returning to Wyoming each May. With eight children and 20 grandchildren, they are plenty busy, including singing in the church choir. They hope to see all of us at the 55th reunion.


Dottie and Joe Wattleworth met Linda and Craig Harlan and Pam and Bill Long for a Thanksgiving dinner last fall at the Harlans in Palm City, Florida. Joe is busy training his golden retrievers and running them in field trails throughout the country. Bill and Craig are frequent golf partners and “debaters of a lot of useless subjects.”


Next column: David Robinson, Bill Boyle, Doug Wheeler, Joe Koucky, Wally May and more.


The reunion planning committee, , led by Donna and John Ferries, has worked hard to make our 55th reunion a great success. Come for an exquisite experience reconnecting with classmates, students and the Dartmouth community. 


—Allan Munro, 675 Main St., New London, NH 03257; (603) 526-2176; amunro1@comcast.net


Bob Josefsberg scores another professional award. To quote the announcement: “Robert C. Josefsberg, a Miami attorney known for his half-century of counsel to governors, judges and clients ranging from rock stars to the poorest of the poor, has been selected to receive the Florida Bar Association’s 2013 Medal of Honor Award, the Florida legal profession’s highest award for a lawyer. This column previously reported Bob’s 2000 American Bar Association Senior Lawyer’s Pro Bono Award. When accepting pro bono cases, Bob often says, ‘Give me the ones no one else wants. These are the right clients and they make us the right lawyers.’ ”


Another classmate has published a book available on Amazon.com: Accidental American Alchemist in Dreamland: A Stroke Memoir and Naked News Novella by John Nicholas.John writes that it was an “absurdly ambitious project that I began after my only son’s death in a Memorial Day van crash in 1995.”


Last September in Hanover Dartmouth celebrated the 75th anniversary of the founding of the men’s squash team and the 40th anniversary of the founding of the women’s team. More than 100 Big Green former players, parents and coaches, including our own Dick Hoehn and Don Bartlett, attended. Dick mentioned that John Horan and Jack McDonough did not attend the squash event because they had been back, along with Dick, for a similar tennis celebration in the spring of 2012.


At the Dartmouth-Brown lacrosse game last May, Meg and Bill “Moose” Morton were in attendance to see Moose’s son, Andrew ’85, honored at halftime for having been a first team All-Ivy player for Dartmouth. There were about 30 former All-Ivy and All-American players in attendance. Harry Sheehy, Dartmouth’s athletic director, orchestrated this event and the squash and tennis events to reach back to the “old jocks.”


Steve Banks says that the last few seasons have not been great for skiing in Utah. A left knee replacement last March caused Steve to miss the whole ski season. Since retirement in 1988, Ulla and he spend about four to five months in Utah, five to six months in Aptos, California, and the remaining time traveling. They still have a number of things to do on their bucket list, so they hope Father Time doesn’t catch up with them too soon.


Still practicing and teaching dermatology is Jim Ertle. He is president-elect of theNoah Worcester Dermatology Society. The society is a small group of 350 dermatologists who meet once a year for a scientific program. Noah Worcester was the first dermatologist to publish a textbook on dermatology and was a Dartmouth graduate. Jim adds that John Sloan Dickey’s brother was a dermatologist and headed up the Geisinger Clinic, State College, Pennsylvania. Jim has been instrumental in successfully recommending a client’s two sons for Dartmouth; one is a sophomore and one an entering freshman. He claims it is just an excuse to get back to campus to catch up with classmates at our fall mini-reunion and eat at Lou’s.


—Allan Munro, 675 Main St., New London, NH 03257; (603) 526-2176; amunro1@comcast.net


This Class Notes column starts the coverage of 1959s who are “giving back” since retiring from their “day job.” Keep the news coming!


Howard Greene has an extensive list of board positions at private independent schools and other nonprofit organizations and says that the 10-year period that he served as vice chairman of the board of A Better Chance was deeply rewarding and humbling. To indirectly help the many talented disadvantaged youngsters gain a first-rate education in our top independent and public schools, and to witness their motivation and risk taking into unknown environments was a joy for Howard. He notes that Judith Griffin, the president of ABC is married to Gil Griffin.


A friend of David Porter suggested he look into volunteer work with AARP. He now helps the elderly prepare their income taxes. He says they are very grateful. He feels it reinforces how lucky we are to be semi-computer-literate. It is sometimes painful to tell someone they owe a couple hundred dollars to the IRS, but when an unexpected refund occurs, that makes up for it. Randy Malin also is involved with the AARP tax-aide program. He is in charge of training 130 volunteer tax-preparers in Southern California.


Reported in an earlier Class Notes column was the involvement of Charlie Pinkerton and Ray Becker in local SCORE chapters. Kent Neilson headed up the Winona, Minnesota, SCORE chapter for several years. Upon relocating to Florida, Kent volunteers in the Senior Medical Patrol (SMP). He helps educate and create awareness among Medicare recipients about criminal abuses that bilk the Medicare system of billions of dollars annually. SMP’s role is to help, especially the elderly, recognize the accuracy of claims they receive from Medicare. He encourages classmates to look into SMP programs in their locales. 


Many of our classmates are using their career experiences to teach others. John Ferries’ career was in advertising and media and required him to go to a different continent almost weekly. In retirement John is in his sixth year teaching advertising, consumer behavior and market research at Colby-Sawyer College (formerly Colby Junior College) in New London, New Hampshire. He also is teaching adult education courses in conjunction with Adventures in Learning (Colby Sawyer) and Institute for Lifelong Education at Dartmouth (ILEAD). 


After a career in the telephone business, Jim Wooster has been co-leader for 11 years of the “Great Decisions” course for ILEAD. This past spring he co-taught on eight current foreign policy topics. In addition to being involved teaching for AARP, Randy Malin also teaches classical music appreciation at two senior centers. While not a career experience, he says he makes it work by staying just one week ahead of the class.


Emily and Al Ziegler are teaching an important subject: marriage preparation. They mentor prospective brides and grooms through a four-session curriculum each year. More to come on Al’s many ways of giving back.


In my last column I had Alan Hurlbut’s name misspelled. Sorry, Alan.


—Allan Munro, 675 Main St., New London, NH 03257; (603) 526-2176; amunro1@comcast.net


Joe Koucky says that he thinks the note he sent is the first one reporting on his activities since graduation. Any 1959s in the same situation please send me your notes! After Dartmouth Joe earned a law degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He went into practice with his father representing people who were injured on the job. He continues today to handle a few cases. He married at 30 years old and has two children: a daughter who has a doctorate in clinical psychology and practices at the University of Missouri-Saint Louis, and a son who is a teaching tennis professional.


The Orient Express took Roz and Goody Gilman on a May trip for a couple of days. He swears he saw “Agatha Christie and Hercule Poirot having a drink on the bar car.” They also stopped in the European cities of Venice, Budapest and Paris. 


Bob Liberman endorses our Guatemala mini-reunion selection, having stayed at some wonderful places while visiting his daughter in the Peace Corps. Her next stop is Columbia University, where she will pursue a master’s degree in urban policy, planning and conservation.


Roger Condit was “very privileged” to be present in Farmington, Maine, when Bruce McInnes brought 90 members of his Mastersingers USA for two concerts and two church services. Bruce has directed them in 63 countries on five continents.


In the giving back department there are not many classmates as active as Doug Wise. Besides his activities as the class webmaster, he cites three rewarding give-back situations. As chair of the Hanover area chamber of commerce he redirected it into a marketing services organization with a participatory board that meets to decide on governance issues and makes three annual leadership awards. The awards ceremony is now sold out months ahead of time. As chair of Leadership Upper Valley he is leading this 5-year-old organization to be more influential in covering regional issues by involving professionals in fields varying from healthcare to government to the arts. Finally, as a trustee of the Upper Valley Land Trust he is helping to bring greater conservation awareness to the Upper Valley.


Arlyss and Ray Becker volunteer at SAFE Family Exchange. Ray is on the board of directors of SAFE that facilitates the transfer of children between parents who are fighting in court over their divorce. SAFE volunteers literally take “the children by their hands” during parent visitation days, as parents often end up “pushing each others’ buttons” during the children exchange.


If you want to catch up on the latest Ivy dress styles, read Dick Press as featured columnist (www.ivy-style.com). He notes his 1955 article will remind you favorably of the “olden days.”


Congratulations to the class for winning recognition for having the most classmates give to the athletic sponsors program. We also had 133 1959s (an all-time high) give to Dartmouth Partners in Community Service, our class project.


—Allan Munro, 675 Main St., New London, NH 03257; (603) 526- 2176; amunro1@comcast.net


Continuing our theme of “giving back,” Bob Liberman made three visits to Japan after the March earthquake, tsunami and nuclear reactor meltdown to consult on ways to resurrect the public health and mental health systems that were so devastated. He also gave lectures in Sapporo, Fukushima and Tokyo on recovery from schizophrenia. His latest book, Recovery from Disability, was translated into Japanese this year and he spent hours signing hundreds of copies.


Don Gilden stepped down from the chairmanship of the department of neurology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center to assume an endowed chair and continue his longstanding search for a neuroviris cause of multiple sclerosis. Audrey, his wife of 45 years, and Don built a chalet at Vail, Colorado, where he continues to ski avidly.


A flurry of give-back activity keeps Pete Scott busy, and includes sponsorship of refugees who fled Burma and work with the Masons, Habitat for Humanity and church outreach ministries. He leaves time to play golf and walk two miles a day. He also is active on a board of a manufacturing company in south central Pennsylvania.


Frank Mooney III ’57 sent a press clipping on the naming of a street in Providence, Rhode Island, to honor Dave Gavitt. The full article is posted on our class website. Thanks, Frank.


Also on our class website is detail on Jim Giddens being named the American trustee for recovery of assets from the bankruptcy of MF Global, the brokerage firm once run by Jon Corzine, the former U.S. senator and New Jersey governor. Jim will be looking for about a billion dollars in lost customer money. That will be a big give-back to investors.


Kudos to Jerry Scott and his partner, who finished second among 5,700 competitors in a duplicate bridge tournament. Again, see the class website for details.


Dick Press recently spoke to Yale’s American studies class, “Yale in America.” The talk was a “personal memoir and vintage history about the heyday of the Ivy style.” The J. Press clothing firm was founded in New Haven, Connecticut. The talk was followed by a seminar that included Dick’s wife, Vida, commenting on female variations of the Ivy look during her days at Smith.


Stu Summers reports that within five miles of his Oro Valley, Arizona, home live Margaret and C.P. Montgomery and Alice and Ted Izzard. C.P. and Margaret hosted everyone when Joan and Doug Wise visited. Bee and Stu celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary last August with a family event in Virginia. Before getting there they lunched with Judy and Vince Sawyer at a nearby winery. Vince had ushered at their wedding. Stu adds that he achieved a golf milestone by shooting his age four times last summer. 


Christine and Chuck Lamb celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in Hawaii, where they met when Chuck was doing active naval duty on a ship based in Pearl Harbor. When they returned home there was a congratulatory note from the White House, signed by the Obamas.


—Allan Munro, 675 Main St., New London, NH 03257; (603) 526-2176; amunro1@comcast.net


Barry Smith provides news from the medical school alumni news. Gail and Stu Hanson spentlast August on a train trip west. They stopped at Incline Village on Lake Tahoe, Nevada, to visit their son and grandson, continuing on to San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Vancouver and Glacier Park. Stu retired last summer, was called back to cover for a colleague and is now “working at retirement.” Stu is a medical advisor for a company in St. Paul, Minnesota, that is developing an oxygen concentrator weighing two pounds. He also is starting his eighth year on the medical school admissions committee at the University of Minnesota. Lilli and Haig Kazazian celebrated 50 years of marriage last October. They made a terrific trip to China and Japan last summer. Haig is teaching and doing medical research at the Institute of Genetic Medicine at John Hopkins. Tip Putnam retiredfor the fourth time in 2008 and moved permanently to Hilton Head, South Carolina, to avoid the long Buffalo, New York, winters. Prior to the move Tip was a “much loved pediatrician in Buffalo,” running his own practice for 23 years. He then went on to teach at Children’s Hospital near Buffalo for 17 years, during which time he ran four of the hospital’s divisions. Now we hear from Barry Smith directly as he and Ruth visited Jane Kirk and Jay Herpel at Jane’s home in Asheville, North Carolina, last September. They also had lunch with Libba and Jim Wall, who were in Asheville celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary, and Sally and Dave Foster, who live in Asheville in the winter. Stuart Mackler has been reappointed to the Virginia Board of Medicine and serves as vice president. He also heads a nonprofit group that provides prostheses to Haitians injured in the January 2010 earthquake. Richard Sanders has just written a self-help manual for individuals who wish to take control of their own eating habits titled Control Your Eating (available on Amazon and at Barnes &Nobles). Richard earned a Ph.D. in behavioral psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He ran the behavioral modification program at Southern Illinois University from 1966 to 1977. For four years he served as chair of the sports medicine committee for luge and later for all the sliding sports at the Olympic Training Center, Lake Placid, New York. He now runs a private practice and consulting business in New Hampshire. David Britton used his Dartmouth ski team experience to become an active senior skier. In 2010 he won the Sise Cup, signifying the championship for his age group in the New England Alpine Masters. To win he had to ski giant slalom, super G and slalom. What’s more, his wife, Birdie, won the cup in her age group, too. In the summer David goes to the Summer Fun Nationals at Mount Hood, Oregon, where he meets up with Fran Noel, who also races there. American Geosciences Institute just published George Seielstad’s book, Dawn of the Anthropocene Humanity’s Defining Moment (available electronically at Amazon.com).


—Allan Munro, 675 Main St., New London, NH 03257; (603) 526-2176


Continuing our support of the arts, we will be funding a student to help with the production of the documentary, Once Upon Pilobolus, thanks to the work of Joanne Wise, Doug Wise’s better half. In 1971 Dartmouth students founded Pilobolus, a modern dance group. It produced a revolution in modern dance (www.pilobolus.com).


Larry Friedricks and wife Paula co-founded in 1996 Paular Entertainment, a media consultancy specializing in licensing of entertainment product and marketing services for all forms of television, feature film and digital and interactive media. Now focusing on new media platforms, they are currently working with Anne Geddes, a world-famous photographer, and representing film libraries (www,paularentertainment.com).


For Karl Holtzshue, who was a member of The Players and Film Society at Dartmouth, his acting career “swan song” was in community theater while in the Navy. He played the David Niven role in the comedy The Little Hut.


An active John Folmer (band, Barbary Coast, Handel Society at Dartmouth) appeared as FDR in a high school production of Annie and has performed in pit bands for several of their musicals. He is playing in upstate New York symphony orchestras and is a member of the Cortland (New York) Old Timers Band, which is a concert band with origins dating back to the 1800s. He is using the same trombone, with a dent from a Harvard game, that he used in college. When the Barbary Coast stayed at his family’s home in 1958, John’s mother always remembered the “nice young man” (Mike Melvoin) who played especially for her.


Satori, a Portland, Oregon, men’s chorus is benefitting from Kurt Wehbring’s singing prowess. He led Alpha Theta in winning the Hums for three years running. Kurt has taken both piano and voice lessons in recent years. As a gesture of support, he says, Jim Giddens sent a collection of Chopin piano pieces to guide him. Kurt is president of the board of the Cortland Repertory Theatre, a summer theater that is more than 30 years old and offers New York City debuts.


The closest that Doug Wise has gotten to film is being involved in the production of film commercials for advertising clients such as Coca Cola, Pabst, SONY, Gillette and Goodyear. 


The Florida bar honored 22 attorneys for pro bono work. Bob Josefsberg won the top honor, the 2010 Tobias Simon Pro Bono Award. Bob donated more than 1,800 hours of pro bono work. Congratulations, Bob.


Bob Liberman proudly writes that his daughter Danica, a 2002 Dartmouth Medical School graduate, recently began her academic career as a faculty member at the University of Southern California School of Medicine, where her research is in medical policy. She also is an attending physician in emergency pediatric medicine at Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles. Dad says her success as Yale’s women’s soccer captain prepared her for the fast flowing medical emergencies in the Los Angeles hospital.


Tina Long, Bill’s widow, reports that our class’ women’s initiative luncheon at the Wises’ new home in Grantham, New Hampshire, was a festive affair.


—Allan Munro, 675 Main St., New London, NH 03257; (603) 526-2176; amunro1@comcast.net


We have our first knight! The governor of Victoria on behalf of the queen of Englandknighted Fred Davidson a Knight Hospitaler in the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, a British royal order of chivalry, the sovereign head of which is Queen Elizabeth. The Hospitalers originated as an order caring for the sick in the Holy Land 1,000 years ago. Because Fred became an Australian citizen in 1987, he can accept the honor of “Sir Frederick” and all that goes with it. Fred recently accepted a board position as member of the council of Melbourne Scotch College, which is one of Australia’s finest private college preparatory schools. He is giving back to education this way because, due to distance, he cannot be involved with Dartmouth or Loomis School (now Loomis Chaffee). Bill Brigiani received the Municipal Court Practioner of the Year Award from the Middlesex County (New Jersey) Bar Association in March. He was honored in April as a past Middlesex County Bar Association president (1986-87). Another award-winner is Karl Holtzshue, who received the Professionalism Award, the highest award given by the real property law section of the New York Bar Association, which has 4,600 members. He was chairman from 2007 to 2008. Continuing to practice law is Ron Kehoe, who is working full time as an assistant attorney general for Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley. He revels at being the oldest person in a 500-person law firm serving the public interest. He feels they think he knows a lot because of his white hair. Martha recently said publicly of Ron, “We hope he never retires.” Ron takes that “as sort of a life sentence!” Bob Carter moved to Florida, where he is executive director of ArtStage, a dance company, and is helping fund a trip to Austria to compete in the Dance World Cup. ArtStage is the first competitor from the United States. Mal Halliday practices piano two hours daily. His granddaughter, one of 10 grandchildren, is an award-winning concert pianist who will be going to the University of Massachusetts to study with a Russian pianist. Inga and Mal keep in touch with friends in Iceland, where they met when Mal was on a Fulbright Scholarship. They recently took a 35-day cruise of Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Ireland (“a must for Dartmouth Viking folks”). Mal sees Rick Leudke often as Rick has children in the Washington, D.C., area. Kurt Wehbring is on a City Club of Portland, Oregon, research study group to give recommendations for improving the teaching of civics in high schools. Donna and he took a cruise to Mexico and Hawaii, where they snorkeled for the first time. Kurt leads the Dartmouth Book Club of Portland, while Donna, a former English teacher, leads a book club of former students who are now professionals. Jeanne and Rennie Spaulding ran into Judy and Lefty Cline at the Tides Hotel in Mexico. The Clines were making their 32nd visit to the resort. It was the Spauldings’ second visit. 


—Allan Munro, 675 Main St., New London, NH; (603) 526-2176; amunro1@comcast.net


Our mini-reunions are as robust as ever. Last September Charlie Pinkerton and Dave Marshall orchestrated and delivered a wonderful event at the peak of the fall foliage in Hanover. Our fall Hanover mini-reunion date is the Yale football weekend of October 10-13. Bunny and Jim Neff are working with Maggie and Mike Hurd and Yvonne and Dave Campbell on our spring min-reunion from April 22-26 in Williamsburg, Virginia. They look forward to sharing Virginia hospitality with everyone. Jim adds that Bunny and he both worked until 2000, sold their house in Canfield, Ohio, in 2009 where they lived for 28 years, and moved to the Champlain, a waterfront senior living community in Fort Monroe, Virginia. Jim says his best news is that he received a new driver’s license that expires in 2020! Plans are moving forward under the leadership of Donna and John Ferries for our 55th reunion, June 9-12, 2014. At the class meeting last September Dick Hoehn was unanimously elected to succeed Chris Cundey as our class representative to the Alumni Council. At the same meeting Chuck Donovan was announced as our new webmaster succeeding Doug Wise. John Ferries, on behalf of the Alumni Association, presented Doug with the Alumnus of the Year Award for his volunteer work for the class and College. In 2002 the College created the Richard G. Jaeger Community Service Civic Internship to honor Dick’s 25 years as admissions officer and his 13 years as director of athletics. The internship facilitates local community service by Dartmouth student-athletes and is a cooperative venture between the department of athletics (where the interns are assigned) and the Tucker Foundation (dartmouthsports.com/jaegerintern). Hugh Bishop has a career that is different than most of us. He rises at 2:15 a.m. and says he “is ready to try and catch something.” Hugh is a line trawler, “using more lines and hooks than a person on shore can visualize.” He has done this for almost 40 seasons, mostly working alone. Hugh and his sister just published a book, Marblehead’s First Harbor: The Rich History of a Small Fishing Port. Ted Johanson continues to chair the board of the Vinalhaven (Maine) Lobster Cooperative and was doubling as the manager when I visited him last October. He was busy setting prices in a stressful overly supplied market. The second largest tonnage of lobsters in New England is landed on and shipped from Vinalhaven. Ed Morris spent 22 years in the Navy as an intelligence officer, retiring in 1981. He accompanied John McCain to the Philippines from Hanoi after McCain’s release from a North Vietnam prison in March 1973. Ed was assigned as McCain’s debriefing officer for about a week before escorting him to Florida. Ed says, “Survival stories heard then changed my life forever.” Ed studied at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California. After naval service he taught English as a secondary language at the middle school level for 17 years. He and Spike Boschen keep in touch.


—Allan Munro, 675 Main St., New London, NH 03257; (603) 526-2176; amunro1@comcast.net