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.
There is no question about it. We are all feeling better and more upbeat than we did a year ago. While Covid constraints are still present, they are much less restrictive than in the fall of 2020.
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.
Is normal near? We can’t say for sure, but several are making more normal noises. David Marr checked in from Australia, where he has been for a good long time.
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.
Here we are entering 2021 with an entirely different landscape than just one year ago. Zoom was not even in our vocabulary and now it is a near daily event. Virtual has virtually taken us over.
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.
Was our 60th just a year ago? How things have changed. Those idyllic times on the Hanover Plain, be it in the 1950s or during recent visits still anchor our personalities. I spent four and a half years under water while in submarines of the U.S.
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.
The turn of the year and the decade saw four ’59ers together for lunch in San Diego. Bob Filderman, Charlie MacVean, Randy Malin, and Bill Zebedee were able to enjoy the memories.