Mar - Apr 2014
In December 2013, after 26 years, Pat and I sold our primary residence and downsized.
Class Notes
In December 2013, after 26 years, Pat and I sold our primary residence and downsized.
Once again, the class of ’61 is indirectly being recognized as a result of one of its dedicated classmates.
The fall mini-reunion for our class will be October 12-14. This was done to coincide with the Hop’s major weekend celebration to commemorate its founding 50 years ago. Remember that excavation hole next to Hanover Inn?
In June the class of 1961 reached a milestone with its 50th reunion. The reunion was an outstanding success.
Our class won an Alumni Fund Award for the fiscal year ending in June. The award was the Andrew J. Scarlett ’10 Award for achieving the greatest increase in dollars contributed by a non-reunion class.
The 50th reunion for the class of 1961 is now history. Nearly 400 people attended, including approximately 225 classmates.
Congratulations are in order (again) for Pete Bleyler, who has been nominated by the Association of Alumni nominating committee to be its candidate for second vice president for the 2013-14 fiscal year.
The class of 1961 recently lost a valuable and dedicated member. Pete Synnott passed away on February 18 after battling advanced Parkinson’s disease for the past 15 to 20 years.
Well the moment is finally arriving! Our 50th class reunion is just around the corner, from June 9-14.
The presidential search has ended and Dartmouth once again has a new president. We hope, as an alumnus of Dartmouth, he will be both a superb president and understand fully the significance of remaining in office for at least a 10-year term.
Approximately a year or so ago Doug Zipes, a noted cardiologist from Indianapolis, Indiana—while passing through the spectrum of life from full gainful employment to semi-retirement to near full retirement—sent me a copy of his f