Class Notes 1971

Sam Cuddeback, Dick Wentzel, and Willis Newton had a holiday lunch in early December and plotted a gathering of classmates on February 18 to welcome President Beilock to San Francisco. In attendance were Willis and Peggy Newton, Willie Bogan, Steve and Nancy Hoverman, Dick and Ruth Wentzel, Dave Paradise, Sam Cuddeback, and Eric Danoff. President Beilock discussed her “five pillars” focus along with the north star of Dartmouth’s mission. The nearly 600 in attendance appreciated her presentation. Willis and Sam talked a bit about cycling, wondering if Tom Price could handle the Bay Area hills. The whole group shared a brief “organ recital” featuring a few pre-and post-op moments; “All good,” according to Reporter Cuddeback.

Ron Harris and my husband, Jim, and Iran into each other at Charlottesville (Virginia) Opera’s Valentine’s Day presentation of Broadway songs. It reminded me of the wonderful mini-reunion our class had last May focusing on Charlottesville and its many cultural and historic treasures. Come and visit!

Michael Maynard reminds me of the annual MS Walk June 8 in Boston. Our class has been well represented through the years as both walkers and donors because our dear classmate Steve Zrike has this dreadful illness. Find details at https://events.nationalmssociety.org.

The “Age to Engage” is here! Go to www. dartmouth71.org and click on “class engagement” to see what’s up.

—Alice Reno Malone, 834 Colridge Drive, Char- lottesville, VA 22903; tammyarm@aol.com

Our October 4-6 gathering in Hanover was a resounding success. In gloriously warm fall weather, 30 classmates and spouses enjoyed the many highlights.

We began Friday afternoon with a stirring tribute to Coach Buddy Teevens ’79 at the renaming of the Buddy Teevens Stadium at Memorial Field. President Sian Beilock, Buddy’s wife, Kirsten, and linebacker Micah Green ’25 delivered wonderful tributes to Buddy and the life he led. Tom Oxman and his wife, Judy, then hosted a scrumptious dinner at their beautiful home. We were pleased that Andy Harvard’s widow, Kathy, was able to join us that evening.

Saturday morning began with an Alzheimer’s walk organized by Kathy Harvard, including Team Andy,followed by the Big Green football team’s triumph over Penn. Despite 109 yards of penalties, many leading directly to Penn points, the Big Green stood tough in the second half and squeaked out a win that did not seem as close as the 20-17 score. That evening Steve and Nancy Hoverman were brave enough to invite us to their new finished home, located within walking distance of the stadium. Thanks to John Hanley, our group was joined by two Kenyan students—our Dickey intern Nellie Mwanyalo ’27 and her friend Michelle Ngare ’27. There followed many great discussions and new learning. Before dinner, hors d’oeuvres were presented and our vintner Kathy Rines again worked her magic with selections from the class cellar! We bid adieu to most after a great evening of dining, libations, and fellowship.

But that’s not all! With help from Mickey Stuart, the Dartmouth Film Society honored Malcolm McDowell with a Lifetime Achievement Award. That celebration included a screening of Clockwork Orange, a Q&A, a reception with the actor, and a documentary feature he made honoring one of the directors he had worked with. This last film gave us insight to his performance on stage in addition to the big screen! It was good to see Darrell Hotchkiss and Jon Fox there.

I regret to inform our class of the passing of R. Bruce Tepper Jr., on September 17, 2024. An obituary will appear online in the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine.

The “Age to Engage” is here. Go to dartmouth71.org and click on “class engagement” to see what’s up.

Best wishes for a healthy and happy 2025!

—Alice Reno Malone, 834 Colridge Drive, Charlottesville, VA 22903; tammyarm@aol.com

John Hanley and Sam Cuddeback spent a mid-May day on campus visiting with staff members overseeing the various programs our class supports annually. In an exciting development, they met for the second time with Rachel Kent ’21, in the office of sustainability. Class of ’71 will be supporting a student leader in its program, and we hope to engage ’21s with class-matching support that will grow through time. Curt Welling also met with Sam and John to discuss his engagement with Tuck, Thayer, and shared entrepreneurship. John has had a new book published and Curt is enjoying life in his Upper Valley garden when he’s not teaching.

The Charlottesville, Virginia, reunion in May turned out to be a micro but successful mini event with a very engaged turnout of classmates—some we haven’t seen in a while. Ron Harris prepared a special lunch for us at his energy-efficient, geo-thermal home in Palmyra, Virginia, following our in-depth, multi-floor tour of Monticello, the grounds, and outbuildings. Ron proved to be an excellent cook and I was so pleased to finally meet him. Dave Aylward traveled from Washington, D.C., and Rich Crandall came up from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. John Hammerschmidt tried to attend from northern Virginia but at the last minute couldn’t be in two places at once. Willis Newton came from California to play golf and be immersed in all things Jefferson. Jim and Yola Rager flew in from Canada; Ted and Betsy Eismeier from Austin, Texas; and Jim and Alice Malone rounded out the group during three days. When two or three are gathered in her name….

As I write this column for the September/October issue of Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, I am preparing to watch the CNN presidential debate between Biden and Trump. The final words I will share with you are please vote—it’s the only way you can truly be involved in what happens!

The “Age to Engage” is here! Go to www.dartmouth71.org and click on “class engagement” to see what’s up.

—Alice Reno Malone, 834 Colridge Drive, Charlottesville, VA 22903; tammyarm@aol.com

Time to get out your 2024 calendars and start highlighting dates. A regional class get-together lunch is scheduled for Boston on May 15 at the Winchester Golf Club. Contact Robert Joy or Michael Maynard for details and to register. Tom Hancock will be hosting a luncheon the next day (May 16 at 12-2:30) halfway across the United States at the Denver Country Club. On July 31 at 12-2:30, classmates will meet for lunch at Crystal Mountain Resort in Seattle, also hosted by Tom Hancock.A San Francisco Bay Area dinner is being planned by Willis Newton for August or September. On a date to be determined this fall, Richard Wooster and Jeff McElnea will sponsor a mini-reunion dinner at the Yale Club in New York City.There will also be a lunch or dinner in Washington, D.C., in 2024.

A mini-reunion is scheduled for Charlottesville, Virginia, May 6-9. Hosted by Alice Reno Malone, tours of Monticello, the University of Virginia, and other historic sites as well as golf and tennis and the opportunity to enjoy Virginia wines will be offered. A block of rooms is reserved at Farmington Country Club, a 200-plus-year-old home with a special dining room addition designed by Thomas Jefferson while president of the United States.

Note that you can find obituaries online at https://dartmouthalumnimagazine.com as well as an updated listing in print of all deceased alumni at the end of Class Notes. Classmates will find full obituaries of the following classmates in the online DAM and at dartmouth71.org: Colby Shannon Morgan Jr. (May 24, 2022), Peter Michael Etzel (January 9, 2023), Mark Robert Bardo (March 13, 2023), Gunnar Flintberg (April 28, 2023), Malcolm I. Jones Jr. (July 17, 2023), Gordon B. Flint Jr. (July 28, 2023), and Francis X. Canning (September 29, 2023). We mourn their passing.

Today is the deadline for this issue, but I wanted to wait until our class-sponsored Zoom of “Dartmouth: The Foundation Years” was aired this evening. Hosted by Nels Armstrong, the program shared the story of Allen “Tiny” Evans, who in the late 1960s and early 1970s was allowed to skip the regular admissions process and use “street smarts” as indicators of his abilities to be successful. Tiny was a bit older than the rest of our class yet he and several other Black men were able to come off the streets, complete their undergraduate requirements, and find tremendous success back home helping others on those same streets.

It is a special story in the College’s history that would not have been possible without the support of the Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Foundation. The program was recorded and will be available to classmates shortly.

The “Age to Engage” is here. Go to dartmouth 71.org and click on class “engagement” to see what’s up.

—Alice Reno Malone, 834 Colridge Drive, Charlottesville, VA 22903; tammyarm@aol.com

Forty-three classmates, spouses, and friends registered for our 2023 Homecoming celebration. Despite a daunting rain shower, Jim Rager’s grandson, Charlie Pick, proudly led our class in the traditional Friday night parade. Highlights included a Maple Street catered dinner and musical entertainment in Blunt Alumni Center, thanks to Tommy and Judy Oxman and bootlegger Kathy Rines.

A special pre-bonfire highlight for us were presentations by our class summer 2023 Rockefeller Center intern, senior Janine D’Souza ’24 and another intern, Tonia Zakorchemna ’23. Janine’s alumni interviewer in Greenville, South Carolina, was our own Wayne Hobin. Tonia, a Ukrainian student, interned this past summer in Kiev at the ministry of education. Those in attendance were genuinely impressed as we listened to these two students speak and thank our class for our ongoing support of the internship programming at Rocky. John Hanley and Sam Cuddeback are exploring ’71 support for similar programming at the Dickey Center for International Understanding.

The weekend included our class meeting with Bill Hoover, Bruce Tepper, and others zooming in from around the world, dinner at Kathy’s home in Hanover Center, and a Sunday brunch at Darrell Hotchkiss and John Fox’s home in Hanover. For green frosting on the cake, Dartmouth defeated Columbia, 20-9!

The Class of 1971 John Kemeny Award is given by the class, on rare occasions, to recognize and honor a classmate who through his life’s work and citizenship has made a positive impact on the wide world. It gave the class of 1971 great pride at Homecoming to recognize David Aylward as our 2023 recipient of the John Kemeny Award. Doing the honors were Jim Rager along with former presidents Greg Fell and Peter Pratt.Congratulations, David!

President Sian Beilock’s Washington, D.C., alumni gathering was amazing, with more than 600 Big Greeners in attendance, including Peter Pratt, Rob Sprinkle and wife Anne, and Bob Lafsky, who is still practicing medicine, and Voice of America’s John Lippman.The event was held in southeast D.C., setting an appropriate tone that this president is centered on all classes and not just the Georgetown crowd. Bravo, Sian! She is impressive in every regard. A friend of Peter’s was her photographer for the event and reported that earlier in the day she had a luncheon for some amazing female entrepreneurs investing in chip technologies.

Mini-reunions continue for the class of ’71. Early 2024 opportunitiesand contacts are Vail, Colorado, February 23-25, Wayne Hobin; Naples, Florida, sharing some activities with ’70 and ’72 March 21-24, Jim Rager; spring in Charlottesville, Virginia, May 7-10, Jim and Alice Reno Malone; and discover the Canadian Rockies by rail June 12-18, plus optional pre and post tours, Willis Newton.

A special thanks to Peter Pratt and Sam Cuddebackfor their Homecoming reports.

The “Age to Engage” is here! Go to www.dartmouth71.org and click on “class engagement” to see what’s up.

—Alice Reno Malone, 834 Colridge Drive, Charlottesville, VA 22903; tammyarm@aol.com

Before anything else, I want to extend a special ’71 welcome to Dartmouth’s new president, Sian Leah Beilock, who will be inaugurated on September 22. It is very exciting to have a woman at the helm and we look forward to meeting her.

We had two well-attended mini-reunions. In April Ted and Betsy Eismeier and Joe Daly and his wife, Anne, welcomed 40 classmates and spouses from across the continental United States to Austin, Texas. It was an exciting introduction to the great state of Texas, complete with history, music, and BBQ! We’ll definitely be back!

Mark Bellonby and his wife, Carol, along with Peter and Marcia Pratt, welcomed 17 classmates to their Virginia waterfront home on the Potomac in May. Great friends, fabulous food, and a wonderful boat trip up river to see Mount Vernon as those in the 18th century would have seen it from the water set the tone! A classmate-built bonfire foretold Dartmouth Homecoming this October.

By the way, mark your calendars now for the annual Naples, Florida, mini-reunion, March 21-24, 2024.

Our class treasurer Jerry O’Brien reports that 245 classmates paid dues for FY’22, which ended June 30. There is no time like the present to pay your 2023-24 dues before you forget; perhaps you would consider rounding up to $100 if you feel so inclined. Many thanks!

We continue to create new programs to interest our classmates beginning in October with “Fictional Dartmouth: Dartmouth Novels by Dartmouth Women.” Ever the professor, Ted Eismeier will kick off the 2023-24 series with a discussion of Crown of Columbus by Louise Erdrich ’76, coauthored with her former husband, Michael Dorris. For January we will read The Devil and Webster by Jean Hanff Korelitz ’83 (perfect timing: it’s about the travails of the first female president of Webster College). Finally in March we will read My Last Innocent Year by Daisy Alpert Florin ’95, a poignant coming-of-age story about a woman‘s last term at Wilder College. As Ted noted, “Our ’71 book Zooms remind me of good seminars at Dartmouth—a diverse group of smart people with interesting perspectives having a thoughtful (and fun!) conversation.” Please contact Ted to get on the invite list.

Speaking of books, John Hanley has written The US Navy and the National Security Establishment: A Critical Assessment, which was published in July. Are there other ’71 authors who would like to share their works?

“The Age to Engage” is here! Go to dartmouth.71.org and click on “class engagement” to see what’s happening.

—Alice Reno Malone, 834 Colridge Drive, Charlottesville, VA 22903; tammyarm@aol.com

Time, shots, and boosters have allowed many of our classmates to return to traveling!

Willis Newton reports that the class travel committee (Doug Boyink, Malcolm Jones, and Dick Wenzel) has been meeting to identify trips that might be of interest to us. We were focused on a Canadian Rockies-by-rail trip but it is sold out for this summer. We are going to move that trip to June 2024—a six-day trip starting in Vancouver and ending in Banff. Let us know if you are interested and take a look at our trip recommendations at dartmouth71.org. Classmates are beginning to travel and sign up for trips—the Mustards and Oxmans to Tanzania, John Hanley to the Scottish Highlands and Norwegian Fjords (June), and David Aylward cruising the Rhine to see the Christmas markets (November). Why not join in the outings and let us know where you’re going!

A trip to the Bay Area by Dan and Adele Clouse was a good excuse to have a gathering of classmates for lunch in Berkeley on February 27. Attending were regulars Sam Cuddeback, Steve Hoverman, Malcolm Jones, Albert Lamarre and wife Janet, Willis Newton, Roger Prince and wife Noelle Schoellkopf, andDick Wenzel and wife Ruth. It was great to see John Eaton and Barbara and Eric Danoff. While not as esteemed as the Naples, Florida, minis or CarniVail, they enjoyed each other’s company and had a great get-together. Do you have an idea for a gathering? Let the travel committee know!

A shoutout for trips planned by Dartmouth this fall: Professor Jeremy DeSilva, who spoke at our reunion, is leading a 10-day trip after Thanksgiving to the “Cradle of Humankind” and caves east of Cape Town, South Africa, including viewing big game and spending time in Cape Town to tour all the major attractions. Future trips include cruising the Great Lakes and a trip to Bhutan in October (not at the same time).

The annual MS Walk in Boston took place on April 2. Team Zrike has many supporters from our class—please join us in this important work.

Willis Newton reports that the weekly Zoom calls continue to attract an average of 25 classmates with discussion of topics of general interest. Consider joining us on Wednesdays at 2 p.m. EST.

The “Age to Engage” is here! Go to dartmouth71.org and click on “class engagement” to see what’s up.

—Alice Reno Malone, 834 Colridge Drive, Charlottesville, VA 22903; tammyarm@aol.com

Willis Newton reports that Zoom is still a valuable tool for classmates to communicate. His weekly Zooms on Wednesdays at 2 p.m. ET have a regular following of about 30, with 12 to 15 attending weekly. These calls are open to everyone, so contact Willis to get on the list. Ted Eismeier’s literary efforts on Zoom have been quite popular. Successful one-hour discussions have been held on Hermann Hesse’s works (October), films from our College years (December) and Kurt Vonnegut’s novels (January). One of Vonnegut’s many quotations is: “ ‘To be is to do,’ Socrates. ‘To do is to be,’ Sartre. ‘Do be do be do,’ Sinatra.” Needless to say, that discussion was much lighter than Hesse’s! Finally, the travel committee is looking at class trips and facilitating classmate travel for summer of 2023 and beyond—so we can go before we “go”!

As I write, Homecoming Weekend has begun and I can report that 16 classmates and guests are registered and 25 from the class of ’21 joined us after the bonfire. The class of ’71 continues to sponsor opportunities to meet throughout the year and across the country. Already on the 2023 calendar is the annual gathering in Naples, Florida, on February 23-26, which Jim Rager reports will include golfing, fishing, shopping, cruising and beachcombing; and CarniVail hosted by Wayne Hobin on March 3-5. Ted and Betsy Eismeier will host a new mini reunion in Austin, Texas, April 27-30. A welcome party, music and dancing, golf, hiking, biking, kayaking, paddle boarding, a dinner at the Onion Creek Club and tours of the LBJ Presidential Library and the University of Texas Harry Ransom Center will round out the activities.

Sam Cuddeback reported at Homecoming that our class projects are largely funded by class dues and directed toward College programs. During the past several years we have made continuing commitments to support the Rockefeller Center’s summer internship program. (Willis Newton’s reaction: “a highlight of Homecoming—the Rocky intern from Alaska spoke to us and she had a great experience last summer. She had a big wow factor!”) We also support the Center for Social Impact Summer Enrichment at Dartmouth program, the Native American program, and the arts as well as athletics. Looking forward, we hope to expand the College’s positive impact on social justice issues in the Upper Valley as well as support emerging student-faculty efforts focusing on sustainability at the College. The renovation of the Hop offers intriguing possibilities for our support. Finally, tightening our connection to the class of 2021 is also a priority.

Additionally, classmates’ philanthropic contributions beyond dues allow us to support the growing Class of 1971 Endowed Scholarship Fund, the Steve Zrike family’s efforts on behalf of MS research, and other projects that emerge each year. A recent example is the hybrid gift of class funds and private gifts to a Ukrainian relief organization honoring the Ukrainian students at Dartmouth.

The age to engage is here. Go to dartmouth71.org to see what’s happening!

—Alice Reno Malone, 834 Colridge Drive, Charlottesville, VA 22903; tammyarm@aol.com

It really happened! Although we were able to celebrate our actual 50th reunion a year ago with a wonderful virtual program, we finally had our in-person 50-plus-one reunion in Hanover, June 13-15. Two hundred nineteen classmates and guests enjoyed a fabulous 48-hour whirlwind of visiting, reminiscing, attending class, touring, dining, and dancing planned and perfectly executed by Bob and Lisa Lider and Tommy and Judy Oxman and their reunion team. The reception with Thayer Dean Alexis Abramson and the opportunity to visit the newly opened Center for Engineering and Computer Science Class of 1971 Emerging Technologies Lab was the icing on the cake before our closing gala dinner at the Hanover Inn. Oh, to be a student again; wish everyone could have been there to share in the glow! The only word that describes our reunion is “fabulous”!

Mini-reunions continue to bring our class together across the United States. The Naples, Florida, gathering occurred in March with 43 attendees; that number is growing annually. Hope to see you there in 2023. In the meantime, Michael Maynard, Frank Anton, and Alice Reno Malone are planning for a return of their Nantucket, Massachusetts, mini this fall on September 23-25. In addition, there will be a new player for our attention in 2023—a mini sponsored by Ted and Betsy Eismeier in Austin, Texas, with a preferred date of April 27-30. Mark your calendar; details forthcoming with outdoor activities, culture, food, music, and more. At the request of Joe Cecere, there will be opportunities for two steppin’—at the Broken Spoke and elsewhere.

Another ’71 gathering will be the annual Homecoming weekend in Hanover October 28-29, when Dartmouth will play the Harvard Crimson. I remember the 1969 game in Boston. That was the first year of the formal exchange program and Dartmouth had female cheerleaders in skirts when they should have dressed like Dartmouth students in winter attire! We froze. Please join your classmates and friends on Friday night for Dartoberfest, the annualHomecoming parade, Dartmouth Night, and, of course, the legendary bonfire. I hope the weather will be kinder.

I regret to report the passing of Colby Shannon Morgan Jr. on May 24. A remembrance will appear at dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/obits in a future issue.

—Alice Reno Malone, 834 Colridge Drive, Charlottesville, VA 22903; tammyarm@aol.com

In just more than three months we will celebrate our 50-plus-one Dartmouth reunion in person. Scheduled for June 13-15, we will spend time together, laughing, learning, reminiscing, and celebrating our friendships. The reunion team, led by Bob Lider, has put together a wonderful collection of activities, meals, and dancing to tire out the hardiest of us! Beginning on Monday, registration throughout the day with a buffet lunch will be held in our class tent. In the afternoon there will be tours of the Hood with Judy Oxman, a lecture by anthropology professor Jeremy DeSilva, and a back-to-class opportunity to learn about the Geisel School of Medicine followed by happy hour in the tent and a sumptuous clambake on Baker lawn. As if that’s not enough, we will spend the evening at band night in the tent!

Tuesday starts bright and early with a Vietnam discussion with former President Jim Wright at 8:00 a.m. That will be followed by President Hanlon’s address to the clustered classes of ’70,’71, and ’72. A barbeque lunch catered by Maple Street and our class meeting follow. Mid-afternoon, there will be a tour and reception at the Center for Engineering and Computer Science and our very own Class of 1971 Emerging Technologies Lab with Thayer dean Alexis Abramson. That will lead into another back-to-class opportunity with Colin Calloway, professor of both history and Native American studies.

Happy hour, again in our tent, will be followed by our gala dinner in the grand ballroom at the Hanover Inn. There will be opportunity until midnight to socialize back in the tent. Wednesday morning marks the end of our reunion. There will be a farewell brunch 7:30 a.m. to noon before we say adieu. Note: Residence hall checkout is noon.

Wayne Hobin reports that despite Covid, the annual CarniVail mini reunion happened in February. Stephen Johnson, Randy Wise, Sam and Jane Webster, and Lisa and Craig Robelen spent three hours at the AlpenRose having a wunderbar time reuniting and enjoying a lot of fun and interesting conversation. Dinner was Wiener schnitzel, spaetzle, red cabbage with apples and, of course, strudel mit schlagobers. The group will meet again next year and looks forward to others in or visiting Colorado to join them.

Finally, the Naples, Florida, mini-reunion was a “go” March 24-27 with more than three dozen participants hosted by Yola and Jim Rager, Marguerite and Jerry O’Brien, and Julie and Tony Fitzpatrick. Golf at two courses, fishing, and two cruises on the Island Dreamer with lunch at the Island Gypsy or on the beach kept everyone busy. The weekend began with a reception at the O’Briens’, Saturday dinner at the Hamilton Yacht Club, and a closing brunch at the Ragers’. This ensured that all activities would be outdoors so we could enjoy our winter escape!

The age to engage is here! Go to dartmouth71.org and click on “Class Engagement” to see what’s up.

—Alice Reno Malone, 834 Colridge Drive, Charlottesville, VA 22903; tammyarm@aol.com

Happy New Year—hope this finds you healthy and safe!

This year seven students will be paired with the Class of 1971 Scholarship Fund: Marco E. Allen ’23 (Colorado), Ana J. Furtado ’22 (Brazil), Camaira M. Walker ’24 (Maryland), Ivan Tochimani-Hernandez ’24 (Colorado), Aleemah “Lee-Lee” N. Williams ’24 (North Carolina), Shania D. Smith ’23 (New York), and Dominik J. Pauli ’23 (Germany). Congratulations!

On July 11 Robert Lamarre hosted a micro-reunion in Denver with Albert Lamarre, Randy Wise, Doug Best, Thomas Goldthwait, and Dave Herrick. Burgers and beer were enjoyed by all.

The annual N.Y.C. dinner was held on October 5 in the Tap Room of the Yale Club. In attendance were Tom Price, Rich Sternberg, Pete Ruegger,Judy and Jeff McElnea, Gail and Greg Fell, and Richard Wooster, who summarized the event as “a terrific evening, with many good stories and lots of laughs—a good time was had by all.”

More than 70 classmates and spouses gathered in Hanover for Homecoming in October. Peter Pratt reports that “1971 enjoyed multiple meals together. On Thursday night four of us gathered in Pine to thank Joe Piedrafite from the alumni relations office for his yeoman’s assistance on our virtual 50th. On Friday night Marsha and I hosted 21 classmates and significant others in the Hanover Inn. On Saturday night the 20 ’71s who were part of the 1970 football team, along with their spouses and significant others, gathered in the Hanover Inn ballroom for a dinner for 90 guests. Meanwhile, another 22 of us joined Kathy Duff Rines at her beautiful farmhouse for a catered dinner. Dartmouth beat Yale in overtime by 24-17 and it was a magnificent Homecoming. Homecoming next year will be on October 28-29 vs. Harvard.”

We have just learned that Peter Pratt has been selected for induction into the Stephen F. Mandel ’52 Society at the College. This group recognizes alumni volunteers who provide visionary leadership in raising gifts to Dartmouth through the Dartmouth College Fund.

Congratulations, Peter!

In addition, at the annual VOX meeting in October, held virtually this year, our great class was recognized once again: “The Class Officer Association executive board and alumni relations has recognized the class of 1971 for hosting weekly Zooms; organizing a 50th reunion book of more than 1,000 pages that reached and connected classmates in a year without a normal reunion; and for their fundraising and financial support of scholarship, athletics and the computer innovation lab as well as setting the record for the most Bartlett Tower Society members at a 50th reunion.”

I regret to report the passing of classmate Gregory Alfred Boyt on August 31, 2021. A remembrance will appear at dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/obits.

Please mark your calendars for the long awaited, in-person celebration of our 50-plus-one reunion in Hanover June 13-15. More details to follow.

—Alice Reno Malone, 834 Colridge Drive, Charlottesville, VA 22903; tammyarm@aol.com

Wayne Hobin reports, “On March 6 an in-person mini-reunion was held at La Bottega in Vail, Colorado. Dave Merritt, Randy Wise, Sam and Jane Webster, Greg Fell, and I attended. The following night the group celebrated Sam’s 72nd birthday. CarniVail is on for February 25-27, 2022, at Vail. Contact me (dreunion71@gmail.com) for more information.” Dan Clouse had a micro-reunion in March with Tom Hancock at South Head, Lakebay, Wisconsin. John Eaton celebrated Rod and Pam Morgan’s 50th anniversary at Ramsgate Vineyard in Sonoma, California. Roger Prince and Malcolm Jones had a micro-reunion on May 25, after which Malcolm joined Albert and Janet Lamarre for dinner at their Danville, California, home. Joseph Cosco had a micro-reunion with Frank Anton in Nantucket, Massachusetts, on May 29. Although we couldn’t celebrate our 50th reunion on campus during Commencement weekend this year, our class leadership decided to commemorate this special event with a virtual 50th reunion. The first event on June 11 was a service of remembrance in honor of our 116 fallen classmates. Nels Armstrong opened the service with a retrospective of our Dartmouth experience and a prayer for our fallen classmates. Martha Shanahan spoke dearly of her husband, John, and encouraged other surviving spouses to stay connected with us, as they are part of our class family. Dan Clouse eloquently provided reflections at the service’s end. Michael Maynard, Roger Prince, and Dick Wenzel also participated in the service with the reading of the fallen classmates’ names. Two highlights of our virtual 50th reunion were panels featuring several classmates and two “guests.” Friday’s panel, hosted by Mickey Stuart, offered a broad survey of President Kemeny’s broad Dartmouth legacies, from his arrival at Dartmouth through his chairing the Three Mile Island Report. President Hanlon jumpstarted the session with a thoughtful reminiscence, followed by Ron Harris, Nels Armstrong, Steve Brockway and Michael Hanitchak ’73, Alice Malone and Amy Sabrin ’72, David Aylward, and Andrew Hodgdon. Kemeny’s brilliance, outsider’s perspective, and active, respectful listening were throughlines for the panelists. On Saturday Randy Pherson, Tom Burton, Willie Bogan, Kathy Rines, and Gene Thibodeaux, representing the “Stuff of the Institution,” shared their remarkable stories and thoughts about what lies ahead for us. Host Sam Cuddeback joined the “audience” in profound respect for their presentations, commenting that with all of us ’71s, Dartmouth should be pleased, proud, and grateful. Dick Wenzel produced a film tribute from 21 classmates to praise our outgoing class president Peter Pratt. It was shown to Peter’s surprise during the virtual reunion social hour on Saturday evening, June 12. Thanks to Kathy Rines, Tom Oxman, and Ted and Betsy Eismeier for carrying our class banner at Commencement. Our new class officers are Jim Rager, president; Willis Newton and Sam Cuddeback, vice presidents; Jerry O’Brien, treasurer; and Alice Malone, secretary. I’ve been honored to serve as class secretary these past five years. See you at Homecoming in October and at our 50th reunion in Hanover next June 13-15, 2022.

—Bob Lider, 9225 Veneto Place, Naples, FL 34113; liderbob@yahoo.com

As you may know, President Hanlon ’77 and Cheryl Bascomb ’82, alumni relations VP, announced the cancellation of on-campus reunion events in June, including our 50th reunion. Cheryl advised Peter Pratt and me in a subsequent call that we couldn’t reschedule our on-campus 50th reunion later in the year due to logistics; for example, dorm rooms and other College facilities weren’t available since students would be attending the fall semester. President Hanlon’s announcement further clarified that only graduating seniors would be allowed on campus to celebrate Commencement. Their family members and friends won’t be able to attend. The College hasn’t set the date of Commencement as of February 20. Stay tuned for Peter’s announcement on a number of pre-Commencement virtual events in June leading up to Commencement, including a Kemeny legacy panel discussion; a remembrance service to honor our fallen classmates; a class meeting for announcement of awards, new officers, and class gifts to the College; a panel discussion on “where do we go from here”; and our class’ limited possible participation in Commencement. Our first scheduled in-person mini-reunion this year will, we hope, take place during Homecoming, October 8-10. Malcolm Jones will host virtual wine events on March 24 (Chappellet Vineyards), April (to be determined), and May 4 (Donum Vineyards). Class dinner events may be held later this year in Seattle, N.Y.C., and San Francisco (to be determined). Class notifications will confirm these events. Editing of the 50th reunion yearbook will be finished in February. Page proofs and printing will be completed in April, followed by the yearbooks mailing to all classmates in May. This hardcover magnum opus has more than 1,000 pages. More than 460 classmates contributed to it either by updating their profiles or submitting essays (372 at last count). Alice Reno Malone, Mike Brooks, and Roger Prince researched and wrote 125 obituaries of our fallen classmates. The College will receive two checks from our great class to celebrate our 50th reunion. The first check will include contributions to the Dartmouth College Fund (DCF), which presently total $905,000. The three amigos (Michael Maynard, Malcolm Jones, and Sam Cuddeback) have an aspirational DCF goal of $1.71 million. Keep donating! The second class check will be an aggregate amount of all other class contributions to the Call to Lead, Dartmouth athletics, and major class gifts and projects. The ’71 Dickey-Rassias scholarship program is a major class gift that will endow 12 annual scholarships for studies abroad. The class has raised $665,000 toward a $1-million goal. Class funding of the West End project has already reached its $5-million goal. This innovation neighborhood lab for Tuck and Thayer is to be named “The Class of 1971 Emerging Technologies Lab.” A video will be posted to our class website, 1971.dartmouth.org, that will include testimonials from Ron Harris and Mike Ross on the significance of this College project. Go to our class website to read the expanded Class Note for May/June that includes updates on class events and other news.

—Bob Lider, 9225 Veneto Place, Naples, FL 34113; liderbob@yahoo.com

Although Covid prevented us from gathering in Hanover for Homecoming, we enthusiastically celebrated this event virtually in a well-attended Zoom call on October 2. More than 50 classmates and spouses participated in an informative and entertaining discussion on College-related topics. Peter Pratt moderated the Zoom call and asked Sam Cuddeback to update us on important class projects, including the Native American program, Summer Enrichment at Dartmouth (SEAD), and the Rockefeller internship program. Sam introduced Sarah Palacios, Native American program director, who described the academic and professional support her organization provides for the College’s Native American students. Representing SEAD was Ashley Doolittle, associate director. Ashley noted the importance of academic and counseling assistance to Upper Valley high school students who aspire to be the first family members to attend college. Diana Alvarado ’22 eloquently spoke about her experience as a student advisor in the SEAD program. Finally, Sam cited the significant accomplishments of this year’s Rocky interns, Florida Huff ’21 and Annie Farrell ’21.

Peter noted our class’s generous support of Dartmouth athletics. One hundred seventy-five classmates contributed $175,000 to various teams.

David Aylward, 50th reunion book editor-in-chief, was pleased to report on increased classmate essay submissions from 80 to 170. David praised Mark Bellonby for his contributions to the reunion book’s design and Jim Rager for organizing a squad of captains who contacted classmates by phone and email for essay submissions. David also thanked Alice Reno Malone, our class detective, who has been indefatigable in tracking down missing female exchange students and lost men. He complimented Dan Clouse, our class bard and toastmaster, for his many literary contributions to our 50th reunion book.

Articles have also been submitted from former President Jim Wright, Jack DeGange, Dolly Carlin,and Flo Fowkes, members of the 1970 cheerleading squad. Jim Chasey, the great quarterback on our ’70 undefeated Ivy League champion and Lambert Trophy-winning football team, reminisced about coach Bob Blackman, a.k.a. “Bullet.” Coach Blackman’s practices were detailed and highly organized. He was infamous for scheduling five-minute water breaks that lasted in reality for a shorter period. Jim recounted that during one brief water break, Bobby Schnabel blew an air horn to signal the official end of a five-minute water break that interrupted Coach Blackman’s discussion. Fortunately, Coach Blackman found the loud interruption amusing.

Barry Brink, our all-Ivy defensive lineman, praised the defensive team coaching staff led by Jake Crouthamel. How good was the ’70 team defense? During the first three games against Holy Cross, Brown, and Harvard, each opponent was limited to 14 points. In the remaining games vs. Yale, Columbia, Cornell, and Penn, Dartmouth’s defense shut them out. Incredible. Susan Gavle, Darrell Gavle’s widow, recounted how proud her husband was to play on an Ivy League football team. Bob Cordy also provided amusing football team anecdotes.

Honor our 50th reunion by contributing to class dues and the Dartmouth College Fund. See the expanded column at 1971.dartmouth.org with much more class news.

—Bob Lider, 9225 Veneto Place, Naples, FL 34113; liderbob@yahoo.com

Wah hoo wah to Willis Newton for hosting Zoom calls for West Coast classmates that have since been expanded to include classmates across the country. Every Wednesday classmates participate in informative and entertaining discussions on a wide variety of interesting topics, including but not limited to reminiscing about how we prepared to flunk our pre-induction physical to avoid being drafted; discussing the merits of the former ROTC program; sharing the new normal and impact of Covid-19 on our lives (including sheltering at home with our families), the arts, traveling, medical care, and how the College is addressing the challenges of providing the Dartmouth experience to students during the pandemic; reminiscing about our fathers who fought valiantly in World War II and the scant information we received from them given their reluctance to share details on their experiences; and recalling some of the great College professors we were privileged to know. Participating in Willis’s Zoom conference calls were Sam Cuddeback, Malcolm Jones, Dick Wenzel, Greg Schelkun, Dave Paradise, Dan Clouse, Roger Prince, Peter Graves, Bernie Wysocki, Peter Pratt, Bob Lider, Doug Jones, Mac Barrett, Jon Osgood, Don Ebberly, Bob Cordy, Steve Hoverman, Janet Rosa, John Hanley, Michael Maynard, Pete Webster, Albert Lamarre, Joe Cecere, Simon Potter, David Aylward, John Eaton David Krakoff,and others. Congratulations to Bob Cordy, who has retired from active law firm duty but still remains on senior status call. Jim Smith has retired from Webster Bank after years of dedicated leadership and service. Under the direction of David Aylward, editor of our 50th reunion book, Jim Rager has asked classmates serving as captains and volunteers to email the following excerpted letter to members of fraternities, sports teams, clubs, organizations, societies, etc.: “Classmates, the heart of our class 50th reunion book will be the individual entries that you and our classmates submit. We hope that you will do this in the spring or the summer, at the latest. Start by signing into the class reunion website, dartmouth71.reuniontechnologies.com. You can fill in the blanks under your name, write a short essay, and share a few pictures. To save you time, we have already downloaded all the information that you entered for the 45th reunion book, if any, as well as the latest contact and other information the College has for you.”

Follow these steps to update your entry. First, use your browser to go to dartmouth71.reuniontechnologies.com. Then click on the “Login” button and log in using your Dartmouth NetID and password. (If you don’t know your NetID call the help desk at 603-646-3202 or email alumni.help@dartmouth.edu and ask for your NetID and help setting your password.) Once you are logged in, click on “My Reunion Book Entry” and follow the instructions to enter your reunion book submission. You’ll find that your basic contact information has already been loaded with whatever Dartmouth has on record for you. Use the screens that follow to update your information.

Classmates, stay safe and well.

—Bob Lider, 9225 Veneto Place, Naples, FL 34113; liderbob@yahoo.com

Our 2019 Class of the Year has received letters from three students who have been recipients of class of 1971 scholarships. Thanks to Ted Eismeier,our class webmaster, you can read these letters in the news section of our class website, 1971.dartmouth.org. The expressions of gratitude from these students underscore the impact that our scholarships have had on their Dartmouth experience. We should continue to support the fund’s growth so that we can provide scholarship funds to more talented students in pursuit of their academic goals. Contact Jim Rager if you would like to contribute to the 1971 endowed scholarship. Congratulations to David Aylward, who has been appointed assistant clinical professor of family medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. David will be working with terrific colleagues in this department, across the university’s Anschutz Medical Campus in Colorado and nationally. The short description of this work is “how do you transform the health system for disadvantaged people from one focused on repairing illness, where most of the grants are spent on specialists and acute care, to one focused on producing thriving people with a focus on vitality and well-being?” David will be commuting every other week from the District of Columbia. Arthur Hittner’s third novel, titled The Caroline Paintings, has just been released. It’s an art sleuthing novel loosely inspired by the saga of Andrew Wyeth’s Helga pictures. The description on the book’s back cover reads, “a Florida retiree, dabbling in the art market, buys the contents of a storage locker in a foreclosure sale. Included in his bounty is a cache of unsigned paintings of a beautiful young woman by a supremely talented hand. Who is she, who is the artist, and what gave rise to these poignant works?” Buy the book on Amazon to learn the answers to these and other questions. Steve Hoverman has graciously accepted the class executive committee’s nomination to serve as our new class alumni councilor. He succeeds Ted Eismeier, who has ably represented our class during his three-year term. Quite a number of class events have been scheduled in 2020, including the MS Walk in Boston on April 5 with Steve Zrike and his award-winning team; the Mississippi cruise April 26-May 4; San Francisco dinner on April 6; Denver dinner on May 16; N.Y.C. dinner, date to be determined; U.S. Open at Wingfoot June 18-21; Upper Valley mini with dinner, “Carnevale,” and Lake Sunapee boating and brunch July 10-12; class cruise in Russia July 18-29; Nantucket, Massachusetts, mini August 27-30; Homecoming October 1-3; and VOX weekend in Hanover October 16-17. And, of course, there’s our 50th reunion June 11-15, 2021. Speaking of which, I welcome your creative thoughts on what should be the theme for our 50th. Send me an email with your recommendations. I am deeply saddened to report the deaths of our classmates John S. Selfridge, Darrel R. Gavle, and John D. Pfeifle. “The hill winds know their names.”

—Bob Lider, 9225 Veneto Place, Naples, FL 34113; liderbob@yahoo.com

At the VOX weekend banquet attended by more than 300 class and club officers, our great class was honored by the College as the “Class of the Year” for classes out more than 25 years. Accepting the award on the class’s behalf were Peter Platt, Sam Cuddeback, Jeff McElnea, Ted and Betsy Eismeier, and Michael Maynard. Peter later posted thanks to the 40 members of our class executive committee for their hard work on mini-reunions, communications, the Dartmouth College Fund, financial controls, class projects, etc. Peter’s strong leadership of our class has been the driving force of so many class accomplishments. Congratulations to all of our dedicated classmates for their devotion to the College and our class. See the expanded class note for photos of our classmates receiving the Class of the Year Award and the College’s award text, “In Pursuit of Excellence: Dartmouth College recognizes with Deep Appreciation the Extraordinary Achievements of the Class of 1971—2019 Class of the Year, 26 Years Out and Older.”Congratulations to John Gilbert Fox,who took a first-place award in a summer juried exhibition at AVA Gallery in Lebanon, New Hampshire. Artists were challenged to reexamine the power and place of art in our changing world. See the expanded class note for Jon’s brilliant photo. From Steve Haines:“Finally winding down my neurosurgery career toward retirement in December. After seven years as chairman of the department at the Medical University of South Carolina and 13 as chairman at the University of Minnesota, with a couple of good transition years, other interests are calling. Was honored by the Neurosurgical Society of America Medal for ‘significantly influencing the practice of neurosurgery,’ so figured it was time to stop while things were going well. Retirement will be in Blaine, Washington, a town about the size of Hanover when school is not in session. Have my first music CD credits for horn parts on the Vulcan Freedom Fighters’ latest album. Happy to see old friends or new ones if you happen to be heading across the Canadian border on 15.” Bob Cordy reports: “I had the great privilege of hosting a U.S. State Department delegation studying human trafficking (22 members from 20 countries) for a discussion with American judges, journalists, and law faculty this past May in a courtroom of the Massachusetts Supreme Court.” Bob was also the recipient of the 21st James D. Kaufman International Citizen Award this past October. This award is given to members of the Boston area community who, by their outstanding example, highlight the value of international engagement and global cooperation. Well done, Bob. Spectacular photos of Malcolm Jones and Sandi Blodgett on their trip to Italy (Milan, Lake Como) and Malcolm’s epic walk from France to Italy to Switzerland on a Tour du Mont Blanc appear in the expanded class note. Richard and Liz Rehm Wooster also visited Italy last September and posted a photo taken in Florence with magnificent David in the background.

—Bob Lider, 9225 Veneto Place, Naples, FL 34113; liderbob@yahoo.com

Serving as district enrollment director for the admissions department is one of the joys I have in volunteering for the College. Every year my alumni team and I interview some of the brightest and most talented high school students in Naples, Florida. One of the applicants I interviewed was recently admitted to Dartmouth. What made this student special was not just his top grades, class rank, and numerous academic achievements but also his extraordinary kicking skills. He was captain of his high school’s soccer team and a placekicker on the varsity football team. After I interviewed him, I contacted Coach Teevens to report on the student’s desire to play on the Dartmouth football team. Coach Teevens always encourages me to find football players in Florida. There’s lots of football talent here in southwest Florida. The challenge for me was finding a student with the requisite brains as well as football skills. This year I succeeded.

The class of 2023 includes students from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Guam, and from 69 other countries. The largest number of admitted students comes from California, while more than 40 percent are from the southern and western states. Of the 12 percent of students who are international citizens, the United Kingdom, China, Canada, and Brazil are among the countries with the greatest representation. Both the number of countries and the percentage of international students are new records for the College.

Richard Wooster hosted another successful N.Y.C. mini-reunion in June at the Yale Club. Once again there was an excellent turnout of classmates and guests. The guest speaker was Laurel Richie ’81, chair of the Dartmouth board of trustees. See my expanded Class Note on our class website, 71.dartmouth.org, for more information on this event.

I just purchased a new book, titled Dartmouth Undying, A Celebration of Place and Possibility. It’s available from the DartmouthCoop.com website at a cost of $60. There are alumni remembrances of John Rassias, Warren Bentley, President Kemeny, and numerous other Dartmouth notables as well as many interesting stories on the Dartmouth experience. The book is authored by two Dartmouth alums, who note in the book’s jacket, “Dartmouth Undying is part scrapbook, part showcase, part argument….[It] celebrates the spirit, character, and diverse accomplishments of the College’s first 250 years, while implicitly making the case that Dartmouth’s historic contributions to society will only become greater as the College moves into the 21st century.” It’s a wonderful commemorative edition that you’ll enjoy reading.

Congratulations to Robert Ripley, who received the 2019 John D. Fox Award from the Friends of Bourne (Massachusetts) Council on Aging. “Robert was recognized for his outstanding contribution to the Friends of Food Pantry. He is a generous benefactor of the pantry who also volunteers countless hours of his time there. His generosity truly personifies the spirit of altruism. In the spirit of his long career as a systems analyst, he enjoys offering new ideas for improved operations that are frequently adopted.”

—Bob Lider, 9225 Veneto Place, Naples, FL 34113; liderbob@yahoo.com

On a frigid winter’s eve, Peter and Marsha Pratt, Malcolm Jones, Bob Cordy, Garret Rasmussen, Gene Elrod, and Bill Kennedy attended the reenactment of the Dartmouth College case at the U.S. Supreme Court. Chief Justice John Roberts played the Justice Marshall role. Distinguished Dartmouth alums former acting U.S. Solicitor General Neal Katyal ’91and former U.S. Solicitor General Gregory Garre ’87 presented oral arguments of the case. The College sponsored this special event in honor of its 250th anniversary. Daniel Webster’s peroration was performed: “It is, sir, as I have said, a small college and yet there are those who love it.” Wah hoo wah to Garret Rasmussen, who biked to the Supreme Court in 10-degree weather. Peter Pratt observed that he was “a true son of the North.” Bob and Lisa Lider joined Ted and Betsy Eismeier at the Little Bar Restaurant adjacent to Marco Island, Florida, to see son Tim’s performance. Tim is a talented guitarist and singer from Austin, Texas, with a repertoire of Texas ballads. Also attending were Tim’s wife, Rachel, son Townes, and many of Ted and Betsy’s friends from Marco Island.

David Aylward had a reunion with professor Peter Bien, the “genius of Joyce.” David had corresponded with but had not seen Professor Bien in person since graduation. David reports that the professor’s “freshman seminar on the ‘Ulysses Theme through Literature’ was the intellectual highpoint of my time at Dartmouth, and he was a wise and caring counselor about my struggles with war, fear, conscience, and religion. He is very happy in retirement with his wife at Kendal. He is ‘with it’ and delightful as ever at 89 and teaching Ulysses to an adult education group on Wednesdays.” My expanded Class Note that’s posted on our class website, 1971.Dartmouth.org, includes photos of the aforementioned class events as well as other classmate postings. I am deeply saddened to report the death of Andy Harvard. He was a world-renowned mountaineer, accomplished lawyer, and former Dartmouth Outing Club director. At the age of 59 Andy was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Faced with this incurable disease, Andy confronted this challenge with the same dignity with which he conducted his extraordinary life. Our deepest and heartfelt sympathies go to his wife, Kathy, and her family. Andy left a legacy that will be documented in a film, The Final Climb, that is directed by our classmate, Dartmouth film and media professor Bill Phillips. Bill stated in The Dartmouth that “Andy’s can-do spirit—his willingness to let us see and walk with him at the end of his life—was admirable.” Numerous articles on Andy’s extraordinary life and accomplishments will be posted in our class website together with an expanded obit.

—Bob Lider, 9225 Veneto Place, Naples, FL 34113; liderbob@yahoo.com

Classmates, I’m introducing survey questions as a new feature in Class Notes. I invite you to respond to these survey questions when they appear periodically. I anticipate that your insightful and witty comments will add to the reading pleasure of Class Notes. As I’m subject to a strict 500-word limit on Class Notes published in the DAM, I may not be able to include all of the responses you submit. Not to worry. I publish an expanded Class Note on our class website, 1971.dartmouth.org, that accompanies each of the Class Notes in the DAM. The expanded Class Note doesn’t have a word limit. Here’s the first survey question: This year and next almost all of us turn 70. What thoughts have been roused by this milestone? Have you been inspired to develop a new habit (or kick an old one)? Pursue a new goal (or abandon an obsolete one)? Or is this the first time you’ve even thought about it? Send your responses or any other personal or class news to me at liderbob@yahoo.com.

A newswire article recently reported that Mitchell Wallerstein is stepping down as president of Baruch College in N.Y.C. Interim chancellor Vita C. Rabinowitz stated in the news article that Mitchell “has been one of CUNY’s most innovative and effective leaders of the past decade. He firmly established Baruch as a renowned driver of social and economic mobility. He raised graduation rates and strengthened the faculty.”

Bob Joy has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2019. Bob is a member of the management committee of Morgan, Brown & Joy. His practice is in employment and labor law.

Numerous class events will take place in 2019. In February a mini-reunion dinner will be held in Denver. Jim and Yola Rager will host the annual Naples, Florida, mini-reunion from March 28 to 31. Special activities are being planned to celebrate our 70th birthday party. There are numerous attractions to this popular event. March is high season in Naples. The weather is sunny with temperatures in the mid 80s. It’s perfect weather for golf, fishing, and boating. The Everglades are only 25 minutes away if you’re interested in taking an airboat tour. In May you can join Dartmouth students on a canoe trip down the Connecticut River. Pete Webster hosts a dinner event at the end of the trip. Richard Wooster will once again host the annual N.Y.C. mini-reunion dinner at the Yale Club in June. The final summer event will be the Nantucket, Massachusetts, mini-reunion from August 25 to 28, hosted by Michael Maynard and Ilene Greenberg, Frank and Georgine Anton, and Alice Reno and Jim Malone. Our class is also planning numerous other gatherings to coincide with Dartmouth’s scheduled celebrations of its 250-year anniversary. My expanded Class Note that’s published on our class website, 1971.dartmouth.org. covers additional past events. such as Class Officers Weekend and Homecoming.

—Bob Lider, 9225 Veneto Place, Naples, FL 34113; liderbob@yahoo.com

Summer greetings to you and your families. Richard Wooster hosted a successful and well-attended N.Y.C. mini-reunion this past June at the Yale Club. Coach Buddy Tevens ’79 honored our class with his presence. Peter Pratt noted to me that our classmates have generously contributed more than $45,000 to Friends of Football. Buddy told me at a Dartmouth Club of Tampa reception in May that our financial support has enabled him to build a stronger football program and recruit top players. We hope they’ll be the caliber of the great players from our class. See my expanded class note in our class website, www.71.dartmouth.org for a list of all the N.Y.C. mini-reunion attendees. Pete Webster has kindly prepared the following write-up, titled “Lest the Old Traditions Fail,” on the Ledyard canoe trip down the Connecticut River to Old Saybrook, Connecticut: “On a Sunday morning this past May, 24 students, mostly seniors, pushed off from the Ledyard dock in their canoes to begin the 222-mile, seven-day journey down the Connecticut River to Old Saybrook at the mouth of the river on Long Island Sound. This tradition, dating back to the late 1950s, honors the intrepid John Ledyard, class of 1773, one of the College’s first dropouts and its most famous early American explorer. Ledyard felled a pine by the riverbank, hollowed it out, and set down the river to explore the world. The Dartmouth Club of Southeast Connecticut hosts the final day reception at the house of my brother, Bill ’65, right by the lighthouse, continuing a tradition started by my parents, Bill ’39 and Bunny Webster in the early 1960s. Each year this reception is the highlight for the local alumni club and gives area high school seniors, alums, and students alike the chance to mingle and enjoy a wonderful tradition. The class executive committee has placed this trip on the class mini-reunion schedule for early May 2019. Having done this trip myself as an undergraduate, and most recently with my youngest daughter the week after she graduated from college, a few days on the river paddling with this group will indeed make a great mini-reunion for classmates. And a wonderful way to get to know some students!” Here’s a link to see more about this year’s trip: www.news.dartmouth.edu/photos/galleries/2018-trip-sea. Congratulations to Art Hittner on the recent publication of his first novel, Artist, Soldier, Lover, Muse. It is a historical novel chronicling the life of a young, emerging artist in the New York art world during the late years of the Depression and run-up to World War II. Much more information is available at Art’s author website, www.hittnerbooks.com, as well as at Amazon.com. Art is pleased to note that the six reviews posted to date on Amazon are five-star. Janet Rosa retired from the College this past June. For many years Janet provided dedicated service to the Dartmouth College Fund and our class. Our class head agents Michael Maynard, Malcolm Jones, Sam Cuddeback, and Jim Rager greatly appreciated her expert guidance.

—Bob Lider, 9225 Veneto Place, Naples, FL 34113; liderbob@yahoo.com

Jim and Yola Rager hosted another memorable Naples, Florida, mini-reunion. Enjoying the sunny weather were Jack and Diane Burnett, Joe and Dorothy Cecere, Jim Chasey, Sarah Marter ’72, John and Denise Colangelo, Bob and Peggy Cordy, David and Susanne Edson, Ted and Betsy Eismeier, Tony and Julie Fitzpatrick, Bill Kennedy, Bob and Lisa Lider, Michael Maynard and Ilene Greenberg, Jerry and Marguerite O’Brien, Peter and Marsha Pratt, Kathy Duff Rines, Bob and Olga Kelcourse, Janet Rosa, Martha Shanahan and Mickey Stuart. The O’Briens and Ragers hosted dinners at their beautiful homes on Thursday and Friday evenings. Saturday night’s dinner was held at the Hamilton Harbour Yacht Club. During the festivities, Peter Pratt and Jim Rager honored Bob Cordy with the Class of 1971 John Sloan Dickey Award for distinguished lifetime performance by a classmate on a global stage. Our classmates and their guests had a fun-filled weekend thanks to the hospitality of the O’Briens, Ragers and Fitzpatricks.

Don O’Neill writes: “Youngest son Max has been an enthusiastic participant in his high school’s theater program since freshman year. As a senior he performed the role of M. Thenardier in the spring production of Les Miserables. Max graduated in June, and in September matriculated as a freshman at the University of Denver. He is taking courses in the theater department and has an internship involved in marketing their theater productions. His other big interest is video game design. He is taking courses in the computer science department toward earning a B.A. in game design. He also hopes to minor or double-major in theater. Older son Donny, 27, continues as senior editor of Freeskier Magazine in Boulder, Colorado. He became engaged to his long-time girlfriend Alexa ‘Lexie’ Shaefer in August with a wedding planned for next September in Park City, Utah. Sally and I (and our golden retriever Charlie) are spending the ski season at our place in Winter Park, Colorado, to be with our sons and, of course, ski.”

John Bacon reports: “I was able to escape the warm sunny beaches of Florida for some cold snowy relief skiing in the mountains of Park City, Utah, with Roger Louder ’72 and Bill Malcolm ’69 from my DOC ski school instructor days. I had trouble finding my warm clothes and equipment, but my skis still turned both ways.”

Steve Zrike and Ted Eismeier, our class webmasters, have added many new features to our class website at www.1971.Dartmouth.org. Visit the website and view updated honor roll of class dues payers (contribute), an update on Dartmouth’s first women film project (led by Kathy Duff Rines), a listing of upcoming class events, a preview of Bob Lider’s next DAM Class Notes column, new items in musings and memories, our class’ innovative care committee, a list of memorable songs and books during our college days and updated obits on our fallen classmates and remembrances contributed by fellow classmates. Our webmasters’ goal is to keep the class website fresh, so visit it often, browse and contribute ideas and content.

—Bob Lider, 9225 Veneto Place, Naples, FL 34113; liderbob@yahoo.com

This class note covers two major film projects spearheaded by some of our dedicated classmates.

Bill Phillips is directing The Final Climb,a film on the courageous life of Andy Harvard and his battle with Alzheimer’s. Here’s Bill’s vision of the film: “Alzheimer’s disease is one of the cruelest and costliest health crises of the 21st century. In 2017 classmates Michael Maynard, Tom Loucks and Pete Webster established a nonprofit organization, The Final Climb Inc., for the professional production of The Final Climb, a film that honors Andy Harvard and advocates an end to Alzheimer’s. Throughout his life Andy worked with others to overcome insurmountable challenges on 13 expeditions to South America, China, India, Nepal and Tibet, including the most challenging route to be attempted on Mount Everest. He climbed to the extremes of joy and experienced the depths of human loss. In 2009 Andy was diagnosed with younger-onset Alzheimer’s disease. While health professionals, caregivers and friends share his optimistic attitude, Andy now confronts his biggest challenge—and it’s one for all of us. Bill is supported on the film by a team of professionals and six Dartmouth student filmmakers and researchers. The film uses tragedies and triumphs from Andy’s adventurous life as metaphor for the medical, legal and financial challenges facing the growing epidemic. Interviews with leading researchers, clinicians, lawyers, ethicists, politicians and personal heart-wrenching stories from Andy’s family, friends, climbing partners and colleagues will inform and inspire. All his life Andy lived by the principle that with teamwork, determination and leadership, nothing is impossible. Visit thefinalclimb.orgto learn more about this important film and how you can help. Contact michaelmaynard2@gmail.com for more information.”

Kathy Duff Rines, with a team of fellow exchange students and support from our classmates, is working with nationally recognized filmmaker Bill Aydelott ’72 to capture the history of the first four years of women students at Dartmouth, 1969-72. At our cluster reunion in June 2016, Aydelott put together a promotional clip of women and men telling their personal stories from these years. Please visit vimeo.com/206180288. The stories range from thoughtful comments to “did this really happen” anecdotes. Of importance is that for the first time, these fours years will be researched and documented. Dartmouth made no attempt to keep the exchange students’ contact information, acknowledge their contribution or recognize them as part of Dartmouth’s history (there was no mention of the exchange program in the Aegis). This will be an independently produced film; seed money has been raised, yet additional funding for this budgeted $35,000 film is being sought. Tax-deductible donations may be sent to Jim Bays, 460 Walker Road, Grantham, NH 03753. Please make checks payable to “Class of 1971” and specify “Women’s Film” in the memo line. Aydelott will be using Dartmouth students in the production of this film; a panel discussion of exchange students and current students is planned, focusing on what has changed and what still needs to be addressed.

—Bob Lider, 9225 Veneto Place, Naples, FL 34113; liderbob@yahoo.com

Willis Newton reports: “We had a wonderful 13th annual San Francisco dinner on March 13. A total of 19 classmates, near classmates and ladies joined us this year, with some notable newcomers! Attendees included Steve and Nancy Hoverman. Nancy is one of our more recent adopted class members who was a coed during Steve’s graduate studies. Other attendees were Dave Herrick, who came from Carmel, California, with Marguerite Meyer, plus Bruce and Belinda Tepper, who were up from L.A. on a grandparent mission. We also welcomed David and Stephanie Paradise to this dinner for the first time. Speaking of grandparents, we were fortunate to be graced with our omnipresent class president, Peter Pratt, and his lovely wife, Marsha, who were on the West Coast welcoming their third grandchild, a boy. We had many of the usual suspects, too: yours truly, Sam Cuddeback, Malcolm Jones and Sandi Blodgett, Dick and Ruth Wenzel, Albert and Janet Lamarre, plus two stalwarts from the class of ’70, Peter Logan and Tom Reddy. It was quite a night as we continue to build on the camaraderie experienced at dinner.” Malcolm Jones writes from San Francisco that on April 11, he joined Dick and Ruth Wenzel, Willis Newton, Mark Hennigh ’72, Peter Logan ’70 and approximately 100 other Dartmouth alums and former servicemen at the Marines’ Memorial to hear President Emeritus Jim Wright talk about his new book, Enduring Vietnam. “It was a riveting evening and we all left with signed copies of his book. It’s clear that the book will be a tough read but also an important read. He told stories that needed to be told.” The MS walk in Boston on April 2 was a major success. Participating in Team Zrike were David Aylward, Michael Maynard, Bob and Lisa Lider, Bev Larkin, Hitchcock Nursing ’71, and Dick Wenzel, who flew from San Francisco just for this important event. Our illustrious team captain, Steve Zrike, was surprised by Dick’s visit and was deeply grateful to his ’71 classmates who raised more than 60 percent of all Team Zrike donations to the MS Society. Once again this year Team Zrike was the top fundraiser for the Boston MS walk. Afterwards, we all enjoyed a Sunday brunch together with Sarah Zrike and Elaine Greenberg, Michael’s wife. Russ Schleipman reports that last summer and fall he was a road warrior with his Porter Garden telescope. He visited clients and venues in California, Montana and the Deep South. His travels opened doors that he wouldn’t otherwise have entered and met some very interesting folks in the process. It is with great sadness that I report the death of our classmate Oliver G. Hess. His full obituary will be published in the online edition of Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. Save the date: fifth annual ’70-’72 Bay Area mini-reunion in Carmel August 3-6; contact Malcolm Jones, malcolmjones49@gmail.com, for further information.

—Bob Lider, 9225 Veneto Place, Naples, FL 34113; liderbob@yahoo.com

From John Ritchie: “We are saddened to report the death of our dear friend, Cameron Bopp, in an automobile accident on December 20, 2016. We—John Ritchie, Rusty Brough, Vinnie Ferraro,Rod Smith ’69 and Dave Gilliat ’69—formed an organization in the spring of 1970 called the Dartmouth Alternatives! Society (DA!S), whose goals and purposes are still a mystery even to us. It is a club that has kept us closely united throughout the years. Cam was a doctor who ended up, after medical school, in Farmington, Maine. His farm served as a gathering spot through the decades as the DA!S grew to include wives, children, girlfriends and ex-wives. Our last get-together was on January 7 at Cam’s memorial service. In 2009 he retired from practicing medicine in Maine and underwent rigorous training to join Doctors Without Borders. It was an organization he loved. He ended up serving on roughly 17 missions to the world’s most dangerous and afflicted areas, mostly in Africa, including South Sudan, Malawi, Uganda and Liberia, his final posting at the height of the Ebola outbreak. Last year he returned to Maine and renewed practicing in his home community. He was a remarkably brilliant and adventurous soul who never knew how special he was, though the rest of us did. Somehow, having survived various illnesses and seven years in disease or war ravaged locations, he didn’t survive a patch of ice one morning while driving to work. We miss him terribly.” Jim and Yola Rager hosted another fun-filled Naples, Florida, mini-reunion in February. Attending were Peter Pratt, Mickey Stuart, Jim Chasey, Bob Kelcourse, Chris Kirk, Janet Rosa, John and Mary Bacon, Tony and Julie FitzPatrick, Jerry and Marguerite O’Brien, Richard and Liz Wooster, Ted and Betsy Eismeier, Bob and Lisa Lider, Bernie and Holly Wysocki, Jeff and Judy McElnea, John and Martha Shanahan, Robert and Kate Mustard, Gerald and Anne Nielsten, David and Mary Chatel and David and Susanne Edson.During the three days we enjoyed warm weather, sumptuous dinners at the Ragers’ and Hamilton Harbour Yacht Club, golf at Treviso Bay, Pelican Nest and the Naples Country Club, a cruise to Marco Island on Jim’s new and improved boat, the Island Dreamer, fishing and a final Sunday brunch at Tony FitzPatrick’s country club. Jim and Yola have graciously agreed to host this special Naples mini-reunion again next year in February (the dates to be confirmed). Joe Cecere reports: “I had a great time at the reunion. We evidently have a very intelligent, hard-working, over-achieving class. I enjoyed the events, as did my wife, Dottie. Since then I’ve slowed down my oral and maxillofacial surgery practice and have enjoyed more time for golf, playing with my grandkids and fly-fishing in Utah.” Save the dates: N.Y.C. dinner on May 22 at the Yale Club; contact Richard Wooster, rwooster71@gmail.com, for further information; fifth annual ’70-’72 Bay Area mini-reunion in Carmel, California, August 3-6; contact Malcolm Jones, malcolmjones49@gmail.com, for further information.

—Bob Lider, 9225 Veneto Place, Naples, FL 34113; liderbob@yahoo.com

The College honored our great class with three alumni class awards during Class Officers Weekend (COW). Bernie Wysocki received the 2016 William H. Scherman ’34 Award as Class Newsletter Editor of the Year 26 Years Out and Older. Malcolm Jones was recognized as chairing the Outstanding Mini-Reunion Program (Honorable Mention) for Class 26 Years Out and Older. Finally our class was awarded Reunion Class of the Year (honorable mention) in recognition of our 45th reunion book, the class scholarship in honor of Professor Rassias and President John Sloan Dickeyand creation of an angel fund to defray reunion attendance expenses for invited class widows and guests. Congratulations to Bernie, Malcolm and the entire 45th reunion team for their hard work and accomplishments on behalf of our class.

Kathy Rines and Ben Schore’51 hosted dinner at their beautiful home in Etna, New Hampshire, for classmates and guests who attended COW, including Peter Pratt, Jim Rager, Malcolm Jones and Sandi Blodgett, David and Susanne Edson, Jeff and Judy McElnea, Bob and Lisa Lider, Sam and Megan Cuddeback, Bill Phillips, Tom and Judy Oxman, Bernie Wysocki and Michael Maynard. Peter Pratt, our recently reelected class president, chaired an executive committee meeting during COW. Attending the meeting were Jim Rager, newly elected class vice president; Bob Lider, newly elected class secretary; Michael Maynard, Malcolm Jones and Sam Cuddeback, the three Dartmouth College Fund amigos; Jeff and Judy McElnea, Tom and Judy Oxman and David Edson.

Malcolm Jones and Sandi Blodgett hosted another fabulous Sonoma, California, mini-reunion in late August. Activities included wine tastings, a tour of an Asian botanical garden, sumptuous meals and Broadway entertainment under the stars in Jack London State Park. Peter and Marsha Pratt, Bob and Lisa Lider, Roger and Noelle Prince, Bob and Peg Cordy, Dick and Ruth Wenzel, Willis Newton, Willy and Carmen Bogan and Don and Susie Eberly participated. Immediately following the Sonoma mini-reunion, Bob and Faith Cushman hosted white water rafting in the South Fork of the American River. Susie Moore, Sandi Blodgett, Bob and Faith Cushman, Malcolm Jones and Don Eberly ably steered their raft through the turbulent waters. In a second raft were Eric and Barbara Danoff, Dan Cooperman ’72, Larry Riggs ’70 and river guide Dave. Everyone survived and had a blast. Albert Lamarre hosted a mini-mini-reunion in San Francisco, where he led a special tour of geologic sites. Albert explored unique rock formations with his wife,Janet, Roger and Noelle Prince, and Malcolm Jones and Sandi Blodgett. Bob Cordy has returned to private practice with the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery following his retirement from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Bob served with distinction for 15 and a half years as an associate justice. Pete and Ree Webster have completed their move to Plymouth, Massachusetts. Their new address is 9 River Birch Way, Plymouth MA 02360.

—Bob Lider, 9225 Veneto Place, Naples, FL 34113; liderbob@yahoo.com
 

This will be my last column as class secretary—it’s been a blast, not much work and a wonderful experience reconnecting with so many classmates through the notes I’ve been mailed. I pass along the position to our most recent reunion chair, Bob Lider of Naples, Florida (who, by all accounts, just choreographed one of the greatest reunions), with the hope that you will continue sending him information about yourselves and fellow classmates. This column is only as good as you all make it.

This column will focus primarily on one remarkable classmate, a world-class mountaineer who led or participated in four Everest expeditions, founded a business in Kathmandu, was an experienced filmmaker, managed to obtain a law degree along the way and represent a Paris-based company. In May of 2004 Andy Harvard was hired by the College to head up the DOC as the director of outdoor programs. He arrived in Hanover amid great fanfare and anticipation, with his wife, Kathy, and three young children, and built their dream house along the Connecticut River.

In 2008 Andy was terminated by the College for job performance issues. There was a huge public outcry over this move, and more than three-quarters of the DOC leadership wrote letters of support for Andy. Nine months later Andy was diagnosed with younger-age-onset Alzheimer’s disease, and the medical specialists at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center confirmed to the College that changes in Andy’s behavior and performance were the result of his illness. Nevertheless, the College denied the family the disability support that is part of Dartmouth’s disability policy for College employees. In 2015 Andy moved into an assisted-living facility in Hanover. During the past seven years the family has appealed to the College to reconsider its decision, to no avail.

Recently, classmates Tom Loucks (who gave Andy his first climbing instruction in the fall of 1967), Michael Maynard and I arranged a conference call with three senior administrators at the College, executive vice president Rick Mills, the head of human resources and an attorney from the counsel’s office. They, along with board of trustees chair Bill Helman ’80 and President Phil Hanlon ’77, had been sent an extensive history of Andy’s situation. Due to a number of changes in the administration during the past eight years, we felt they needed to know all the pertinent facts and give the issue serious reconsideration. We had a respectful and civil discussion, but the College’s leadership will not change their position with respect to provision of disability insurance coverage for the Harvard family. Our class executive committee has thus far taken no vote to support our classmate, although great sympathy has been voiced by all.

Many have contacted me in my role as class secretary, asking what they could do to help. For a much more detailed history of Andy’s situation and information on how you can help, go to andyharvard.org.

Thanks, Andy, for all the lives you have touched and all the students you have inspired and mentored. And thanks also for showing us the next challenge as you bravely confront the challenges of this terrible disease.

—Pete Webster, 9 River Birch Way, Plymouth, MA 02360; weebs71@gmail.com

As I write this column in late February a number of our classmates have just enjoyed gathering in sunny Naples, Florida, for the third annual mini-reunion at the home of Yola and Jim Rager. This little reunion is just one of our hard-working class president’s continuing, and very successful, efforts to grow the numbers of these class functions all around the country during the past several years. And this coming week is another gathering out in Vail, Colorado, at the annual CarniVail ski outing. If you haven’t been able to make one of these convivial events, plan on it this coming year! In attendance in Naples, most with spouses, werehost Jim Rager, Peter Pratt, Charlie Collier, Jeff McElnea, Joe Jarrett, Bill Kennedy, Mickey Stuart, Michael Maynard, David Edson, Ted Eismeier, Tony FitzPatrick, Malcolm Jones, Bob Lider, Gerry Nielsten, Jerry O’Brien, Ed Hanley, John Bacon, Kathy Rines and, from the College, JanetRosa and Sandy Swan.I was in Hanover recently for the Class Associations and Group Organizations Weekend and had the great pleasure of dining with a number of our classmates at the Canoe Club restaurant. In attendance were Marsha and Peter Pratt, Bill Phillips, Darrell Hotchkiss and Jon Gilbert Fox, Judy and Tom Oxman, Ruth and Dick Wenzel, Pat and Tim Dreisbach and Jack DeGange. Earlier in February I noticed the following AP release in the local papers concerning Bob Cordy, “SJC Justice Cordy to Retire.” Bob has been an associate justice of the Massachusetts Judicial Court since 2001 and has decided this August will be his retirement date, although the mandatory retirement age is 70. He was nominated to the seven-member high court by then-Gov. Paul Cellucci, and this will give the current Republican Gov. Charlie Baker his first appointment to the state’s highest court. Bob had previously served in private law and in the public arena as a federal prosecutor and as chief legal counsel to Republican Gov. William Weld. From John Rogerson, “Still practicing orthopedics in Madison, Wisconsin, specializing in hip and knee replacement and resurfacing and shoulder arthroscopy. Living on Lake Monona in Madison; married to Cindy for 46 years, two kids, four grandkids. Loving life!” Russ Schleipman writes, “I am a road warrior of late, crossing the country and headed to Florida in the pursuit of showing the Porter Garden Telescope, a gem we have resurrected from the Smithsonian. It gets me in front of the rich and famous occasionally, even the queen in London. In fact, I head to Naples in a month, then Beverly Hills and Carmel, California. I see George Leach ’73 and John Clayman ’73 frequently in Boston.” Steve Muller writes, “Last June we sold the 1850 home on Troy, New York’s Washington Park that we renovated in 2003, and moved seven blocks to an apartment in a converted department store in downtown Troy. No move is easy, but after a career of moving every couple of years with the U.S. Department of State, we were not in the habit of accumulating possessions. The adjustment to apartment living has been pretty easy.”

—Pete Webster, 7 Leblanc Drive, South Hadley, MA 01075; weebs71@gmail.com

Burleigh “Bo” Smith writes from Fairway, Kansas, that Going Into the City, the memoir of rock critic Robert Christgau ’62, includes a chapter of reflections on Dartmouth’s lasting impact. This comes along when I find myself doing much the same. Specifically, thinking about how Dartmouth introduced me to the game of squash and the ongoing presence of certain guys, two of whom (Peter Phillips and Bill Street) were also on the fourth floor of South Topliff in 1967-68. Those two introduced me to many things, including Tchaikovsky.

From Cameron Bopp: “Greetings from South Sudan, where I am finishing my 20th mission with Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF; Doctors Without Borders). I’ve worked in a dozen countries since 2006, most in Africa; last year I helped coordinate our Ebola efforts in Liberia and Guinea. The challenges and rewards have been immense. I exhort classmates to strongly consider a mission or three. On my current mission, where I am the medical team leader for a large pediatric and maternity hospital, I am one of four docs our age or older—I suspect many of you have no excuse not to join us but inertia. We constantly need physicians of all specialties, but surgeons and anesthesiologists are in shortest supply. And for every medical team, logisticians and administrators (finance/human resources) are needed in support, so it’s not only docs that MSF needs. I guarantee you will be stretched but amply rewarded. Full info at msf.org or write me at cameronbopp@gmail.com.”

Bruce Tepper sends the following: “Belinda and I married off both of our children within a five-month period. In November 2014 Laura Kate ’02 married Joshua Bukstein in Marin, California. There were at least 30 Dartmouth graduates attending, including Mal Graham (Mary Ford) Art Hittner (Peggy) and Gerry Nielsten (Anne). In March of 2015 Jacob (Cornell Engineering ’07-’08) married Danielle Liebling at Bethpage on Long Island. It was largely a Big Red affair, although Mssrs. Graham, Hittner and Nielsten attended with spouses. Belinda and I have relocated to a Westwood high rise after 30 years in the hills of Studio City, California.” Roger Prince writes, “Just finished an interesting and entertaining new book by Albert Lamarre. In Mountains, Minerals and Me: Thirteen Years Revealing Earth’s Mysteries, Albert covers the period when he worked as an exploration geologist all over the western United States and parts of Canada and Mexico looking for economic deposits of minerals. It was a boom time for minerals exploration in the United States and, as Albert details, there was a ‘mafia’ of Dartmouth geology grads active in the field. As a fellow geologist, but one who never did much actual fieldwork (on land that is; I was an oceanographer during that same time period), I found the book full of fascinating local history and simple to follow geologic explanations. I recommend it highly. Albert writes well and does an excellent job of thoroughly covering his life story in an engaging manner over those 13 years, while still keeping the pace moving along briskly. Well done, Albert!”

—Pete Webster, 7 Leblanc Dr., South Hadley, MA 01075; weebs71@gmail.com

Bob Cushman wrote back in March, “In a recent visit to Steamboat Springs, Colorado, I got to stay with both Pam and Rod Morgan, who live there full time, and Mitch Wallerstein and his wife, Susan Perlick, who have a second home there. Got to go snow-cat skiing with Rod, who owns a private cat together with a group of local guys.” Bob Olson writes, “After our 40th reunion a number of life’s milestones have ensued. The eldest of four children, Rob (Penn ’00), has sired two daughters and negotiates for the Maine Educational Association in Portland. Our three other children work in Princeton, New Jersey. I have just completed two-year coterminous presidencies of the N.J. Society of the Sons of the American Revolution and the N.J. Society of Surgeons. My ongoing vocation as a reconstructive plastic surgeon in New Brunswick continues in clinical, teaching and research at Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Sailing is my current extracurricular activity besides church and nongovernmental organizations.” Roger Rochlen writes, “My wife, Carol, and I live in San Anselmo, California, where I work for CVS. Our son, Beowulf, is managing editor of Epic Times, a news website. He and his wife have provided us with two granddaughters. Our son, Godric, has decided to use the G.I. Bill from his Marine Corps service to go back to school and will be attending UCLA in the fall.” Dick Wooster, who organizes this event, writes, “We had our annual class dinner on May 11 at the Yale Club in New York City. A good time was had by all, with the following attendees: John Colangelo, Greg Fell, Pete Ruegger, Tom Jackson, Tony FitzPatrick, Thorn Jenness, Bill Kennedy, Carl Layton, Mike Maynard, Jeff McElnea, Tom McGuane, Rob Olson and friend Irene, Peter Pratt, Janet Rosa, Bernie Wysocki and John and Martha Shanahan.”

As most of you know our class projects are now funded by class dues (which formerly went to our alumni magazine subscriptions), and we currently have a number of great projects. We fund internships through the Rockefeller Center and through the Dartmouth Center for Public Service. Funding these internships also provides opportunities for us to help mentor these young student interns. Last year Michael Fay mentored a student in the Boston area for a 10-week internship. This year Ron Olsen mentored Angela Noppenberger ’17 out in Seattle. Angela was working with the Neighborhood House, a multi-service agency that serves low-income residents in Washington. Ron writes, “What a talented young lady, very focused on a broad education with lots of emphasis on off-campus and international study. Makes me sure I would never have gotten into Dartmouth today! Was it worth it? Absolutely. Would I do it again? Absolutely!” So if you are one who has not paid your class dues, please do so and help us fund these terrific projects and internships. Also, as we head toward our 45th reunion in June, stay connected with your classmates and join our Facebook page through our class website. I hate to end on a sad note, but our good friend George Rountree passed away June 14 after a difficult seven-year battle with early-onset Alzheimer’s.

—Pete Webster, 7 Leblanc Drive, South Hadley, MA 01075; weebs71@gmail.com

As I write this edition of Class Notes in mid-February, 20 of our more intrepid classmates, significant others and friends are heading into Yellowstone Park for a very frosty mini-reunion among the wildlife and geothermal features. Classmates include Peter Pratt, Greg Fell, Michael Maynard, Don Eberly, Jeff McElnea, Malcolm Jones and Willis Newton. Our resident class geologist, Tom Loucks, has spent countless hours researching the fascinating history and geology of this super volcano known as the Greater Yellowstone Basin, and will be presenting an intriguing and educational program via webinar. He informs us that this largest of super volcanoes erupts roughly every 700,000 years, and we are now due (at least some time in the next 10,000 years!) for another major event. When this occurs it will be of a magnitude 1,000 times more violent than the Mount St. Helens eruption, and would be world changing. Maybe we should be scheduling more mini-reunions sooner rather than later? Our class historian, Nels Armstrong, in Newport News, Virginia, is recovering well from back surgery and enjoying life so close to siblings in Virginia. Gunnar Klintberg in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, writes about a Tau Epsilon Phi-Harold Parmington Foundation reunion in October. “Hilarious. Saw many for the first time in 40-plus years—Frank Anton, Peter Woodford, Rick Davis, Paul Hemmerich, among others, along with spouses.” Tony Owens writes, “I was motivated to write in by this month’s DAM, especially Denis O’Neill’s article on the train derailment and subsequent beer heist. I remember this all too well since I was convalescing after knee surgery and could only volunteer my car in hopes of acquiring some of the loot! Stimulating my memory further was your mention of Jim Coffey hosting a mini-reunion in Oregon. Jim was my first acquaintance in Hanover that fateful day we all arrived. We were standing in line waiting to get our linen at the linen service. Jim became Norm Webber’s roommate and Norm in turn became and still is my best friend. Norm and I still travel to the College Grant several times a year to fish and hunt grouse, something like 45 consecutive years now. We both serve on an advisory committee for management of the Grant. Beth and I still live in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, where I continue to enjoy my work in the emergency department of Maine Medical Center. We both love to garden and sail the Maine coast. Grandchildren number five.” Mac Barrett in Towson, Maryland, writes about his great enjoyment being part of the San Francisco weekend last July, singling out Malcolm Jones with kudos for his leadership and organizational skills in scheduling such excellent events. Mac urges others to participate in any future regional reunions. He continues, “I retired from the world of corporate public relations in 2006 and since 2008 have been doing development work and coaching baseball at Gilman School in Baltimore, where I graduated in 1967. My twins (Lucy and Allen) are 29 and launching their careers in Florida. I look forward to each visit.” That’s it from here—keep those Green Cards coming!


—Pete Webster, 7 Leblanc Drive, South Hadley, MA 01075; weebs71@gmail.com


A quote from one of my columns a year ago: “One of the frequent topics of our executive committee conference calls has been the good effort of increasing the number and variety of mini-reunions, as we approach retirement age and many of us have the opportunity to gather at nice venues around the country.”


Well, that effort has begun to pay off—our class was honored at the recent Class Officers Weekend (C.O.W.) as the class with the best mini-reunion program during the past year. Watch this column, our periodic newsletters, plus webmaster Steve Zrike’s class website for upcoming opportunities around the country to gather with your fellow ’71s.


At the most recent C.O.W. we had eight of us present, the best representation of all but two other classes: Peter Pratt, class prez (and also president of the Class Officers Association); Dave Brooks, treasurer; our three head agents Sam Cuddeback, Malcolm Jones and Michael Maynard; Jeff McElnea, gift planning chair; Bernie Wysocki, newsletter editor; and me, as your secretary. The two days were filled with seminars, sharing of best practices, a great reception and dinner Friday evening with President Hanlon and a gathering afterward at the home of Tom Oxman and wife Judy.


Don O’Neil and wife Sally have purchased a home in Winter Park, Colorado, so they can actually increase, if that’s even possible, the number of days on the slopes during the coming ski seasons.


Steve Muller writes, “My wife, Mary, and I took our first Dartmouth alumni travel trip in September to Turkey for two weeks. We had a wonderful experience and highly recommend this trip to classmates. Otherwise we remain busy in our retirement doing good deeds—I am on the boards of five small nonprofit groups here in our adopted town of Troy, New York.


From Bruce Tepper, “Seventeen members of Phi Sigma Psi converged on North Bend, Oregon, during an extended August weekend for a mini-reunion hosted by Jim Coffey and his wife, Jean. Jeff Ashworth and wife Bonnie, Dave Felt and Lynda Wendel, Mal Graham and Mary Ford, Mike and Pam Graham ’70, Art Hittner with wife Peggy, Phil Stoiber, Bruce and Belinda Tepper and Duncan and Sally Wood ’70 attended. Two days were spent touring the gorgeous southern Oregon coastline and one day was spent at the Coffey Memorial Boathouse on Coos Bay, where prodigious amounts of seafood (oysters, crab, salmon) were consumed as the assembled group solved world affairs. A number of spouses reminisced fondly about their 9 School Street experiences while comparing notes on grandparenting. In keeping with the College’s evolving policies about fraternities and liquor, only modest amounts of alcohol were consumed.”


I’ve just returned from a great Homecoming Weekend and would be remiss if I didn’t welcome our two newest adopted classmates: Kathy Rines, one of the 70 exchange students during our senior year, and Jack DeGange, sports information director from 1968 to 1977, a veritable walking encyclopedia on Dartmouth athletics.


—Pete Webster, 7 Leblanc Drive, South Hadley, MA 01075; weebs71@gmail.com


Greetings, fellow ’71s! I hope this issue of DAM finds you all well and enjoying a great time during this 65th summer of our lives. From the mailbox, Bill Powers writes, “I was in Hanover this past weekend for graduation. My daughter Katie received her Ph.D. in psychology and brain sciences. She is off to Boston to be a college fellow at Harvard teaching undergraduates and doing research. She will join my son Brian, who is in his third year at Harvard Medical School. My wife, Karen, and I are in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where we moved in 2007 for me to take the job as chair of the department of neurology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.” Thomas Marshall writes, “So nice to receive the ’71 newsletter and see so many guys and families getting together. My wife, Kathy, retired April 1 this year and I retire July 1 as associate commissioner of insurance for the State of Maryland. Kathy was a R.N.-R.D., at the University of Maryland Hospital.” From Greg Schelkun in Sebastopol, California, “Happy birthday, you ’71s! In April I celebrated my one-year anniversary since my stroke. Hope to get to the Rockies this summer to visit with the friends who aided so much in my recovery. Now I’m trying to write a tale of stroke and recovery. I almost ‘bought the farm’—now I have to cultivate and care for it.” From Darrell Hotchkiss, living in Hanover, who received his law degree from Georgetown and is a partner in the Lebanon, New Hampshire, firm of Burke and Hotchkiss, “Confirming some of the news The New York Times deemed ‘fit to print’—after sitting happily on the fence for 37 years, Jon Gilbert Fox and I got hitched on the Hay There farm in Lyme, New Hampshire, on May 24. The celebration was “over the top.” Weather played us like a violin—perfectly timed brilliant sun, torrential rain and the odd stray rainbow. We’ll never do it again, but we’re certain we couldn’t.” Jon is a freelance photographer in the Upper Valley who I came to know when I was living in Norwich, Vermont, and a member with Jon of the Hanover Rotary Club. Dave Hanchette writes from St. Charles, Illinois, “Taught elementary school for 30 years in Schaumburg, Illinois. Now a freelance writer and loving every minute of it. Love riding my new cyclocross bike. Heading to Edinburgh in a few weeks. Life is good!” John Lippman writes from our nation’s capitol, “Finished a year as acting general manager of Radio/TV Marti, the U.S. government’s broadcaster to Cuba. Now I’m back in D.C. as acting director of the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ office of performance review, coaching the staff and management of U.S. international broadcasting.” Keep those green cards coming with your news and that of your classmates. Remember our fall mini-reunion in Hanover during Homecoming and a winter outing in Yellowstone February 20-24, just before CarniVail weekend. Contact me for details. 


—Pete Webster, 7 Leblanc Drive, South Hadley, MA 01075; weebs71@gmail.com


Greetings, fellow ’71s! I had the pleasure this past month of attending Class Officers Weekend and the inauguration of our new president, Phil Hanlon. I took advantage of a great tour of the new Black Family Visual Arts Center, where classmate Bill Phillips has an office as visiting associate professor of film and media studies. Bill has written for most of the major studios, networks and cable companies and teaches “Screenwriting 1,” “Screenwriting 2” and MALS 226: “Graduate Screenwriting.” Great pomp and circumstance surrounded the inauguration, with some terrific speeches, which led Michael Maynard and me to search our memories for the inauguration of John Kemeny in 1970 while we were undergraduates. Neither of us had any recollection of that ceremony, which I suspect was nothing like recent “passing of the Wentworth Bowl” ceremonies. I hear great reports of our Homecoming mini-reunion—some 25 classmates and spouses marching in the Friday evening parade down Main Street to the Green and the bonfire, a wonderful dinner hosted by Judy and Tom Oxman at their home in Hanover and a gratifying, much-needed win over Yale before one of the largest crowds (11,000-plus) at Memorial Field in recent years, if not decades. Back in the day we had the second-largest crowd ever (20,306) to witness a 38-0 humbling of Princeton in October of our senior year by that remarkable undefeated, untied, almost-unscored-upon championship team. Bill Seidman, CEO of Cerebyte Inc., a software and services company he founded in 1997, is about to publish, with coauthor Richard Grbavac, The Star Factor: Discover What Your Top Performers Do Differently—and Inspire a New Level of Greatness in All. Bill is an organizational performance expert, having spent his entire career helping large organizations develop and sustain high-performing cultures. He writes “I live in Lake Oswego, Oregon, with my wife of 37 years, Elizabeth Lincoln (Smith ’74). We have three children, David ’04, James ’06 and Andrew ’09. David is married to Julia Keane ’04. I got a Ph.D. in education from Stanford in 1987 and worked for various high-tech companies until founding Cerebyte. I had the good fortune to link up with John Baldwin in southern France about two years ago and again at his home near Lake Como in Italy 18 months ago. John is doing well, married with three kids.” Sue and Hank Rickleffs recently passed through Hanover and ate at the newly renovated Hanover Inn. “What a pleasure; great food and a warm, yet unstuffy décor. The College did well to revitalize the old gal.” Hank is also one of many who highly recommend the Picasso etchings exhibit at the Hood. Jim Smith, chairman and CEO of Webster Bank, and wife Cathy were honored in September by the Mattatuck Museum with its annual Brass Button Award. This recognizes outstanding contributions of individuals in greater Waterbury, Connecticut, who are dedicated to the cultural and social enrichment of the community. Cathy is the past president of the Mattatuck’s board of directors. Well, I’m up against my 500-word max, so next issue will share news of Kim Krostue, John Gilligan and Hans Wolfgang Pfahler.
—Pete Webster 17 Woodbridge St., South Hadley, MA 01075; weebs71@gmail.com



Greetings from beautiful Lake Tahoe, California. Malcolm Jones took time out from his calls for the Dartmouth College Fund to report that on June 20 his godson Jared Harvey (son of our classmate Richard Harvey and his wife, Linda) married Karen Portal at his home in wine country. Malcolm performed the ceremony and hosted the family wedding with spouse Karen. Since the bride’s family is originally from Peru Malcolm had to include some Spanish in the ceremony. Jared teaches at the Landmark School in Beverly, Massachusetts. Malcolm also reported that he had a nice dinner recently with Willis and Peggy Newton. They both look great. Their son Andrew just finished his first year at the University of Miami. Willis continues to play golf quite well!


Willie Bogan was recently promoted to the position of corporate secretary at McKesson Corporation. Since joining McKesson in 2006 as associate general counsel and assistant corporate secretary, Willie has served as a key liaison between the company and the board of directors on corporate governance matters, provided sound corporate governance counseling to McKesson and has overseen stock plan administration, the stock transfer agent function and legal matters related to corporate subsidiaries. We need a lot more classmates like Willie to help guide corporate America.


Our own Jonathan Wolken and the world-famous Pilobolus group participated in a special celebration of the arts that was included as part of Jim Yong Kim’s inauguration as Dartmouth’s 17th president. 


A number of classmates have been honored on the Green Alert web site (biggreenfootball.com), which is the unofficial best source for Dartmouth football news. The site lists the 50-year offensive and defensive teams for Dartmouth football. Included from our class were first-teamers Barry Brink, Murry Bowden and Willie Bogan. Bob Cordy, Jim Chasey and John Short were selected to the second team and Russ Adams, Jay Bennett and Bob Peters were honorable mentions. Not bad for one class out of 50. 


I had a chance to have dinner with Pete “The Peddler” Elitzer and spouse Beth in New York City in October. Pete’s youngest daughter is a senior at Cornell. Pete’s apparel empire (Peter Harris Clothes) survived the downturn and he is now expanding from New York into New England.


John Colangelo took time out from his legal duties to play some golf (along with Bill Brooks and your Class Notes author) in Denver in September. The necessity for a resupply of balls was mitigated by the excellent food and adult beverages provided by our hosts, Jay Wright and Steve Bell (from younger Dartmouth classes), at the Denver Country Club.


For those of you hailing from Florida, Atlanta, Dallas or Denver the class is looking at putting together an annual dinner similar to those in New York City, San Francisco, Boston and Washington, D.C. Contact Greg Fell if you are interested in helping organize or attending.


CarniVail 2010 dates are Feb 26-28 so start planning now. Don’t forget to check out the class Web site (www.dartmouth.org/classes/71) and the Facebook group page. Keep the news coming.


—Bob Moore, P.O. Box 1797, Tahoe City, CA 96145; (408) 203-5303; bob4moore@aol.com


Greetings from snowy Lake Tahoe, California. Our 40th reunion chairman, Wayne Hobin, and el presidente, Greg Fell, have finalized the dates for the reunion (just a mere 18 months away)—June 13 to 16, 2011. Yes, this is midweek because the College had to split the reunion into two sessions to be able to accommodate the summer semester students and the alumni. In addition to the traditional activities such as golf, canoeing, BBQs and drinking, Wayne has been exploring several other creative pre- (or post-) reunion options. 


The first is a trip to the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, Vermont. Sam Von Trapp ’94 and his father, Johannes ’63, have been communicating with Wayne and have some wonderful ideas for a potential stay—such as cocktails and dinners on their back patio, hiking, swimming, watching The Sound of Music (that’s a joke guys, but they do show it most every night), a wine tasting (Wayne has been in the wine cellar with Sam and the wine steward and was suitably impressed). Another thought is to rent one of the DOC cabins for those who are interested in reviving the memories of the freshmen trip. The accommodations and meals would not be as plush as the Trapp Family Lodge, but this would certainly consume more calories and less cash for those who are so inclined. Please contact Wayne at reunion71@hotmail.com if you want to volunteer your time or ideas.


Bob Peters was doing some research on the 1970 football team after reading an article in The Wall Street Journal about the 1970 Alabama/USC game. The spanking that USC applied was one of the key factors that caused Alabama to integrate black players on the team. Specifically Bob counted the total number of players in the 1970 preseason team photo (99), and then counted the number of black players (14). Our offensive ends coach was black, as was Bob Schnabel’s assistant. That represents significant progress on the integration front. As Bob looked back at his Dartmouth years one of his positive experiences was playing on an integrated football team. Apart from football, the races typically went their separate ways on campus, but we were privileged to practice, eat, travel and play together. 


Michael Maynard reported that the Boston mini-reunion dinner was a success. In attendance were Charlie Collier, Mike Fay, Michael Maynard, Bob Mustard and wife Allen Larson, John Worcester, Steve Zrike, Janet Rosa and Allison Miller ’10 (daughter of Bruce Miller ’74). At cocktails two of Bob Mustard’s daughters joined them as well. They all had a chance to chat with Allison and get her take on life as a senior at Dartmouth—very positive and enthusiastic. 


On a sadder note Dr. Robert M. Austin, who was a diagnostic radiologist at Baystate Medical Center until 2007, died at home on September 27, 2009.


Don’t forget to check out the class Web site (www.dartmouth.org/classes.71) and the Facebook (Dartmouth class of 1971) group page. Keep the news coming.


—Bob Moore, P.O. Box 1797, Tahoe City, CA 96145; (408) 203-5303; bob4moore@aol.com


Greetings from sunny Lake Tahoe, California. Jim Coffey wrote that he would be willing to organize a mini-reunion dinner and drinks in Coos County, Oregon, He has an excellent location: his boat shed in Charleston. If done in the summer the menu would include fresh Chinook or silver salmon, fresh Dungeness crab, fresh local oysters and fresh clams. Bud, on tap, is also served at the boat shed. He can guarantee that the salmon, etc., will be fresh because any attendees will have to participate in catching their own dinner! Clams are located in the bay, just off of the boat shed. Sounds pretty enticing to me!


Barry Brink is helping coordinate a reunion weekend for the 1970 football team this fall. The reunion will be held at the Harvard game on October 30. Tentative activities include attending practice on Friday (wind sprints required), a social gathering Friday evening, pregame and postgame receptions at the Friends of Football tent and an informal reception and dinner on Saturday. There has also been a request to have Murray, Willie, Jim, Barry, Shorty, Cords, et al., be ready to suit up for the second half just in case.


James Vreeland has been living in Lima, Peru, for 20 years. He hasn’t been back to Hanover since 1974 and is truly sad to have missed so many opportunities and trips back to his former New Jersey home. James is trying to organize a Dartmouth club in Lima, where he managed to bring together about 20 alums, all Peruvian except him, in hopes of organizing support for small socially sensitive projects in the region following a major earthquake in 2007. His organic textile and apparel business, Naturtex, founded two decades ago is the first to be Fair Trade-certified in the Americas. Hope the world gets the message! 


There was a nice article written about Hank Ricklefs, vice president of northern resources and manufacturing, who recently retired from Plum Creek Timber Co. after helping the Montana operation navigate through a very challenging time during the last few years for the timber industry. According to the article, the operation is seeing signs of improvement in virtually all areas of their business and that all of Plum Creek’s divisions in the region are positively contributing cash margins. You can read the full article on the Facebook group page. Congratulations, Hank!


Last July John Lippman resigned at the Spanish language broadcaster Univision, where he’d been for 14 years, and moved to the Voice of America in Washington, D.C., to work in U.S. international broadcasting. Chris Kern ’69 is also there. The work—broadcasting in more than 40 different languages around the world—is very interesting and, when properly done, important. He said it has also been a kick being in Washington, D.C., after having a career on the West Coast since graduation. On weekends he commutes home to the West Coast to be with his wife. 


Don’t forget to check out the class website (www.dartmouth.org/classes.71) and the Facebook (Dartmouth class of 1971) group page. Keep the news coming.


—Bob Moore, P.O. Box 1797, Tahoe City, CA 96145; (408) 203-5303; bob4moore@aol.com


Greetings from warm and sunny Lake Tahoe, California. We were all saddened to hear of the untimely passing of Jonathan Wolken (see “Big Picture,” Sept/Oct). Jonathan and classmate Moses Pendleton started the Pilobolus Dance Theater our senior year in college and turned it into one of the most famous modern dance companies in the world and still going strong after 40 years. Jonathan is famously quoted as saying, “We created a circus and then ran off and joined it.” Thanks for the memories. You can read more in Jonathan’s obituary at www.nytimes.com/2010/06/16/arts/dance/16wolken.html?ref=obituaries.


Malcolm Jones reports that he has recovered completely from his heart surgery and is back enjoying the bountiful benefits of living in the Sonoma Valley, California. Malcolm (or more accurately his wife, Karen) used an interesting application called CarePages to keep everyone abreast of latest status. 


Oz Griebel ran for governor of Connecticut after taking a leave of absence as president of Metro Hartford Alliance. He was defeated in the Republican primary in August but still got 19 percent of the vote. In his concession speech he said his decision to run was one of “three quixotic things I’ve done in my life,” citing his attempt to pursue a career in professional baseball and his first date with his wife, Kirsten, 32 years ago. “On that night I was convinced I would get her to marry me, so one for three.” We could use a lot more people like Oz in the political world.


Murray Bowden, Jack Manning and Wayne Young are leading the coordination of the 40th reunion of the1970 football team planned for the Harvard homecoming game on October 30. Barry Brink, Russ Adams, Bob Cordy, Mike Hannigan and others are organizing a fun-filled weekend to celebrate the undefeated, 14th-ranked 1970 team.


Our class made a donation to the athletic department to support its recruiting efforts. We enabled Edward von Kuhn, a receiver from Birmingham, Alabama, to make a trip to Hanover. His brother Andrew was on the team a few years ago. Edward has matriculated into the class of 2013 and will be helping bring the football team back to where it belongs.


The class of ’71 has changed the dates of the 40th reunion from June 13-16 to Homecoming Weekend Thursday, October 20, to Sunday, October 23, 2011. Wayne Hobin has blocked out rooms at local hotels and inns and reserved a block of 300 tickets for the Columbia football game. Additional activities include but are not limited to a golf tournament, a tennis tournament, hiking, kayaking/canoeing and a tent for imbibing, eating and socializing right on the Connecticut River. If anyone is interested in volunteering to help with the reunion please contact Wayne at reunion71@hotmail.com. Check your e-mails and get the latest information on the class website, www.dartmouth.org/classes/71.


The admissions office requested additional help to interview potential Dartmouth candidates. Alums can sign up by clicking the “sign up for interviewing” link at www. dartmouth.edu/~interviewers. Check out the latest edition of “Notes to Interviewers” at www.dartmouth.edu/~interviewers/pdfs/notes_winter09.pdf. 


Keep the news coming,


—Bob Moore, P.O. Box 1797, Tahoe City, CA 96145; (408) 203-5303; bob4moore@aol.com


Mark your calendars for yet another memorable mini-reunion to celebrate our collective 65th birthdays in Naples, Florida, at Jim Rager’s place, April 10-13. Jim has planned an open house for Thursday, dinners Friday and Saturday night, first at his country club and then Saturday at his yacht club, followed by a Sunday brunch at his home. Golf, offshore fishing, relaxing and general fun in the sun are all on the agenda. Contact Jim at jrager2@cogeco.ca. November 20 a number of Washington, D.C., area classmates gathered for the Youth Leadership Foundation (YLF) Award annual dinner to raise more than $6,000 in support of this organization. The YLF (www.helpingkids.org) “empowers youth in Washington, D.C., to reach their full potential through character formation.” The foundation has been one of Bernie Wysocki’s key interests in recent years. Bernie was accompanied by wife Holly, along with class prez Peter Pratt with wife Marsha, Tom Burton with wife Christa and Gene Elrod accompanied by wife Barbara. Barbara has been volunteering at Walter Reed Hospital helping wounded warriors with their recoveries. The Burtons, previously in Chicago, are now in the D.C. area, where Tom is covering the FDA, among other assignments, for The Wall Street Journal. Bernie, our newsletter editor, will have already emailed his first issue by the time you receive this issue of DAM. If we don’t have your email address, this is another great reason to send it to me so you won’t miss out on future communications. Another class mini-reunion, scheduled for this February in Yellowstone, has been delayed until February 2015 for various reasons. Tom Loucks, our resident class geologist, has been working diligently over the last couple months to prepare a lecture/seminar on the history of this most active geological basin for our entertainment and education. Tom tells me we need to get out there sooner rather than later—there have been three major eruptions of this vast basin: 2.1 million years ago, 1.3 million years ago and 640,000 years ago. It’s overdue, and Tom assures me we’ll have a “blast” when we finally do converge on the park. From our friends at Blunt Alumni Center: “John Gilligan, partner at Ice Miller LLP, has been recognized by Chambers USA in the ‘litigation: general commercial’ practice area. John concentrates his practice in resolving complex business disputes by negotiation or trial. With 36 years experience, John has tried more than 70 cases to decision, the majority by jury verdict, in state and federal court, the Ohio Court of Claims and before arbitration panels.” Kim Krostue and wife Sheryl have been retired for more than four years. Kim spent 35 years with IBM and is a retired partner of IBM Global Services. They spend their summers at Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, and winters in Tucson, Arizona, where he hopes to organize an annual class dinner for any ’71s living or vacationing in the greater Phoenix-Tucson area. From Hans Wolfgang Pfahler, “Greetings from Vreden, Germany. My wife and I retired last year and about the same time my daughter, a German-Dutch-trained lawyer working in Amsterdam, was admitted to the bar in North Rhine-Westfalia. My son is teaching English and geography at a gymnasium near Marburg.”


—Pete Webster, 17 Woodbridge St., South Hadley, MA 01075; weebs71@gmail.com


As we approach retirement age I’d like to feature one or two classmates in each column who have recently retired or are about to retire, briefly recounting their careers. I just received the following from my old roommate Pete Ruegger: “I retired from the law firm of Simpson, Thacher and Bartlett on June 15, after 39 years with the firm. I continue on as of counsel. For the past nine years I was head of the firm (chairman of the executive committee). During those 39 years Simpson Thacher grew from about 160 lawyers to approximately 850 lawyers with 11 offices around the world. New York City continues to be the largest office, with almost two-thirds of our attorneys there. It has been a very satisfying career. In May I received the Legal Aid Society’s 2013 Servant of Justice Award at a dinner at the Waldorf Astoria.” I’m informed that more than $3.2 million was raised for the Legal Aid Society in Pete’s honor by the 1,000 attendees at the dinner. Pete’s lovely wife, Becky, was there, along with classmates John Ryzewic and wife Susan, Mike Furey with wife Nancy, Curt Welling and wife Kathy, along with Peter Fahey ’68 and wife Helen and Sandy McWilliams ’70 and wife Cindy. 


The fourth Saturday in June saw a wonderful gathering at the home of Allen Larson and his wife, Gloria, in Waltham, Massachusetts, to pay tribute to classmate Charlie Collier. Gloria is president of Bentley University, and the president’s home and lovely grounds were the backdrop for a delicious chicken, steak and swordfish barbecue. The class presented Charlie with a beautiful Simon Pearce engraved glass ice bucket. Present were organizer extraordinaire Michael Maynard, Chuck Bent, Craig Bentley, Michael Fay, Bob Cordy, Louis Crozier, Chris Perry ’70, Dave Graves ’70, Andrew Hodgdon, Malcolm Jones, Tom Lovell, Bob Mustard, Richard Paris, Peter Pratt, Janet Rosa (’71a) from the College, John Shanahan, Pete Webster and Steve Zrike.


Class president Peter Prattsent the following after attending a mini-reunion dinner in Denver in May organized by Randy Wise: “Everybody was uniformly delighted to be together. A bit amazing that nobody knew more than one or two of the others, despite the class tie and the fact that most of them have lived in Denver ‘forever.’ ” At the dinner were Tom Loucks, Lon Gregg with wife Janet, Steve Johnson, Dave Merritt, Jim Jenkins and Doug Best.


I’m impressed that our class prez manages to make just about every gathering of ’71s anywhere in the country, very often accompanied by his lovely wife, Marsha. Earlier in May we had our annual class dinner at the Yale Club, very well attended by some 25 classmates. Photos and those attending are posted on the class website (www.dartmouth71.org). Under President Pratt we have greatly increased the number of these mini-reunions and dinners around the country, with strong enthusiasm from those attending. Check our website for all of the upcoming class events, the big Homecoming in Hanover, Yellowstone Park in February and a 65th class birthday celebration in April hosted by Jim Rager in Naples, Florida.


—Pete Webster, 17 Woodbridge St., South Hadley, MA 01075; weebs71@gmail.com


Greetings from sunny Lake Tahoe, California (the snow has finally melted). Can you believe that it has been 40 years since we graduated? Wayne Hobin is putting the final details together so make sure you check the latest status at the reunion website (see end of Class Notes).


Albert Lamarre and spouse Janet completed their motorcycle ride on the “Loneliest Road in America” from Fallon to Ely, Nevada, on Route 50. There were only three major towns and a few ghost towns along the almost 300-mile journey. They also spent some time building fences on a cattle ranch in Wyoming, traveled two weeks along the coasts of Norway and saw the northern lights at the northernmost point in Europe. I’m tired just thinking about what they have done.


Willis Newton was nominated to be CFO of the year by the San Francisco Business Times. Willis is executive VP and chief financial officer of First Republic Bank. Maybe Willis could offer his services to the California legislature.


Malcolm Jones looked to be in tip-top shape at the San Francisco dinner after his open heart surgery. He has already competed in the Bridge-to-Bridge race from the Bay Bridge to the Golden Gate Bridge.


Dick Wenzel has been president of the San Francisco Dartmouth Club for eight years (must be some kind of record) and has turned it into the largest club in the country (I think). In his spare time as high-speed rail project manager, Dick has also been able to navigate the perilous waters of California’s budget-cutting process to keep his section of the high-speed rail project from Merced to Fresno, California, alive and well. 


Nelson Armstrong was recognized by the Hanover Partners for his “undying service and commitment to the College, the Dartmouth communities, and in particular for the impact he’s had on their lives.” The purpose of Hanover Partners is to enhance the social, intellectual and economic well-being of its members and continue their service to Dartmouth College. Congratulations, Nels!


Anthony Sandberg reported that the 34th America’s Cup (scheduled for San Francisco in 2013) has caused a flood of interest in his Olympic Circle Sailing Club school. Anthony spent three months scouting around the lower part of South America looking for opportunities to expand the geographic scope of the adventure travel side of his business. He personally led an adventure trip to Patagonia in March.


Sam Cuddeback updated us on the new auditorium that was recently dedicated at the Drew School in San Francisco. The 238-seat auditorium included some cutting-edge architecture by international sensation French botanist Patrick Blanc. Blanc built a vertical garden of more than 4,000 native plants on the 40-foot-high wall of the building. They may need to hire Spiderman to do the weeding.


Don’t forget to follow the latest reunion news on the class website at www.dartmouth.org/classes/71/40th%20Reunion%20Page.htm.


Keep the news coming!


—Bob Moore, P.O. Box 1797, Tahoe City, CA 96145; (408) 203-5303; bob4moore@aol.com


Greetings from sunny and warm Lake Tahoe, California. You should be able to read this while you are enjoying the plethora of activities at our 40th reunion—canoeing, hiking, biking, golfing, eating, drinking, dancing, listening, baking, marching, reminiscing, laughing, cheering, learning. 


This will be my last Class Notes column. I have been humbled and inspired by the numerous accomplishments of our classmates. Thanks to all of you who sent in some news over the last five years. I hope that more of you will be open to sharing some news during the next five years.


One example of these contributions is Russell Mitermeier, president of Conservation International, which empowers societies to responsibly and sustainably care for nature, our global biodiversity, for the well-being of humanity. Board members include the chairman of the board of Walmart, Gordon Moore of Intel, the CEO of Northrop Grumman, the CEO of Starbucks and the president of Botswana. 


Richard Wooster passed along that he married Liz Hopper on July 9 at a small ceremony in Greenwich, Connecticut. Liz is the director of development at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich. She has son Jonathan ’08 and daughters Allyson (Bucknell ’11) and Katey (Hamilton ’15). After 12 years of being single Richard is excited to begin a new chapter of his life. I hope many of you will have the chance to meet Liz at the reunion and you will realize that Derek Jeter is not the only one who hit a home run on July 9.


In case any of you missed it, Murry Bowden was featured a few years ago in a movie called Ivy League Football and America, which explores the unique role that the eight Ivy League schools played in developing American football. You can watch a trailer at wwf.wgbh.org/programs/ 8-Ivy-League-Football-and-America-1137.


Curt Welling will receive the 2011-2012 Alumni Distinguished Service Award. Congratulations, Curt!


Mickey Stuart sent along this update of the class Hovey Mural book project. Mickey got an advance copy and the results were fantastic, especially the chapters that deal with the various perspectives of the history and background of the murals. Mickey has been the driver on this since day one, when the project was conceived five years ago. Make sure you attend the session on the murals and the book at the reunion. Thanks, Mickey! If anyone has an idea for our next class project, send it in.


Pete Webster was recently featured on the front page of the Valley News (Pete is the Norwich, Vermont, town manager) exposing his “wilder” side. The article described a packed Norwich Public Library basement where a 1999 documentary was shown that featured Pete and seven companions summiting 22,841-foot Aconcagua in the Argentinian Andes. The documentary was first shown at the Banff Film Festival. The article also mentioned his renowned white-water rafting prowess. That might come in handy during our reunion canoeing adventures.


Don’t forget to follow the latest reunion news on the class website at www.dartmouth.org/classes/71/40th%20Reunion%20Page.htm.


—Bob Moore, P.O. Box 1797, Tahoe City, CA 96145; (408) 203-5303; bob4moore@aol.com


This past “winter” here in the Upper Valley surely ranks as one of the warmest and driest on record—today’s temperature in late February is 50 degrees, with open water on the Connecticut River, no snow on the Green with the exception of the Winter Carnival statue (a bizarre giant cupcake) constructed with snow shipped in from the Skiway. This past weekend marked the annual ski outing of the Dartmouth Club of the Upper Valley at the Skiway, where conditions were surprisingly good for this snowless winter—it’s amazing what $800/hour of snowmaking can accomplish.


While on the subject of skiing, I understand as many as 20 of our classmates planned to travel out to Vail, Colorado, for this year’s edition of CarniVail in two weeks. This mini-reunion, started almost a dozen years ago by Steve Waterhouse ’65, has grown dramatically since a number of us began attending some five years ago. At this writing we’re all hoping they’ve had a whiter winter in the Rockies than we have had in the East.


From the mailbox: You may remember great music floating down from the piano in the Top of the Hop while on the way for mail at your Hinman box. Credit Mark Markaverich, who was born blind, a result of retinopathy prematura, a condition common in premature births back in the 1940s. Mark has certainly not been slowed by this limitation, as he outlined in a fascinating and lengthy e-mail that I’m happy to share in its entirety. Currently living in Sarasota, Florida, since 1988, Mark is an active member of the Jazz Club of Sarasota, teaches jazz piano at the State College of Florida as well as privately and performs on a circuit of assisted living facilities. In 1998 he released his first solo piano recital, www.cdbaby.com/all/thejazzcats.


After 39 years as a professional geologist, Bob Lamarre has retired. Bob worked as a petroleum geologist for 20 years with Texaco, then consulted and most recently was VP of a small exploration and production company. Wife Laura Wray, Wellesley ’74, also a geologist, continues to work and support him in Denver.


Jim Bays writes, “My granddaughter Pippa Bays at 5 months old made her network TV debut in October in an episode of How I Met Your Mother. She appeared as an orphan in a burlap bag. I am convinced she got the role on sheer cuteness and acting ability, though some might say the fact that her father is the show’s executive producer helped.”


And from Bob Cushman, who has been whitewater rafting in the West for the past 36 years: This past September he went on a private raft trip in the Grand Canyon, 275 miles during 20 days in his 14-foot raft. He currently lives on the banks of the South Fork of the American River in California. He sent me a photo of his shed with about a dozen kayaks stored—looked just like Ledyard Canoe Club!


—Pete Webster, 164 Route 5 South, #7, Norwich, VT 05055; weebs71@gmail.com 


Greetings from snowy Lake Tahoe, California (20 feet up to Christmas). Plans are moving into high gear for our 40th reunion under the capable leadership of Wayne Hobin. Wayne writes that plans are going smoothly for the reunion on October 20-24 (Homecoming Weekend). He will be looking for volunteers to call fellow frat and team members, social and club affiliates, etc., from our class to try to get as many attendees as possible. Lodging is getting tight. Go to the class website www.dartmouth.org/classes/71, click on the (very impressive) reunion logo at the top and then read down to click on a link for lodging options. See you in October!


Russ Adams sent along this summary of the 40th reunion of the baseball team. Fifteen members of the 1970 Dartmouth baseball team, including eight ’71s, gathered together in Hanover during the June 18-20, 2010, weekend to celebrate the 40th anniversary of their championship season that included a 26-game winning streak and Dartmouth’s only appearance in the NCAA College World Series. The occasion was a Dartmouth baseball alumni game organized by Coach Bob Whalen, who made the 40th anniversary of the 1970 team as the theme for the weekend. In addition to the alumni game the 1970 team gathered together on Saturday night at Jesse’s Restaurant for a reception and dinner with Coach Whalen and his wife, Kim, and with Millie Lupien, wife of the team’s coach, the late Ulysses J. “Tony” Lupien. Class of 1971s and spouses in attendance were Russ and Mary Lou Adams, Eileen and Jim Bell, Craig Conklin, Mary and Tim Hannigan, Kirsten and Oz Griebel, Elke and Tom Hanna, Camille and John Prado and Bill Saumsiegle. 


The 40th 1970 football team reunion was also held during Homecoming Weekend. You’ll hear more about that in the next Class Notes.


Bobby Schnabel is the dean of the Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing. He leads a multi-campus school of approximately 100 faculty members at the Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses and is working on an ambitious program to build the largest computer-engineering-only school in the United States. When he has some free time he alternates between bike riding and running as well as traveling back to his home in Boulder, Colorado.


Michael Fay passed along an article in the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly that summarized an impressive undertaking by Andrew Urban. Andy and another lawyer from Mintz, Levin, Cohn, et al., founded an organization (now) called Boston Lawyers Group in 1986 to attract recently graduated lawyers of color to stay in the Boston area. At that time Boston wasn’t perceived as an ideal place for a lawyer of color to start his or her career. The group has grown into a consortium of more than 45 members, including prominent law firms, corporate legal departments and government agencies in Boston that is still successfully recruiting lawyers and Andy is still on the executive committee. Congratulations for taking the initiative and still following through 24 years later.


Keep the news coming.


—Bob Moore, P.O. Box 1797, Tahoe City, CA 96145; (408) 203-5303; bob4moore@aol.com


Being back in the Upper Valley the past three years has given me the pleasure of frequently running into an old Psi U brother and Hanover native, Chuck Bent. Chuck has returned to the area, living down in New London, New Hampshire, working as an independent contractor. You may remember Chuck was co-captain of the ski team our junior year (along with Dan Gibson) and senior year he was in Europe racing. Heard from another ’Uie Tom Loucks,now living in the Denver area. Tom has been working with mining companies since 1999 in the areas of corporate development, investor relations, strategic planning and capital raising. Much of this work has taken him overseas (e.g. Latin America and West Africa), where he has frequently relied on his Dartmouth training in French and Spanish. Tom writes that “job enlargement” has brought new skills such as interviewing security firms. Assignments have involved creating a corporation in Mauritania from scratch, being driven to a congressional meeting by a presidential candidate in Central America and using bodyguards to avoid terrorists in the Sahara. “It has been a blast (no pun). I love the diversity, and 2012 should bring more of the same.” The latest edition of CarniVail was a huge success, growing each year since our class got involved with this event about five years ago—17 classmates, some 32 total, including class prez Peter Pratt, wife Marcia, son Justin ’06 and friend Greg ’06; past prez Greg Fell,wife Gail and daughter; Barry Brink and wife Leila; Sam and Jane Webster; Jeff, Judy and Joanna McElnea; Dave Merritt; Don O’Neill, wife Sally and sons Donny and Max; Bob Cushman; Dave Krakoff; Tom Oxman with wife Judy; Rod Morgan; Wayne Hobin and Candace Setzer; Malcolm Jones and wife Karen; John Eaton; Buck Allen; Rod and Dolly Fleet Corlin. Another gathering of classmates that we hope will become an annual event occurred the first Sunday in April and revolves around Dartmouth ’71 Team Zrike and the Boston MS Walk. We had 16 classmates in addition to a large number of family and friends of Steve Zrike and wife Sarah. Team Zrike contributed more than $16,000 of the eventual $600,000 raised during the walk. Participating in the five-mile walk along the Charles River were Steve and Sarah Zrike, Michael Maynard (who rallied our Boston-area classmates to become involved) and wife Ilene, Peter and Marcia Pratt, Dave Brooks and wife Pat, Tony Fitzpatrick and wife Julie, Pete Webster and oldest daughter Maggie, Charlie Collier, Andrew Hodgdon, Garrett Orazem, and Janet Rosa from the College. We had a wonderful time during the walk, with a great brunch afterward in Harvard Square. This is an event to grow for future years. I apologize if I’ve missed anyone from these two great gatherings. We have another mini-reunion being planned for mid-June, about when this issue of the DAM hits the mailboxes, out in San Francisco. A Bay Area gathering is being organized by Malcolm Jones and Willis Newton, June 14-17, including a San Francisco Giants game, class dinner at the Olympic Club, sailing on the bay (being arranged by Anthony Sandberg), possible U.S. Open golf at the Olympic Club. More details coming in the mail. 


—Pete Webster, 164 Route 5 South, #7, Norwich, VT 05055; weebs71@gmail.com 


The great class of 1971 earned some (in my humble opinion) long overdue recognition at the recent Class Officers Weekend. The following citation for Class of the Year runner-up is a tribute to president Peter Pratt and his tireless executive committee. From Rick Ranger ’74, president of the class officers executive committee: “The class of 1971 prides itself on doing things their own way and in their own time. And boy, are they doing things. The past year saw an impressive schedule of mini-reunions, regular classmate correspondence by e-mail, a strong reunion effort, an important class project in the Hovey mural book, a connection with the female exchange students, and dues and Dartmouth College Fund [DCF] participation rates that indicate a strong class that shares ties to the College and to each other. Hats off to the class of 1971. Congratulations!”


Not resting on our laurels, we will be holding a major mini-reunion (is that an oxymoron?) next July in San Francisco. This will center around the America’s Cup competition, with sailing lessons at Anthony Sandberg’s Olympic Circle Sailing School, wine tasting, golf and great dining. We’ll also be holding another mini-reunion in Hanover the weekend of October 11-12.


As you will be receiving this issue of DAM shortly before the holidays, here’s a great year-end challenge from our three hard working head agents—Michael Maynard, Malcolm Jones and Sam Cuddeback. An “early action” DCF challenge from several generous classmates—if the College receives at least 171 gifts or pledges from us of any size by December 31, 2012 (23-percent participation), our class challenge donors have agreed to fund an additional $50,000 for this year’s DCF. Our June 30 participation goal is 40 percent. You know you’re going to contribute anyway, so make that pledge right now!


From Mickey Stuart, the inspiration behind our Hovey mural book project: Back in 1969 he, along with about two dozen classmates, spent spring term abroad in Bourges, France, with professor John Rassias. Mickey, Tom Loucks (Denver) and Tom Hancock (Seattle) are planning a mini-reunion for this language study abroad group and are publishing (with some help from our class treasury) an album of pictures and anecdotes from most of the group. They will present a commemorative copy to Professor Rassias during Homecoming Weekend. Among those involved in the project (and in some cases reconnecting with the College and our class for the first time after 40 years) are Mike Mathias (Las Vegas), John Gilligan (lawyer in Columbus, Ohio), Fred Young (Toronto), Bill Munich (California), Gratian Yatsevitch (D.C.), Rick Beaudette (Maine), Rob Rich (teacher in Durham, North Carolina), Joe Nemeth (Westhampton, New York), Peter Maeck (Lexington, Massachusetts) and others.


Willie Bogan is being inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in New York City Thursday, February 7, and we expect and hope to have 20 to 30 classmates in attendance to honor him.


On a sad note, we have lost another classmate, Pat Babbitt of Lone Rock, Wisconsin, who recently died after a brief illness. 


—Pete Webster,17 Woodbridge St., South Hadley, MA 01075; weebs71@gmail.com