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September-October 2024
Close your eyes. It is September 1974. The class of ’78 arrives for what is now called new student orientation but which was then called Freshman Week. What do you see?
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July-August 2024
“See if you can guess what subtle theme is being evoked here,” said Karen Clark, the very funny wife of Brooks Clark, as she threw open the doors of their newly finished dining room in Knoxville, Tennessee: white woodwork and dark gr
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May-June 2024
Greetings from Bordeaux! I’m writing this over coffee and croissant on the first morning of my retirement “victory lap.” Bob and I are on an eight-day mini-odyssey that will take us to San Sebastián, Bilbao, and Barcelona.
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March - April 2024
First, some news: John Brenner has an “intriguing” second act as senior vice president at CVS Health, overseeing enterprise litigation. “Just as I was beginning to get the hang of retirement,” he wrote. Congrats, John!
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January-February 2024
Bonne Année, en bonne santé surtout. For those of you who did your language requirement in something other than French, that means, “Happy New Year, and in good health above all.”
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November-December 2023
It’s mailbag time—and yes, it’s still a mailbag even if nothing came in by actual mail. I’m old school. The year 2023 was the “Summer of Love” for our class.
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September-October 2023
Hope you all had wonderful summers, seizing the day and keeping cool. This fall will see the inauguration of Sian Leah Beilock as Dartmouth’s first female president. Watch this space for eyewitness reports in a future column.
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July-August 2023
Thank you for the wonderful stories of your most meaningful travels, sent in response to my call. It’s a secretary’s challenge to do them justice, so let’s get started.
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May-June 2023
Springtime in Paris brings rain, transport strikes, and mail from classmates. One out of three ain’t bad.
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March-April 2023
Class of ’78s continue to amaze, achieve, and represent. Huzzahs to Alfred Nicol, whose second act as a poet, after a career as a printer, is winning him renown.
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January-February 2023
With the turn of a new year comes the news of more of us turning the corner into retirement. Many classmates are already into their second, third, or even fourth acts.
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November-December 2022
Greetings, ’78s, and thank you for the flood of great stories you sent in response to my first plea for news. If this keeps up, the next six years are going to be a lot of fun.