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May - June 2011

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The class of ’67 has a special relationship with the class of ’42; as we graduated they celebrated their 25th reunion. The class of ’42 compiled a collection of WW II memoirs from classmates who served or experienced the war.

There are a number of power couples around—Bill and Hillary, Brad and Angelina, Kermit and Miss Piggy. But out in Wyoming the dynamic duo is Hank and Leslie. 


Fifty years ago this month most of us took a major step toward Dartmouth when we graduated from high school. We were following the beginning of the Mantle-Maris assault on Babe Ruth’s home-run record and listening to Ricky Nelson’s No.

Bud “Francis” McGrath, Ph.D., accepted a regular Army commission in the artillery after completing ROTC. After tours in Germany and Arizona he spent 1967-68 at Bear Cat near Saigon.

Basketball star and educator Steve Spahn received the Lewis Hine Distinguished Service Award for Service to Children & Youth, joining Andre Agassi, Elaine Wynn, Hillary Clinton, Tipper Gore and Charles Schultz.

In February, on Super Bowl Monday, “there was no joy in Mudville.” Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, toiled on under cement skies and victory celebrations for the Steelers were canceled.

Have you selected your summer reading list yet? If not, give serious consideration to Dave Jablonsky’s latest book, War by Land, Sea and Air; Dwight Eisenhower and the Concept of Unified Command.

Bob Worthington completed a film documentary based on his book, Combat Advisor in Vietnam. A chapter, “The Night the Vietcong Stopped the War,” is being published in Vietnam Magazine in April.

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Book cover for Conflict Resilience with blue and orange colors
Alumni Books
New titles from Dartmouth writers (May/June 2025)
Woman wearing collard shirt and blazer
Origin Story
Physicist Sara Imari Walker, Adv’10, goes deep on the emergence of life.
Commencement and Reunions

A sketchbook

Illustration of baseball player swinging a bat
Ben Rice ’22
A New York Yankee on navigating professional baseball

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