Hello, ’98s. During this challenging time, I am grateful for the Dartmouth community, especially friends with whom I am staying in touch. I am also thankful for being your secretary, which allows me to engage with even more of our amazing class.
Articles tagged with '20200701'
July-August 2020
Although Covid-19 prevented our planned mini-reunions celebrating the 97th day of the year, our class still made it happen online.
There is nothing like a global pandemic to challenge us, bring us all together (albeit socially distanced), and find the best in humanity.
I hope the pandemic worst is over!
Last fall Barry Grove had knee replacement surgery, which slowed him down considerably for several months, but he was still able to participate in Tony voting for Broadway shows.
Mary Ann McDonald Carolan directs Italian studies at Fairfield University. She was scheduled to be in Italy three times spring semester. When those plans were canceled, she noted how much she was looking forward to reunion.
We are in a time the likes of which none of us have ever seen—staggering death notices and unemployment rates, face masks and home confinement—it’s almost impossible to comprehend, but here we are.
When my late-April deadline approached, I figured most of us were not in our location of choice. We were stuck indoors or working on the frontlines of the pandemic.
Life under quarantine is also the age of Zoom! David Ellis reports that recent ’83 New York luncheons have occurred via Zoom.
I received a thoughtful note from Chip Gedney ’70 that his mother, Ginny, passed away April 3 in her sleep at the Greenwich (Connecticut) Nursing Home, where she lived for the past five years.
Greetings, fellow classmates, from one shelter-in-place home to another. I hardly know what to write in a column such as this one, especially since I’m writing it in April, but you won’t see it until the end of June.
