Class Note 1949

Last January the National Archives invited me to participate on a C-Spanned Civil War political cartoon panel in Washington, D.C. I was the amateur along with three pros, but it went well. The night before, Nancy and Ray Rasenberger hosted me at a long and delicious dinner at the Metropolitan Club, where we reminisced at length.


Bill Leffler ’51 wrote to me about his continuing correspondence with Ed MacBurney.Ed retired as an Episcopal bishop and lives in Pleasant Valley, Iowa, near Davenport. He and his wife, Anne, have been traveling to places such as the Falkland Islands, Pitcairn Island and the Amazon. It sounds like they may give Beth and Richie Wolff some competition for most-traveled ’49ers in recent years. Anybody else out there with unusual travel odysseys to relate?


Bob Nutt (who was supposed to have my job before he got sick) died of lung cancer at his home in Norwich, Vermont, on December 19, 2010. Bob was one of 12 members of the Nutt family to graduate from Dartmouth during a span of 130 years, including his daughters Sarah ’80 and Susan ’81. Bob had a stimulating career in acting, advertising and publishing and was an editor of the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine for 20 years. Our condolences to his wife, Margo, and his three daughters.


Elliot Baritz passed away on December 30, 2010, of complications of head trauma after being hit by a branch that fell from a tree in his yard. Elliot, who lived in Stamford, Connecticut, had a career as an executive, most recently with SCORE. A highlight was being a five-time Jeopardy champion “before it became big money,” as he put it. Our condolences to his wife, Margie, and his four children.


Don Cummings died on January 19. Don, of Westfield, New Jersey, graduated from Harvard, received his M.B.A. from Tuck in 1950 and was an adopted ’49. He founded two stock brokerage firms: “The first one made me and the second one broke me,” he said—then worked at the Veterans Administration in New York City. Don leaves three children, including David ’82, to whom the class sends its condolences.


—John Adler, 75 Silo Circle, Riverside, CT 06878; (203) 622-9069; (203) 637-3227 (fax)