Class of 1952
Class Notes
View All Notes for Class of 1952Sometimes it is hard to comprehend how long it has been since our class graduated in 1952. June of this year marks 73 years since our formal graduation and, in Septmber, 77 years since we first descended on the Hanover Plain. For many of us, those years shaped our lives, mostly for the better. If you would like to relive those years, read the Class Notes in this journal of younger alumni. Now there are fewer than 100 of us, plus a supporting cast of wives and partners, and, if my own contacts are reliable, our focus these days is on issues of health and care—our own or members of our family or both.
Earlier this year, our class president, George Hibben, sent an excellent letter to the class. In it, he invited recipients to respond with news or other information. In the first month we received a baker’s dozen of responses, a pretty good number. Unfortunately, 11 of them had the identical response, “Return to sender; not deliverable as addressed; unable to forward.” This isn’t necessarily bad; it is just the facts of life in the nonagenarian world.
The other two notes came from classmate Jack Unkles and Katherine Taylor, widow of Wey Lundquist.Jack is in Florida with his wife, Jane, and he is still golfing (!), while Kay is living comfortably in North Carolina, near family. Since we didn’t have as much response as hoped, we contacted several classmates. If we reported on their news, we would need to retitle our class report, “The ’52 Medical Journal.” In any event, we wish everyone the best in good health. Our address and contacts below haven’t changed.
Sad to report, we have lost several classmates in recent months: Henry McKean, Tom Fenton, Richard Colson, John Knox, Peter Vail, Alan Sherburne, Alpha Bond,and Richard Ellis.
—William Montgomery, 11 Berrill Farms Lane, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-0261; wmontgod52@aol.com
Obituaries
View All Obituaries for Class of 1952Henry Pratt McKean Jr. ’52
Henry Pratt McKean Jr. ’52 died on April 20, 2024, in New York City. He was born December 14, 1930, in Wenham, Massachusetts. Henry earned his A.B.
Thomas Trail Fenton ’52
Thomas Trail Fenton ’52 died in Novato, California, on July 16, 2024. He was born on April 8, 1930, and graduated from Dartmouth with an A.B. in English. He was a member of Delta Upsilon and an officer in the U.S.
Carl Gregory Peterson Jr. ’52
Carl Gregory Peterson Jr. ’52, M.D., died on June 8. He was the husband of the late Cecil, with whom he shared 40 years of marriage. Greg was born in Calais, Maine, on October 25, 1930.
