Class of 1968

A couple of old friends (of many of us) recently got in touch with updates. We heard from Richard Livingston and his caring sister, Nancy, near whom Richard recently moved from Washington, D.C. He’s now in Laguna Woods, California, where Nancy helps manage his affairs since glaucoma brought on blindness. Richard graduated from Dartmouth’s five-year engineering program in 1969, then got a master’s from Stanford in nuclear engineering before heading to D.C., where he worked for various federal agencies for the next 35 years and earned his Ph.D. in geochemistry from the University of Maryland. He became an adjunct professor in engineering there when he retired from government service in 2007. He retains that academic status despite his vision loss. Most of Richard’s scientific research has been in infrastructure renewal, including concrete, and in architectural conservation. He worked on several important buildings in the United States and abroad, including the Statue of Liberty, Washington Cathedral, Taj Mahal, and Parthenon. Richard invites classmates residing in the southern California area to get in touch, so write to me for contact information.

Dick Wiebusch sends glad tidings and best wishes from Massachusetts to all ’68s. He and wife Margaret report enjoying retirement in good health. They maintain frequent contact with nearby family, including their three daughters and eight grandkids. They’ve researched family trees and traveled to many of the towns where their ancestors lived. Dick also enjoys reading, photography, gardening, and writing, while Margaret quilts, knits, and sews when not performing overall family guidance counselor duties. Dick maintains an active interest in the College’s activities, plans, and policies and reports disappointment with Dartmouth’s limited posture toward the current national administration, while endorsing the College’s amicus brief in support of Harvard.

As you gathered from the content of the latest issue of The Transmission, class memorialists David Peck and Dave Gang have been very busy with the rough task of writing obituaries. We must sadly now add more names for their assignment, as we’ve learned recently of the passings of Alex Chisholm, Charles Gay, and Joseph Sack.

—Jack Hopke, 157 Joy St., River Ridge, LA 70123; (504) 388-2645; jackhopke@yahoo.com