Class Note 1950
Kudos to Ray DeVoe for his nostalgic and evocative letter to the class encouraging those who are able to be in Hanover June 14-15 for the 60th “Touch of Class.” To set the record straight, several people have observed that I coined that logo—not true. It was coined to publicize the 25th by the late Charlie Gardner, who did the creative work for that reunion. Our youngest classmate continues to shine. Joel Leavitt’s exhibition of non-representational photographs of patterns and forms was unveiled on February 27 at the Mulry Fine Art Gallery in Palm Beach, Florida.
In the December issue of DAM I hinted that the 60th might be our last official reunion. Not necessarily, according to Jennifer Evans Casey, assistant director of class activities, who writes, “It may be your last June reunion (as currently the 65th, 70th and 75th are in the autumn) but you guys will always be welcomed back at Dartmouth!”
It was a cold and busy winter in Florida. On the east coast we dined with Skip and E. Fauver, Bob and Joan McIlwain, Gordie and JoAnn Hood, Joan Mauk, Dolph and Beatty Cramer and Joel Leavitt. On the gulf coast we dined with Charley Abbe, Fred and Posy See and Bob Kilmarx and Babs Beddoes. As the years roll on these friendships mean more and more. They are precious beyond words.
Of note! The College has recently honored Dr. Peter Kilmarx ’83, DMS’90, with the 2010 Social Justice Award. Peter is chief of the epidemiology branch of HIV/AIDS prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta.
The DAM decision not to publish obituaries in the future has met with strong disapproval from some of your class officers. Three of them to whom I have spoken are wondering for whom this magazine is being published. To assume that obituaries on a Web site will appeal to people who did not grow up in a cyberworld, not a few of whom have no computer, is to make a serious miscalculation.
—Nev Chamberlain, 1835 N. Garden Grove Circle, Vero Beach, FL 32962; (772) 569-2893; ranevero03@aol.com
