Class Note 1947

Seventy years ago, in July 1943, the original members of our class, fresh from high school, descended on the sleepy New England town of Hanover for the first summer session, a change to three sessions per year, and the addition of the Navy V-12 unit. We numbered 185 civilians, 567 Navy V-12 students and 119 Marine V-12 personnel. Civilians were largely housed in Wheeler and Richardson. Additional changes were the Navy reviews on campus and the addition of naval science as required by the military. Graduation could be achieved in less than three years. New members who went on to graduate in 1947 joined the class in the spring and summer of 1944.


We note with regret the resignation of head agent Frank Weber after several decades of service to the class and College, due to physical problems and failing vision. We welcome our new webmistress, Liz Sistare, who has been of great help with the newsletter and in taking photos. She is the computer literate wife of our newsletter editor, Fred Sistare.


George Cohn mentions that his granddaughter, class of ’08, celebrates her fifth reunion this June. Ed Delehanty, M.D., recalls being assigned to Dartmouth while in the Navy V-5 (aviation program). After service he returned to graduate and go on to medical school. He practiced orthopedic surgery in Auburn, New York, from 1956 to 2000 and is now retired.


We are looking forward to our mini-reunion at the Norwich (Vermont) Inn on October 11-13 in conjunction with Dartmouth Night and the Yale football game.


A correction is offered to a death notice printed earlier: Norman H. Kristal died October 3, 2012.


The sympathy of the class is extended to the families of classmates who died recently: Edwin L. Miller, March 3; Keith H. Robinson, Ph.D., Dec. 26, 2012; the Rev. John F. Schaeffer, February 11; and James H. Shanahan, February 27.


Keep in touch,


—Donald F. Page, 21 Alva St., East Greenbush, NY 12061; (518) 477-4768