Class Note 1942
Issue
Mar - Apr 2018
What a year! So much news, but, alas, not much from you. I reported about the 75th reunion. Although that was the last official reunion, several of us felt we should work toward an 80th or to be more frugal with time, maybe every year from now on. Volunteers are needed. In late October I called Jon Mendes to find out if he would be competing in the November New York Marathon. His reply—emphatically: “I retired!” I was looking forward to a photo op at Mile 17, where I live.
Our scholarship support is a great gift, and we have sponsored some wonderful students. Of the 1,217 admitted to the class of 2021, nearly half the class qualified for a total of more than $27 million in scholarship aid—an all-time high—with an average scholarship of nearly $50,000. We have two new scholars—Abubakar O. Kasule from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and Emily J. Zurcher from Elkins Park, Pennsylvania—and we will share their letters with you as they report about themselves.
The class of ’42 has a marvelous legacy endowed to keep on giving for a long time. “The College has done very well with this endowment during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, as the portfolio experienced an investment return of 14.6 percent. During the longer term Dartmouth’s endowment has generated an annualized return of 6.4 percent for the 10 years ended June 30, 2017, out-performing the 3.7-percent average annualized return for the MSCI All Country World Index,” according to the endowed fund report. From time to time Mary Lindstrom Swenson and I compare notes on the weather, which as I write, has turned very cold; the wind chill is 2 degrees. In New York we have already had several small snowstorms.
As you read this, I hope you had a happy Valentine’s Day—and in a few weeks it will be spring. Please send your news.
—Joanna Caproni, 370 East 76 St., Apt. A 406, New York City, New York 10021; (212) 988-6012; (212) 988-6715 (fax); caproni@aol.com
Our scholarship support is a great gift, and we have sponsored some wonderful students. Of the 1,217 admitted to the class of 2021, nearly half the class qualified for a total of more than $27 million in scholarship aid—an all-time high—with an average scholarship of nearly $50,000. We have two new scholars—Abubakar O. Kasule from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and Emily J. Zurcher from Elkins Park, Pennsylvania—and we will share their letters with you as they report about themselves.
The class of ’42 has a marvelous legacy endowed to keep on giving for a long time. “The College has done very well with this endowment during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, as the portfolio experienced an investment return of 14.6 percent. During the longer term Dartmouth’s endowment has generated an annualized return of 6.4 percent for the 10 years ended June 30, 2017, out-performing the 3.7-percent average annualized return for the MSCI All Country World Index,” according to the endowed fund report. From time to time Mary Lindstrom Swenson and I compare notes on the weather, which as I write, has turned very cold; the wind chill is 2 degrees. In New York we have already had several small snowstorms.
As you read this, I hope you had a happy Valentine’s Day—and in a few weeks it will be spring. Please send your news.
—Joanna Caproni, 370 East 76 St., Apt. A 406, New York City, New York 10021; (212) 988-6012; (212) 988-6715 (fax); caproni@aol.com