Class Note 1942

All of you will be impressed to learn that your classmate Jon Mendes, age 90, was the oldest participant in the 2010 Annual New York Marathon. And he finished. My wife and I, who live at mile 17 of the course, interrupted his run to greet him, urge him on and take a photo. Makes us all feel like slackers. This was his 12th marathon! Okay, so he was walking rather than running.


Mendes was also honored at the 235th birthday of the Marines at a dinner at the Intrepid Sea and Air Space Museum on November 4. The first piece of cake was offered to the oldest Marine present. That would be Col. Jonathan de Sola Mendes.


Quick notes: An impressive 622 Dartmouth undergrads studied in China, Morocco and 22 other countries in 2008-09.


The class of ’42 World War II project is moving along. Currently it is being formatted in order to produce a manuscript that our stalwart class editors can begin editing, sometime late January. That part should be complete by the end of February, at which time the book will be ready to go to the printer. We need a title and thoughts on photos for the cover. It is more than 500 pages of fascinating stories about 103 men.


We are still looking for a volunteer secretary to write these 250 word notes for the Alumni Magazine. Look forward to hearing from you.


—Leo F. Caproni Jr., 370 East 76th St., New York, NY 10021; (212) 988-6012; (212) 988-6715 (fax); caproni@aol.com