1936

First a word of praise to Milt Johnson for an outstanding job as the previous class secretary and especially for his help in getting me started as his successor. And praise still comes in for the glorious 40th reunion. Cliff England and NorbHofman take another bow. Incidently, Cliff and Phyllis recently moved their house in Rye, N.H., a few hundred feet down the road, and Norb and Pic are back from a tour of the Orient which included stops in Japan and Hong Kong.

Bob Keeler and Frank Curtis report that not only did the Alumni Fund this year exceed its $4,500,000 goal - a new record - but also that our 40th class reunion gift of $252,526 to the College from 373 members was also a new record for 40-year reuning classes. Bob and Frank and their helpers certainly deserve to be congratulated!

Some of our unfortunate classmates who could not make reunion have been heard from. Ed Drechsel writes from San Francisco that during an interlude at the International Monetary Conference — an annual get-together of top bank officers from around the world — he ran into Bill Yelverton; together with their wives Ilona and Phyllis they raised a toast to all those who made it to reunion. Drex reports they also ran into Dick Hall '41 and his wife Peggy there, and that they made Dick an honorary member of the Class "to break any tie votes." I have a warm spot in my heart for Drex because of the fine care he took of my wife Cathie when I was incapacitated at our 30th reunion.

Also from San Francisco, Bob Bullock writes he could not make reunion because his wife Carmelita and he finally decided to retire this winter and are going to spend a year in Spain. Business and personal planning, plus the death of his 94-year-old mother, made it impossible for Carm and Bob to attend reunion. RoeThompson advises that he and his wife Aileen are leaving on a 3-week trip to Europe, after which personal commitments make coming to Hanover impossible. Roe is still a physician with Van Alta Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M., which is concerned with, among other things, nuclear medicine. Another doctor, BillSicher, coordinator of medical education at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, regretted he could not get to reunion, but it was much too close in time to the annual influx of new house staff at the hospital. Bill did not graduate from Dartmouth because of illness, but he and I go back a long ways to the Lincoln School in New York. Cliff Porter wrote that because of a change of trial date, he and his wife Pearsie would be abroad at reunion time, and JackKlauer's business problems kept him from reunion.

A note on the reunion: did my classmates notice how many attractive girls there were present named Gerry (or Gerri or Jerry)? I'll leave it to the reader to match them up with Bud, Ray, and Frank!

A note of sadness: Barely 6 weeks after our 40th, Kay Stephens, the lovely wife of our new class chairman, Jim Stephens, passed away in Longmeadow, Mass., on July 27. Kay heard, on the day after reunion, that there wasn't much hope, and she faced it courageously until the end. Services were held in Springfield and there were a number of classmates and wives present, including Doug Ley and Clay Mellor, former roommates of Jim's. I'm sure I speak for all our classmates in extending deepest sympathy to Jim in his loss. We also have lost three other classmates. On June 20 Roger Morse and Robert Jarbeau both died, and on July 30 BenSouthwick was stabbed to death surprising burglars in his home. More information on all three will be found in the obituary section. The Class sends its sympathy to their families. In a note, LaVina Jarbeau of 87 Suffolk Lane, Garden City, N.Y., wrote that Bob died of a heart attack doing what he loved to do best, namely sailing, and that she would enjoy hearing from any of Bob's classmates. I am sure that Marion Morse and Martha Southwick would also appreciate hearing from any of their late husbands' friends in the Class.

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