1922
When John Ellsworth Blunt III left us 13 years' ago, the Class lost a gifted, amiable, highly admired classmate and the College a loyal alumnus. Starting business life with his innate talent and Phi Beta Kappa key, Jack had a distinguished career as an investment banker in Chicago. Years ago he was the founder of Blunt, Ellis & Simmons, in which Gene Hotchkiss, prior to retirement, was also a partner. And, as additional ties with Dartmouth, Jack's son John T. is '58 and Tuck- Thayer '59. Furthermore, Jack now has two grandsons at Dartmouth: John P. Noble '81, son of Jack's daughter Estelle, and John T. Blunt Jr. '82. With this 1922 background, the Class now delights in congratulating Jack's younger brother, Carleton Blunt '26 for his munificent gift of $2 million to the College. It will be used mainly for construction of the new Blunt Alumni Center scheduled for completion this year. The building will adjoin the present Crosby Hall, now under renovation. The Center will feature an Alumni Lounge providing "a home in Hanover for alumni." The Center will also have the offices for alumni research and records, Alumni Fund, bequests, and the ALUMNI MAGAZINE. Carleton's previous gifts to the College include half a million dollars toward construction of Thompson Arena and financial assistance for many Dartmouth students. Like Jack, Carleton was also Phi Beta Kappa. He received his law degree from Northwestern, and his professional career of many years has been in Chicago. With fond memories of Jack, '22 proclaims its hearty gratitude to Carleton Blunt '26.
Twenty-Two was prominent, of course, in Winter Carnival. For instance, Steve Daniell '79, grandson of our Warren and Mary, won for the second time the design contest for the Carnival Poster, and grandpa Warren was a chief official for the skiing races and jumps.
Ten Twoters sat around '22's special table at the annual mid-winter dinner of the Dartmouth Club of Southwestern Florida. Haskell and Harriet Cohn, Nan and Carroll Dwight, Kayand Markey Pullen, Walt and Doris Sands, Ozzie and Mary Siegfried all sang "Men of Dartmouth."
Freddie Fredericks and Rex Malmquist are the first early birds to declare intentions of attending our 60th reunion in 1982. They modestly say they want to return "with the finest class any college ever had."
A double wedding anniversary? Yes, indeed, when Hal and Mabel Fraser celebrated their 50th, their daughter Deborah and her husband Walter Spooner celebrated their 25th at the same time and place with absolutely no incompatibility.
The many '22 friends of Louise Sterns, widow of our departed Stuey, will be pleased to know she, with cordial wishes from all, is now married to John W. Riley.
The Class extends its heartfelt sympathy to Roy Hill upon the passing of Lura, his wife of 52 years.
Seldom has a class suffered as many sorrowful losses as '22 did in the six-week period from December 17, 1978, to January 13, 1979. We lost Julian Loring, Frank Horan, Roger Eastman, Philip Dexheimer, Robert Bartlett, and Gaylord Anderson. Obituaries are appearing or will soon.
It's April and the 1979 Alumni Fund is flying. Twenty-Two's objective this year is $28,000. The Class hopes to surpass that goal, and it is particularly anxious to have 100 per cent participation by all classmates, relatives, and friends. One of Dartmouth's most cherished distinctions is her leadership of all schools in Alumni Fund participation. Dartmouth earnestly wants to sustain that distinction. That leaves it up to each and every one of us.
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