1922

"Thank you, thank you, thank you very much." You heard it repeatedly from the podium at the July and August political conventions. But here more wholehearted gratitude goes to all who made the 1980 Dartmouth Alumni Fund so successful. And your class of 1922 proudly shares in that achievement. Liv- ing Twoters, wives, relatives, and friends of deceased-but-always-remembered classmates contributed $40,235, surpassing the 1979 total by $1,185. The result was a 161 per cent accomplishment of the class objective. Our 1922 overall participation index was 113 per cent reflecting, most thankfully, 73 memorial gifts totaling $7,323. So, a genuine thank-you goes not from a political podium but from the heart to each and every one who in 1980 gave.

None share in this achievement more deservedly than Head Agent Spenny Smith, Memorial Gift Chairman Dick Stetson, and our 1922 team of dedicated class agents. They are Ray Atwood, Gray Bates, Bill Bullen, Herm Carlisle, Jack Dana, Warren Daniell, Jack Dodd, Carroll Dwight, Charlie Earle, Chick Hopkins, Gene Hotchkiss, Killy Kilmarx, Rex Malmquist, Ike Miller, Wally Mountcastle, Herm Oliver, Charlie; Tapley, Jack Taylor, Charlie Throop, and Diuke Vos Burgh. They, and all others who gave, sustained the paramount objective "Keep Dartmouth Number One."

It is indeed tough, but let's face it: when classmate John Kemeny resigns as President of Dartmouth College, no Twoter will succeed him. For some recondite reason, it is most unlikely the presidential search committee will agree on any prospect age 80 or more. Rank discrimination, oughta be a law against it! We obviously still have a surplus of verbosity, so we should organize a group to protest but not to march. To begin, we can address ourselves to Killy Kilmarx, because his son Robert '50 is a Dartmouth Trustee serving on the search committee. He is also chairman of the trustee committee on educational affairs and facilities, and he is a member of the personnel committee. He's looking for the next Dartmouth president, and the entire class of 1922 is ready, willing and able on a pro tem basis, of course.

Certainly wish it was otherwise, but the sorrowful reports continue. The class has lost Frederick Levis, Winthrop Piper, MarkeyPullen, George Shatfuck, and Harold Tayntor. Obituaries (oh, how your scribe hates to write them) will be in this issue or later.

All classmates also join in bereavement with Charlie Earle, whose wife Peg, sad to say, passed away July 9.

Now, the most important news comes last, so you will remember it longer.

Classmate Peter Kiewit, who died last November in Omaha, in his will left one million dollars to Dartmouth. The bequest stipulated that the amount "be placed and maintained in a separate fund to be known as the Peter Kiewit Computer Fund, and shall be used by Dartmouth College for the expansion and operation of the Kiewit Computation Center." In 1964, Peter pledged $500,000 for the building of Kiewit Computation Center and followed that with another $500,000 in 1975 to assist with the purchase of a new computer. In acknowledging the bequest, President Kemeny expressed his great appreciation for the support "of a project that was dear both to Peter and to me. Dartmouth is widely known for its leadership in the use of the computer and this gift will assure continued leadership." Thereby, Peter will always be affectionately enshrined on the Dartmouth campus and in the hearts of the Dartmouth family, but especially by his 1922 classmates. Our gratitude far beyond words goes to Peter's wife Marjorie and to his son Peter Jr.

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